First-World Problems...

Do they breed? Why do I have so many? And that's not all of them. There is one in the garage, and one upstairs where I am putting a bedframe together.

The wooden-handled ones are very, very old. My second and third hammers, bought on the cheap when I worked as a carpenter. But they are still going strong, although the framing hammer is a bit worn. Back then, nail gun tech wasn't nearly as sophisticated, so I drove a lot of 16D nails. Now I mostly use it to crack lobster claws on the occasional big hard-shell lobster, but its heft can come in handy.

I guess when the zombie apocalypse arrives I can use it for close work...

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 If I had a hammer

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:00 PM (xhxe8)

2 Why do you need more than 1 kitchen knife?

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:02 PM (xhxe8)

3 2nd from the top looks like one I inherited from my grandfather, who died long ago. It has the deep seasoned color in the wood, from being held many many times.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 16, 2023 02:03 PM (q3gwH)

4 Same problem with measuring tapes. I can't find them, so I buy another. Eventually, I end up with a dozen.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:03 PM (ynpvh)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 16, 2023 02:03 PM (T4tVD)

6 2 Why do you need more than 1 kitchen knife?

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:02 PM (xhxe

Scaling,
Chopping,
Dicing,
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

7 If I had a hammer
I'd hammer on all my friends who owe me money
Allll over this laaaand.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 16, 2023 02:04 PM (MeG8a)

8 Apparently all of your problems can be solved with a hammer, that's why you have so many of them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 16, 2023 02:04 PM (ncXxy)

9 So this is why at CBD's house every problem looks like a nail.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 16, 2023 02:04 PM (guGkK)

10 My only a few year old dryer is still out of order., so need to find out what is it's problem.

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (xhxe8)

11 Better to be the hammer than the nail.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (e4fEA)

12 The wooden-handled ones are very, very old.
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Hmm. Now, when you say 'very, very old'...exactly what are we talking?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (qlgfj)

13 Hammer was a great invention.

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (V13WU)

14 My first world problem is that Lucy the Fink continues to shred my couch. It's only three years old and is a mess. I've tried at least five different methods of discouragement including water bottle spraying (she likes it) clear plastic covers on the corners, different orange/citrus scents and now covering the corners with an actual scratching pad.

She's a Fink.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (U2p+3)

15 Paul Pelosi’s worst nightmare

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (MNhXM)

16 Hammer was a great invention.

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM

Sledge Hammer was a great TV show.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (ncXxy)

17 Hammer was a great invention.
Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (V13WU)

It's said that it's a direct descendant of the tapir femur.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (guGkK)

18
I only have one hammer, number three in picture. It's probably half a century old now. It can not be destroyed except by a direct hit by an ICBM.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (enJYY)

19 No ball peen hammer? No rubber mallet? No dead-blow hammer?

You can't properly complete or screw-up projects without them, in my experience.

Posted by: Gref at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (AMIL/)

20 Hammer was a great invention.
Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (V13WU)

Yep. I made an entire career out of it.

Posted by: Gallagher at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (guGkK)

21 When I was on a field survey crew I had really bad nerve problems in my hammering hand (lefty). Turns out it was the steel handled hammer that I was using. I bought a nice framing hammer with a hickory handle and the problem went away. I still have it and I use it a lot.

Makes for a good home defense tool as well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 16, 2023 02:07 PM (T/Lqj)

22 It's said that it's a direct descendant of the tapir femur.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (guGkK)

Nein. Hammerhead shark.

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:07 PM (V13WU)

23 I used to see the old millwrights tramp around, armed with nothing but a ball peen hammer, a 12" pipe wrench and a couple rags. Guys could get anything running (maybe not fixed, but running until the next shift).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 16, 2023 02:07 PM (0EOe9)

24 I probably easily have a dozen hammers
Straight claw framing
Curved claw
Ball peen
Hatchet
Maul
Sledge

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:07 PM (xhxe8)

25 Last count we have at least six hammers of various size.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (T/Lqj)

26 16 Hammer was a great invention.

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM

Sledge Hammer was a great TV show.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 16, 2023 02:06 PM (ncXxy)

https://youtu.be/OJWJE0x7T4Q

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (ynpvh)

27 Ogg like rock. Rock work.

Posted by: Ogg at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (guGkK)

28 first world problem is that Lucy the Fink continues to shred my couch. It's only three years old and is a mess. I've tried at least five different methods of discouragement including water bottle spraying (she likes it) clear plastic covers on the corners, different orange/citrus scents and now covering the corners with an actual scratching pad.

She's a Fink.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (U2p+3)

I have two chairs in my theater room where the cats are allowed to scratch and rip up. They have left all the other furniture alone.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (MNhXM)

29
Truth be told I don't use nails anymore. I use the special screws with the patterns in the head and my portable drill. No more calluses. Plus it makes things Cat 5 hurricane proof.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (enJYY)

30 Rubber mallet
Fiber mallet

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:09 PM (xhxe8)

31 27 Ogg like rock. Rock work.

Posted by: Ogg at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (guGkK)

Rock Scissors Paper always ended in a tie before the invention of scissors and paper...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:09 PM (ynpvh)

32 A really useful hammer is the one with the hard rubber head on it, just to nudge a stuck thing along a bit.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 16, 2023 02:09 PM (MeG8a)

33 32 A really useful hammer is the one with the hard rubber head on it, just to nudge a stuck thing along a bit.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 16, 2023 02:09 PM (MeG8a)

Mallet? One or two lumps?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:10 PM (ynpvh)

34 I have one the same as the third from the top. The rubber handle cover matches. Not the first of that type - the original handle cover came loose and the metal handle tube would slide out - the incredible lengthening hammer, or perhaps there is a sexual inuendo there. They have driven many a nail of many sorts in 43 years of home ownership and renovation.

Unlike our COB writer, I have but two carpentry hammers, but also have a ball peen, a miniature ball peen for fine metal work, a rubber mallet, an 8 pound maul, and a 16 pound sledge. Also a good zombie apocalypse tool.

Posted by: George V at July 16, 2023 02:10 PM (ugbqN)

35 I used to see the old millwrights tramp around, armed with nothing but a ball peen hammer, a 12" pipe wrench and a couple rags.
=====

My own experience is that it is the rags that make the difference. You could pound with the pipe wrench or a rock as long as you had the rags to diffuse the strikes.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 02:10 PM (MIKMs)

36 If CBD could learn to juggle the four hammers he's got a career waiting for him in vaudeville.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 16, 2023 02:11 PM (guGkK)

37 In the period of seven days I broke both my wooden handled hammers. Kinda sad. One was the first one I ever bought.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 16, 2023 02:11 PM (e4fEA)

38 No ball and peen above.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:11 PM (ynpvh)

39 Reminds me of the time I got hoodwinked into going to an MC Hammer concert. Don't care for rap but I had to admit the guy could put on an very good show performance.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:11 PM (BdMk6)

40 I have had (or currently have) every hammer pictured up there

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 16, 2023 02:11 PM (h1jJh)

41 Hammer was a great invention.
Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (V13WU)

My carpenter friend always says the hammer is his favorite tool. I think he likes it more for its deconstructive purposes more than its constructive purposes.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:11 PM (MNhXM)

42 I tend to associate mallets with croquet...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (MeG8a)

43 39 Reminds me of the time I got hoodwinked into going to an MC Hammer concert. Don't care for rap but I had to admit the guy could put on an very good show performance.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:11 PM (BdMk6)

Have a niece with MC Hammer pants. And yes, she can do the dance.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (ynpvh)

44 I still carry a hammer, a 16ox curved claw on me every day. Even doing metal framing use it all the time.

Eff Bee Eye statistics say more people are murdered with blunt objects than scary Semi-Auto carbines every year

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (xhxe8)

45 Naked 2 AM Hammer Time is the best kind of party!

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (T0tUU)

46 My favorite hammer for a long time has been an 18 oz Ridgid curved claw hammer, I got it back in the day because I liked the way it felt in my hand - still do. I looked it up online just for fun to see if they're still sold but they only show up in "antique woodworking tools" on ebay, where it says they're "rare" and people charge a lot. Made me smile, again I just always liked the way it felt. And also because it's funny for me to imagine something I just went to the store and bought once being called an antique.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (q3gwH)

47 I have a little hammer in my gun toolbox made from 1/2" copper, a tee and three caps. Business end is loaded with #6 shot. Great when something is just a little stuck.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (0EOe9)

48 In before someone socked Paul Pelosi, but not before he was referenced in a comment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (a3Q+t)

49 I have two chairs in my theater room where the cats are allowed to scratch and rip up. They have left all the other furniture alone.
Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (MNhXM)

Theater room!! Fancy!!!
All I had was a 12 inch tv in the garage. And I had to sit behind my brothers and sister.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (e4fEA)

50 Now, when you say 'very, very old'...exactly what are we talking?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (qlgfj)

Here's a hint: "God is a Golden Bear." I was there.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (PHmov)

51 46 My favorite hammer for a long time has been an 18 oz Ridgid curved claw hammer, I got it back in the day because I liked the way it felt in my hand - still do. I looked it up online just for fun to see if they're still sold but they only show up in "antique woodworking tools" on ebay, where it says they're "rare" and people charge a lot. Made me smile, again I just always liked the way it felt. And also because it's funny for me to imagine something I just went to the store and bought once being called an antique.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (q3gwH)

Back in the day, there was an online-auction for an antique bung hole borer. My bid lost. It would've been quite the conversation piece.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:13 PM (ynpvh)

52 FWP: Once I brought a hammer, much like #2, to work and broke the handle. I informed management they needed to buy me a new $7 hammer. Purchasing dork bought a new handle instead and wanted me to repair my hammer. The handle was two sizes too big.

Austerity. A fancy word for fucking idiot.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 02:14 PM (KVGVf)

53 Is there a correlation between the number of hammers owned and non-saggy shelving?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 16, 2023 02:14 PM (a3Q+t)

54 Humankind's first tool.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:14 PM (aD39U)

55 I love getting hammered

Posted by: REDACTED at July 16, 2023 02:14 PM (us2H3)

56 Years ago, I was at a job fair at the county fairgrounds, looking to hire a machinist for my factory's tool shop. At my table, there was a line of 40 hopeful jobseekers, mostly seasonal agricultural workees, not skilled machists. I had to separate them quickly. I called out down the line: " If you don't own more than two types of hammers, this job is probably not for you." The line disappeared and I hired one of the two remaining prospects.

Posted by: Bill Lever at July 16, 2023 02:15 PM (zwYaq)

57 In before someone socked Paul Pelosi, but not before he was referenced in a comment.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM

Gotta take the "L" on the sock, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 16, 2023 02:15 PM (a3Q+t)

58 Theater room!! Fancy!!!
All I had was a 12 inch tv in the garage. And I had to sit behind my brothers and sister.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (e4fEA)

Unintentional humble brag but I’ll take it ! My ‘theater’ room is no doubt nothing compared to jwest’s theater room.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:16 PM (MNhXM)

59 52 FWP: Once I brought a hammer, much like #2, to work and broke the handle. I informed management they needed to buy me a new $7 hammer. Purchasing dork bought a new handle instead and wanted me to repair my hammer. The handle was two sizes too big.

Austerity. A fancy word for fucking idiot.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 02:14 PM (KVGVf)

Engineer told me a story of working for a company where they had ordered silicon chips with a minimum purchase cost of $1M. The accountants saw that these chips were not being used, and were taking up space in storage, so wanted them thrown out. He told them he'd take the chips, and the next time they needed to order them, he'd sell them back to the company, as it was a $1M MINIMUM buy. That shut them up.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

60 She's a Fink.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (U2p+3)

Eh...you like General Tsao's chicken? You bring Fink heah!

Posted by: Little Golden Palace at July 16, 2023 02:16 PM (PHmov)

61 When I was on a field survey crew I had really bad nerve problems in my hammering hand (lefty). Turns out it was the steel handled hammer that I was using. I bought a nice framing hammer with a hickory handle and the problem went away. I still have it and I use it a lot.

Makes for a good home defense tool as well.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 16, 2023 02:07 PM (T/Lqj)

A pistol or shotgun is better.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:17 PM (BdMk6)

62 >>> I used to see the old millwrights tramp around, armed with nothing but a ball peen hammer, a 12" pipe wrench and a couple rags.
=====

My own experience is that it is the rags that make the difference. You could pound with the pipe wrench or a rock as long as you had the rags to diffuse the strikes.

Posted by: mustbequantum

>A proper tool kit for a journeyman millwright is a hammer, pry bar, come-along and a torch.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 02:17 PM (KVGVf)

63 CBD you can sell those to the military for a fortune!

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:18 PM (MNhXM)

64 I guess when the zombie apocalypse arrives I can use it for close work...

One word: Roofing Hatchet.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:18 PM (aD39U)

65 60 She's a Fink.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (U2p+3)

Eh...you like General Tsao's chicken? You bring Fink heah!

Posted by: Little Golden Palace at July 16, 2023 02:16 PM (PHmov)

https://youtu.be/wOy2QCssTaI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:18 PM (ynpvh)

66 What sock?

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at July 16, 2023 02:18 PM (T0tUU)

67 One word: Roofing Hatchet.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:18 PM (aD39U)

Ahhhh....
Hmmm. Ya know what?
Nevermind.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 16, 2023 02:20 PM (e4fEA)

68
Now I have a small container filled with these tiny little specially shaped bits for driving screws in; regular, phillips, star shaped, box, and a couple more.

The really nice thing about them? Set the drill to reverse and they come right out. I wish I had used them on my deck. Getting a 16d galvanized back out is near impossible without a hernia.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 16, 2023 02:20 PM (enJYY)

69 64 If you have a roofing hatchet and a set of fence pliers you pretty much have the bases covered.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 16, 2023 02:20 PM (0EOe9)

70 One up from hammer ? Axe. WIth an axe..you need no other tools.

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:20 PM (V13WU)

71 I have Dad's old tools from the days of the Ark. They are damn solid. They just don't make heavy duty stuff like that anymore, at least not for the masses.

I also have a super cheap-ass set of household tools in a Barbie Pink plastic case with Pepto Pink handles that keeps on keepin' on, and I use them at least once a week.

Had a repairman refuse to use them, because he couldn't respect himself if he did

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 16, 2023 02:20 PM (GbxWV)

72 also good for zombie apocalypse

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM (V13WU)

73 Those hammers could use a nice coating of Ballistol and then a good wipe down. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM (Xrfse)

74 I hate ice hammers!

Posted by: zombie Trotsky reporting from Hell at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM (MNhXM)

75 First hammer was like pictured up above a steel 20 Oz framing, the shock wave goes right through you. ImO wood is better, something more shock resistant best.

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM (xhxe8)

76 CBD you can sell those to the military for a fortune!
Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:18 PM (MNhXM)

Heh. That's nothing!

Posted by: C-17 Toilet Seat at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM (e4fEA)

77 Just don't put them all in a bag, that would be dumb.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM (tjZop)

78 also good for zombie apocalypse

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM

I prefer ranged weapons for zombie killing bu ta hammer is a good backup and doesn't need to be reloaded.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 16, 2023 02:22 PM (ncXxy)

79 One up from hammer ? Axe. WIth an axe..you need no other tools.
Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:20 PM (V13WU)

I have the combo ax /sledge hammer. No door is safe.

Posted by: zombie Trotsky reporting from Hell at July 16, 2023 02:23 PM (MNhXM)

80 *looks at giant rubber clown hammer*

Does that count?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 16, 2023 02:23 PM (T/Lqj)

81 Makes for a good home defense tool as well.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 16, 2023 02:07 PM (T/Lqj)

I may or may not have said anyth8ng about my maternal grandfather's sawmill job. He ran the machine shop that kept the blades sharp all across the sawmill. He had a hand adz that was pretty rusted up and the handle was rotted out. I picked up the adz and started cleaning it up with his shop tools on winter visit. He pulled out a piece of hickory scrap and rough cut it to fit the adz and handed me that to finish crafting the handle. I still have the handle, and use it for home defense but the adz head has been gone since the early 70s. No idea how they got separated and only the handle remained.

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 16, 2023 02:23 PM (3CCua)

82 78 also good for zombie apocalypse

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:21 PM

I prefer ranged weapons for zombie killing bu ta hammer is a good backup and doesn't need to be reloaded.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 16, 2023 02:22 PM (ncXxy)

Not a ranged weapon.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:23 PM (ynpvh)

83 Just don't put them all in a bag, that would be dumb.[/]

Yes. Don't make that tragic mistake.

Posted by: AOC at July 16, 2023 02:24 PM (Xrfse)

84 Just for the apartment dweller who has to make an emergency fix until "the guy" shows up, the old Handy Andy kids toolbox was pretty good. This was back in the days when they had real tools, downsized, in them. Probably too many cases of junior cutting the legs off the grand piano so they quit making them.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 16, 2023 02:24 PM (0EOe9)

85 Off got what you deserved commie sock

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:24 PM (MNhXM)

Posted by: AOC at July 16, 2023 02:24 PM (Xrfse)

87 I've got a drawer of at least 30 hammers. You have to have the right tool for the job.

Posted by: fd at July 16, 2023 02:25 PM (iayUP)

88 Just remembered that I need to sharpen my machete.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:25 PM (BdMk6)

89
Hammers, screwdrivers, hatchets, and fixed blade knifes -- we have got them by the basket full. All due to the passing away of two fathers and two uncles (who in turn inherited them from their fathers), with a not insignificant side stream from public auction "wins".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 16, 2023 02:25 PM (pNxlR)

90 Not a ranged weapon.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:23 PM (ynpvh)

I bet Nolan Ryan can make it a short range weapon.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:25 PM (MNhXM)

91 A pistol or shotgun is better.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:17 PM (BdMk6)

I may or may not have several of each.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 16, 2023 02:26 PM (T/Lqj)

92 who is gonna make bullets if all the factories are destroyed by AI ??

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:26 PM (V13WU)

93 29
Truth be told I don't use nails anymore. I use the special screws with the patterns in the head and my portable drill. No more calluses. Plus it makes things Cat 5 hurricane proof.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 16, 2023 02:08 PM (enJYY)

---

After many years of being disappointed, they finally started making the ultimate screw:

Torx drive (doesn't slip)
self drilling (won't split your wood)
not threaded at the top (so it doesn't push your boards apart at the very end)
powder coated (lower friction and superior weather protection)

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 16, 2023 02:26 PM (h1jJh)

94 I will actually feel quite at home in the barrel. Possibly even aroused.

Posted by: AOC at July 16, 2023 02:26 PM (Xrfse)

95 They're made for banging and nailing so of course they're reproducing.

Posted by: I mean, like, duh! at July 16, 2023 02:27 PM (uoAlb)

96 Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 16, 2023 02:20 PM (GbxWV)

My mom had that pink plastic case of tools.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:27 PM (MNhXM)

97 I probs got a 100 striking tools

planishers, dead blows, upholsterers, roofing, shinglers, framers, finishers, carving mallets, lead mallets, rubber mallets welding hammers, rockers

you name it

Posted by: REDACTED at July 16, 2023 02:27 PM (us2H3)

98 What time is 2AM Naked Hammer Time at the CBD mansion?

Posted by: Interested, In SF at July 16, 2023 02:28 PM (T0tUU)

99 A pistol or shotgun is better.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:17 PM (BdMk6)

I may or may not have several of each.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at July 16, 2023 02:26 PM (T/Lqj)

😀

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:28 PM (BdMk6)

100 Flash Email Traffic

Blemished Combat Armory Billet AR-15 Lower Receiver

$29.99

https://bityl.co/JtHE

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:29 PM (aD39U)

101 Kinda on topic, I went by an apartment complex going up in the area. Bunch of roofers, working in the heat putting down sheathing. All recent arrivals from south of the border. This place has a roof pitch that can only be described as Sherpa, and they're running around, no nothing for safety gear.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 16, 2023 02:30 PM (0EOe9)

102 we found no hammers in the estwing

Posted by: SS at July 16, 2023 02:31 PM (us2H3)

103 I also have a super cheap-ass set of household tools in a Barbie Pink plastic case with Pepto Pink handles that keeps on keepin' on, and I use them at least once a week.
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One of my kids was invited to every big birthday party whether they were really friends or not because our standard present was a box-o-tools (.50 apiece) from our local hardware store. One of the moms let the cat out of the bag because then they had something they could use and keep together because real men wouldn't use them. The kids liked them too.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 02:32 PM (MIKMs)

104 Flash Email Traffic

Blemished Combat Armory Billet AR-15 Lower Receiver

$29.99

https://bityl.co/JtHE
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:29 PM (aD39U)

Guaranteed the trigger will work most of the time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:32 PM (BdMk6)

105 101 Kinda on topic, I went by an apartment complex going up in the area. Bunch of roofers, working in the heat putting down sheathing. All recent arrivals from south of the border. This place has a roof pitch that can only be described as Sherpa, and they're running around, no nothing for safety gear.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 16, 2023 02:30 PM (0EOe9)

someone here refers to them as roof aztecs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:32 PM (ynpvh)

106 I use an extremely valuable antique hammer. Have only had to replace the handle twice, and the head once.

Posted by: French Jeton at July 16, 2023 02:32 PM (NXBpJ)

107 >>>After many years of being disappointed, they finally started making the ultimate screw:

Torx drive (doesn't slip)
self drilling (won't split your wood)
not threaded at the top (so it doesn't push your boards apart at the very end)
powder coated (lower friction and superior weather protection)

Posted by: Lemmiwinks

>Square drive screws or Robertson screws, are also a fine instrument to have. They stay on your bit without the need for a third hand or a magnetized bit. Fucking Canadians finally got something right.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 02:32 PM (KVGVf)

108 Mallets are my fave ducks, though I like the wood ducks, too.

Posted by: Silly Goose at July 16, 2023 02:33 PM (T0tUU)

109 106 I use an extremely valuable antique hammer. Have only had to replace the handle twice, and the head once.

Posted by: French Jeton at July 16, 2023 02:32 PM (NXBpJ)

LOL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:33 PM (ynpvh)

110 FWP: I'm trying to watch the Scottish Open, and the local network news chiron has been scrolling non-stop flash flood warnings. Endlessly, for over an hour.
It's raining. Steady. Sometimes heavy. But nothing not seen a few times every year.
Get over it.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 16, 2023 02:33 PM (4780s)

111 I've got a drawer of at least 30 hammers. You have to have the right tool for the job.
Posted by: fd

How big is da fookin' drawer ?

Posted by: JT at July 16, 2023 02:33 PM (T4tVD)

112 This place has a roof pitch that can only be described as Sherpa, and they're running around, no nothing for safety gear.

==

those guys are amazing. take that Tom Cruise!

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:34 PM (V13WU)

113 My personal first world problem is sadness that the over 29 year old lost in the Wimbledon final to a 20 year old. Time is undefeated

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:35 PM (/WQyy)

114 111 I've got a drawer of at least 30 hammers. You have to have the right tool for the job.
Posted by: fd

How big is da fookin' drawer ?

Posted by: JT at July 16, 2023 02:33 PM (T4tVD)

Or, how small are the hammers?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:36 PM (ynpvh)

115

STOP THE HAMMERING!

https://youtu.be/_1rH9qgZVak

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 16, 2023 02:36 PM (63Dwl)

116 The bottom looks like a Estwing. All the others are junk. Get rid of those.

Posted by: sTevo at July 16, 2023 02:37 PM (8i+57)

117 After years of ruining the lids on paint cans by sealing the lid with a regular hammer I bought a rubber mallet.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:37 PM (/WQyy)

118 I have a couple of hand tools that go back to my grandfather, and possibly his father. A hand scythe, a couple of wood shaping tools.
Feels good just to pick them up every once in a while. So I use them when I can.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 16, 2023 02:37 PM (4780s)

119 Welcome to AoSHQ FWP. It's hammer time!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 16, 2023 02:37 PM (NBVIP)

120 115

STOP THE HAMMERING!

https://youtu.be/_1rH9qgZVak

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 16, 2023 02:36 PM (63Dwl)

LOL!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:38 PM (ynpvh)

121 My favorite old tool is the hand drill.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 02:38 PM (/WQyy)

122 The Serb should have secure a fan with a hammer...

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:38 PM (V13WU)

123 This place has a roof pitch that can only be described as Sherpa, and they're running around, no nothing for safety gear.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 16, 2023 02:30 PM (0EOe9)

$50 says OSHA is ignoring that job site on purpose.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 16, 2023 02:38 PM (PHmov)

124 *secured...

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:38 PM (V13WU)

125 Welcome to AoSHQ FWP. It's hammer time!

Can't touch this..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:39 PM (i5lJm)

126 HAMMER*: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

*according to a MisHum Saturday Night ONT Joke describing 20 common tools.

Posted by: Kathy at July 16, 2023 02:39 PM (JklXp)

127 "How big is da fookin' drawer ?
Posted by: JT"

Big enough to hold about 30 hammers standing on their faces.

Posted by: fd at July 16, 2023 02:39 PM (iayUP)

128 Welcome to AoSHQ FWP. It's hammer time!

Can't touch this..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:39 PM (i5lJm)

Says who ?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 16, 2023 02:39 PM (/WQyy)

129 After years of ruining the lids on paint cans by sealing the lid with a regular hammer I bought a rubber mallet.
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See above. Rags.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 02:39 PM (MIKMs)

130 Carry over from last thread. (It took me a while to locate this story I read a decade or two ago.)

There is a great Canadian science fiction short story by James Alan Gardner on the topic of genetically targeted weapons with a Hithcockian twist ending entitled Three Hearings On the Existence of Snakes In the Human Bloodstream (available in his collection entitled Gravity Wells). He is remarkable in his ability to shift tone and style to match whatever story he is telling.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 16, 2023 02:40 PM (FVME7)

131 The hammer picture up top would work well on the Art Thread. Nice symmetry, four hammers could symbolize the four winds or the four corners of the earth. Grey carpet could be interpreted as the relentless march of time, the greying of our society and kopfs.

Posted by: Jan Hammer at July 16, 2023 02:40 PM (T0tUU)

132 Cruise's stunts are amazing. Climbing the Burj Khalifa is my favorite..so far !

Posted by: runner at July 16, 2023 02:40 PM (V13WU)

133 Wooden handles just feel right.

Posted by: teh Wind at July 16, 2023 02:40 PM (l+V04)

134 The hammer picture up top would work well on the Art Thread. Nice symmetry, four hammers could symbolize the four winds or the four corners of the earth. Grey carpet could be interpreted as the relentless march of time, the greying of our society and kopfs.
Posted by: Jan Hammer at July 16, 2023 02:40 PM (T0tUU)
===

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: Marcia at July 16, 2023 02:41 PM (RIvkX)

135 I don't like varnished handles. The first thing I do is strip that off and redo the finish with BLO.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:41 PM (i5lJm)

136 I've got more hammers that won't fit in the drawer. Body hammers, leather hammers, brass hammers, ball peen hammers, upholstery hammers, various blacksmiths hammers, sledge hammers, roofing hammers, claw hammers, assorted mallets and clubs.

Posted by: fd at July 16, 2023 02:44 PM (iayUP)

137 My carpenter kid was earnestly telling me that hammer and axe handles were the best chew toys for heavy-chewing dogs.

He's lucky I let him live after his dog chewed some of the wood carvings at my house.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 02:44 PM (MIKMs)

138 The wooden handles represent the analog age. The metal represent the digital. The rubber grip indicates the steady softening and chickification of our masculine traits.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 16, 2023 02:44 PM (NBVIP)

139 "How big is da fookin' drawer ?
Posted by: JT"

Big enough to hold about 30 hammers standing on their faces.

Posted by: fd

Do ya have to have hernia surgery every time ya open it ?

Posted by: JT at July 16, 2023 02:44 PM (T4tVD)

140 Jim (in Kalifornia)

Jeez, my joke already appeared in Wikipedia. What a come down.

Thanks for the link.

Posted by: French Jeton at July 16, 2023 02:45 PM (NXBpJ)

141 This place has a roof pitch that can only be described as Sherpa, and they're running around, no nothing for safety gear.

Saw something similar the other day. Got vertigo just watching those dudes work.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 16, 2023 02:45 PM (Xrfse)

142 bought a piece of porcelain I collect this morning at a small flea market

it was lamped, which means someone drilled a hole in the bottom but the original lid was being used as the lamp finial

which somewhat lessens the value

however, it had a mark on the bottom which is very rare

oriental erotic

they wanted 15 bucks but I let them keep the shade

10 bucks

I'll send it to the hobby thread

Posted by: REDACTED at July 16, 2023 02:45 PM (us2H3)

143 *Body hammers, leather hammers, brass hammers, ball peen hammers, upholstery hammers, various blacksmiths hammers, sledge hammers, roofing hammers, claw hammers, assorted mallets and clubs.*

Reminds me of shrimp. They're the fruit of the sea...

Posted by: Bubba Gump at July 16, 2023 02:46 PM (NBVIP)

144 How does one coat a hammer handle with the Boston Lyric Opera?

Posted by: Felix Unger (FU) at July 16, 2023 02:46 PM (T0tUU)

145 See Eric Sloane's "A Museum of Early American Tools" for all the things they used in the old days.

Useful if you want a library to rebuild civilization, and an incredible browsing book!

Posted by: Parker at July 16, 2023 02:46 PM (hJWil)

146 140 Jim (in Kalifornia)

Jeez, my joke already appeared in Wikipedia. What a come down.

Thanks for the link.

Posted by: French Jeton at July 16, 2023 02:45 PM (NXBpJ)

A joke and a serious philosophical question all in one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:46 PM (ynpvh)

147 "Do ya have to have hernia surgery every time ya open it ?
Posted by: JT"

It's in Snap On cabinet. All the hammers are standing on their faces with the heads to the rear of the drawer. Glides just fine.

Posted by: fd at July 16, 2023 02:48 PM (iayUP)

148 See Eric Sloane's "A Museum of Early American Tools" for all the things they used in the old days.
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Old skool Woodwright's Shop (PBS) always gave me a serious case of tool envy. New one doesn't work for me.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 02:49 PM (MIKMs)

149 I have probably 100 hammers. Brass, Deadblow, Sledge, Ballpien, rubber, etc. As well as a large collection of things to back up hammers. Anvils and vices. An English wheel in a box somewhere and an air hammer anvil set up for sheet metal forming.
Soon ("yeah bullshit" says the wife) I will have my multi function forge/furnace finished and start into cast aluminum handled knives with all the cable and beer cans I have amased.

Posted by: Reforger at July 16, 2023 02:49 PM (B705c)

150 When all you have is a hammer, all of your problems look like people who need to be beaten with a hammer.

Posted by: Lickmuffin at July 16, 2023 02:51 PM (QHFzy)

151 the use of a framing hammer is a good IQ test

Posted by: REDACTED at July 16, 2023 02:51 PM (us2H3)

152 Snap On Cabinet. Luxury! I had a mildewed gunny sack that I had to fight my sister over, because her dresses were made of burlap, too.

Posted by: Poor, But Proud at July 16, 2023 02:52 PM (T0tUU)

153 When the only tool you have is impeachment...

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at July 16, 2023 02:52 PM (NBVIP)

154 the use of a framing hammer is a good IQ test
Posted by: REDACTED at July 16, 2023 02:51 PM (us2H3)

It's all in the wrist.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:52 PM (i5lJm)

155 151 the use of a framing hammer is a good IQ test

Posted by: REDACTED at July 16, 2023 02:51 PM (us2H3)

I was framed, man, by that hammer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 02:52 PM (ynpvh)

156 Same with screwdrivers.

Posted by: Montec at July 16, 2023 02:52 PM (S2RnY)

157 I've got more hammers that won't fit in the drawer. Body hammers, leather hammers, brass hammers, ball peen hammers, upholstery hammers, various blacksmiths hammers, sledge hammers, roofing hammers, claw hammers, assorted mallets and clubs.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2023 02:44 PM (iayUP)

Didn't you used to sell pipe elbows?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 16, 2023 02:53 PM (BdMk6)

158 You had a sister?

Posted by: One Downsmanship at July 16, 2023 02:53 PM (NBVIP)

159
Looks like the rain is finally departing PA but gonna hang around NJ a while longer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 16, 2023 02:55 PM (enJYY)

160 When all you have is a hammer, all of your problems look like people who need to be beaten with a hammer.
Posted by: Lickmuffin at July 16, 2023 02:51 PM (QHFzy)

This is true wisdom.

Are you a Rosicrucian ascended master by any chance?

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 16, 2023 02:56 PM (AiZBA)

161 Looks like the rain is finally departing PA but gonna hang around NJ a while longer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 16, 2023 02:55 PM (enJYY)

It better not...Dinner is in the Sous Vide container now but needs to be finished on the grill.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 16, 2023 02:58 PM (PHmov)

162 You may have a hundred hammers of every kind, color, and description, but you can't take any with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.

Posted by: Points to Ponder at July 16, 2023 02:58 PM (T0tUU)

163 Body hammers, leather hammers, brass hammers, ball peen hammers, upholstery hammers, various blacksmiths hammers, sledge hammers, roofing hammers, claw hammers, assorted mallets and clubs, hammers for children, hammers for the elderly, love hammers, stone hammers, crab hammers, pneumatic hammers, sexy sex hammers, hammers that keep you awake, hammers that put you to sleep, hammers with fiberglass handles, electric hammers, hammers larger than a man, carnival hammers, hammers too small to be seen by the naked eye.

Posted by: HAMMERS FOR SALE at July 16, 2023 02:58 PM (n2ffX)

164
Old skool Woodwright's Shop (PBS) always gave me a serious case of tool envy. New one doesn't work for me.
Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 02:49 PM (MIKMs)

I was confusing the Woodwright shop with the Yankee Workshop with Norm Abram. I loved watching Norm create furniture - he was so skilled that it looked easy. It wasn't. Especially dovetail joints. The guy on Woodwright's shop didn't seem as engaging to me.

Posted by: Moki at July 16, 2023 02:58 PM (JrN/x)

165 It better not...Dinner is in the Sous Vide container now but needs to be finished on the grill.

The radar doesn't look promising but hopefully you'll catch a break in the action.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 16, 2023 03:00 PM (Xrfse)

166 Same with screwdrivers.
=====

I still want to know which scumbag brother-in-law walked off with my Dad's Yankee screwdriver.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 03:01 PM (MIKMs)

167 Cordless hammers and rechargeable hammers.

Posted by: Harbor Freight at July 16, 2023 03:01 PM (NBVIP)

168 You could't find your hammer. You either went and bought another, or sent your wife (she came back with the second one from the top). Bottom line, you can never have too many hammers. You know this. You are a regular member of the gubthread.

Posted by: Eromero at July 16, 2023 03:01 PM (Uv0D2)

169 166 Same with screwdrivers.
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I still want to know which scumbag brother-in-law walked off with my Dad's Yankee screwdriver.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 03:01 PM (MIKMs)

I feel the same way. It was great.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:02 PM (ynpvh)

170 I learned all my craftsman-type knowledge on PBS also. Red Green Show.

Posted by: Hammerin' Hank at July 16, 2023 03:02 PM (T0tUU)

171 "Do they breed? Why do I have so many? And that's not all of them. There is one in the garage, and one upstairs where I am putting a bedframe together."

No, they do not breed but they can move, as you have discovered. They like to move to the bottom of toolboxes, to the back of drawers, and from garage to inside the house, or vice-versa.

Posted by: Gref at July 16, 2023 03:02 PM (AMIL/)

172 The guy on Woodwright's shop didn't seem as engaging to me.
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Who cared? I wanted his tools.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 03:03 PM (MIKMs)

173 106° outside right now. Which means all my hammers laying around various projects in the yard are 350°. Better stay in the house and not work on any projects today.

Posted by: Reforger at July 16, 2023 03:03 PM (B705c)

174 My plumber uses a water hammer.

Posted by: Rimshot at July 16, 2023 03:04 PM (NBVIP)

175 171 "Do they breed? Why do I have so many? And that's not all of them. There is one in the garage, and one upstairs where I am putting a bedframe together."

No, they do not breed but they can move, as you have discovered. They like to move to the bottom of toolboxes, to the back of drawers, and from garage to inside the house, or vice-versa.

Posted by: Gref at July 16, 2023 03:02 PM (AMIL/)

That's old tools for you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukumogami

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:04 PM (ynpvh)

176 42 I tend to associate mallets with croquet...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 16, 2023 02:12 PM (MeG8a)

Compound articulated steam locomotives.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 16, 2023 03:04 PM (4GxJn)

177 How about a pipe hammer?

Hard to describe.
But you know if you have it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 16, 2023 03:05 PM (isNL8)

178 106° outside right now

Damn.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 16, 2023 03:06 PM (Xrfse)

179 66 What sock?
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at July 16, 2023 02:18 PM (T0tUU)

LOL

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:06 PM (LodBx)

180 A ribeye looked at the spiky hammer on the shelf and asked the cube steak what it was.

The cube steak replied, "Beats me."

Posted by: Rimshot at July 16, 2023 03:06 PM (NBVIP)

181 I wanna be
Your sledgehammer

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:07 PM (LodBx)

182 The cube steak replied, "Beats me."
Posted by: Rimshot at July 16, 2023 03:06 PM (NBVIP)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE THE COOK HAS TO BEAT HIS MEAT.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 16, 2023 03:07 PM (BRmwW)

183 I still want to know which scumbag brother-in-law walked off with my Dad's Yankee screwdriver.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 03:01 PM (MIKMs)

I feel the same way. It was great.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:02 PM (ynpvh)

Same here, mine disappeared years ago. Great tool, so very versatile.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 16, 2023 03:07 PM (VloHh)

184 181 I wanna be
Your sledgehammer

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:07 PM (LodBx)

See # 26

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:08 PM (ynpvh)

185 I still want to know which scumbag brother-in-law walked off with my Dad's Yankee screwdriver.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 16, 2023 03:01 PM (MIKMs)

I feel the same way. It was great.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:02 PM (ynpvh)

Same here, mine disappeared years ago. Great tool, so very versatile.
Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 16, 2023 03:07 PM (VloHh)

Now if you can just figure out who y'all know in common, you can find the thief.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 03:09 PM (BRmwW)

186 182 The cube steak replied, "Beats me."
Posted by: Rimshot at July 16, 2023 03:06 PM (NBVIP)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE THE COOK HAS TO BEAT HIS MEAT.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 16, 2023 03:07 PM (BRmwW)

At least he isn't beating someone else's meat.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:09 PM (ynpvh)

187 "Now if you can just figure out who y'all know in common, you can find the thief."

Venn diagram time?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 16, 2023 03:10 PM (isNL8)

188 184 181 I wanna be
Your sledgehammer

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:07 PM (LodBx)

See # 26
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:08 PM (ynpvh)

Nice! I couldn't tell from the comment.

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:10 PM (LodBx)

189 How about:

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:11 PM (LodBx)

190 The hammer hung up the poster with just one hit.

Afterward he exclaimed: "Nailed it".

Posted by: Rimshot at July 16, 2023 03:11 PM (NBVIP)

191 Dixie Screwdrivers were deplatformed and defunded years ago.

Posted by: Ole Reb at July 16, 2023 03:12 PM (T0tUU)

192 Also:

If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:12 PM (LodBx)

193 There's no little tack hammer. Proof they do not breed.

Posted by: creeper at July 16, 2023 03:13 PM (cTCuP)

194 Now if you can just figure out who y'all know in common, you can find the thief.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 03:09 PM (BRmwW)

I have 3. Not sure where they came from.

Posted by: Reforger at July 16, 2023 03:14 PM (B705c)

195 I have 3. Not sure where they came from.
Posted by: Reforger at July 16, 2023 03:14 PM (B705c)

*points*

REEEEEEE!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 03:15 PM (BRmwW)

196 Heh. Third one down. My dad bought it. Cheap shit little thing that lasted him like ten years, and me ten more, before I finally bent it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 16, 2023 03:15 PM (oINRc)

197 nurse ratched, our cats destroyed all of our upholstery too. What can you do? Cats gotta cat. So when they had finally shredded everything to the point of having to buy new, we went with high end patio furniture that has rattan legs, sides and backs.

They still tried, but were not able to inflict the same kind of damage. Stuff still looks fine (if a bit odd, in one's living room) after 10 years of multiple cats.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 16, 2023 03:16 PM (Q8bDL)

198 I liked it when the Kray Brothers went into that pub and the crazy one beat the other gangsters around with a hammer in each hand.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 16, 2023 03:16 PM (R/m4+)

199 I watch Woodwright's Shop a bunch of times, using no power tools seems a lot like work to me.

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 03:17 PM (xhxe8)

200 200

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:17 PM (LodBx)

201 Not Crawhammer, Crawhammer!

Posted by: The Craw at July 16, 2023 03:18 PM (BRmwW)

202 Don't forget to count Cresent adjustable wrenches.
They can double as hammers also.

Posted by: Ronster at July 16, 2023 03:18 PM (EYZrG)

203 I was out in my outbuilding shortly ago when had to go to garden, still have the first 20oz steel framing hammer I ever bought there.

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 03:18 PM (xhxe8)

204 This isn't about me is it?

Posted by: Hammerhead Shark at July 16, 2023 03:19 PM (NBVIP)

205 204 This isn't about me is it?

Posted by: Hammerhead Shark at July 16, 2023 03:19 PM (NBVIP)

Sing it, buddy.

Posted by: Hammerhead Worm at July 16, 2023 03:19 PM (ynpvh)

206 First world problems include cleaning out the attic and sticking to your resolve that you do not need the eight boxes of Christmas decorations used last several houses ago, or all the “vintage” stuff your mom insisted you keep because “ it will be valuable someday “. Every Sunday afternoon I keep tackling this job. Good progress but multiple trips to Goodwill and Monday trashman is now fearing me.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 16, 2023 03:20 PM (UOC/b)

207 *points*

REEEEEEE!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 03:15 PM (BRmwW)

I've bought so many old tool boxes full of crap over the years there is a remote possibility.
I hound them at garage sales and such.
It's how I ended up with a 1000 sq.ft shop full of shit and have to do my trucks oil out in the 106 degree heat in my driveway.

Posted by: Reforger at July 16, 2023 03:20 PM (B705c)

208 First world badass stuff: Joe Mannix has one of those USB powered projectors for presentations. He had the brilliant idea to get a high-capacity USB-C battery, a Roku box, and a USB powered soundbar, and hook it all together with a tripod. I put in a half dozen hooks on the trim of my office shed in the yard, and put a 12' drop cloth on them. We dragged the patio set on the lawn and got pizza and popcorn.

Hillbilly movie theater.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 16, 2023 03:20 PM (oINRc)

209 I like hammers. And they fit with my mechanical talents and personal philosophy: "When in doubt, use a bigger hammer".

Posted by: JTB at July 16, 2023 03:20 PM (7EjX1)

210 Again with the hammers!

Posted by: Lawrence O'Donnell at July 16, 2023 03:21 PM (YqDXo)

211 210 Again with the hammers!

Posted by: Lawrence O'Donnell at July 16, 2023 03:21 PM (YqDXo)

See #115.

Posted by: Hammerhead Worm at July 16, 2023 03:22 PM (ynpvh)

212 58 - polynikes,

LOL.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 16, 2023 03:22 PM (Q8bDL)

213 Watching the favorite movie of guys over 29.

Space Cowboys.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 16, 2023 03:23 PM (/WQyy)

214 No Thor puns?

Posted by: C'mon people at July 16, 2023 03:24 PM (NBVIP)

215 I don't see any significant wear on the face of the framing. Hammer
Looks pristine
Like one summer's work

Posted by: Paul at July 16, 2023 03:24 PM (Xhto3)

216 Off worm sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:24 PM (ynpvh)

217 Crap

off way over 29 dementia sock

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 03:24 PM (/WQyy)

218 To me it makes sense to have one hammer for each member of the household.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (ssESX)

219 My old grandmother used to say...anything mechanical, give it a good bash.

Posted by: Capt. Colin Maud at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (BRmwW)

220
*Space Cowboys.*

Some people call me Maurice.

Posted by: Steve Miller at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (NBVIP)

221 All this yankee screwdriver talk reminded me I own one, couldn't bring to mind where it would be.
Headed for the cellar and spend twenty minutes searching in various tool and stash boxes. Nothing.
Paused to reconsider, and there it was, eye level, slightly left, directly behind the workbench.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (4780s)

222 Space Cowboys.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 16, 2023 03:23 PM (/WQyy)

No - either Die Hard or any Riddley Scott movie.

Posted by: Boswell at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (K+UlC)

223 My Welsh grandfather called hammers Irish screwdrivers.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at July 16, 2023 03:26 PM (tVxey)

224 No Thor puns?
Posted by: C'mon people at

I still have a thor thumb from the last time I used a hammer.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 16, 2023 03:26 PM (VdGjU)

225 Uh...I'd better not.

Posted by: Baby Shark at July 16, 2023 03:26 PM (Xrfse)

226 Shut up, Dunce.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 03:26 PM (BRmwW)

227 Also I'm pretty sure the average "third world" household has more than one hammer; it's not like they are bashing nails in with stones.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 16, 2023 03:26 PM (ssESX)

228 I broke the handle on my small wooden hammer...
Wait this is a tool thread not a porn thread.

Posted by: DaveA at July 16, 2023 03:26 PM (FhXTo)

229 I like hammers. And they fit with my mechanical talents and personal philosophy: "When in doubt, use a bigger hammer".
Posted by: JTB at July 16, 2023 03:20 PM (7EjX1)

Yes indeed, the BFH was the auto repair tool of last resort. It always worked….sort of.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 16, 2023 03:27 PM (HcwhT)

230
First world problems include cleaning out the attic and sticking to your resolve that you do not need the eight boxes of Christmas decorations used last several houses ago, or all the “vintage” stuff your mom insisted you keep because “ it will be valuable someday “. Every Sunday afternoon I keep tackling this job.

As iur Christmas decorations are pretty much the exclusive property of the missus, who made many of them, getting her to come around to the idea of drastically thinning out our eight or so boxes will require significant urging on my part before anything gets started.

I have, however, stated that for my next birthday in April I want a dumpster container dropped in our driveway that we will fill with stuff that's gotta go. My son did this very thing last month and it is the best idea that I have heard in a long time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 16, 2023 03:27 PM (pNxlR)

231 Jewells is napping. I think I'm wearing her out. But we've had a ball and Emmie's MoMe last night was great fun.

Jewells drove back from Lee's Summit...up, down and around the mountains. The lady has nerves of steel.

Posted by: creeper at July 16, 2023 03:28 PM (cTCuP)

232 219 My old grandmother used to say...anything mechanical, give it a good bash.

Posted by: Capt. Colin Maud at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (BRmwW)

Old Joke.
Man retires from a company after 40 years repairing their machines. One day, he gets a call asking if he can repair one of their machines they haven't been able to repair. He says it will cost $10,000 and the company agrees.
So he goes up to the machine, feels around, takes out a hammer, and hits it; it starts working right away.
A company man says, "We paid $10,000 for you to hit it with a hammer?"
"No", the man says, "that was only $100. The remainder was for knowing WHERE to hit it."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:28 PM (ynpvh)

233 The tool that you cannot find is the tool that you do you not own.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 16, 2023 03:28 PM (NBVIP)

234 Engineer slogans:

"Don't force it - get a bigger hammer."

and

"You can hit things softly with a big hammer, but you can't hit things hard with a small hammer."

Posted by: Parker at July 16, 2023 03:28 PM (hJWil)

235 Space Cowboys.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 16, 2023 03:23 PM (/WQyy)

No - either Die Hard or any Riddley Scott movie.
Posted by: Boswell at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (K+UlC)

Neither of those have over 29 heroes. Or were you thinking literal 29?

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 03:28 PM (/WQyy)

236 When the estwing framing hammers first came out, several other carpenter friends bragged on them, I picked one up, 1st day on the job, toe nailing rafters to topplates, glanced off the rafter, hit my finger with that bladed shaft, broke my finger clean in half....threw the hammer as far as I could, never went to look for it. I eventually ended up w a "California Framer", hand made at that time, got it at the Whole Earth Store in SF, still use it as my "Daily Driver".
BEST hammer ever? Original True Temper Rocket, 20oz, straight claw, 16" steel Handle. Online now they are selling for $150 or more, I'm looking for one at every estate sale. Found one with the fiber handle the guy had marked for $3.00...told him those were selling on ebay for $65-85, he might want to sell it that way. He looked it up, took it off the table...as I was leaving, I turned back, asked him if he'd take $20 for it, He said "Oh Hell yes, I thought you were gonna demand it for $3" ...Not me.
As I was leaving again he said... "that mahogany sailing dinghy you were looking at....(Nutshell pram, with mast, sail, oars, trailer and elect trolling motor)...You can take it, for $400"(ask was $800). I did.

Posted by: birddog at July 16, 2023 03:28 PM (uAI4S)

237 221 All this yankee screwdriver talk reminded me I own one, couldn't bring to mind where it would be.
Headed for the cellar and spend twenty minutes searching in various tool and stash boxes. Nothing.
Paused to reconsider, and there it was, eye level, slightly left, directly behind the workbench.
Posted by: From about that Time at July 16, 2023 03:25 PM (4780s)

... mocking you.

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:30 PM (LodBx)

238 My FiL would hammer screws in halfway then turn them in to sink them

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 03:30 PM (xhxe8)

239 224 No Thor puns?
Posted by: C'mon people at

I still have a thor thumb from the last time I used a hammer.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 16, 2023 03:26 PM (VdGjU)

Reminds me of that episode of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, where guy is dressed up as a Viking sailor. Johnny asks him, "I hear you're the first mate. I also hear your Thor", to which the man in the Viking costume says, with a lisp, "I sure am".

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:30 PM (ynpvh)

240
Watching the favorite movie of guys over 29.

Space Cowboys.

Ah, the movie that convinced me that I had had enough of Donald Sutherland and he had become an "anti-draw" for me with respect to viewing a movie.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 16, 2023 03:31 PM (pNxlR)

241 Lol.

Wow.

I almost admire the asshole.

Taking time off from a hard week of shitting up normal posts to... shit up a weekend post. And on topic, no less.

It's a sight to behold. That's just love of the game at that point, man.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:31 PM (9UlRk)

242 Little known secret. I have a magic hammer.
Miner Ted. He found me in the deserts of Nevada about 12 years ago. He's a single jack from a remote mine dating around the 1880's.
Head is piened over like a MF, half cracked, now welded and handled with a piece of pipe I found in the same area.
Built it while bored waiting for parts on a job site.
Moves pins like a dream. Doesn't damage what you hit with it. Almost like a steel dead blow hammer.
Can only be magic.

And of course I made it.

Posted by: Reforger at July 16, 2023 03:33 PM (B705c)

243 Ah, the movie that convinced me that I had had enough of Donald Sutherland and he had become an "anti-draw" for me with respect to viewing a movie.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 16, 2023 03:31 PM (pNxlR)

I'm not a Donald Sutherland fan but I thought he was good in the movie. I was surprised how understated James Garner was in the movie though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 16, 2023 03:34 PM (/WQyy)

244 Are most members of the Horde worthy of picking up the hammer.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 16, 2023 03:35 PM (VdGjU)

245 Old tools become old friends. You've been through a lot together.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 16, 2023 03:36 PM (NBVIP)

246 231 we've had a ball and Emmie's MoMe last night was great fun
Posted by: creeper at July 16, 2023 03:28 PM (cTCuP)

Nice!

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:37 PM (LodBx)

247 My plumber uses a water hammer.
Posted by: Rimshot

I've heard your plumber at work.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 16, 2023 03:38 PM (psNWM)

248 My dad once passed along this bit of folk wisdom:

"Son, if something is stuck and won't move easily, don't try to force it. Get a bigger hammer."

Posted by: Muldoon at July 16, 2023 03:38 PM (kXYt5)

249 Give a man a hammer, and he can earn a living in any third world shithole on the planet.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 03:38 PM (KVGVf)

250 I made a dinky little hammer out of brass with one face brass and the other a nylon insert when i was a little kid in metal shop. Classic shop project. Gave it to my dad as a "I'm a cheap broke child what do you want" birthday present.

My dad still uses it to this day mumblety-odd decades later. Got two toolbox drawers filled with every hammer known to man, including other brass and nylon mallets, but that little thing is still a go-to. Go figure.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:41 PM (9UlRk)

251 249 Give a man a hammer, and he can earn a living in any third world shithole on the planet.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 03:38 PM (KVGVf)
---
Si Señor Bone.

Posted by: The Mexican guy fixing your roof at July 16, 2023 03:41 PM (ssESX)

252 250 I made a dinky little hammer out of brass with one face brass and the other a nylon insert when i was a little kid in metal shop. Classic shop project. Gave it to my dad as a "I'm a cheap broke child what do you want" birthday present.

My dad still uses it to this day mumblety-odd decades later. Got two toolbox drawers filled with every hammer known to man, including other brass and nylon mallets, but that little thing is still a go-to. Go figure.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:41 PM (9UlRk)

Lovely.

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:41 PM (LodBx)

253 Dad also taught me several different techniques for straightening a partially driven bent nail with a claw hammer. I am a notoriously bad nail driver, so I use those techniques often...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 16, 2023 03:42 PM (kXYt5)

254 I also have an estwing like the one pictured a bottom, mine's a good bit rustier.
I've considered cleaning it up some, but it works just fine.

Posted by: From about that Time at July 16, 2023 03:42 PM (4780s)

255 "...but that little thing is still a go-to. Go figure."

It's not about the hammer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 16, 2023 03:42 PM (NBVIP)

256 Treasury Sec Yellen Pitches Ukraine Aid as "Best Boost" for Global Economy

-
I guess all out thermonuclear war would be good for the construction sector.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (FVME7)

257 we've had a ball and Emmie's MoMe last night was great fun

Glad to hear it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (Xrfse)

258 It's not about the hammer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 16, 2023 03:42 PM (NBVIP)

Well he never used the chess board i gave him from wood shop the year before!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (9UlRk)

259 256 Treasury Sec Yellen Pitches Ukraine Aid as "Best Boost" for Global Economy

-
I guess all out thermonuclear war would be good for the construction sector.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (FVME7)

But I thought they were AGAINST global warming...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (ynpvh)

260 258 It's not about the hammer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 16, 2023 03:42 PM (NBVIP)

Well he never used the chess board i gave him from wood shop the year before!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (9UlRk)

Those are versatile; you can use them for Checkers, too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:44 PM (ynpvh)

261 But I thought they were AGAINST global warming...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (ynpvh)

Think globally. Chain react locally.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:44 PM (9UlRk)

262 Warai-otoko, that is a lovely story.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 16, 2023 03:45 PM (Q8bDL)

263 I still have a couple of things I made in HS wood shop. This was shortly after wood was invented.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 16, 2023 03:46 PM (Xrfse)

264 But I thought they were AGAINST global warming...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:43 PM (ynpvh)

Even Non Nuc War is horrible for the environment. It puts all kinds of CO2 and other pollutants into the air, water, and earth.

Janet Yellin is a Climate Criminal!

(But I've found that NeoCon War cancels out Green Ideology, haven't you?... Well, unless you've studied your Alinsky, which I have...)

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 16, 2023 03:47 PM (oHd/0)

265 Very nice to see that CBD's collection includes both right-handed hammers AND left-handed hammers!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 16, 2023 03:48 PM (HlyYF)

266 At one time, I had a very "ergonomic" hammer, that had a slight tilt of the handle to the hammer head. I found that using it made it almost impossible to drive a nail crooked. You could almost always drive a straight nail.

My son was working for a guy that was gutting and remodeling houses some years ago, and he was using my tools. And that's where I think it disappeared. And I have never been able to find another one in conventional tool stores.
Between me and my wife (who has her father's tools) we have about a dozen hammers of different types. They are all over the house.
And screw drivers. We have about 50 of them. Really.

I got a new tool yesterday, that I am using to strip the paint off the deck. It is a diamond-bladed grinding wheel that goes on an angle grinder. About $58, but it works like a charm.

Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at July 16, 2023 03:48 PM (tjZg/)

267 I got a new tool yesterday, that I am using to strip the paint off the deck. It is a diamond-bladed grinding wheel that goes on an angle grinder. About $58, but it works like a charm.

Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at July 16, 2023 03:48 PM

How do you avoid scalloping the wood using the angle grinder?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 16, 2023 03:50 PM (HlyYF)

268 We may learn the truth about Chris Christie.

Senate Considers Bipartisan Measure to Release UFO Records

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 16, 2023 03:51 PM (FVME7)

269 How do you avoid scalloping the wood using the angle grinder?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 16, 2023 03:50 PM (HlyYF)

Use less mussel.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:52 PM (9UlRk)

270 269 How do you avoid scalloping the wood using the angle grinder?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 16, 2023 03:50 PM (HlyYF)

Use less mussel.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2023 03:52 PM (9UlRk)

LOL. I'm gonna clam up now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:52 PM (ynpvh)

271 So CBD- How many strikes does it take you to drive home a 16d nail?

I'm usually somewhere between 15 and 30, with two start overs!

😣

Posted by: Muldoon at July 16, 2023 03:53 PM (kXYt5)

272 How do you avoid scalloping the wood using the angle grinder?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 16, 2023 03:50 PM (HlyYF)

Use less mussel.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

He'll clam up after he gouges out a plank.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 16, 2023 03:53 PM (psNWM)

273 Is there a specialty hammer for unsticking a stuck reflux capacitor?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 16, 2023 03:54 PM (VdGjU)

274 Jim, you beat me to that clam shell.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 16, 2023 03:54 PM (psNWM)

275 273 Is there a specialty hammer for unsticking a stuck reflux capacitor?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 16, 2023 03:54 PM (VdGjU)

Well, at least it isn't a flux capacitor.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:56 PM (ynpvh)

276 My only a few year old dryer is still out of order., so need to find out what is it's problem.
Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (xhxe

///

Youtube helped me fix mine several times for little money. Ten dollar thermostat ila few times.

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 16, 2023 03:56 PM (Y05sl)

277 I note that all the hammers in CBD's pic would benefit from wadded up aluminum foil and moist baking soda.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 16, 2023 03:56 PM (psNWM)

278 Do they breed? Why do I have so many?

The top one is an over-sized framing hammer. I've got a California Framer that's similar, with more of an axe handle shape, that will be excellent in the Zombie Apocalypse or Thunderdome.

Second one is a tack hammer. Hang a picture with it. Whatever.

Third actually has a use. The shank is good for knocking off form ties and such. Straight claws are also useful.

Fourth is not going to last, if I see that coating on the shank right.

You have four hammers. Two of which might have a purpose.

Posted by: It Wasn't Me at July 16, 2023 03:56 PM (FkUWW)

279 274 Jim, you beat me to that clam shell.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 16, 2023 03:54 PM (psNWM)

Well, I wasn't typing at a snail's pace. But I was being a little Shellfish.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 16, 2023 03:57 PM (ynpvh)

280 The puns aren't nearly as painful as ruining some good wood flooring!

When we bought our house, the beautiful 100 y.o. oak entry way was badly scalloped. I asked the realtor about it. She said the previous owner was going for the "distressed look".

It looked to me exactly like the job you would get if you asked a noob teenager to strip the floor!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 16, 2023 03:58 PM (HlyYF)

281 My only a few year old dryer is still out of order., so need to find out what is it's problem.
Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM (xhxe

///

Youtube helped me fix mine several times for little money. Ten dollar thermostat ila few times.
Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 16, 2023 03:56 PM (Y05sl)

Get a bigger hammer.

Posted by: Reforger at July 16, 2023 03:58 PM (B705c)

282 263 I still have a couple of things I made in HS wood shop. This was shortly after wood was invented.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 16, 2023 03:46 PM (Xrfse)

; )

Posted by: m at July 16, 2023 03:59 PM (LodBx)

283
My only a few year old dryer is still out of order., so need to find out what is it's problem.

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 02:05 PM

Skip, have you checked the fusable link? If it turns but doesn't dry, that's probably the problem

< $5 part

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 16, 2023 04:00 PM (ENBF0)

284 Kinda bummed the post title isn't "Hammer Time"

I too have several hammers- my personal fav is a 2.5 lb Dewalt thing-smasher

Posted by: DB - at July 16, 2023 04:01 PM (geLO8)

285 Only a hammerhead would try to play the "aw, shucks" facade.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 04:02 PM (KVGVf)

286 STOP THE HAMMERING!

It's FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at July 16, 2023 04:02 PM (xhxe8)

287 >My only a few year old dryer is still out of order., so need to find out what is it's problem.

have you tried giving it a good bash?
-Colin's mum

Posted by: DB - at July 16, 2023 04:02 PM (geLO8)

288 I can still drive a16d coated sinker in treated wood with two whacks (ok maybe three) one of which is the set. 22oz Estwing.

Posted by: Eromero at July 16, 2023 04:03 PM (Uv0D2)

289
have you tried giving it a good bash?
-Colin's mum
Posted by: DB
-------

Every thread becomes a movie thread.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 16, 2023 04:07 PM (uUKp3)

290 . . . I want a dumpster container dropped in our driveway that we will fill with stuff that's gotta go. My son did this very thing last month and it is the best idea that I have heard in a long time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 16, 2023 03:27 PM (pNxlR)

*****

I did that last year when I downsized to a smaller home and had to get rid of all the junk I had accumulated and inherited over my (ahem) 29 years.

It seemed impossible until then. Filled it up twice.

Posted by: Elinor, who usually looks lurkily at July 16, 2023 04:08 PM (kF2jL)

291 *rifles toolboxes*

Waahhh ... my favorite hammer, with the so-smooth wooden handle, is still missing.

I could begin an all-out search for it. But I don't need it now.

*resumes refreshing and scrolling*

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 16, 2023 04:09 PM (p/isN)

292 CBD!

Another former professional nail-beater here.

Back in the day I went through 50 pounds of Cement Coated 16d Sinkers during a standard day of framing.
Then the Green Vinyl Sinkers came out and did not get one's hands as black.

I worked with another carpenter who told me he helped an old rancher build a shed and they used nails the old guy had straightened and saved for years. He also said the old guy was so cheap that he used a rock for a hammer...

I have a "thing" for hammers and, although, I have a lot of hammers I cannot stop myself from checking out the hammer display anytime I am in a hardware store.
My favorite hammer is my 10 ounce Warrington by Record.
I even have a 13 pound post hammer that better men than I must have used to pound in tent stakes at a circus.

Posted by: waepnedmann at July 16, 2023 04:24 PM (iRGPp)

293 The hammer, the blade, and the digging stick: the basis for all civilizations.

Posted by: waepnedmann at July 16, 2023 04:27 PM (iRGPp)

294 Wooden-handled hammers are good. So is the forged-shank Estwing on the bottom. The tube-shank at #3? Not so much.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 16, 2023 04:51 PM (5juGW)

295 Square drive screws or Robertson screws, are also a fine instrument to have. They stay on your bit without the need for a third hand or a magnetized bit. Fucking Canadians finally got something right.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 16, 2023 02:32 PM (KVGVf)

Robertson screws used to wedge tightly onto the driver bit, but the quality of mass-market driver bits and Robertson-head screws has gotten poor. I found I had to hammer the screws onto the driver bit. Maybe Lee Valley Tools still has the good ones, but those you get at Home Despot are crap. Put this Canuck in the Torx camp, for wood screws, at least. I have used a metric fuckton of Torx wood screws in my AZ house reno.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 16, 2023 05:02 PM (ZPLkc)

296 The first thing I do is strip that off and redo the finish with BLO.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 16, 2023 02:41 PM (i5lJm)

You know who else finishes with a BLO?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 16, 2023 05:07 PM (ZPLkc)

297 My first.wotld problem is installing deck.boards. 15 feet long, that are warped. Fortunately, there is a tool to take the sideways bow out of hhem

Posted by: JM in Florida -- now in IllinoisI at July 16, 2023 05:27 PM (wSodC)

298 Pro-tip:
Straight claw framing hammers as defensive tools:
Use the claws. The round hole in the skull created by the hammer face cause the hammer to get stuck.
The claws are tapered and make extraction much easier...or so I have been told.

There was that incident where the guy coming up the ladder had his skull cleaved by the carpenter on the roof with a rigging axe.
When asked why he had done it the axeman said:
"For asking too many questions."
The lunch-time conversation kind of dried up after that.

Posted by: waepnedmann at July 16, 2023 05:43 PM (iRGPp)

299 An old hammer is an old friend. I have hammers nearly as old as I am. I bought a Stanley when I was filing in on a roofing crew when I was seventeen, which was 1980. That’s my favorite. I think I’d cry if I ever lost it.

Posted by: Bruce at July 16, 2023 06:41 PM (Z3b7j)

300 The second one from the top is mine. Why are you stealing other people's hammers?

Posted by: Levin at July 16, 2023 07:06 PM (tqJev)

301 The right hammer for the job:
Found one of my guys using a waffle head framing hammer to drive finish nails, leaving it's waffle imprint everywhere. I instructed him to use a small smooth face "tack driver" instead. He curled his nose up at the little sissy hammer.
Told him "it's kinda like sex, Kenny, it's not so much the size of the hammer as it is how you swing it".
No more waffle head marks after that.

Posted by: boynsea at July 16, 2023 09:25 PM (cx155)

302 it's not hammer breeding.
it happens when the hammer-wielder has forgotten where he or she left the last one.

somewhat often.

Posted by: uhhhhhhh.clem at July 16, 2023 09:32 PM (DWSIe)

303 It's hard for me to get rid of tools. Hammers? Yeah I probably have that many. Screwdrivers? Fuggetaboutit! I still have ancient tools I got from my dad. Oh and I used to have three compressor for the two nail guns. I did cut down to one compressor, however.

Posted by: leber at July 17, 2023 10:36 AM (6h+qo)

304 Amateur. I got a tool drawer with 12 hammers, a separate one for mallets and sledge, and my 3 foot wide screwdriver drawer is not big enough. That’s what is not placed strategically in multiple tool bags and drawers, two vehicles and an outdoor shed. Of course it helps to have been sole surviving descendant of three handymen. Wait a minute, that sounds not right the way things go these days. Sigh.

Posted by: VizzinisGuess at July 17, 2023 03:26 PM (e4jUm)

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