Good to be back in the saddle welding and grinding! Please take it slow and don’t overdo it. Can we get Vocational College credits for taking Professor Squatch’s classes?

Drilling small diameter round hole at each end of a crack to stop the crack from propagating, or redeveloping after it has been welded, Yea, or Nae? I remember my late father, at age 50, complaining one day that he could not see well enough to do a good job of welding something that he was trying to repair. I feel very fortunate that, after some laser “tack-welding” of both retinas post vitreous fracture, at age 70, with high-index plastic, progressive cut bifocals, I can still be corrected to 20-20 for near and medium distances.

The unwanted truth is revealed when the paint and body filler goes away, enjoyed the video as always!

It is so AWESOME to have you able to continue your builds. Your videos ARE such a GREAT diversion, and I enjoy them immensely. SUPER AWESOME to have you back.

Good to see the progress happening. Pro tip, next time you do a square patch, use round corners. Even a small radius helps with the warpage. Before the cut, i drill a 5/16 or 3/8 hole in each corner. I enjoyed the Cresent panel alignment tool! 😂

Good to see you back in your natural habitat again

Excellent repair work!

Squatch, you got some metal working skills there. Looks absolutely professional. Take great care with the welding, for sake of the eyeball. I just came back from the optometrist with new glasses and decided this would be the first thing I would watch, in support of your eye recovery.

Dude - Off topic comment but a word of thanks. I watched your eyeball videos and it got me thinking about some vision quirks I have so I went to the eye Dr. I'm squeamish about such things but I figured I'd man up and go. It was a good thing that I did, the diagnosis was not good but getting treatment now should nip the problem in the bud and prevent further degradation. Thank you for being a positive influence. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

So glad to hear that your eye is trending in the right direction.

Some leather straps ..for hood .she mint .done a good job there .well done ✔️

Though I have had a dremel tool for years it still amazes how useful they can be.

How great is it you can still find sheet metal that isn’t total trash on one of these 70 year old tractors. I wonder 70 years from now if it will be possible to find a decent hood for a 2023 super duty.

I love the crackle of a MIG welder in the morning!

Thanks for the video Toby! Nice seeing Presentation H coming back together again. Can’t wait for the next video

Good job !

Great work Toby, dremel,Crescent, welder,side grinder and camera angles. Good to see you using ppe to keep your eyes safe!

I'll definitely be "back next time". Great video!

REAL nice work on the hood, buddy! I am impressed. It'll look really great when it is all put back together and shiny. I was really lucky on the suicide H with the gap and fitment of the hood/grille/tank. Didn't hardly have to do any adjusting at all

Great video as always Toby. You can hardly see where you made the repairs. So you can't complain about that considering everything you went through with your eye. Job well done Toby. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers

Definitely good to see you back making progress. When I was taught to MIG thin metal I was told to hammer and dolly the weld a little before dressing it out as this takes away any shrinking stresses. In the case of this hood I don't think it is necessary but if you are doing larger flat panels it can help.

I gotta say this is the longest paint refresh ever! 😆 👍 🤗 but worth it ! ✌️🤙

I enjoyed the camera shuffle. That is a true behind the scenes. Haha

The detail work is always the most time consuming. It is amazing how many surprises are under the paint. It can be some of the most trying moments when it comes to restorations. Thanks for all your patience and skills. Waiting for the next video to arrive.

So happy to see you back at it again. “New” eyeball or not all work is still inspected and verified by your well trained hands and fingers. The tactile touch is the best way to keep your eyes relaxed and not over exerted. Toby’s work won’t stop, and that’s very good for the rest of us watching

Nice job good to see you out there working

Lookin great Squatch!

Don't forget that those are " honorable scars".😅

Great repair!

Love watching you work the metal - Great job Toby! Looking forward to the next episode.

Wow pretty work!💪🏻👍

Great work, very nice result !

Great video and best wishes on the eye!

That is a fantastic job, Squatch. At least as far as my "no good for distance" eyeballs can tell 👍

Ice, (Ice) Snow, baby. 😊

Well done sir!

Hey Toby,,,always good to see you back in the shop. H will now be Squatched,,therefore it's better!! Didn't this start out as a minor freshening up of the gears?

Progress! Love to see you back 'in-the-saddle', doing what you do best - showing us the way!

Hi Toby! We are so happy to see you back in the shop doing what you do best. You are indeed an artist. Looking forward to your next post. It's always exciting to turn on the TV and say you have a new video! Keep up the good work.

Nice job of metal work on the hood. As a welder/ fabricator for 35 years I can recognize and admire skilled work when I see it. I had to cut out and replace large sections of the rear fenders on my Super A project. Warping was my biggest issue. I did come across some new replacements but chose not to buy as mine finished out well. Looking forward to your next video. Again...Nice work.

Nice work on the sheet metal especially the exhaust patch.

Thanks, great work to view..... :)

Kinda surprised that a MN fella like you wouldn't be using a Diamond Tool Diamaloy adjustable body hammer, lol.

Take care and go easy !!!

I gave a lot of thought to how I would have done this repair and I think you did a fantastic job of filling in the gaps with out growing the repair. Well done!

When you started to grinding on it, it resembled an Easter Island statue. Nice job, thanks for posting. Steve

It's looking great

Greast invention in history, the dremem tool.... Love watching you work, I've learned a few new tricks .Just take it easy, coming from a man with eye damage and trying my best to not make it any worse.

Glad you are back and glad to hear that your eye is healing ! I’ve had the laser treatment and eye injections, which weren’t any fun but, were far less traumatic than I had imagined ! In my younger days, we farmed here in California and used mainly farmall and IH tractors. My brother still owns 2 farmall M tractors and my grandfathers John Deere model A. I love all of the history and stories of your antique tractors ! Thanks for your youtube channel ! 👍 16:55

Nice to see you back in the swing of things. Really injoyed the metal fabrication and talking about the different hoods. Denis from Santa Rosa CA

Another great episode! This comment is for the algorithm

Excellent video the hood turned out really nice. Keep up the great videos

Looks fantastic. Glad to see you using the welder and grinder again!

The crescent sheet metal bender is so so good for straightening! I have a HF 24” that’s never seen a nut but bends steel all the time!

Good content. 👍

Good Video, Thanks

I enjoyed the video.

very nice job

there is a man that knows what tool to use for pulling cotter pins - I too spent time in a auto dealership

You sure do nice work!

Nice work.😎

Good job sir

Great to see you back. I admire your ambidextrous welding!

Merry Christmas to you and your family

Your tractor hood looks like a moi from Easter island.

It is good to se you back. As always, quality craftsmanship. Having said that, please be cautious with your eye.

I hope that old farmall realizes how lucky he is to have Squatch do the restoration on it. Will be good as new when all done.

Glad to see you back into the swing of things!

GOOD JOB Toby !!! 👍👊 Happy that your are back and getting back in the groove 😎 CHEERS from Québec 🇨🇦

A buddy had been building a M from 3 when I rebuilt my M. We struck a deal. I discarded a distillate head, small tank, and hood for better ones. Amazing how much crap I got from the purists. I was more concerned about a functioning tractor that looked good. Having said that occasionally something will throw me off when I look for indicators of a tractor's age . Thank you.

Another great video. Love the camera shuffle. That is something you don’t see very often. I liked it as a reminder of the behind the scenes work it takes to make a video as most people ( including me) think as editing is the big part in making videos.

Small magnets are a great help to keep small patches in place while welding.

You do great investigative work on that hood! Looks good.

You're the only person I have ever seen use a file properly. ❤❤ Personal pet peeve. 😂

Happy Yuletime - good to have you back restoring the red one, take care and we're enjoying the videos

Great to see you back in the shop fabricating :)

For the exhaust hole if you'd of used a round disc you could of used 3mm and lined it up with the outer metal and you'd have no distortion virtually

So good to have you working on the H again.

You do amazing work. Glad you’re back doing what you love.

When the tractor is complete and you're ready to drive it out and test it, can you please start that video with "Time to apply Preparation H"? Please, please please..

Looks great glad you are back to working on the h thanks for sharing

Good to see you back at what you enjoy ☺️ great video thank you

Woah, starting off on the other side of the garage door! :) Love the content Toby, keep it going!

Hi Toby- I have some Cat related manuals you might enjoy. A D4600 Power Unit Operator's manual, a National Schoola CaT Service manual, A National Schools Ex-Cell-O pump service manual and a Bosch Pump Service manual. All appear to be from the '40s. I don't see any direct contact method here on the site but they are yours if you want them.

Take care.

Well done sheetmetal repairs. My red Belarus tractor has a folded hood that looks more or less kind of like a Farmall Super M hood. Also they suffer from the same issues, weird holes driller or torched onto rando places, openings are out of shape or wacked out, loose muffler clamp carnage. They are made out of hard steel so if it is severely dented or kinked it's rather impossible to get them back to the original shape. That why having multiplied hoods is a guaranteed way to insure you have at least one that you are able to use.

Glad you’re feeling better!

Nice job! When do you want me to drop my h off??😂😂

Thanks for an H video today I love seeing it it’s a beautiful tractor mine will look good to some day

excellent fabrication well done!

Awesome video. Keep up the great work

Very nicely done.

for the bottom of the hood I would try some rust converter. I used the stuff on the frame of a sierra 1500 that I did a frame down restoration to. I was skeptical but it did great removing the cancer.

Live seeing you use the blue sparky hot glue again! Be well

an ode from my early years in the trade comes to mind:- "a little bit of filler and a little bit of paint, makes a dodgy panel look what it ain't " (but not after the squatch treatment! )

Hay squatch welcome back to your channel hope you heal one hundred 💯 percent just take it easy don’t over do it I know it’s hard for you wrench heads to stay still glad to see you back merry Christmas 🎁 and a happy new years

Will do sir take care and we will catch y'all next round.

Stitch welding is better on sheet metal. It will help it not warp as much

lots of work either way

Hurry Back!! 😊