Old Record 24" Stilson Monkey Wrench [Restoration]

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In this episode of Restore it I restore a rusty 24" Record adjustable monkey wrench, I've had for years. Because it was such a basic item to restore I decided to challenge myself by going for a mirror finish.
This restoration was more of a personal challenge rather than something that was done for a customer.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Preview
00:19 - Dismantling
00:50 - Washing
01:08 - Shot blasting
02:23 - Protecting the bare metal with oil
02:29 - Drilling out the pivot pin
04:06 - Removing damage and wear marks
04:12 - GetRoman
05:09 - Smoothing out surface damage
08:12 - Reshaping the teeth
09:02 - Second oiling
09:45 - Sanding the damage-free surfaces
10:51 - Polishing all metal surfaces
11:56 - Removing the damage and knurl from the nut
13:35 - Cleaning the nut thread
13:54 - Cleaning up the nut sides
14:21 - Preparation for paint
15:15 - Painting the wrench
16:01 - Flattening the primer
16:14 - Mixing the base coat
17:42 - De-masking
17:53 - Final paint details
18:05 - Cleaning up masking mistakes
18:14 - Making a new pivot pin on the lathe
23:01 - Restored parts before reassembly
23:24 - Reassembly
24:58 - Final shots and thanks
Time and costs of this restoration:
This restoration took me 3 days
$8 Wrench
$5 Etch primer
$5 Primer
$10 Base coat's
$8 Clear coat
$10 Nut Knurling
$6 Stainless steel rod
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  • @toothrestorer6588
    @toothrestorer65882 жыл бұрын

    Nice restoration. The heading is incorrect, however. That is a pipe wrench, not a monkey wrench.

  • @RestorationbyGOAT
    @RestorationbyGOAT2 жыл бұрын

    When I finish a restoration, my favorite thing is to use that tool in my workshop. But that's not the rule for the wrench you're restoring because this wrench is AWESOME my friend! friendship of restoration. 😍 💘 🛠 👍

  • @Nbomber

    @Nbomber

    2 жыл бұрын

    Subtly shilling your own channel. If you want extra reach, youtube has some glitch regarding community posts. Look into it. I dunno if its still active. Best of luck to you.

  • @robertduverger3442

    @robertduverger3442

    2 жыл бұрын

    not a monkey wrench but a pipe wrench.

  • @restaurandocoisasvelhas

    @restaurandocoisasvelhas

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello Friend. It was very good. Hugs from Brazil.

  • @korn111685
    @korn1116852 жыл бұрын

    Could you imagine a tradesmen who had a tool his whole career and then you restored it into a showpiece like this for him? Amazing…

  • @jokle01
    @jokle012 жыл бұрын

    That should be a trophy or an award to a master plumber for retirement or something of the sort. Etch the name into the handle and perfect.

  • @BulletproofPastor
    @BulletproofPastor2 жыл бұрын

    Tools are called by different names in different countries, sometimes even within a country. Here, we call that a pipe wrench. Here, a "Monkey Wrench" would have smooth jaw faces that remain parallel (replaced by "crescent wrench"). As a purchase agent for an industrial construction company, I've ordered a lot of tools and consistently had to describe a needed tool because the supplier knew it by another name. Great video. You've done a beautiful job.

  • @MrNunna

    @MrNunna

    Жыл бұрын

    I WAS going to say exactly that. Here in the U.S., that's a pipe wrench.

  • @Endicorp1
    @Endicorp12 ай бұрын

    Nice finish on the pipe wrench and good match of the Record blue paint. Personal choice, but I would have tried to match the rounded head of the rivet pin and left the numerals 24 unpainted. Great attention to detail. 👍

  • @TrapShooter68
    @TrapShooter682 жыл бұрын

    I have this same wrench. It's been sitting in a Florida unairconditioned garage for over 40 years with no rust. It appears to have a plain phosphate finish applied to prevent rust. Not sure I like it polished, but you do you.😊

  • @mariofabrizi5050

    @mariofabrizi5050

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree, the polished wrench looks like crap

  • @Manny_El_M1.1

    @Manny_El_M1.1

    2 жыл бұрын

    now its all slippery, this polished wrench is a decoration now.

  • @johnmaxx4818

    @johnmaxx4818

    2 жыл бұрын

    I do too but I call it a pipe wrench

  • @blankiitog2747

    @blankiitog2747

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have but in 14" its madera in germany so thats why

  • @jimjam3782

    @jimjam3782

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good for you. Do you want a cookie?

  • @RichardT2112
    @RichardT21122 жыл бұрын

    Great job! I have several of these handed down the generations. They are beat up and well used, and although I love the look of yours, I very much enjoy holding these old tools and being part of the history of the tool, as those dents and scratches tell a long lost story.

  • @jeremynorman7741

    @jeremynorman7741

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its their character. Each tool has its own personality and the wear and tear tells you what it is.

  • @jcdelacruz6040
    @jcdelacruz60402 жыл бұрын

    This is a shiniest restoration Ive ever see

  • @shedmanx3640
    @shedmanx36402 жыл бұрын

    A beautiful OTT restoration. Love the shine and I think you pretty well nailed it with the “Record” colour. I’ve done a few similar to yours and they’re definitely wall hangers.

  • @frankbiz
    @frankbiz2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing restoration, that can now be used in a operation room now. 👍🏻

  • @riskybusiness3413
    @riskybusiness34132 жыл бұрын

    Holy cow! Wish I had one of those to frame and hang on my wall!

  • @jeremyrimmer9247
    @jeremyrimmer92472 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful restoration… I wouldn’t have the heart to actually use it!

  • @bigoldgrizzly
    @bigoldgrizzly2 жыл бұрын

    Car boot sale last weekend, bought 3 of these in very good order for less than you spent on paint [£6 ] Total over restoration, but no complaints from me - what ever floats your boat. Mine will be cleaned, de-rusted [electrolysis] , minor touch up to the teeth on the jaw faces, good coat of wax-oil and go straight into service on the farm. nice work young fella

  • @seanrodden6151
    @seanrodden61512 жыл бұрын

    Nice work, great result. Tarting up a working tool does feel a bit like ironing underpants though. I prefer to watch vids where something broken is brought back to functioning life.

  • @stunnedatsunset7649
    @stunnedatsunset76492 жыл бұрын

    Excellent work! The modification is pure genius!

  • @simranjitsingh8551
    @simranjitsingh85512 жыл бұрын

    To all the restoration channels out there ... If your final piece is not shiny and numbers/letters are hand painted .. belive me friends you not done the real justice ... We viewers are mostly non-tool using guys and to us shiny matters. To real tool users, shiny may not matter. But they are not the majority nod views. Love you all. Excellent finish product !!

  • @iainfowler24
    @iainfowler242 жыл бұрын

    If I lived on my own. I’d hang that on my toilet wall for guests to admire 👍🏼

  • @danielaruta8816
    @danielaruta88162 жыл бұрын

    A great project to hone your metal restoration skills. Beautiful results as well. Nice job.

  • @jeffreykreft5442
    @jeffreykreft54422 жыл бұрын

    Most beautiful Stinson wrench I have ever seen! Nice job.

  • @LBG-cf8gu
    @LBG-cf8gu Жыл бұрын

    Wow! I love these artisan channels.

  • @nickp3173
    @nickp31732 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. That's a decorative piece now. Great work!

  • @robertsnyder6982
    @robertsnyder69822 жыл бұрын

    A really awesome and perfect restoration. Great attention to detail.

  • @glengullickson6538
    @glengullickson65382 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! Thank you for taking the time!

  • @ianstradian
    @ianstradian2 жыл бұрын

    This project could be used as an award for a plumber. Mount the pipe wrench to a plaque and add a award to it. “Local Union 456 most prolific plumber award 2022”

  • @matthewpearsall9249
    @matthewpearsall9249 Жыл бұрын

    I'm just in the middle of restoring a Record 14 which I found in the grass while I was cutting it at work I'm glad I spotted it from my ride on mower

  • @mattbannan637
    @mattbannan637 Жыл бұрын

    INCREDIBLE WORK...A TRUE WORK OF ART!!!

  • @stoveboltlvr3798
    @stoveboltlvr37982 жыл бұрын

    Even your sponsor supports rusty tools!😁

  • @bigdaddycain8561
    @bigdaddycain85612 жыл бұрын

    Wow the amount of sanding and patience that went into that!!😎👍👍

  • @gregj.gotham4402
    @gregj.gotham4402 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful restored pipe wrench.

  • @Devastator0
    @Devastator02 жыл бұрын

    Great work mate and excellent result! Love all the vids, keep up the high quality work!

  • @drivewaystar6485
    @drivewaystar64852 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Cant believe you hand sanded the entire thing like that. I used to do that too until my wrists couldnt take it anymore. Looks amazing

  • @markdaugherty6378
    @markdaugherty63782 жыл бұрын

    You are stacking up a lot of great results, thanks so sharing.

  • @rudybriskar5267
    @rudybriskar526710 ай бұрын

    Turned out beautiful!

  • @rachmadanirachmadani1548
    @rachmadanirachmadani1548 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome result, bro. Great job !! Next project is your vise..👍👍❤️

  • @patrickobrien.2028
    @patrickobrien.2028 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible work. Thats a beautiful looking wrench. Keep up the good work.

  • @joejones6968
    @joejones6968 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic young man, You are truly an artisan, top notch tool and die maker, in the future? Thank you for making this video for all of us to watch and see you do your work.

  • @karlwarnes6062
    @karlwarnes60622 жыл бұрын

    That's a really nice restoration of a classic. Have done a few hand tools always get a kick out of using them on site in my day job and therapeutic restoring them.

  • @kamil_k38
    @kamil_k382 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand this is perfectly good wrench for working it no need to restore anything

  • @modvavet

    @modvavet

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking that. Like, it started off in significantly better condition than any of my working ones that I actually use. :P Looks nice, though.

  • @purdyboi8078

    @purdyboi8078

    Ай бұрын

    @@modvavet I know right? Like, same as mine. Like, exactly! 🙄

  • @FixedByDuncan
    @FixedByDuncan2 жыл бұрын

    Turned out nice, new knurling looks good. The colour scheme you chose suits it. 👍🏻

  • @bobcontreras5638
    @bobcontreras5638 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work of art, great restoration it was.

  • @coolissimo69
    @coolissimo692 жыл бұрын

    So Glad that I can watch another of your great videos.

  • @awizardalso
    @awizardalso2 жыл бұрын

    The mirror finish was amazing.

  • @OrionsKelt
    @OrionsKelt2 жыл бұрын

    Damn you literally made it better than the original

  • @OldtoNewRestorations
    @OldtoNewRestorations2 жыл бұрын

    That's an impressive shine! Great to watch, keep it up! 👍

  • @davebuts1921
    @davebuts19212 жыл бұрын

    Very nice mate, I have a few old tools from when we cleared out my Grandads workshop. So well made and a pleasure to use.

  • @suhayl5157
    @suhayl51572 жыл бұрын

    This wrench looks amazing but what exactly is the purpose of this restoration? It is not intended to be used that is for sure, and if held in a collection, then it is not a true representation of the brand since they never intended to finish it this way. did you just do it because you can? or is it for the sponsor's support? I wonder

  • @brucefreedman3655
    @brucefreedman3655 Жыл бұрын

    That is absolutely awesome!!!

  • @MrJamesjustin
    @MrJamesjustin2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful.

  • @Vadym618
    @Vadym6182 жыл бұрын

    That's "hell yeah" category of the restoration! 👍💪 And, it's hard to see when you are working on it by your hands, but not when working with machines. But your stuff is big and expensive 😉☺️

  • @peterealey154
    @peterealey1542 жыл бұрын

    It’s beautiful!! Like jewelry! Great Job!

  • @davidcoats1037
    @davidcoats10372 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic job! Well done 😃👍🏼

  • @Eeeeste
    @Eeeeste2 жыл бұрын

    Beautifull finish and Nice work with the lathe!! Constantly improving man 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @carlmcgee1623
    @carlmcgee1623 Жыл бұрын

    A masterpiece to be certain !

  • @e.c.jr.3580
    @e.c.jr.35802 жыл бұрын

    Awesome job man!!! Turned out perfect!!

  • @jamescraig5421
    @jamescraig5421 Жыл бұрын

    A new Lease of life Bro.keep the great work up 👍.👌👌👌

  • @Sctronic209
    @Sctronic2092 жыл бұрын

    That’s looks better than new. Freaking nice work. 👍

  • @jackvetra2844
    @jackvetra28442 жыл бұрын

    Very nice beautiful work I love old stuff

  • @pareshgajjar6601
    @pareshgajjar6601 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing work

  • @JustPlaneNutzRC
    @JustPlaneNutzRC2 жыл бұрын

    Nice work! I just restored the 18" version of this Stilson wrench.

  • @hpt08
    @hpt082 жыл бұрын

    If that molten metal Terminator fella owned a pipe wrench, this would be it 😁

  • @Falconhunter276
    @Falconhunter2762 жыл бұрын

    Amazing finish.

  • @sharifsircar
    @sharifsircar2 жыл бұрын

    Is it a restoration if it's likely better than when it was brand new lol This has a different kind of satisfaction to this one, loved it!

  • @amaurieduardolinke1601
    @amaurieduardolinke16012 жыл бұрын

    Great work, congratulations ✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @RiotGearEpsilon
    @RiotGearEpsilon2 жыл бұрын

    Majestically shiny.

  • @Miricrafts
    @Miricrafts2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful mirror effect 👍

  • @jairborges474
    @jairborges4742 жыл бұрын

    Amazing job. Congratulations from Brazil.

  • @2cmo
    @2cmo2 жыл бұрын

    This is beautiful, I oftentimes seen people restoring and then instead of grinding or filing out the damages, adding bondo and that for me is a short cut, metal can be filled by welding and when you grind out the weld leveling it out, it retaind the original metal work. I really enjoyed this. I will be subscribing simply because of the fact that you really worked on the metal.🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 from South Africa

  • @RazorCustoms
    @RazorCustoms2 жыл бұрын

    Great job. I wonder if you could have welded in the damage to the screw and saved a lot of metal. I find glass beads to give a finer finish and leave a smoother finish on the metal, making it easier to do follow up surface finishes. Instead of a rough satin, a fine satin finish. You could always take a metal bar, compare the different blast media in strips as well as along the top, different buffed spots with X amount of time buffed for polished finish.

  • @Coogfan1996
    @Coogfan19962 жыл бұрын

    Great job on this one! Good choice over too

  • @user-yu7qo5bo4f
    @user-yu7qo5bo4f Жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Siberia! Stillson's English key is the greatest invention of the 19th century. Very competent and painstaking work. Every step is precise and thoughtful. Cleaning first. Sandblast. File. Polishing with different sandpapers. To the ideal, to the ideal! Sponges on the vise when working with polishing. Oil lubrication between treatment. Finishing polishing with paste. New knurling on the nut. All handles and moving parts are not painted. Only labels. It is important. But I would not lubricate the tool with lithol or amber lithium grease, as it accumulates small particles of dirt and metal in itself. It is better to use dry Teflon grease for chains. Dirt does not accumulate on it so much. Thanks!

  • @androidtyphoo9161
    @androidtyphoo91612 жыл бұрын

    Impressive work!

  • @Glory_inthe_3rd77
    @Glory_inthe_3rd772 жыл бұрын

    Looks really good

  • @uncleblack7322
    @uncleblack73226 ай бұрын

    Great job...Excellent resto

  • @burundi8909
    @burundi8909 Жыл бұрын

    amazing job , lots of skills !

  • @chadjwatson
    @chadjwatson2 жыл бұрын

    Finally!!!!!!!! A restoration artist and content creator who narrates and explains the process!!!!! Heaven. Dude, I am a subscriber for life so long as you keep it up.

  • @JulioCesar-vd6em
    @JulioCesar-vd6em2 жыл бұрын

    Nice job. Good work!!

  • @southernman74l9
    @southernman74l92 жыл бұрын

    Very nice work!

  • @allenschwinn9699
    @allenschwinn9699 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice work young man.

  • @conwaynoel3715
    @conwaynoel37152 жыл бұрын

    Excellent job

  • @ianderbyshire384
    @ianderbyshire3842 жыл бұрын

    well done, trouble is, it's too good to use now great to see younger people with skill, dedication and sense of achievement

  • @SubramaniamLakshminarayanan
    @SubramaniamLakshminarayanan2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing job on putting such a wonderful shine and finish to the wrench. This wrench has now graduated to a showcase from a toolbox. With a 5000 grit smooth finish it would be a potential safety hazard to use it as a tool - imagine an oily or greasy hand slipping on that smooth surface when applying full force while at work.

  • @christophermarshall5765
    @christophermarshall57652 жыл бұрын

    Nice job. Useful tools they are.

  • @austinvitoux
    @austinvitoux2 жыл бұрын

    Looks awesome!

  • @JDnBeastlet
    @JDnBeastlet2 жыл бұрын

    Great result, if a little impractical. Very nicely done and filmed.

  • @myrestorations
    @myrestorations2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing work 👏 🙌

  • @jojolee9608
    @jojolee96082 жыл бұрын

    Wow....!it's totally a perfect job excellent

  • @RestorationApprentice
    @RestorationApprentice2 жыл бұрын

    Already watched it on your other channel. Great to see it all in one place.

  • @TheBlackGreatWhite83
    @TheBlackGreatWhite832 жыл бұрын

    Good freaking job!

  • @sonyhk3824
    @sonyhk38242 жыл бұрын

    More than wonderful job 👍. Cheers

  • @evanmurphy2165
    @evanmurphy21652 жыл бұрын

    Looks great - too nice to use now.

  • @abbas9063
    @abbas90632 жыл бұрын

    👑Great job, very professional🥇🏆👑

  • @joeygaming2987
    @joeygaming29872 жыл бұрын

    That looks beautiful good job

  • @VRestoration
    @VRestoration2 жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one who is uncomfortable that stilsons are so fucking bright? 😂

  • @eliotheasman5378

    @eliotheasman5378

    2 жыл бұрын

    No you are not

  • @justinmalone8518

    @justinmalone8518

    2 жыл бұрын

    What?

  • @Wickedjc2119
    @Wickedjc21192 жыл бұрын

    I found an old bottle capper I wanna do the same thing to. Thank you for the video

  • @rrworkshoptv
    @rrworkshoptv2 жыл бұрын

    Great job. I am a new fan. I will use some these ideas for my YT restoration projects.

  • @jamesrichardson771
    @jamesrichardson7712 жыл бұрын

    Wow ! It's drop dead gorgeous !!! But' who would ever dare to use, or smudge it? It's a work ok of art now' man o man" good job !

  • @GalvanizedGreatness
    @GalvanizedGreatness2 жыл бұрын

    If I was told to use that wrench I’d feel bad because it looks too nice that’s a job well done

  • @1scottdees
    @1scottdees2 жыл бұрын

    Nice work.

  • @RestoredChannel
    @RestoredChannel2 жыл бұрын

    Well done, so shiny😍

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