EBay Score and Channellock Hammer Head Restoration

[@OldSneelock]

The shop made safety edge is also a way to restore the effectiveness of cutting into corners. The 90 deg. corners on the edge of the files chip and lose teeth. Grinding off the edge makes the worn file cut into corners again. Handy for cutting keyways.

[@Traderjoe]

I never thought about a safety edge and it makes a huge amount of sense when you described it like that!

[@Youtubeiscool865]

I learn so much from you and I’m so glad. I don’t have anyone in my life that can teach me this stuff, well until I found your channel. Thank you so much

[@johnfix1]

That is a great lot of tools. Easily worth 5 or more times what you paid. .I have a Challenger hammer and it's a beauty. You made a short hammer man out of me. I recently acquired a 3-1/2 lb factory made with a very short handle and it is just perfect.

[@stevenburton]

As a Long Time FOTS, I have a few episode suggestions: 1. Tool storage (user tools vs displays vs preservation). 2. Learn Together Episode: Welding (seems like most of us restoration guys haven’t yet ventured into the welding world). 3. Fire Hydrant Follow-up (demonstration of hydrant tool on the real deal).

[@jill552]

Loved the safety file. Another thing I didn’t know I needed. Loved the way you said, “Can you smell it?” 😂 Nice hammer. 🇺🇸

[@bigvicsworkshop]

Man.. great lot! Really like the green and how that pops... I'm certainly a shorthandle fan...I had to dig thru the shop the other day to just find a long handled hammer to drive a nail..lol.. shorthandles have take over! Thanks Mr. John!

[@aaronnorman4893]

ScoutCrafter thank so much I always learn so much from your videos and for several years I did not know others were as interested or even more interested in old tools and restoration than myself. Happy Holidays all!

[@flashgordon6238]

When you first showed the issue of the ball-peen hammer, I thought you should have put on a short handle. And you did! Several of my needle files have a safety edge for the purposes you described. We had a change of division codes at work and the new division wanted a full inventory of the prototype machine shop that had been in operation since the 1970s. They had many duplicates of milling bits, cutters, short and jobber drills, taps, dies, reamers, vises and tooling. Some was sent to another facility. But they still had carts full of excess. I made sure it didn't get scrapped.

[@michaelowens7151]

Interesting about the offset in the handle bore; rarely do I see a short handled ball peen. Amazingly when I do come across one, the one’s with short handles are not broken, so we’re on to something here. Nice assortment in that haul! Thanks

[@joemoach832]

Great deal on that lot! I'd love to be able to not buy as many tools as you don't. Good info on the safety edge on the file. I've seen them but never really thought about it. Makes sense.

[@madamecampsalot6384]

That green is awesome! Thanks for introducing me to that file. I've often wondered how to file an edge like that, without scuffing up one side.

[@patjohnson3100]

Thank you for the Ebay advice. Alot of Ebay stuff is getting expensive, even without the shipping costs. One of my hopes is that if I watch enough videos by pros like SC and Magdad among others, that an instinct for spotting nice, unique tools at low prices will rub off on me. That is a very nice job on the Channelock hammer head. It looked to me like you used a disc sander to clean up those curved facets which to me would take good skill. My father used to say "Happy ss a clam" but h e would say the rest of the saying which is "Happy as a clam at high tide." Another great video. Thanks

[@mikewatson4644]

Your comment about Ebay being expensive reminded me of a time that I took a car into to have an estimate on having some work done. The guy really didn't want to work on it (it was an English car) and he told me that it would be expensive, and that was without parts and labor!! I went elsewhere

[@ScoutCrafter]

Pat- The key to using the flap sander on tough spots is positioning! 😃👍

[@OldSneelock]

The thinner wooden handle on a striking hammer absorbs the vibration better. A lighter head with a longer handle adds speed to the head and creates power. Hammering on an anvil it is bes to have a looser grip so the vibration isn't transmitted to your wrist. The lighter head is easier to swing for hundreds of blows. Short handles are nice for what we use to call "tunking", Tapping a block of steel into place on a milling machine to make sure it was up against the stop. Also to seat die sections on the shoe during assembly. For hardened steel I had a 2" diameter chunk of copper about 5 inches long without any handle and just gripped it in my fist to tap the steel without damage. 😁😎

[@TheThriftyWoodworker]

You are doing a great job not buying tools. Don’t let anybody tell you different. Merry Christmas. 🎄

[@scottcates]

Nicely done from winning that auction to slicking up those hammers. Good tips on the hammer handles. Thank you.

[@nicknicoletti9778]

Great eBay lot score. Some fun things in that pile. Great clean up of the hammer. I like the added touches. And the short handles make sense. We all choke up on hammers all of us.

[@Maggiewaggiemoo12]

That lot was absolutely made for you- might even be a ringer! Gorgeous hammer x

[@beerdrinker6452]

John, Merry Christmas. In the New Year could you please do a ten minute tutorial on the paints you use on hammer heads and wrenches. Love your videos. Thank you.

[@kylekyleson373]

Nice score on that lot of tools. I got a Craftsman nut splitter years ago for a specific job, only used it a few times but works great when needed.

[@bobjoncas2814]

lookin' good, have a great week...

[@timeflysintheshop]

The hammer came out great! I like the green! Very nice! It was the short handled hammer challenge that got me to make a YT video to participate. Thanks SC!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Wow! All the great videos you posted since! Awesome! 😃👍

[@alexstools]

Great lot! I find myself liking something I haven't bought the lot for more then what I did buy it for in some instances. Strange how that works. Thank you!

[@tonysheerness2427]

The hammer is very Christmassy with red and green.

[@MrJruta]

A holiday hammer! Definitely my favorite stuff this time of year. 🎅

[@toolscarriagesmodellbauand7246]

When I first saw these ebay-items I thought by myself: which tool will SC probably pickup first? And I suggested, the Padlock. I was nearly right, right. Marty Feldmann was a great akteur. I loved his pictures. Great

[@rawbacon]

I've gotten some amazing deals off eBay the last couple weeks too. Basically about $300 worth of stuff for about 10 Bucks with free shipping and a couple weeks before that I got some nice ball valves that I needed for about 75%+ off what it would have cost me to buy up at the hardware store..............Dad has had the same Ball Peen as long as I can remember and never broke the handle.......It's a steel handle.....I'm wondering if it's an Estwing (the rubber handle grip reminds me of my Estwing drilling hammer), I'll have to take a look at it next time I'm there.

[@tonylenge424]

I’m glad you stopped buying tools😀! Nice purchase and love the hammer. Thanks

[@johnkelley9877]

That was interesting lot of tools. I agree about the the hammer being a second as it really didn't look right on the handle but you did a fantastic job of restoring it. Thanks for sharing this.

[@krishoogstraat6866]

Great lot ! The hammer turned out great! The green looks sharp on the hammer head.

[@tomdale1313]

"The Snoop", yikes had to search this time...God Bless Your Home and all that dwell there with Peace, tanks for sharing

[@LoStivale]

What kind of animal doesn’t love green on their hammer. Nicely done.

[@357magdad]

I dig the Christmas colors!

[@johngalanes5264]

Glad to see Snoopy doing quality control monitoring!

[@WeekendShedHead]

Great haul scout.. I haven’t as yet searched on eBay for lots.. maybe I should ! Love the hammer.. wow that green 😃👌 I have an old ball peen with a short handle.. now I know , cheers Rob

[@ancjr]

Found an old no-name carpenter's hammer in a junk store for cheap with beautiful panita and octagonal oak handle. Head is finely finished with no rust or pitting. If it had a brand name on it I'd bet it'd be worth a mint.

[@joeheilm]

That turned out great...wow! It is getting harder and harder to find MT 2 bits...that counterbore is a gem. Great stuff. Cheers

[@robfahey1349]

At around 9.27 into the video you see a number 2 on the ball peen on the bottom I was wondering what it was there for and later on I figure that your probably correct that it is a number 2 for that reason factory defect. Excellent work as always.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Rob- I was wondering what that 2 meant. You have good eyes! 😃👍

[@jackthompson2132]

Love my short handle hammers! I have a claw and a ball peen that I use all the time. Thanks for that tip! Nice lot you got John. Thank You for sharing!

[@paulsworkshop4179]

Keeping it with holiday colors. Nice

[@bobuncle6962]

I continue to learn something from your videos most postings. Thank you

[@pickletreewoodcraft7858]

The reason there is more taper on a ball peen handle is because it is for striking metal and it allows for more flex which reduces reverberation to your hand and also limits rebound, so the handle suffers but you don’t lol!

[@jackof1]

Those 5 inch vice grips are great. Ebay is usually a tough neighborhood but if you look hard enough you can always find something

[@ScoutCrafter]

You are so right!

[@TJB1510]

The Catawampus Ballpeen Hammer.....LOVE IT,,,!,,,

[@andrewtaylor7377]

Green looks lovely. It's not a defect, it's character. 👍

[@ddblairco]

thank you Scourcrafter

[@staceygandy2009]

Thanks for getting back with me a couple days ago asking how to stop the bare metal Reed vise I have çleaned up from flash rusting. I will shellac it probably this weekend. Thanks again!

[@ScoutCrafter]

I shellacked my last parker vise! Love the look! 😃👍

[@staceygandy2009]

@@ScoutCrafter sure appreciate it.

[@ihrescue]

The hammer head turned out great.

[@CounselorsinChrist]

Definitely going to have to give the short handled hammer a go. Speaking of online tool purchases, I finally got my Cal-Van 90 degree angle drive in the mail today. It was out of stock from the day of your video showcasing the tool up until a couple days ago when they shipped it. What a great purchase. Thank you so much for the recommendation! Such a cool tool!

[@ScoutCrafter]

It’s worth having just as a conversation piece! Glad you got one! 😃👍

[@ironhead65]

“I stopped buying tools” Proceeds to make video about tools he just bought 😂 Love it! Always look forward to when one of your videos shows up in my feed!

[@Resto-Rob]

Awesome lot score! Wow Pratt and Whitney. I have a Bonney PWA collection. Might have to be a next video. Great hammer. Like the green.

[@andyc972]

Ahh, the well known Feldman hammer, that came out great, and what a superb lot that was I particularly like the pilot counterbore, what would you pay for one on it's own if you really needed it !

[@saigaking]

That was a fantastic lot some of those milling bits a crazy expensive Some amazing stuff for that price some classic stuff and new stuff God bless take care 👍🙏🇳🇿🦅🇺🇸🗽

[@tango-bravo]

I have a similar hammer, but it’s bigger and marked “Champion/DeArment” no ChannelLock. It has the same side profile but the hole seems straight to me. Very nice hammer, heavy and well made.

[@ScoutCrafter]

You got a good one! 😃👍

[@stevenwitt4028]

Great video 👍 A super super deal on E-Bay !! The files alone cost about $12 dollars new and the Vise Grips are also about $12 dollars new. I think you got a heck of a deal, great job 👍👍. The Channellock hammer 🔨 restoration turned out fantastic! I like what you did with the 🟢green anodized paint and the ScoutCrafter Red 🔴 embellishment on the handle. That hammer head did come out beautifully,better then factory I think. Well again great video and can’t wait to see what you do on Wednesday. Have a great evening. 😃👍👍

[@ScoutCrafter]

Steven- The hammer feels great in the hand now, a good user! 😃👍

[@408Magenta]

Pliers alone.... good aquisition.

[@lotharfunke8749]

Love the Christmas colors

[@lotsatrains]

Wow that ebay lot was a fantastic deal I had my eye on those vice grips right away and great hammer even though it’s made like that.

[@after5auto133]

I’ve learned something new today. I have a safety file, and I didn’t even know. I thought it was a factory defect

[@ScoutCrafter]

They are really nice to have and sometimes pricy. 😃👍

[@ironhead65]

I could’ve used the nutcracker a few days ago. I had to get two carriage bolts out of some wood and the previous person put the nuts on so tight they embedded into the wood and stripped the threads. The threads were so messed up, even with pliers pulling and twisting the nut up onto the good thread it would not engage. I ended up having to use a zero clearance vibrating cutter with a bimetal blade to get most of it cut through, I then took a chisel gave it a few good whacks, split the nut in half. I sacrificed a little bit of wood, but at least I didn’t risk breaking the wood in half as it was relatively thin.

[@13thworker45]

I really like the green. You always make it look like new. Great job thank You.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Jess- I recently watched a video of the Green hornet car and the headlights inspired me! 😃👍

[@larryborkstrom3580]

Merry Christmas hammer color combo works for the season I got a good ebay deals

[@kensherman5589]

I've learned so much from your channel thanks so much 🙏 sir

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks!!! 😃👍

[@branned]

You need the 4WR Petersen Vice Grip👍👍 It's only 4 inches and very neat looking.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I believe I have that it’s really small looks almost like a toy, but I never had the five, which for some reason was hard to find for me. 😃👍

[@lewiemcneely9143]

SWEET and I like that green too. I thought I'd get a super dose of green in the Ahmee but British dark racing green is it for me. Maybe even some o.d. in sparing applications. Nice finds in the lot too. Happy week John CS and BLESSINGS 2 U!

[@danieldumaine6139]

Another great Video. The shipping to Canada makes eBay purchases less economical, but it is still helpful for hard-to-find items. I have never seen a safety file, even though I had some exposure to master filers in my younger days. At one time the mines had large machine shops with highly skilled craftsmen. They still utilized files to undertake some repairs. I have seen some large casting jobs that had to melted down due to some tolerance problems( casting sand problems), the air was turning blue, and it wasn't from the furnace. Is that what went wrong with the channel lock? I forgot about working on my cursive writing after a while. Cursive writing and more short handle hammers this new year.

[@lordvengerx]

I like how the green is almost hidden until the light hits it. I don't buy tools anymore 🤭🤭🤭. You just traded some currency for them :P.

[@not2fast4u2c]

Still is a nice hammer I want to shorten a handle and add the bottom part back on it Maybe use a piece of wood dowel in the center

[@dannysantos1266]

Short handle hammer: I’m a believer. Did it once and I’m fixin to do it again. The shorty I made has become my daily driver.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Danny- I originally made one by mistake and then couldn’t believe how much I liked it! Best kept secret out there! 😃👍

[@RobertSiwik1968]

Very nice job on the hammer! Nice tool score too. I see the word Vaseline on the tin.

[@rover1212]

Awesome, John! Love the green on the hammerhead. Merry Christmas!!! 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼

[@larrynelson734]

Great purchase. Love the short handle. 👍👍❤...

[@terryrogers1025]

Nice work on the hammer, its a Christmas hammer. I like short handle hammers, they do have there place. Good buy on eBay for sure.

[@lotsabirds]

It looks great! The Marty Feldman reference killed me! I can't stop laughing! Reminds me of a guy I worked with that we all called "OH Noooo!" Every few minutes as he was working, you'd hear him! Oh Nooo! He sounded like squidward on spongebob! At first we all used to run over to him in case he got hurt! He never did, but his nails were always crooked! He was great guy!

[@stephenbridges2791]

That pair of Vise-grips and the nut splitter was worth more than the $20. When I worked on buses and trucks, I had a 4lb. sledge with a handle about 12" long. Used it to knock out axles. If the handle had been any longer than that, it would have been unsafe to use. I have no problem with a short handled hammer.

[@Vandal_Savage]

To my eternal shame I only currently have one hammer in my collection, it's a Bacho claw hammer so it's quite a nice one. I am consoling myself however that I also have a wooden mallet which is technically a hammer, therefore staving off the madness inherent with only owning one of the aforementioned bludgeoning implements... P.s. I really like the nut-cracker tool, there's probably a thousand channels on KZbin that would benefit from having one (or several) of those...🙂

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂👍

[@greghomestead8366]

Come oooon John what kind of maniac paints the embellishment on the head of the hammer a different color than the embellishment on the handle. Just picking on you. Love the show. See you on Wednesday. Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan

[@ScoutCrafter]

I think you are spot on, maybe that’s why it wasn’t on a handle. 😃👍

[@surinderparkash1135]

Another great episode. Thank you 😊

[@57WillysCJ]

There is gold in auction lots. It's why I buy old boxes from under work benches and peoples junk drawers. Lots of good things in them. I have some short hammers including a short handled sledge. I use long handled hammers because I was taught that. Well not in an acceptable way today. It was, only girls choke up on a hammer. Peer pressure can have a lasting impression although I understand why they wanted me hit with a full swing. I remember as an adult I guy asked me why I didn't drive nails like framers do. It's because new nails were not something I grew up using and slamming a formally bent nail means you have to pull and straighten it again.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Philip- I remember teaching the scouts how to hammer- We would take two 4” nails and drive them into two logs and have the boys separate into two teams. They would run up and take one swing on the nail…. Talk about fun! 😂👍

[@aceroadholder2185]

The hammer head is a second and the reason it never had a handle. I worked at a company that was taken over by Stanley. Pallets full of seconds were brought in for purchase by employees. I have a bunch of Cresent adjustable wrenches that were something like 25 cents each. They work just fine but have cosmetic blemishes like a bad spot in the chrome. Not crazy about hammers, though I would thrash the person that walked off with my 16oz AT&SF Railroad ball peen hammer.

[@williambozynski1176]

Hey Scout that red tang file is made by Simonds. They normally painted their tangs red. Craftsman files (made by Simonds) were painted black. If you look close Simonds stamped their name on the tang itself (can't say always). Great video as usual.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Excellent information! Thanks! 😃👍

[@msa3491]

It's the Elf hammer 🔨

[@lmnop463]

That Miller Line typewriter tin says "Vaseline" on the lid.....looks like something turned it green-black...

[@ScoutCrafter]

No it’s grease alright. 😃👍

[@setdown2]

Hammer looks great...you ever try cutting the other end of the handle and keep the bell end intact...I gotta have that bell end or it feels like it will slip out of my hand...🖖

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes! Check out this video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZvcZ3upe9mKr7s

[@michaelmiser6362]

Like the GREEN

[@Resto-Scraps]

Awesome tool lot... I like the bolt breaker.. I'm the same way. I'll buy a lot just for one tool lol.great video

[@tango-bravo]

And this was from the guy who had collected.

[@elmj3566]

Sure the handle isn't offset slightly for balancing purposes?

[@mitchjohnson4970]

I'm surprised you didn't go with a candy blue because the hammer is a channellock

[@timothydiffu6474]

Looking good

[@ste6004]

Is it fluxes in the Tin?

[@ccas6771]

Happy Holidays

[@nationaldeath4029]

great video! I would like to see more of your collections. You seem to be interested in many topics. How many collections do you have? Are there things you are interested in that you are missing?

[@mrbenmall]

Great job. I've found off center holes on two different ball peen hammers. Grrr.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Ben- they are so much harder to rehandle when the whole is off-center and make it look correct. 🫣😃👍

[@snapringchronicles3020]

That’s an “Abby-someone” hammer 🔨 lol

[@Reggyontheroad]

Got ya 👍👍🔩🔩

[@MrBoom246]

We had a long day Reggie you can have the BOOM, even Elvis is wracked have a good week kid, merry Christmas to you and yours 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nmhbrooklands]

Safety files are mainly for lathe work so you don’t damage the chuck!

[@ScoutCrafter]

OMG- I couldn’t imagine filing that close to the Chuck jaws! 🫣

[@sebglayburg5163]

John, could it be that the hole is toward the front because of balance since the head is so much more mass than the rear?

[@ScoutCrafter]

I had other Channellock hammers and they were all correct. This one was drifted crooked. It happens, that’s why it’s always good when you can buy tools in person! 😂👍

[@miketownsend6108]

good score

[@alobaidibaghdad]

I might be not in the know, despite being in every vedio in this channel can still get the short handel , but nice work John

[@ScoutCrafter]

I promise once you make one you won’t regret it. 😃👍