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.

Well I enjoyed that thoroughly. I've got one of those giant wrenches. Can't wait to unbend something.

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.

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!!

Please don't apologize for going long. I enjoyed every minute of it 🏆 Great job as usual 👍😎🤠

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 🇦🇺

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?

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 ;-)

Wonderful job Scoutcrafter. I've learned a lot from watching you bring these old tools back to life!

What a great save. Lapping the threads is an awesome idea.

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.

Absolute Genius!!! Great work on all of those clamps!! You really should consider teaching at a trade school!! Incredible Knowledge, Know How and skills!

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.

Watching the ease with which you solve problems in machinery and metalwork really makes my day, ScoutCrafter! THANKS!

I knew you would make it look easy. Thanks for showing us the knowledge you have. The tooling is memorizing to watch.. enjoy it.

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'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.

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

Great video. You can use the Lapping compound for removing screws also, helps to keep the screwdriver in the slot. Thanks again

Great idea using the lapping compound 👍👍👍

Great work bringing those clamps back to life John, the pad work was outstanding!👍🏻

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!

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!

Lots of good ideas in this mish mosh.... especially the lapping compound!

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.

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.

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 job!!! Once, you tell us that you are hammerholic but you are also clampholic!!! Great video!! Thank you

Best clamp restoration yet Scout.

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!!

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!)

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!!!!!!

14:47 buggered up a very British phrase and so much more appropriate than FUBAR

Awesome video buddy. Thanks for all the info.

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.😁👍👍👍👍👍👍

I learn something every time I watch one of your videos 👍

Brilliant! I have some misaligned clamps and now I know how to fix them. Thank you!

151 comments wow love the long format great job Scout lot information thank you very much keep up the good work we love you

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.

What a day of clamp clean up. Nice lathe work how satisfying. I'll remember the Crescent trick. My 24" should do it....lol

Great job.

Great job as always.

It's called Beast mode😂 nice work scout crafter

Great tips and techniques. Learned allot. Every time you bend one of those tools I think it is going to snap. Very enjoyable. Thanks

The lapping compound trick was awesome! The pads you made look great!

Glad I found this one thanks. Had a clamp bent exactly like Todds clamp, got it almost right except for that fin wave.

22 minute video! Great start to the week!

How to repair tools is just as interesting as restoration. Great video.

Fantastic skills again

Your pads sure came out nice. They not only helped to make the clamps serviceable, they added a real personal and professional touch.

Hi Scout Crafter 👋👋👋very good job and restoration 👍👍👍👍🤝🤝🤝🤝

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!

Always interesting and informative content. Thank you.

Awesome! 👍 You gave me some great ideas! Thanks!

Another great video with tip to restore tools. Makes me want to get a mini lathe. ...Art

Awesome video!!! You make it look so easy.

THANK YOU...for sharing. Very nice repair.

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

Very good video and tips..

Excellent educational video. Thank you. Michael from Canada

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 nice good work 😊 👍

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 👍

Great work, more tools restored and handy tips along the way - thankyou for all your knowledge and skills.

GREAT work ScoutCrafter!

Like always, Quality!!!

Awesome job Scout

A lot of good information. I have used lapping compound for lapping valves several times but never for threads. Thanks

A very interesting video. I learned a lot. Thanks.

Another great video.

Excellent 👍👍👍

FYI- I am soooooo 'binge watching' your channel right now!!!!

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

Gonna have to try that lapping compound trick, great episode!

Amazing channel stumbled upon this by accident have subscribed learning so much thank you.

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

The mosh is my top favorite. Great job scout top notch and perfection as always

Lapping compound trick is awesome!

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!

I gotta get a press 😁. The lapping compound trick was a great idea! Great episode! Cheers

Great vid!! Great problem solving!! Especially using that lapping compound....I learned a few thing for sure :] TFS

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

Wow! So much good information in your videos I never know what to comment about. Thank you Scoutcrafter! The clamps came out premo. 👍🏼

One of the best videos so far! 20 minutes felt like 5!

I'm glad you got to use the Dake. You did a superb job putting those clamps back in usable condition.

Folks with skills , SC for sure , continue to amaze me 🤓

Awesome video sc!

3 up and 3 down! Way to go, CS!

Clamps...unsung heroes.

Great tutorial

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!

Fantastic mish mosh to quote Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, I love it when a plan comes together Don’t you love those days when everything seems to go right, your best video yet John longer the better I’m working on my clamp nearly finished it’s gonna be a good turn out for this challenge a lot of fun The clamps came up great I love the aluminium foot on the big clamp looks great once again amazing 😉

Inspired me to fix two old bent clamps that have been rusting on a shelf out in the shop.

Nice job, scout. You're getting pretty good at the multi axis moves on the lathe...who needs CNC...lol. I think the big clamp is made by "The Adjustable Clamp Company". They also make the Pony and Jorgenson brands.