Great lathe work. For those that don't have one Zoro sells replacement swivel pads. they use a clip to hold them in. Not the same satisfaction as making your own.
Definitely one of your best videos John......The Dake......The lathe.....3 interesting clams with varying problems.....awesome. The lapping compound takes me back nearly 40 years to my days as a greenkeeper. We used that compound to "back lap" (sharpen) the blades on our cylinder mower cutting reels. Great video.....cheers mate.
The lapping compound trick is worth the price of admission! Outstanding!!! That never crossed my mind to use it as an abrasive to free up a tight fit! Thank-You ScoutCrafter! Great job 👍!
It's always a better day when you Dake a chance to make it work. Great job and thanks for showing us the details, sharing the tips and letting us see the utility of Clover Compound, a product I haven't seen since I used to work on my Swedish dirt bike.
Just another great restoration. It's fascinating watching you address each issue and correct them and bring them back to life. You would make a great shop teacher.
Thanks John, I really enjoyed that and it wasn’t to long at all. As a viewer it was just about perfect length. I got a couple of clamps I got really cheap because the pads were missing and I’m looking forward to turning replacements. Thanks Stuart 🇦🇺
Absolute Genius!!! Great work on all of those clamps!! You really should consider teaching at a trade school!! Incredible Knowledge, Know How and skills!
In general, I especially like true repair, beyond cosmetic improvement - taking a tool from inevitable scrap steel to another 10, 20, 50 or more years of useful life. I had already identified creating a new clamp-foot on my project wish-list, and your lathe work on the big clamp gave me both tips and encouragement to tackle this soon! As soon as @Ben Mall and I each have a Dake ;-)
About installing the swivel pad: Where I worked as a hydraulic shop foreman/mechanic. We rebuilt hydrostatic transmissions which had pistons which also had a swivel head that almost was identical in nature to those vise pads. We had a jig made for us in order to install new heads on pistons. The heads new heads themselves were drilled to depth for receiving the ball of the piston with radius nose drill that made a hole with a bottom matching the part to receive it. The outside of the new head also had an outward flair machined to the collar portion where the piston head entered. The piston and new head were assembled together and the assembly was inserted into a pair of split dies with the minor diameter of the neck of the piston collar machined into them,(basically a hole with a slight female flair at the top.) these were inserted into a collar which held the split dies and prevented them from opening or falling through. This whole thing was then pressed so that the piston itself pushed the head through the hole in the split dies which in turn caused the flared portion of the piston head to be closed on the backside of the ball portion of the piston head. Other processes were done to insure proper tolerance was met but for this vise screw that is unnecessary. The process was easy and simple. Now I know that for your purposes here the tooling is out of reach and who needs it to repair a few clamps but now that you know, you might want to basically make your own and experiment. Hey, you would have another excuse to use the DAKE, huh? Right?
The two things I say watching these vid's are "I always learn something" and "you made that?!" The level of talent and experience here is amazing. Good idea using the lapping compound. My first thought was to use cutting fluid but I guess it's probably not abrasive enough.
Hi Robert, I was lucky because the only lapping compound I own is grade E which is 120 Grit! Perfect for this job as many of the compounds are very fine grit like 1000... I have to see how to make the stuff! =) Thanks!
I've done up several clamps, my oldest one was patented in the US in the mid 1800s, i love the tip about the lapping compound, as i never intend to use them, i have painted some in hammer tone, and picked out the lettering in gold or red paint, they now hang in a row from my man cave joists, along with some old f spanners and a few pipe wrenches with wooden handles. Thanks for the tips. Tony, Australia.
Loving your videos from Old England 🇬🇧 I love restoring Old vintage carpenter tools , I have been doing it all my life right from a child, I am a vintage professional Carpenter myself lol 😆 thanks for your videos you are very talented so very interesting best wishes from England.
Superb results. I always enjoy your work on the lathe. I’m also always interested when you use the dake. I saw one in harbor freight and I’m not enough of a tool expert to know what purpose they serve, but I am learning as it shows up in your videos. Thanks so much Scout!
Nice repairs! The lapping compound appears to be the same as they use to lap intake and exhaust valves when they do a valve job on an internal combustion engine.
Don't apologise! This was a great video! So many tips! And so much valuable information and insight! Who knew I could be my own Dake? Lol Thank you SC!
Well you made that look easy. Got a buddy that laughed when I bought the 18 inch adjustable. Said I wasn't ever going to use it. Well of course I have. But then he calls me one day asking to borrow it. Ha Ha! BTW I like that can of compound, it's been around a while. Great video Scoutcrafter!!
beautiful job well done I never knew about that lapping compound so nice that you share your years of experience with everyone God bless your family and friends I really enjoy the video keep up the good work.😁👍👍👍👍👍👍
Loved those restorations , and didn't mind the video length at all . In fact if you had a few more , I could have easily watched for 30 minutes or longer John . I am "Jonesin" for more now LOL .
Great video Scout! They are actually one of my favorite tools (right there next to the perfect handle screwdrivers) and you have tought me a lot on fixing these things with this being very common problems. I've been away to England for the weekend so I am a little late watching. Thanks a lot!!!!!!
Nice work as usual. I've made swivel pads like your aluminum one from steel, probably takes a little more heat but still works well. Thanks for the video!
2 tricks I heard about press fitting at home (or in a small shop) 1. (most common) heat the outer part and then put it on - once it cools it will shrink around the inner piece, as you showed. But this will work for most things. 2. put the inner piece in the freezer for a few hours, then press it into the outer piece. Once it warms up it will expand and tighten up. Useful when you can't heat the outer piece for some reason, like if the heat treatment would be ruined or you can't remove a heat sensitive component (plastic, electronics, or plated objects) Assuming the materials are similar in their expansion rates you can't do this trick in the reverse. Aluminum and steel don't. (You get a scary surprise if you have a steel handlebar with an aluminum stem on a bike and take it out in the cold!)
That is one mother of a crescent wrench!!! Great techniques for straightening that clamp. And those milled clamp feet are awesome!! Another great MMM! Almost forgot, that lapping compound worked great. I've seen it used for lapping valve seats but yours was a perfect application.
One of the things I like best about your channel is, I learn about things and there uses that I didn't even know about. That lapping grease trick was brilliant!
Very impressive sir John. Why on earth did I not ever think of making a new end piece had access to the tooling but never though of it strange. I used to get a washer cut a space in it to look like a C then braise just the back of it to a nut big enough to go over the ball of the clamp then weld a big fat washer to the bottom of the nut push it over the clamp then pinch the top washer together so it wouldn't fall off. Your way looks so much better and I bet just as quick to make . They all look so good now .very well done .enjoyed thanks again 👍
I am going to have to write that down about the lapping compound so I don’t forget it . That will help me out in a lot of different applications . Thanks
Thanks Mac ... as always you are ‘on target’ with your work! I’m still looking for a wooden handle e-tool for you to restore ... it would make a good video for our birthday and to honor a legend of the Corps - Gen Ray ‘E-Tool’ Smith. Semper Fi
Gerry! I have one perfect for a restoration! It has a 1" split running up from the tip of the blade. I need to get it welded and it should be good again! Thanks again Gerry for the Clamps and inspiration! All the best Marine! Semper Fi...
I just told my son that he has to subscribe to your channel. Like you, he's very handy with his hands. I'm sure he's going to really like what you're doing.
I so look forward to Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's now. You videos,regardless of lenghth, are both informative and entertaining. You should approach the Discovery channel, 'cause you're better than any thing on TV!!! Thanks for all you do. Kudos from the Old Dominion
I’ve got 4-5 old clamps missing the foot pad. They’re just too nice throw out. I keep hoping one day to find an affordable replacement or something I can make but I don’t have a lathe. You did a great job making those
Hi Scout. ...super job. I had never seen the tip using the crescent wrench for torque - I'll have the share that with Jr. BEFORE he ruins clamps. Thanks and have a happy day!
Scout, watching your channel has improved how I think up solutions. When you had the big clamp with the too tight threads I was thinking, "I wonder if some oil with a grit in it would get those threads working?" And then right away you picked up that can of lapping compound which did the trick. Great video today. Thanks. - Kathie
You Know Kathie, There is no reason you can't make your own "lapping compound" you just need the proper abrasive! Thanks so much! Good thinking!!!!!!!!
Great lathe work. For those that don't have one Zoro sells replacement swivel pads. they use a clip to hold them in. Not the same satisfaction as making your own.
Hi Philip! Thanks so much for that! I always wondered if anyone ever sold replacements! So many people need them!!! =D
Here is the link that Philip mentioned! www.zoro.com/westward-1-14-dia-12-dia-hole-10d573/i/G4965581/
57WillysCJ thank you, I’ve been looking all over for something that was $15 each
Note that there's several other sizes also listed on there. Zoro sells a lot of things so I'm sure you can find enough stuff to get free shipping too.
Definitely one of your best videos John......The Dake......The lathe.....3 interesting clams with varying problems.....awesome.
The lapping compound takes me back nearly 40 years to my days as a greenkeeper.
We used that compound to "back lap" (sharpen) the blades on our cylinder mower cutting reels.
Great video.....cheers mate.
The lapping compound trick is worth the price of admission! Outstanding!!! That never crossed my mind to use it as an abrasive to free up a tight fit! Thank-You ScoutCrafter! Great job 👍!
Well I enjoyed that thoroughly. I've got one of those giant wrenches. Can't wait to unbend something.
It's always a better day when you Dake a chance to make it work. Great job and thanks for showing us the details, sharing the tips and letting us see the utility of Clover Compound, a product I haven't seen since I used to work on my Swedish dirt bike.
I've said it before but I'll say it again, you've got some mad free hand lathe skills!!!
Just another great restoration. It's fascinating watching you address each issue and correct them and bring them back to life. You would make a great shop teacher.
Great job!! Don’t be sorry if it runs long! I like the longer videos! Love seeing the machining work also!! As always keep up the great work!!
Thanks John, I really enjoyed that and it wasn’t to long at all. As a viewer it was just about perfect length. I got a couple of clamps I got really cheap because the pads were missing and I’m looking forward to turning replacements. Thanks Stuart 🇦🇺
Absolute Genius!!! Great work on all of those clamps!! You really should consider teaching at a trade school!! Incredible Knowledge, Know How and skills!
In general, I especially like true repair, beyond cosmetic improvement - taking a tool from inevitable scrap steel to another 10, 20, 50 or more years of useful life. I had already identified creating a new clamp-foot on my project wish-list, and your lathe work on the big clamp gave me both tips and encouragement to tackle this soon! As soon as @Ben Mall and I each have a Dake ;-)
What a great save. Lapping the threads is an awesome idea.
About installing the swivel pad:
Where I worked as a hydraulic shop foreman/mechanic. We rebuilt hydrostatic transmissions which had pistons which also had a swivel head that almost was identical in nature to those vise pads. We had a jig made for us in order to install new heads on pistons. The heads new heads themselves were drilled to depth for receiving the ball of the piston with radius nose drill that made a hole with a bottom matching the part to receive it. The outside of the new head also had an outward flair machined to the collar portion where the piston head entered. The piston and new head were assembled together and the assembly was inserted into a pair of split dies with the minor diameter of the neck of the piston collar machined into them,(basically a hole with a slight female flair at the top.) these were inserted into a collar which held the split dies and prevented them from opening or falling through. This whole thing was then pressed so that the piston itself pushed the head through the hole in the split dies which in turn caused the flared portion of the piston head to be closed on the backside of the ball portion of the piston head. Other processes were done to insure proper tolerance was met but for this vise screw that is unnecessary.
The process was easy and simple. Now I know that for your purposes here the tooling is out of reach and who needs it to repair a few clamps but now that you know, you might want to basically make your own and experiment. Hey, you would have another excuse to use the DAKE, huh? Right?
The two things I say watching these vid's are "I always learn something" and "you made that?!" The level of talent and experience here is amazing. Good idea using the lapping compound. My first thought was to use cutting fluid but I guess it's probably not abrasive enough.
Hi Robert, I was lucky because the only lapping compound I own is grade E which is 120 Grit! Perfect for this job as many of the compounds are very fine grit like 1000... I have to see how to make the stuff! =) Thanks!
Wonderful job Scoutcrafter. I've learned a lot from watching you bring these old tools back to life!
Please don't apologize for going long. I enjoyed every minute of it 🏆 Great job as usual 👍😎🤠
Watching the ease with which you solve problems in machinery and metalwork really makes my day, ScoutCrafter! THANKS!
Great work and great to learn. I've avoided buying old clamps without the pads but now I want to try to fix one. Thanks and God bless.
Great work bringing those clamps back to life John, the pad work was outstanding!👍🏻
I've done up several clamps, my oldest one was patented in the US in the mid 1800s, i love the tip about the lapping compound, as i never intend to use them, i have painted some in hammer tone, and picked out the lettering in gold or red paint, they now hang in a row from my man cave joists, along with some old f spanners and a few pipe wrenches with wooden handles. Thanks for the tips. Tony, Australia.
Great video. You can use the Lapping compound for removing screws also, helps to keep the screwdriver in the slot. Thanks again
Loving your videos from Old England 🇬🇧 I love restoring Old vintage carpenter tools , I have been doing it all my life right from a child, I am a vintage professional Carpenter myself lol 😆 thanks for your videos you are very talented so very interesting best wishes from England.
I knew you would make it look easy. Thanks for showing us the knowledge you have. The tooling is memorizing to watch.. enjoy it.
Superb results. I always enjoy your work on the lathe. I’m also always interested when you use the dake. I saw one in harbor freight and I’m not enough of a tool expert to know what purpose they serve, but I am learning as it shows up in your videos. Thanks so much Scout!
Great idea using the lapping compound 👍👍👍
Lots of good ideas in this mish mosh.... especially the lapping compound!
Nice repairs! The lapping compound appears to be the same as they use to lap intake and exhaust valves when they do a valve job on an internal combustion engine.
Don't apologise! This was a great video! So many tips! And so much valuable information and insight! Who knew I could be my own Dake? Lol Thank you SC!
Awesome video buddy. Thanks for all the info.
Well you made that look easy. Got a buddy that laughed when I bought the 18 inch adjustable. Said I wasn't ever going to use it. Well of course I have. But then he calls me one day asking to borrow it. Ha Ha! BTW I like that can of compound, it's been around a while. Great video Scoutcrafter!!
The man could have been a surgeon. Great job.
Wow! Dake and lapping compound on the same mish mash!! U make my day. Awesome as always
Brilliant! I have some misaligned clamps and now I know how to fix them. Thank you!
Best clamp restoration yet Scout.
Nice job! I would not have thought of using lapping compound on those chewed up threads. That’s a great idea. Looks like it worked well.
14:47 buggered up a very British phrase and so much more appropriate than FUBAR
LOL Buggered up is a synonymous term associated with threads!!!!! =D
beautiful job well done I never knew about that lapping compound so nice that you share your years of experience with everyone God bless your family and friends I really enjoy the video keep up the good work.😁👍👍👍👍👍👍
Loved those restorations , and didn't mind the video length at all . In fact if you had a few more , I could have easily watched for 30 minutes or longer John . I am "Jonesin" for more now LOL .
I learn something every time I watch one of your videos 👍
The lapping compound trick was awesome! The pads you made look great!
My new best friend, Lapping compound! LOL Thanks N!
THANK YOU...for sharing. Very nice repair.
Your pads sure came out nice. They not only helped to make the clamps serviceable, they added a real personal and professional touch.
A lot of good information. I have used lapping compound for lapping valves several times but never for threads. Thanks
Hi Scout Crafter 👋👋👋very good job and restoration 👍👍👍👍🤝🤝🤝🤝
Great video Scout! They are actually one of my favorite tools (right there next to the perfect handle screwdrivers) and you have tought me a lot on fixing these things with this being very common problems. I've been away to England for the weekend so I am a little late watching. Thanks a lot!!!!!!
Nice work as usual. I've made swivel pads like your aluminum one from steel, probably takes a little more heat but still works well. Thanks for the video!
2 tricks I heard about press fitting at home (or in a small shop)
1. (most common) heat the outer part and then put it on - once it cools it will shrink around the inner piece, as you showed. But this will work for most things.
2. put the inner piece in the freezer for a few hours, then press it into the outer piece. Once it warms up it will expand and tighten up. Useful when you can't heat the outer piece for some reason, like if the heat treatment would be ruined or you can't remove a heat sensitive component (plastic, electronics, or plated objects)
Assuming the materials are similar in their expansion rates you can't do this trick in the reverse. Aluminum and steel don't. (You get a scary surprise if you have a steel handlebar with an aluminum stem on a bike and take it out in the cold!)
LOL!!!!!! I never thought of the different expansion rates from different materials!!!!!! Great stuff!!!!
Great tips and techniques. Learned allot. Every time you bend one of those tools I think it is going to snap. Very enjoyable. Thanks
LOL Tony it's called the Pucker factor! =D
That is one mother of a crescent wrench!!! Great techniques for straightening that clamp. And those milled clamp feet are awesome!! Another great MMM! Almost forgot, that lapping compound worked great. I've seen it used for lapping valve seats but yours was a perfect application.
Hi Steve! We need to find more uses for that stuff! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!
What a day of clamp clean up. Nice lathe work how satisfying. I'll remember the Crescent trick. My 24" should do it....lol
Glad I found this one thanks. Had a clamp bent exactly like Todds clamp, got it almost right except for that fin wave.
Great job!!! Once, you tell us that you are hammerholic but you are also clampholic!!!
Great video!! Thank you
It's called Beast mode😂 nice work scout crafter
Very nice good work 😊 👍
151 comments wow love the long format great job Scout lot information thank you very much keep up the good work we love you
Always interesting and informative content. Thank you.
How to repair tools is just as interesting as restoration. Great video.
One of the things I like best about your channel is, I learn about things and there uses that I didn't even know about. That lapping grease trick was brilliant!
Very impressive sir John. Why on earth did I not ever think of making a new end piece had access to the tooling but never though of it strange. I used to get a washer cut a space in it to look like a C then braise just the back of it to a nut big enough to go over the ball of the clamp then weld a big fat washer to the bottom of the nut push it over the clamp then pinch the top washer together so it wouldn't fall off. Your way looks so much better and I bet just as quick to make . They all look so good now .very well done .enjoyed thanks again 👍
I guess the Zoro way makes the most sense! LOL
I am going to have to write that down about the lapping compound so I don’t forget it . That will help me out in a lot of different applications . Thanks
Thanks again for the information. I looked up the lapping compounds and found this: Grade E = 120 grit / Grade C = 220 grit / Grade 7A = 1200 grit
Hi Christopher! That is awesome! Thanks so much!
Lapping compound trick is awesome!
Another great video with tip to restore tools. Makes me want to get a mini lathe. ...Art
FYI- I am soooooo 'binge watching' your channel right now!!!!
LOL- Andy Don't watch too many or you will get corrupted! =D
22 minute video! Great start to the week!
Amazing channel stumbled upon this by accident have subscribed learning so much thank you.
Awesome! 👍 You gave me some great ideas! Thanks!
Great video! It was very interesting to watch you figure out how to fix those three clamps, each with their own issues.
Nice job on those clamps, can't beat the Dake!
Thanks Mac ... as always you are ‘on target’ with your work! I’m still looking for a wooden handle e-tool for you to restore ... it would make a good video for our birthday and to honor a legend of the Corps - Gen Ray ‘E-Tool’ Smith. Semper Fi
Gerry! I have one perfect for a restoration! It has a 1" split running up from the tip of the blade. I need to get it welded and it should be good again! Thanks again Gerry for the Clamps and inspiration! All the best Marine! Semper Fi...
Great vid!! Great problem solving!! Especially using that lapping compound....I learned a few thing for sure :] TFS
Clamps...unsung heroes.
You are so right!!
One of the best videos so far! 20 minutes felt like 5!
Thankyou so much! That means a lot!
GREAT work ScoutCrafter!
great job mate amazing again used to use lapping compound for seating valves in car heads cant fix these throw away modern cars anymore
Inspired me to fix two old bent clamps that have been rusting on a shelf out in the shop.
I'm glad you got to use the Dake. You did a superb job putting those clamps back in usable condition.
3 up and 3 down! Way to go, CS!
I just told my son that he has to subscribe to your channel. Like you, he's very handy with his hands. I'm sure he's going to really like what you're doing.
I so look forward to Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's now. You videos,regardless of lenghth, are both informative and entertaining. You should approach the Discovery channel, 'cause you're better than any thing on TV!!! Thanks for all you do. Kudos from the Old Dominion
LOL Thanks so much!!!!! I really appreciate that!
I gotta get a press 😁. The lapping compound trick was a great idea! Great episode! Cheers
A very interesting video. I learned a lot. Thanks.
Like always, Quality!!!
Great work, more tools restored and handy tips along the way - thankyou for all your knowledge and skills.
I’ve got 4-5 old clamps missing the foot pad. They’re just too nice throw out. I keep hoping one day to find an affordable replacement or something I can make but I don’t have a lathe. You did a great job making those
Hi Brad! Philip said Zoro sells replacement pads!!!!!
ScoutCrafter just saw that. Thank you!
Awesome video!!! You make it look so easy.
Fantastic skills again
Hi Scout. ...super job. I had never seen the tip using the crescent wrench for torque - I'll have the share that with Jr. BEFORE he ruins clamps. Thanks and have a happy day!
Awesome job Scout
Scout, watching your channel has improved how I think up solutions. When you had the big clamp with the too tight threads I was thinking, "I wonder if some oil with a grit in it would get those threads working?" And then right away you picked up that can of lapping compound which did the trick. Great video today. Thanks. - Kathie
You Know Kathie, There is no reason you can't make your own "lapping compound" you just need the proper abrasive! Thanks so much! Good thinking!!!!!!!!
The mosh is my top favorite. Great job scout top notch and perfection as always
Great job as always.
Excellent 👍👍👍
Great job.
Folks with skills , SC for sure , continue to amaze me 🤓
Excellent educational video. Thank you.
Michael from Canada
Never heard of Lapping compound either,, great stuff!
Thanks again Todd for the tools!!
I love the giant adjustable crescent wrench, I think this was the third time it was used since its restoration.
Hi Don! You don't use it much but when you can use it nothing comes close! =)
Wow! So much good information in your videos I never know what to comment about. Thank you Scoutcrafter! The clamps came out premo. 👍🏼
Very good video and tips..