The Fire Returns: Gear Up to Face the New Threat Head-On

[@wranglerstar]

Wranglerstar's Favorite Forest Rake: amzn.to/4gcQHZ4 Awesome JET Clamp amzn.to/4cKmrBG Propper Boiled Linseed Oil: amzn.to/3z61yDg Wilton Bench Vise: amzn.to/4dOaE6C Scotch pads: amzn.to/4gb8WxW Sand paper: amzn.to/3TdenCH Mill file: amzn.to/3MsmaIS File card: amzn.to/3Z5q02h (amazon affiliate link)

[@dfrost6766]

About what you said about sandpaper, I know this isn't worthwhile most of the time but in a pinch you can actually just wash sandpaper and all the gunk falls off and it really brings back the roughness you may think it lost.

[@Gunnyhome]

I ordered that rake, it looks awesome.

[@NP-zl7dz]

I don't think this is low effort content, quite the contrary. It's well shot, well lit, well produced , edited and genuinely enjoyable and informative to watch. Keep fighting the good fight

[@wranglerstar]

Thank you, as you know, even a broken clock is correct twice a day,

[@TimB0B_6152]

This is the old-school; Wranglerstar content we all fell in love with! Miss these types of videos. Cheers Cody!

[@professornuke7562]

There's an Irish feller on youtube who makes shorts of himself finding old tools and restoring them. He make his own handles from wood he finds and shapes with drawknife and spokeshave. He then finishes them "wit' a little help from our old friend, Lindsey Doyle." That's boiled Lindsey Doyle of course!

[@Theleague0fshad0ws]

Reardon, I can’t remember how he spells his first name but it is pronounced Owen.

[@BigTpetty]

Eoin

[@KalashDUDE]

Another great channel!

[@weaponeer]

Danger - If you use a rag to apply linseed oil, either place the used rag in a fire bucket, or place it outside in a safe location. Linseed oil for some reason once it is in cloth it can spontaneously ignite and has resulted in thousands of shop fires over the decades. Boiled linseed oil is a great product especially for wood, but can even be used on metal! Just remember that it can (and has) started fires, so ensure that you store the cloth properly. Even an old ammo can will work. This way you keep your shop and home safe from 🔥

[@chaddelong6795]

Thanks for the tip. You learn something new everyday and all the years I’ve just been chucking them rags in the trash can 😂

[@mfallen2023]

I use regular linseed for that reason.

[@RedGod-1]

Sounds like something Big Sunflower Oil would say

[@harpintn]

That is true of any oil based liquid. Oily rages are best stored outside in a sealed metal container if you can't burn them in a safe location.

[@Fishing_east_tennessee]

Yeap

[@drewhadams]

Hey Cody. Praying for you, your family and your healing.

[@handsandfeethomestead9116]

One of my favorite tools. There is nothing like a wood handle that has been properly maintained. I find the maintenance almost therapeutic. Classic Wranglerstar content.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

Classic Wranglerstar content indeed, superb. The tool maestro is back. This dude loves tools. I suppose that makes sense, the use of tools is one of the main things which make us different from mere animals. We should be worshipping them in this manner

[@hessdefense]

​@@CharlesWhite-j4f I worship the creator and venerate his creations. Godspeed.

[@weaponeer]

I always sharpened the edge of my tri-fold shovel for my many years in the Army. At home I sharpened my shovel and I cut a saw tooth pattern on the side on the shovel that can be used to cut roots or vines. Works well.

[@lukebrugnaraii751]

Classic Wranglerstar content. Love it. Also I hope your finger heals up Cody.

[@gakrazykajun]

Good on you for taking good care of your tools....like they say if you take care of your tools they will take care of you. Prayers up for the firefighters to contain and extinguish the fire and also for your family.

[@noway-sk3yr]

Upgraded one of my shovels to wildland firefighting grade a couple months ago. Did exactly as you did in the video with linsheen and black spray paint, as well as filing a sharp edge along the shovel head. Have been very happy with the result and get praise when loaning it out.

[@ignacio9552]

Great video today. Reminds me of when you made the video on building and maintaining a Ram pump on the old homestead.

[@speedyd8150]

Thank you for showing me the basics on how to use a file. I have two that were left to me when my grandfather died among thousands of other tools. He taught me how to work on cars and small machinery but never how to use a file. Thank you.

[@peterrehrmann9196]

As a retired trim carpenter I have for years glue back to back full sheets of sand paper 80 to 120 or what ever grit. Then cut to smaller sizes . Never slips out of your hands

[@mfallen2023]

That's a great idea! I wrap it around wood blacks, etc to get a better grip, but if you're sanding a round object it's not ideal. Might go do that right now... Thanks for sharing that tip!

[@HandyMike78]

Hi Peter please reach out to [e-mail]. The middlemen have a gift for you.

[@ozarkbound]

My dad broke his pinkie finger taking down an inmate 2 months before he retired as a corrections officer. It never healed properly. He had several surgeries and never gained much use of his hand. He finally decided on having it removed. He can use his hand much better now.

[@iainpaton1865]

Keep the great videos coming friend. From Scotland 😊

[@jlautomotive6349]

God bless you and your family!!

[@LeonMurphey]

Thank you Lord that You provided the weather to push down the fires😊

[@LeonMurphey]

Yet another good teaching, thank you sir😊

[@sharppick]

Great work young man. Keep telling it.

[@sythshowedu]

love the tool videos

[@johnrambo7630]

Very helpful. I need to maintain my tools better. I appreciate the links for the products you use

[@BattleChemist]

Take care of those injuries and don't overdo it... it takes longer to heal the injuries that we used to get when we were younger. I treated my hand tools last year for the first time with BLO and my goodness they looked so much better. It's about time to do the annual for them.

[@jwps7586]

Good way to end the holiday weekend!!

[@willamettehops]

Some good tips, especially the using quarter sheets of sandpaper to save money.

[@roberthumphry1609]

This is the content i subscribed for!

[@wesd3742]

Always good info, hope you heal up soon. Prayers from us

[@ericstone8812]

These are my favorite videos!

[@jlfamilyfarm2190]

Love the content very inspirational. Cant wait to get my new shop set up and to start caring for the tools like this. Thank you God Bless

[@texasmcgyver]

That is great info ! Going to try it ! Looking forward to more videos like that! 💯💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@damianwilliams7401]

I usually rough it with my wood handle tools and “be a man” with my blisters. You taught me something I’m going to do from now on. Prayers for you and yours ProHo.

[@outdoors-fun]

Ive found warming the wood really helps with absorbing the boiled linseed oil. I set them next to the wood stove to warm up. On a new tool, you can apply several coats. The wood just drinks up the linseed oil.

[@handlaidtrack]

Thank you for showing us your methods. Motivates me to do the same with my hand tools!

[@55rman33]

No need to call this low effort. Sometimes you need to slow down and work in the shop. This reminds me of an older video you made back in your old shop when you were working with a hand planer. Good stuff

[@robertm9848]

Loving these around the shop videos. Wondering if there's any chance you could do one on emergency backup power and supplies/prepping again? I know you've done them in the past and was hoping for a refresher. Take care and God bless.

[@DrSteveMorreale]

You'd be the best neighbor and peer mentor. Thank you!

[@DavidHain-TX]

Such valuable information. Thank you for providing it.

[@soulehawk]

Have been watching and learning as well as growing together for many years. MY father taught my a lot about tolls , cleaning and sharpening BUT it was you who brought up wooden Handel care! I am tired of the cheap shovels- 😢 some with cheap $ and some with more $ Each and every time you bring out the woodland fire shovel I get the fizz as you say. I get it. BUT WHERE CAN I PURCHASE 2? One for me and one for my daughter.

[@jamespotter936]

I always liked your tool videos.

[@RECON_LEE]

If you are looking to buy a file card do yourself a favor and buy one with a brush on the opposing side. It costs a bit more but it allows you to really brush the file clean after each use. One side is made for removing the lodged flakes of metal and the brush allows you to remove some of those smaller flakes allowing your file to cut even more efficiently. Crescent Nicholson has a few that are USA Made if you are proho and concern yourself with such things!

[@idhatemet00]

i just use a toothbrush sized steel wire brush. works a treat. never understood the necessity for a "genuine file card when it's just a wire brush.

[@Jacobvernon0927]

Happy Labor Day to you too!

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

You can spot a nation at the top of its game (still!) when it has detailed regulations for sharpening rakes in government service. I expect that was how the British Empire used to operate back in the day. "Ship-shape and Bristol fashion". Very impressive!

[@UCWSLAM]

I didn't realize how much I missed this type of content until you've had to go back to it. This is what drew me in to your channel in the first place. Thank you.

[@chrisforthy]

Bought a Rogue hoe based on your recommendation years ago. 100% best garden tool I’ve ever used. Buy once, cry once.

[@thelazyj8658]

Hope you’re better soon!

[@barryhoneycutt3894]

Prayers Brother from SE Texas Watch the fire give us strep when possible. Nice video always see interesting things. ❤💯🙏

[@heyitsjel]

I inherited a carpenter's vice from my father in law (carpenter/cabinet maker) - one thing he'd done to this particular vice is actually line it with cork... doesn't leave a mark *at all* and grips timber incredibly well..

[@zanereed8895]

I want to meet you Wranglerstar! I've been watching you for a few years now. Love the content, I am training in firearms tactics and am a Firefighter/EMT. Love the concept of a warband, we had War parties in my Tribal nation the Lakota people.

[@JustaBot_Gaming]

you can refresh your sandpaper with a task specific rubber cleaning stick or even a soft wire brush will get most of the build up off

[@pinetree9343]

You obviously learned a lot either from your grandfather or your time with the US Forest Service. What you're teaching now, I learned at Bureau of Land Management in the 1990's I'll tell you that this video reminds me of my growing up living next door to my grandfather and learning. I paint all the ends of my tools in Orange paint. Your grandfather would be proud of you today

[@92bm80em]

It’s 11:00pm and I just finished doing maintenance on my tools in the garage. After your inspiration from the video, I couldn’t wait to do needed maintenance. Last month you inspired me to renew all my leather bags, tools or other items. Thank you!

[@SharkJumper88]

On the farm we always cut the point off of our shovels and heated and flattened the angle to dig irrigation trenches just a little better

[@oldatheart]

Now we need some mountain bike maintenance videos!

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@karsonbranham3900]

I’ll be 60 next month, it does take longer to heal when we break ourselves, though we can do it with good nutrition and health habits. Good on ya for persevering despite the challenges, and thanks for the ever awesome content!

[@RanchoFiascoMike]

I have a friend in south Texas that stores his good shovels in a 5 gallon bucket of sand that he has poured his used motor oil in. He complained that the humidity is so bad down there that everything was constantly rusting.

[@gregmayled]

I really do love your intro music. Always have.

[@andrewcoates6641]

As an alternative to using a file card to clean the teeth of your file, if you have a strip of mild steel sheet you can take a piece about 1 inch wide by two or three inches long and using the heel of the file that you are cleaning up to produce a series of small teeth along the short edge of the steel plate. This can then be used to push the waste material out of the teeth of your file if you apply it at a sharp enough angle of around 15 degrees. The piece of steel doesn’t need to be thick, 18SWG is thick enough and for preference ordinary mild steel is the perfect material to use. As you use the ‘comb’, it will of course become fouled and blunt, but all you need is to use a section of the file that you have already cleaned to recreate the edge of the ‘comb’. This little dodge works best when you are cleaning a single cut file, but a double cut file can also be cleaned up as long as you use the small section of single cut teeth at the handle end of the file or the heel to cut your teeth on the piece of steel.

[@watrocket]

Praying for your family's safety 🙏

[@coreymichels]

Them West coast boys really like applying that linseed oil ;)

[@scharbon4089]

You should file the other way on the tip, from the cutting edge to to the main metal part! The metal elongate has you file and will roll at the cutting edge with your way! My way, try it, it'll go way faster! Just be careful not to stab yourself! 😉

[@My12521252]

Great video! Thanks

[@ryanr4181]

Great Video!!!! Thank You!

[@MrLandphill]

love the tool restoration videos , thanks

[@realoscaryarrito]

Thumbs Up!

[@tf841]

Frost already!!😯😯Saskatchewan here we aint got none yet.

[@RanchoFiascoMike]

Have used boiled linseed oil for years. Use it on the metal parts of tools as well to prevent rust. I have several gallons of it that I got from my father. People laugh at me for applying this to my hand tools. My shovels etc are forged and pretty expensive compared to the stamped steel products you buy at The big box stores.

[@maximum2417]

Great content brother 👍

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks, my tools need work 😊

[@00Klingon]

Based on everything I have found, all BLO (Boiled linseed oil) has a drying agent added to it, yes even the old stuff. The old stuff uses lead oxides (or other metal compounds) as the drying agent which is quite toxic. Newer drying agents are lead free, though I don't know that they are exactly healthy for you either.

[@Azzafudd]

Good reminder that’s now on my to do list for my days off lol it’s been a few years since I oiled my tools 👍

[@Factor85Labs]

Use a card scraper instead of sanding the handle, it is faster, is a nicer finish, and you will save a fortune in sandpaper over time. And try making some handle wax, just a blend of raw linseed oil and beeswax works fine. It is a great handle finish, easy to use, and safer than BLO.

[@tylermac5656]

I was always taught once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year and once a year after that. 16:36

[@donaldhofman5257]

Another pro tip! To remove buildup on your sandpaper! Stop at Harbour Freight and pick up a big gum eraser! Your power sander belts and pads will last 10 times longer!! I used 2 belts on a stained entry deck! I course and 1 fine belt! The last ones I bought was 5 bucks and it's lasted 2 years and saved me lots of belts and pads!

[@donaldhofman5257]

It was 6 x 12 feet!

[@Chimaster345]

Trauma shears aren't bad but one of my favorite things do EDC besides a knife are electrician's scissors particularly the ones from Klein Tools because they're cheap and work great though I figure they're all pretty much the same. Electrician's scissors will really cut through whatever you need them to cut super easily.

[@thorzyan]

lots of homemade bone broth is a boone for healing brother. IR light therapy as well- i bought a $300 panel for my arthroscopic knee surgery and was doing 10k steps in 1 week.

[@LovedMyLoyalLongDog]

Best to you Cody!

[@danielj3010]

Happy Labor Day ❤

[@johndunbar2393]

Thanks for the reminder, ProHo. I need to get my handles BLO'd.

[@bigdslawn4631]

Everyone and anyone who digs should own a cap rock shovel.. solid 12 gauge steel. Keep it sharp and will dig through pretty much anything

[@RussianColluder]

15:59 that hand movement has been passed down from west coast man to west coast man for generations.

[@idhatemet00]

yeah he got extra zesty applying that linseed oil. he got the simultaneous up and down, side to side special. as a west coast man, i do not claim this. lol

[@UndreamedFool17]

Fireball Tool did a test on files, 2,500 back strokes (with a machine he built just for this test) on a file to see if it caused damage. It was a mith busters if you will....

[@mfallen2023]

I've been using normal linseed for as long as I can remember and never had any issues aside from one "roasted" axe handle I made that just kept drinking the oil in. Probably put 20 coats on it over 4-5 days and within an hour it was bone dry. Turned out beautiful and is one of my favorite handles I've ever made, but it just doesn't have that tacky coating. Still protects it well though, but then I reapply it every 6mo-12mo. But I set the piece out in the sun to dry for 4-5 hours, and I wonder if the direct sunlight isn't creating a pseudo "boiled" effect similar to the old, literally boiled linseed, causing it to dry a lot quicker? As I'm good to go with it after 24hr, with a nice tacky (but not sticky) protective layer. Always heard 7-14 days, but that's not been my experience. I just know I'd burn the shop down if I used boiled. Get distracted, wipe my hands on a shop towel, and then wake up to a fire at 4am...

[@79mini]

Missed opportunity for sugiban finish. I got a staff that's gloss black from flame alone. Dealing with fire sugiban actually retards it man that would of looked so sharp.

[@renenowicki]

Wishing you well. Hope you don’t have to cough or sneeze. 😉

[@NoCheeseNoMercy]

Every day for a week Once a week for a month Once a month for a year Once a year after that My guess on what he was trying to say 😂❤

[@maxpowers3494]

These fires have been bad. But the silver lining is that it made him wear sleeves again.

[@Crzyace28]

Father, l pray for healing for our brother cody. Guide him through this troubled season with your grace and wisdom. Give him your strength to fight these fires that threaten his home and against his family. In your name, I pray amen. God bless you cody and your wonderful family. Hebrews 12:1-3 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

[@littleacres6753]

Take care my friend. More videos on those other tools behind you!

[@wranglerstar]

You got it!

[@VonFowler-fw3yh]

I worked in a bodyshop. We were told the dust from the Scotch Brite pads were Carcinogenic. Lot youd like to know.

[@PNWMountains]

Pray you are all okay..the warm weather ahead for your area is not favorable. I have had a bad feeling about this fire.

[@pauldegennaro7798]

Would you recommend a plastic dip with grit on the end of the tool or a grip tape like hockey players put on there sticks .I'm a Holly fireman in ny. The guys try all different ways on axes and pike poles . ? Most of our tools use fiberglass or steel shafted tool .

[@treyhart6861]

I picked up some Rogue tools, and I have to say, they are top notch!!! That rake is a legit beast of a rake. It's become my go-to rake for many yard tasks. Their scuffle hoe too... DO NOT waste your money on inferior junk from the box store.

[@billwoehl3051]

Sharpen your soapstone on your file, the soapstone flakes help keep the file from loading up when you file metal.

[@TheWildboar09]

A trick given to me is rube the file with like welders chalk, so that the filings won’t load up

[@Alexanderspiegel-f7r]

Oh God I'm so sorry

[@MischaFellner]

Today. Just had a new one start like 10 miles away from the park fire start location TODAY.

[@SkovboDK]

Talks 60 grit uses P100.. but P100 is fine for the job P60 would make it faster but leave a lot of scratches... i only use 40 or 60 if i need to remove old cutmarks when recycling cutting boards :) Cold pressed grapeseed oil is also good for tool handles.. penetrates very deeply into the wood

[@stephendockery8417]

Cody, in one of your previous videos about tool care you had a metal card for measuring the safety and sharpening angle on a pulaski. Do you know where I can find one?

[@kubby5189]

I use u bolts run through a 2x6 to hold odd shaped tools