One day when was in the Steel Business I was working in my shop and had several 5/8 holes I needed to tap in some 3/4 plate steel......My partner took the day off so I made sure I had the tap but forgot he had the large handle in with his stuff (The one I had would only fit up to a half inch). If it were one hole I could just went slow and used a Crescent Wrench but like you said, you really want everything centered so you can really get a feel for it.....Well I had about 20 large hole to tap so either it was take the (Company) time and money to go buy one or make one....I opted to make one since I was a fabricator in a steel shop......Grabbed a foot long piece of 3/4 x 1 bar stock drilled a hole for the tap and holes for set screws and had an really nice stout tap handle made in less than ten minutes.........Looking back I wish I had keep some of the neat things like that I made or at least had pictures of some of that stuff.

We all should have a basic tap and die set . If just for clean up threads it will save a LOT of frustration. And its a lot of fun to " save " a threaded fastener.

That shot showing the old to new flip when spinning - that raises the bar! Thank you! All the best

Great repair. I love the look of that knife!!!. I'm looking forward to spring and some yard sales looking for some tools👍 Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan

Nice repair, that jb weld works well. Thanks for the tap and die information.

You still amaze me with what you have to work with and how it turns out...stay safe crafterman...

Great job my friend. Just completed a mild Resto on an 8oz ball peen hammer. Thick red painted handle, heavy rust and dinged up head. Scraped Handle, wire wheeled head, took belt sander to get the big gouges out. Then used my M12 polisher to smooth and polish. Didn’t want it to rust so I used my gun bluing on it. Looks color case hardened! Came out great. Thanks for the inspiration and happy new year🎉

The knife looks great and if you had not pointed out the repair I would not have noticed it. That first tap and die set was awful. It is hard enough tapping a hole with the tap centered let alone off center! Another great Mosh. Thanks for sharing this.

You talked about the tool hobby but I think your channel is much more, from toys to bumper cars, to tips that are useful in many fields, lots of interesting stuff here! I'm not a tool expert but I've used tools all my life working on projects, mainly fixing broken stuff (I'm a cheapskate too) Sometimes I don't get the best results but when i learn about new tools and techniques I get better results, for example, the hole in the end of most taps are there for a reason, use a tap follower in your drill press or lathe and you'll get straighter threaded holes. Sometimes I can't wait for something to break.

The JB weld repair looks good! The spinning before after shot was pretty slick!

That old Craftsman is just beautiful. This year did go by quite fast. Time to buckle down and hold on for the next one. At least I look forward to next year's video's! Thank you so much for all your great video's! It really gave me something to lookout towards and I re-watched a lot of them, they really keep up. O and I bought a vise, a Reed 206 R from I think the early forties. They man I bought it from helped me put it in my car. I had a little trouble getting it out myself, I put it on the scale today and weighs 66,4 kilo's, I think that's about 146 lbs.

Wow great job on the repair scout that jb is so good I like the satin finish polish is nice but that satin looks Like it would be nice in the hand great video god bless Take care stay safe 👏🗽🙏🇳🇿🇺🇸

John...I do a LOT of drilling and tapping at work and these three items are a huge help. I got them on amazon several years ago. Gearwrench ratcheting tap handle-does both taps and dies-very comfortable to use if you have to tap holes in anything thicker than sheet metal. Brown and Sharp spring loaded tap guide and a tap guide block. A happier new year to all! George

Chipped and broken knives are pretty common. I watched Devon setting outlets by driving a Stanley retractable knife into the paneling by beating on the end with his Klein Linemans pliers. Then pounding on the top of the Stanley knife with the Klein Linemans pliers. He went through a knife a week. 😁😎

I have never seen a puck before. It looks like a very bad idea. Liked the knife it turned out so good you don't see the repair. Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks

Many More Moshes to come in 2021. Looking forward to them all. Happy New Year!

Your JB Weld repair was perfect. 👌🏼 Looks like those utility knives make pretty good spinning tops as well. Knife looks great with the red in there. Happy New Year. 😃👍🏼

Thanks for all the uplifting videos through 2020 and here's to a fantastic new year.

I have sold a few utility knives but have not sold the ones I have found with chipped tips. I keep those for parts to clean up other knives. I think some sellers don't realize that a chipped tip ruins the value of the knife. However, there are those sellers who do take advantage. Great repair.

I never seen die puck for a tap before. Nice repair and blend on that Craftsman utility knife.

That chipped one came out really slick.

i have a few of the long ratcheting taps they are quite handy

Fantastic repair John, happy new year and I look forward to seeing what you come up with for next year

That´s an interesting die set. Unusual. Thanks for showing.

Perfect timing! I’ve been recently shopping around for a vintage tap handle. Thanks for showing us the various types. Love your channel. Keep it coming!

Lovely John I hope to see your Utility knife collection I’m sure it’s had some new additions since the last video😀👍⚒️

Love the Style of that Craftsman...turned out Great!!

Found a vintage tap set from the previous owner while cleaning up the basement last month. When I say vintage, I mean probably not as old as I am lol. Just a basic canadian tire mastercraft set from probably the early 90's. Which means it's probably ok quality wise. Better than what they sell today at least. So I have a basic set now. Also picked up a vintage two volume book set treatise on the steel square from the vintage used book store. Pretty cool stuff! When are we gonna get to see the SC Junior tool set? Lol! Can't wait!

Hello John! The black knife it looks great 👍

I just left Home Depot and they had a huge display of Crafteman tools. At first I thought they were Milwaukee tools. They are all in "Scoutcrafter Red" maybe I'm on the late bus but that was a surprise to me. I immediately thought Milwaukee tools the color and look is so similar to Milwaukee.

Wow, Scout, that top hammer looks like my brother-in-law's pride and joy after I tried to pull a stubborn 20d nail with it. Thank God he died or else, he'd still be ragging on me about it. I replaced it with a decent Plumb; it wasn't as pretty, but it did whatever it was asked to do.

Nice video John. I really like the mirror finish also but the satin finish turned out awesome. Hope you have a nice New Years.

Your handy tap and die looks like it was made in Japan after the war. I have several combo fishing poles with lures in the same type of box. Your repair with j b weld came out nice. I liked the satin finish. Another crap to ice cream save. Good job

Nice save John!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎

Excellent repair Mate!! Undetectable!!☺

Lovely work on that knife 👍 😊

Fantastic video, i just happened to be cleaning an old vintage die handle made by "ok company" is a double die handle , is perfect to what you were saying, off center because of the double holder

Great primer on taps and dies. It didn't occur to me that JB Weld could be used on that utility knife. Great save on a nice, still useful tool. Happy new year.

I usually say nice. This time, I actually said oh wow outloud. I have been using carpolish to get that waxed protective feel.

Good one and those junky ones would be just right for me. If they don't quite fit, that's what hammers are for and there you go with an Estwing again. I still haven't gotten one but I'm getting there with the battery stuff. A drill motor to go with the impact. That's IT though. I like falling over drop cords. Happy New Year John CS and GBWYou!

Looking forward to Next Year's Moshs!

John what a great little knife with the #ScoutCrafter Style!

I think certain tools really pop better with the satin look with lines same with cars and mattes or satin finishes as opposed to gloss or candies but other cars really look great in those one or two colors because those lines just pop almost right off the car or tool i think you nailed the finish on both the millers falls and the craftsman knives

Keep them coming!!!!🛠🛠🛠🛠

John, i agree with you on the Handy tap and die set being low quality, but yet the box had dovetail joinery and a sliding lid. Very cool box! Great info on tap handles. I was a machinist so i like starrett products. 👍🇺🇸 Roger

Fantastic job .. I would of never thought of using jb weld to fill in the chip I guess that’s proof you learn something every day

Wow! That looks great. You can barely see the knick. Have you ever thought of Knolling all your knives/tools on the wall to look like the old hardware stores? Excellent work. Happy New Year!

Great video you could really go to town on those Ebay knives score.

Have a Happy and Healthy New Year.🎉

Great video! Hope you had a great Christmas! 😃👍

That was a nicely designed old craftsman knife! Happy New Year!

Happy NewYear to you and your family ScoutCrafter 👴🏻👶🏻

Happy news year I like the box it came in

Right On John! 👍 You make it look easy! That chip came it fabulous! Didn’t you show a JB Weld counter display at one time? Great mosh! 🙌✨❄️⚡️

Happy New year to you thanks for the video this year

Great finish! Thanks!

Have a Happy New Year John. Thank you for the videos

Awesome Craftsman knife!

Nicely done,, Have a great New Year Scout!

John have a happy new year with good health and happiness.

Great work buddy

happy holidays john 👍🇨🇦

...HAVE A GREAT WEEK...

Thanks!!!

Awesome video as always Scout. We are almost done with 2020 yay lol. I hope you had a great Christmas 🐱👍

You've come a long way since your Bobblehead Bebop days. HA HA. Nice work on the Utility Knife repair. Wondering if you have ever repaired a damaged phillps head screwdriver, I looked back and didn't see one. Maybe a new project for you.

Needed to drill and tap some holes recently. Found a nice USA made set of drill bits and taps, but needed a tap handle. Went to Lowes and bought an Irwin (USA made), broke the first time I tried to use it. Very disappointing.

Ive been wanting to make my own wood boxes for my taps and dies. I've been looking for good tap wrench

Inferior Tools of yesterday weren't chinesium, they were "Americrap" - AMT, Globemaster, Dunlap, and a lot of the mail-order cheap power tools (among others!). You're right in that we don't see them around because they didn't survive. But another key thing is that the cheap tools of yesterday were more expensive as a portion of income than they are today. If you had a 1$ tool back then, it'd be something like a 10 or 20 dollar item now depending on how old it is. And possibly as bad or worse than a 1$ tool today.

That tap set is probably worth more without the taps and dies in it than with them now. I can see it now... "Vintage unknown empty handy tap die box - 40$"... Have you ever made a case like that, with the cutouts for a tool set?

I'm wondering if the Newton / New Haven inside the craftsman knife meant the company had factories in Newton, MA and New Haven, CT. Have a great new year!

Hello from uk.

Hope you had a nice Christmas

I just bought a cast iron utility knife that has a chip in the casting in the same spot. Unless I fix it, it's pretty useless as it won't hold the blade. The seller's pictures did not show the chip, not sure if they purposely hid it, or didn't know it was important to the function of the knife.

That first tap & die set was a ridiculous design. I'm betting they went out of business very quickly. I wonder how many holes they caused to be screwed up. Literally. Someone told me that Craftsman tap & die sets of the 60's and 70's were actually made by Starrett for them. I have a set that is still complete after all these years and they ARE very high quality. They have lasted me a very long time. At the time I only needed SAE. Wished I'd had a crystal ball and got the metric set, as well.

Excellent repair on that thing! Have you ever counted how many utility knives you actually have in your collection!?

Looks like you have a handle on the taps.

I like that finish. Great repair! 👍👏👏👏 Second, i see you didn't risk putting a blade in it. 🗡 You always seem to cut yourself a lot. Otherwise, we'd have to take a corner off you totem card🎫⚠️ or revoke it altogether. 😨😆😆😆 Is your Scoutcrafter 1st aid kit up to date?? 🏥

Morning I hope you don’t get the tap and die Berg once you start collecting them and the stories that go with them and thinking about how they got from when they were made to today it will group you and it will empty your bank balance keep the great videos coming

Hi Scout, greeting from Turkey. If possible can you talk about grease and grease guns? Lately, I was repairing my bike and I come across vaious types of greases. different colors and additives.. I was very confused.. or should i stick with 50/50, not being stingy of course:)

John, the Craftsman 850 turned out great. Did you just daub ( is daub a word? LOL) the J.B. Weld in and grind it down? Just hw strong s J.B. Weld?

I own one just like the utility knife you ordered. No chips, in pretty good shape.. wait, mine is NO. 850 too?

So quick response, just how STRONG do you think that JB Weld will be, can you everyday use it maybe without a problem, or is it just aesthetics? Just wondering, I know you did a video a while back on JB weld and its strengths, this would be a good test as well to see the strength. See you next year my friend.

Imagine if Tool Companies, worked like Burger King did. Burger King: 'Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, Special Orders don't upset us! Let us serve it your way!' Tool Company: 'Change the handle, change the finish. Special Orders don't upset us! Let us make it your way!'

Wood boxes preferred over cheesey plastic with latches that break off...but the tap n die was junk

didnt you have that super intricate tool to carve name?

Im still a firm believer that there are tap and die sets meant for cutting threads and tap and die sets meant for chasing threads and folks just buy whatever because they dont understand the difference between the cheap and expensive tools

There are TWO 91-B Tap Handles on ebay right now (buy it now) for $55

Could those knives be manufacturers samples?

👍😎🤠🇺🇲

Take a shot every time Scout says "inferior"!

The lighter knives are made of aluminum

What did you use to fix the chip ?

I pity the fool that picks a knife fight with ScoutCrafter....

Starret is #1 and Brown & Sharp is #2 IMHO. Big Box tools for the most part are junk. Anyone looking owes it to themselves to buy a used Starrettt on ebay - might be less expensive than junky tools.

i use negative feedback avoid to get my items for free all the time.

It might have been worth trying some of those low melt pot metal soldering rods that are available. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNudqpBkqp3Rj2g.html

Even back then they had some badly designed tools..What a terrible way to hold a tap