The Weekend Hobby Thread (5/4/24) Authored TRex

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Welcome hobbyists. Do not adjust your interweb. A spin of the Ace of Spades “wheel of hobbies” has come up with tools. In this case, “tools” refers to implements of hobbying rather than people who are annoying.

Interested in your favorite tools, tools you’ve acquired or inherited, mystery tools, tools that you wish you used more often, tools that you’ve acquired or tools that you’ve built, tools loved and lost, tools that saved the day, most obscure tools, oldest and newest tools, and tools with sentimental value. What tool have you bought knowing you had absolutely no use or need but couldn’t resist because it was impossibly cool and clever? Come forth with your stories of tools.
Looking forward to silliness and shenanigans until CDB releases a fresh music thread.
As usual, keep this thread limited to hobbies. Politics and current events can wait for other threads. Wear your safety glasses and do not smash your finger with a hammer.

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What time is it? Tool time!

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Top photo: The modern crescent-style wrench did not come from the US. Instead, it traces to inventor J.P. Johansson in Enkoping, Sweden. He earned a patent for the first crescent-style wrench in 1892. (In the U.S., Crescent Tool Co. first built a crescent-style wrench in 1907.) Wrenches were made in Enkoping under the Bahco brand name for many years. The large-scale sculpture was installed in a Enkoping round-about as a nod to its history.

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“TRex, I have an old wrench that could use some restoration. How can I do that?”
Well-made tools can have multiple lives: Restoring an old wrench

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“TRex, I’ve heard that some people collect wrenches. Do you have an example? What’s the most desirable wrench for a collector?” Glad you asked.
John Deere originally made plows. In 1912, the conservative company considered expanding into tractors. A board member, Joseph Dain, was tasked with developing and building a prototype. He did and it was tested. 100 were made in 1917 and 1918 and sold mostly in the Dakotas. In 1918, Deere bought the Waterloo Gasoline Tractor Company and its Waterloo Boy tractor which was much cheaper. That was the end of the Dain tractor. Apparently, Deere repurchased almost all, had them destroyed, and didn’t really acknowledge the Dain. Only two are said to remain. By this point, you’re likely asking, “TRex, what does any of this have to do with tools?”
A wrench was delivered with each tractor. Only nine (or eleven? Or twelve?) are known to survive. One was sold at auction in 2017 for $16,500.

Other sales have brought big money, so that wasn’t an aberration. Collectors aren’t just looking for wrenches: A rusty toolbox that was mounted on the tractor was sold at auction in 2018 for $10,000.

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“TRex, can I use a wrench to apply leverage with my screwdriver?” Yes. Yes, you can (presuming you have the right wrench and screwdriver).

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“TRex, I know this isn’t the gun thread, but my hobby is firearms. What basic tools should a gunsmith have?”

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“TRex, what happens with all those tool returns to Home Depot?” Apparently, some of them get bundled together on pallets and sold in bulk at liquidation auctions.

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“TRex, are there sites on the interweb with unusual tools that I didn’t know existed and didn’t know I needed?” Yes, yes there are. Life has an endless supply of use cases and clever people developing solutions.

Family Handyman: 15 Bizarre Looking Tools and What They’re Used For (Don’t miss the Lignatool Set Schnittführung)

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Engineering flowchart:

If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40.

If it moves and it shouldn't, use the duct tape.

If either doesn't work, use the hammer.

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“TRex, isn’t duct tape the world’s most useful tool?” We won’t wade into the “duct v. duck” tape debate, but this video has a ton of history:

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This thread is sponsored by Binford Tools.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:30 PM

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 05:30 PM (fwDg9)

2 Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:31 PM (inGXk)

3 Top 10?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2024 05:31 PM (omVj0)

4 That's quite a nut.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2024 05:32 PM (Q4IgG)

5 Finally started carving out the medallion I want to make out of metal. As with others I made will use non lead plumbing solder I carve it into a plaster Paris block, and in reverse

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 05:33 PM (fwDg9)

6 out WD 40
in Deep Creep

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 05:33 PM (mKjJV)

7 Besides hand tools use my battery Dremel with a router stand.

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 05:34 PM (fwDg9)

8 This is a funny post for me to be on but there happens to be something that I can comment on. I was out of Duct tape so went online to order some as I was too lazy to go to the hardware store. I found what was called the original Duck Tape with a picture of a duck. Is this true? if so how did Duck Tape become Duct tape or were they lying to me.
Also did you know that duct tape can cure warts? Don't ask me why I know this fact.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:34 PM (t/2Uw)

9 nuts

Posted by: Ciampino - awkward to aim at May 04, 2024 05:35 PM (qfLjt)

10 sharon, you have to share that.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 05:35 PM (mKjJV)

11 I finished my Algiers Point painting. If interested it's posted on my site Stuppleart.com under landscapes.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:36 PM (inGXk)

12 The tool I had that saved the day was a coil of rubber-coated wire.

ON Thanksgiving around '02 I was driving Miss Linda and her mother out to the suburbs for dinner, in a heavy, pouring rain. Suddenly the wiper blade on my side came off -- and we were in fairly thick Interstate traffic. I could barely see and was afraid the wiper arm would scratch the glass. No auto stores open, either.

I got off the highway and pulled under a gas station overhang. The blade ('80s Mercedes engineering!) had fallen into the trough at the bottom of the windshield. I fished out a coil of wire from my trunk toolbox, snipped some off with a cutter (okay, it's part of the "saved the day" story), and wired the blade in place on the arm well enough that the blade would keep the glass clear.

The next day I bought a new set of blades. But the tools in the trunk really saved us.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2024 05:37 PM (omVj0)

13 That firearms tools picture doesn't have duct tape nor a hot iron. Someone is slipping!

Posted by: Ciampino - aim to please at May 04, 2024 05:37 PM (qfLjt)

14 * looks over at the Desert Gulch painting with pleasure*

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 05:38 PM (mKjJV)

15 I have watched videos of that guy who buys pallets of returned stuff. Sometimes he gets some decent stuff but usually it's junk that he over values in his assessment.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 04, 2024 05:38 PM (QNSds)

16 Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:34 PM (t/2Uw

The tape was originally to use on Duct work as far as I know.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:39 PM (MNhXM)

17 Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:34 PM (t/2Uw

😀

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:40 PM (MNhXM)

18 I finished my Algiers Point painting. If interested it's posted on my site Stuppleart.com under landscapes.
Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024

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A beautiful job, up to and including the ferry and the tanker! I've known the area well for many years. There used to be a fascinating restaurant built out over the water just past the point where the levee curves around the brick condo building. Destroyed in Katrina, I think it was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2024 05:41 PM (omVj0)

19 Duct tape is the most important innovation in tools since the hammer.

Fight me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2024 05:42 PM (Q4IgG)

20 Sorry Sharon that was a happy face for Ben Had but you can keep it . 😀

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:42 PM (MNhXM)

21 Watched 4 videos now on American military helmets, I have my issued helmet and thinking of stripping it down and repainting it

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 05:42 PM (fwDg9)

22 The Home Improvement clip was funny.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 04, 2024 05:43 PM (a5Jsm)

23 Okay, so warts are actually the result of a virus. By sealing off the area with duct tape, you deprive the virus of oxygen and it dies.
Not sure how reliable my source is because "internet".

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:43 PM (t/2Uw)

24 I found that good results come from good tools. The nippers I use to trim feet are expensive but they make the job easier.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 05:43 PM (mKjJV)

25 The tape was originally to use on Duct work as far as I know.
Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024

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And people simply began to elide the final "t" into the initial "t" of "tape," in standard lazy human fashion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2024 05:43 PM (omVj0)

26 8 I found what was called the original Duck Tape with a picture of a duck. Is this true? if so how did Duck Tape become Duct tape or were they lying to me.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:34 PM
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Thanks Sharon. A company named Manco in Ohio started the brand. The "duck" branding goes back to 1980 and was a way to distinguish the company's duct tape from others. It also was an attempt to make duct tape more friendly for retail. It worked. Now you can buy all kinds of variations beyond the traditional silver - including camo tape.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 05:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

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The large-scale sculpture was installed in a Enkoping round-about as a nod to its history.

The wrench comes out of the ground and it stands there.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2024 05:44 PM (63Dwl)

28 Tools. I have this theory if you need it once you'll need it again so buy it.

This has been relatively accurate.

Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2024 05:45 PM (IFNME)

29 EOD Breacher bar... Flat bar, 2 beveled edges. Not sharp but works as a prybar, hammer, digging tool, and all-around "persuasion" implement. Countycomm.com. Also the 'best' tools I have I got hand-me-down from my Dad, Grandpa, and Father-in-Law.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 05:46 PM (ScW81)

30 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2024 05:41 PM (omVj0)

I was watching an episode of Aerial America on Louisiana when they showed Algiers Point . I was able to pull up the episode on the intertubes and screen capture this scene.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:46 PM (MNhXM)

31 My dad was a master carpenter, diesel mechanic and a very handy man. I still have his old tools because he grew up during the Great Depression and he never threw anything away. I had to superglue his weed eater after almost every use. I waited until he died to buy a new one because I didn't want to drag the extension cord around.

Posted by: huerfano at May 04, 2024 05:47 PM (VGOMa)

32 The best tools are hand me downs...They knew how to make them to last back in the day....

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 05:47 PM (IQ6Gq)

33 I have tools coming out my ears, some need some repair and should fix them

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 05:47 PM (fwDg9)

34 It was duct tape but duck is just an easier word to say.

Incidentally, the MythBusters guy, Adam Savage, says he hates duck tape and only uses gaffer tape. Looked up the prices online and is he kidding? Anyone know if he is right or just has too much money?

Posted by: Fozzy at May 04, 2024 05:48 PM (/Jyns)

35 My Dad's supervisor at Coors many-many moons ago had a tree made of adjustable wrenches confiscated and welded together.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 05:48 PM (ScW81)

36 When I was in the Army they saw fit to take bomb disposal units and equip them as if they were FIVE bomb disposal units. At least when it came to tools.

I really did have the ultimate set of tools.

Posted by: blaster at May 04, 2024 05:49 PM (IFNME)

37 11 ... " finished my Algiers Point painting. If interested it's posted on my site Stuppleart.com under landscapes."

Hi Polynikes,
Just looked at the painting and it is fabulous. I like the realistic colors and the level of detail is stunning. I've never been there but you made it feel real and familiar. If this was done for someone specific, they should be thrilled.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 05:49 PM (zudum)

38 23 Okay, so warts are actually the result of a virus. By sealing off the area with duct tape, you deprive the virus of oxygen and it dies.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:43 PM
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I didn't think to ask about stories of medical care delivered with tools from the garage or workshop. Human bodging and repair?

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 05:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

39 Do they still teach "shop" in middle school? Just seems the younger ones I know are more familiar with Amazon than working with their hands....

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 05:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

40 I have my Dad’s tool box and tools when he worked for Lockheed repairing Cobra gunships. I have no idea what some of the tools are used for.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:50 PM (MNhXM)

41 36

Well, that certainly explains alot....

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 05:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

42 My late husband was a handyman extroadinaire. He could pretty much fix anything from computers to cars to the kitchen sink.
When I moved I sold everything in the garage.
When I unpacked, I realizedI didn;t have the most basic tools. Not a hammer, screwdriver, no duct tape! I had to head to the Harware store and try and figure out which hammer to buy, which type of screw driver. What I ever needed was always at hand and besides I never really had to do anything myself. it was a fair tradeoff because I can really cook.
I now have a basic set of tools and since meeting members of the Horde in person, have even acquired a set of tools for my guns.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:50 PM (t/2Uw)

43 11 I finished my Algiers Point painting. If interested it's posted on my site Stuppleart.com under landscapes.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:36 PM
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Congrats. Very nice! You've got a lot of good stuff posted.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 05:52 PM (IQ6Gq)

44 I've mentioned it on other threads but will talk about it here. Just My Typewriter has a nic You Tube channel on repairing and using typewriters. Her dad is a mechanic and helped her learn basic repairs. She reminds me a bit of Shoe On Head for some reason. Totally her fault I have another typewriter today. Mine are from the 50s so I am trying some newer stuff. Will clean up and donate anything I don't like.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 05:53 PM (yeEu9)

45 42
I now have a basic set of tools and since meeting members of the Horde in person, have even acquired a set of tools for my guns.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:50 PM (t/2Uw)
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Those tools for your guns must be sitting there unused since your canoe accident?

Posted by: Ciampino - aim too please at May 04, 2024 05:53 PM (qfLjt)

46 35 My Dad's supervisor at Coors many-many moons ago had a tree made of adjustable wrenches confiscated and welded together.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 05:48 PM
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"Confiscated?" Were there "out of spec" wrenches that a wrench inspector spotted and seized? or just wrenches liberated from toolboxes for the cause of the tree.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 05:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

47 Picking up things the other day I counted 10 different hammers.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 05:55 PM (mKjJV)

48 Those tools for your guns must be sitting there unused since your canoe accident?

Posted by: Ciampino - aim too please

Why yes, that is true. Also I know Blaster.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:56 PM (t/2Uw)

49 Top pic reminds me, at the opening of Modern Marvels, they show (in two ways) the misuse of a Crescent wrench. Bugs me every time that I see it. Emblematic of creative types who do not understand their topic. The scene only lasts for the opening, a second or two:
https://tinyurl.com/2s4fzxnx

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 05:56 PM (XeU6L)

50 Favorite tool was John Deere PTO. More of a tool enabler but my dad being Tommy Tool Time we had a bunch of PTO tools. The hands down best was the ginormous saw that was used for cutting trees into log size pieces that could be split for firewood.

It was straight out of a Freddy Kruger horror movie. It's amazing either of us made it through with all digits but boy howdy was that thing fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 04, 2024 05:56 PM (LkLld)

51 Now you can buy all kinds of variations beyond the traditional silver - including camo tape.
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Yes! Hdepot has a whole assortment of designer duct tape, LOL.

Also: electrical tape is available in a whole rainbow of colors.

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 05:56 PM (njWTi)

52 There's a FB group called The Dull Mens' Club. (It's co-ed and more entertaining than the women's group). Someone is always asking about an odd tool they found and they usually get an answer.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 05:56 PM (yeEu9)

53 Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 05:49 PM (zudum)

Thanks JTB. It is for someone with New Orleans connections and they left it up to me to come up with something New Orleans related. They seem to be happy with the finished product ( still needs to be varnished) . It will hang in his office.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 05:57 PM (MNhXM)

54 Picking up things the other day I counted 10 different hammers.

Posted by: Ben Had

See, this is what I mean. You should have seen me in the Hardware store trying to figure out what to buy.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 05:57 PM (t/2Uw)

55 31 My dad was a master carpenter, diesel mechanic and a very handy man. I still have his old tools because he grew up during the Great Depression and he never threw anything away. I had to superglue his weed eater after almost every use. I waited until he died to buy a new one because I didn't want to drag the extension cord around.

Posted by: huerfano at May 04, 2024 05:47 PM
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Superglue has extended the life many tools.

Thanks for sharing. Glad you still have your dad's old tools.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 05:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

56 Ben Had, we only have 5 hammers, including one for German nailing. Take a stump, each person gets a nail, hit the nail with pointed end of hammer, if you miss - down a shot of whiskey.
This could be fun at Corsicana....

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 05:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

57 I imagine a horse whip will be the most important tool today.

IYKWIM

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2024 05:57 PM (Q4IgG)

58 My stepson put together a tool kit for me out of the tools on the old place. I just need to find it. I have to finish putting the Mantis together.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 05:58 PM (yeEu9)

59 My favorite tool is a Klein Tool, Co. 2006 Crimper, 6 AWG to 4/0 AWG 25D147. It is a righteousness tool that leaves its unmistakable mark on every terminal connector it meets.

My newest tool is a Bosch JS470E 7.0A Jigsaw. Haven't used it yet, but it looks like it will do the job.

Posted by: mrp at May 04, 2024 05:59 PM (rj6Yv)

60 A small mirror on a hinge at the end of an extending rod. So cool, I bought it. Finally used it this year to view the crevices of the washer lid thst I was sanding and repainting.

My hobby ATM is getting things done before it rains. Seems to be happening a lot this week.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 04, 2024 05:59 PM (bLaz5)

61 Grateful, whiskey or tequila?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:01 PM (mKjJV)

62 Trex, adjustable wrenches were not allowed. Too many rounded and f'd-up fasteners and fittings. My Dad still has a hard time bringing out the 'Cresent'.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 06:01 PM (ScW81)

63 > Grateful, whiskey or tequila?
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Yes

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2024 06:02 PM (Q4IgG)

64 When I moved into the condo, I bought several pieces of furniture that came disassembled with one tiny tool, an Allen wrench. I was able to put them together myself! A proud moment! Had to hire someone to put together the dining room table only because it took two people to hold pieces in place.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 04, 2024 06:02 PM (t/2Uw)

65 Ben Had, actually schnapps, as it was in Germany. But I did introduce them to Jack Daniels!

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 06:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

66 I have a sweet-ass torque wrench
has its own case and everything

also a sweet-ass Craftsman socket set, 3 different drive sizes
has its own case and everything

also have an ancient pair of tin snips

Posted by: Don Black at May 04, 2024 06:03 PM (/7KEl)

67 I love hand tools for woodworking, the older the better. Wooden body planes, draw knives, gimlets, brace and bit, good chisels, etc. It is partly the appeal of well-made, time tested tools that work with human muscles. It's partly enjoying technology from the past that still works. (Same with manual typewriters.) It's partly because I actually enjoy maintaining the tools.

In one case it's a family connection. We have the handsaw that Mrs. JTB's dad used to build the house she grew up in. It shows its use and age but still works great.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 06:03 PM (zudum)

68 Magnet on the end of a telescoping rod. Fishes out the nut or bolt you dropped into the depths of engine compartment or thru a grate.

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:03 PM (njWTi)

69 and I have a couple different spanners

Posted by: Don Black at May 04, 2024 06:04 PM (/7KEl)

70 ***
I didn't think to ask about stories of medical care delivered with tools from the garage or workshop. Human bodging and repair?
Posted by: TRex
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Smashed thumb. Thumbnail black with blood. Doc reaches into a drawer, pulls out Bernz-o-matic torch, straightens a paper clip, heats it red with torch, pokes it through the center of the nail, releasing the blood.

Country Doc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:05 PM (XeU6L)

71 I have furniture assembly burn out still have two small bookcases to assemble, that use and allen wrench.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 06:05 PM (yeEu9)

72 Love old tools, have a couple of yard/carpentry tools that may go back to my great grandfather, early 19-teens and twenties. Nice stuff to hold and use.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 04, 2024 06:06 PM (4780s)

73 Smashed thumb. Thumbnail black with blood. Doc reaches into a drawer, pulls out Bernz-o-matic torch, straightens a paper clip, heats it red with torch, pokes it through the center of the nail, releasing the blood.

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YEEEOWCH!!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:06 PM (njWTi)

74 44 Just My Typewriter has a nic You Tube channel on repairing and using typewriters. Her dad is a mechanic and helped her learn basic repairs.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 05:53 PM
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For some reason, typewriters speak to people. Nostalgia, sound, mechanics, etc. Of course, there is also the typewriter symphony composed by Leroy Anderson:

https://youtu.be/akwfqjtBn7Y?feature=shared

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

75 The tool I have the hardest time using is the the one that spreads the those washers that go on some lawnmower tires. The one that have the kinda teardrop ends with the holes in them that you have to spread to get off.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:08 PM (mKjJV)

76 and one spanner in particular, the one I call 'the Judge', suitable as a murder weapon

Posted by: Don Black at May 04, 2024 06:08 PM (/7KEl)

77
YEEEOWCH!!!!
Posted by: JQ
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Actually, no pain at all...just the odor of burnt nail.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:08 PM (XeU6L)

78 62 Trex, adjustable wrenches were not allowed. Too many rounded and f'd-up fasteners and fittings. My Dad still has a hard time bringing out the 'Cresent'.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 06:01 PM
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Thank you!! I've learned something today.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

79 I've made up all of the custom cables that I need for the truck camping project. The final challenge is building the furniture: bed platform and the electrical bay.

Posted by: mrp at May 04, 2024 06:08 PM (rj6Yv)

80 Smashed thumb. Thumbnail black with blood. Doc reaches into a drawer, pulls out Bernz-o-matic torch, straightens a paper clip, heats it red with torch, pokes it through the center of the nail, releasing the blood.
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You needed whiskey before that intervention.....

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 06:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 The tool I have the hardest time using is the the one that spreads the those washers that go on some lawnmower tires. The one that have the kinda teardrop ends with the holes in them that you have to spread to get off.
Posted by: Ben Had
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C-clips? There's a tool for that...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:09 PM (XeU6L)

82 I consider myself a redneck carpenter because I've constructed and repaired many a thing using only a hammer, handsaw and nails. I once made a tall narrow bookshelf that I really liked until I saw almost the exact style at IKEA's that was 1/3 cheaper than the cost of the materials for mine.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:09 PM (inGXk)

83 JQ, YES. I have needed that one than once.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:09 PM (mKjJV)

84 A crescent wrench is a tool of last resort I have found out over the years

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 04, 2024 06:11 PM (QXQ4l)

85 Mike Hammer, yes there is. Sorry, I don't know what the proper name for it is but I have one.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:11 PM (mKjJV)

86 The one that have the kinda teardrop ends with the holes in them that you have to spread to get off.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Those are called 'external snap rings' and yeah, the snap ring pliers slip out at the least convenient moments.

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:11 PM (njWTi)

87 60 A small mirror on a hinge at the end of an extending rod.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 04, 2024 05:59 PM

68 Magnet on the end of a telescoping rod.
Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:03 PM
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Outstanding suggestions - similar but different. Gold star to both of you.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

88 I don't use a lot of my woodworking hand tools any more because of the physical demands. Fortunately, We have a niece and nephew who like traditional woodworking so they have homes to go to.

But their legacy lives on. My interest in such tools led to the current hobby of whittling and carving. Small projects I can do sitting down.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 06:11 PM (zudum)

89 I like the mechanics of them. And you can't really multitask on a typewriter. I really like her ckeaning video and there's an interesting one on typefaces. And, until you get into the daisy wheel ones, typewriters are unique. Even one from the same era and style will have a variation in how the page looks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 06:12 PM (yeEu9)

90 Just got delivery of a new very large non stick frying pan from Amazon. I looked at the lid and saw that something was definitely amiss. The handle was on the underside. Luckily it wasn't riveted on so I got out my handy dandy interchangeable head screwdriver, removed it and screwed it on the topside. So other than getting a pedicure and a manicure and spending almost $200 at the grocery store that's been my day.

Posted by: Tuna at May 04, 2024 06:12 PM (oaGWv)

91 81
C-clips? There's a tool for that...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:09 PM (XeU6L)
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Particularly useful for piston rings.

Posted by: Ciampino - aim too please at May 04, 2024 06:13 PM (qfLjt)

92 Back in the day, I spent a lot of time in nuclear plant tool rooms. The size of some of the slug wrenches (used during outages) is amazing. So big that they didn't store them inside the tool rooms, they have to be mounted in the hallways.

Posted by: mrp at May 04, 2024 06:14 PM (rj6Yv)

93 Particularly useful for piston rings.
Posted by: Ciampino
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I am happy to say that for years I have had a reversable tool. Converts for internal or external.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:15 PM (XeU6L)

94 I have a tool that has a handle like a pair of pliers that slips over a nut and you squeeze the handle to make the perfect fit to loosen or tighten.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:17 PM (inGXk)

95 PB Blaster>>>WD-40

Posted by: Sock Monkey * clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right at May 04, 2024 06:17 PM (i7KoL)

96 C-clip pliers also useful in removing the metal screwbase of a broken lightbulb stuck in the socket.

Posted by: Ciampino - aim too please me at May 04, 2024 06:18 PM (qfLjt)

97 For some years I worked with an instrument that employed a very high magnetic field. All tools were copper, bronze, or beryllium.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:19 PM (XeU6L)

98 I'm fascinated by Soto camping gear. They make thermastacks. It's a cup with a seal on the edge and a cap. It can fit into a second cup, which keeps the food warm. There's an insulated bag for it as well. The bigger kit has one larger pot. Their stoves are nice too. I ordered a sandwich grill from them that is not available in the US. The plates hook together but can be taken apart to use as a frying pan. I have got to tak a trip to try this stuff out, whenever I get over this cold.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 06:20 PM (yeEu9)

99 92 Back in the day, I spent a lot of time in nuclear plant tool rooms. The size of some of the slug wrenches (used during outages) is amazing. So big that they didn't store them inside the tool rooms, they have to be mounted in the hallways.

Posted by: mrp at May 04, 2024 06:14 PM
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I imagine that is the case for large equipment - railroad engines, large dump trucks, etc. Big nuts require big wrenches. I'll bet that some people collect nothing but oversized tools.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

100 I have hand me down tools from dad, grandfather and FiL,
I do appreciate the use of them when using

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 06:20 PM (fwDg9)

101 Why a duck tape?
Why a no chicken tape?

Posted by: Chico Marx at May 04, 2024 06:21 PM (bo7UB)

102 C-clips? There's a tool for that...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:09 PM (XeU6L)
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Particularly useful for piston rings.
Posted by: Ciampino

Little is more satisfying than finding that C-clip that went flying because you were improvising. I would be lying if I said that's only happened to me once. I have a set of C-clip pliers now.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right at May 04, 2024 06:22 PM (i7KoL)

103
I think my hammers are pretty much retired. I mainly use a power torque adjustable screwdriver anymore and expensive screws.

Pluses: Can assemble and then un-assemble stuff with ease
Minuses: Expensive screws

I had a Dr once who looked at the calluses on my hands and told me to ease up on hammering or wear gloves. I gotta different Dr.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 04, 2024 06:22 PM (RKVpM)

104 We used bronze & brass tools in the ammo loading areas.

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:22 PM (njWTi)

105 We used bronze & brass tools in the ammo loading areas.
Posted by: JQ
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Silk slippers?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:23 PM (XeU6L)

106 Why a duck tape?
Why a no chicken tape?
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Neither.
Gorilla tape is best!

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:23 PM (njWTi)

107 101 Why a duck tape?
Why a no chicken tape?

Posted by: Chico Marx at May 04, 2024 06:21 PM (bo7UB)
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Silly, chicken tape will more often refuse to stick. Too dangerous.

Posted by: Ciampino - Duct-tape for the win at May 04, 2024 06:24 PM (qfLjt)

108 I was greatly intrigued by this video about the restoration of an antique fractal vise - not just by the restoration, but by the vise, itself, which was a rather ingenious invention for securing odd-shaped objects.

https://tinyurl.com/3a2th7wm

Posted by: Paco at May 04, 2024 06:24 PM (njExo)

109 If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
Until 8 pm or whenever the HOA complained

Posted by: Peter Paul & Mary at May 04, 2024 06:24 PM (bo7UB)

110 94 I have a tool that has a handle like a pair of pliers that slips over a nut and you squeeze the handle to make the perfect fit to loosen or tighten.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:17 PM
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Channel-lock pliers?

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

111 Silk slippers?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Nope. Too risky.

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:25 PM (njWTi)

112 The History Guy is great. That's all I really want to say.

Posted by: irright at May 04, 2024 06:26 PM (lUcMX)

113 I imagine that is the case for large equipment - railroad engines, large dump trucks, etc. Big nuts require big wrenches. I'll bet that some people collect nothing but oversized tools.
Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

I'll put it this way - nuts and bolts for a nuclear plant's steam turbines and generators are huge. And they are often coated (multiple times) with industrial paint. For them, the slug wrenches are often five to six feet in length and, I'd guess, weigh more the 1/2 ton.

Posted by: mrp at May 04, 2024 06:26 PM (rj6Yv)

114 hose clamp pliers

aarrgh

Posted by: Don Black at May 04, 2024 06:26 PM (/7KEl)

115 My interest in such tools led to the current hobby of whittling and carving. Small projects I can do sitting down.
Posted by: JTB

Does that hobby also include sharpening chisels and knives? That's a hobby all by itself.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Black Guns Matter at May 04, 2024 06:26 PM (i7KoL)

116 I forgot my combination to my locker at the gym when I was waiting for my new hip to heal up. I used two wrenches, one 7/8 and one 3/4 to pop it open. There are helpful videos on the YouBoob.

I tried to pick the lock too by twirling the numbers and so many this way then 8 clicks that way and feel your ass up and down and blah blah blah but that didn't work.

Smartied up and put the new lock's combo on my phone.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 04, 2024 06:27 PM (R/m4+)

117 I have an old wooden toolbox that belonged to my late wife's grandfather, who was a carpenter in White Plains, NY. Old chisels, cat's paw, pry bar, squares, etc. Best thing though, is around 40 files and rasps of every size and shape. I use them all the time in my bodging on cars.

Posted by: Air-cooled Al at May 04, 2024 06:28 PM (V5BDR)

118 I have a tool that has a handle like a pair of pliers that slips over a nut and you squeeze the handle to make the perfect fit to loosen or tighten.

Posted by: polynikes
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I was given a couple of those for Christmas, decades ago. Can't remember what they were called. Sears. Bob Vila did commercials for them. Robo-grip?

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:28 PM (njWTi)

119 _
Why a duck tape?
Why a no chicken tape?

Posted by: Chico Marx at May 04, 2024 06:21 PM
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Chicken tape is fine until you need to cross the road. Then it gets dicey.

Posted by: irright at May 04, 2024 06:29 PM (lUcMX)

120 _
Why a duck tape?
Why a no chicken tape?

Posted by: Chico Marx at May 04, 2024 06:21 PM
_

Chicken tape is fine until you need to cross the road. Then it gets dicey.

Posted by: irright at May 04, 2024 06:29 PM (lUcMX)

121 TRex, I’ve heard that some people collect wrenches. Do you have an example? What’s the most desirable wrench for a collector?”

Huh.
I first read that as wenches. Then I wondered what my collection might look like...?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2024 06:29 PM (W/lyH)

122 Power tools that have two-stroke engines are an invention of the Devil.

First mix your fuel specifically for this engine in a 25:1 ratio (others may have some other random ratio).

Pump a little fuel with the plastic bubble 3 times.Then jerk on a cord 37 times with the choke on.

Then jerk the cord 29 with the choke fully open. Then jerk the cord 10 times halfway choked.

Then choke it all the way again and jerk the cord 17 times. On the 18th jerk of the cord the engine starts. You're so tired from jerk the cord you only get half of the job done that you were using the tool for.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 04, 2024 06:29 PM (LaNzR)

123 108 I was greatly intrigued by this video about the restoration of an antique fractal vise - not just by the restoration, but by the vise, itself, which was a rather ingenious invention for securing odd-shaped objects.

https://tinyurl.com/3a2th7wm

Posted by: Paco at May 04, 2024 06:24 PM
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Gold star for posting. Endorsed. Fractal vises are amazing. Should have included that in the content.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

124 Sorry about the double comment. Don't know what happened.

Posted by: irright at May 04, 2024 06:30 PM (lUcMX)

125 121 I first read that as wenches. Then I wondered what my collection might look like...?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2024 06:29 PM
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I think they come armed with bacon.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

126 Who's got $$ on the Derby?

Fun fact: Secretariat ran the fastest derby in 1973. A record that stands some 50 years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2024 06:31 PM (Q4IgG)

127 I have it on good authority that Secretariat was juicing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2024 06:32 PM (bo7UB)

128 I own everything on the weird tool list except the Duplex Rabbet Plane. I have several regular Planes.
Replacement cost on my whole tool set would push $300,000.00 and I have nowhere near enough tools.
Next on the list is a Bridgeport Mill.
Or one of the Tables they are planning on getting rid of at work. I just don't know where to put it. Can't beat the price though... "get it gone".

Posted by: Reforger at May 04, 2024 06:32 PM (B705c)

129 TRex, a little MoMe lore. Weasel Woman was the first Bacon Wench.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:33 PM (mKjJV)

130 My favorite wrenches are made by GearWrench. Very handy.

Posted by: Ronster at May 04, 2024 06:33 PM (gH5oX)

131 I have an extra large pair of bolt cutters in my prepper cache. It's my second pair because the Fire Department never returned the ones I lent them when they were launching rescues in front of my house last time we had a flood in Houston.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:34 PM (inGXk)

132
Power tools that have two-stroke engines are an invention of the Devil.

'Stabil' is your friend. Winter storage of gasoline without it in your fuel guarantees that starting times in spring may never happen.

Ethanol in gasoline is from the Prince of Darkness. It sucks up winter month after month, rendering the gasoline non-combustible.

My chain saw? Set choke. Pull once. Set choke off. Pull. Roar.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 04, 2024 06:35 PM (RKVpM)

133 88 I don't use a lot of my woodworking hand tools any more because of the physical demands.

My interest in such tools led to the current hobby of whittling and carving. Small projects I can do sitting down.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 06:11 PM
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JTB - In the research for today's content, I spent a little time looking at posts from people who made their own handles. Some were trying to be faithful to history (London Pattern) and others were just looking for a fun project. Wonder if you can make handles that give you more torque and fit your hands.

I have thoughts about whittling for a future thread. If you want to send me an email, I'll send you a preview of something you might like. (Won't spoil it for the rest of the group.)

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

134 I was given a couple of those for Christmas, decades ago. Can't remember what they were called. Sears. Bob Vila did commercials for them. Robo-grip?
Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:28 PM (njWTi

Seems like a good idea but I've used it exactly once.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:38 PM (inGXk)

135 I imagine that is the case for large equipment - railroad engines, large dump trucks, etc. Big nuts require big wrenches. I'll bet that some people collect nothing but oversized tools.
Posted by: TRex
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SMH (who I have not seen here in a while) worked with M88 (I think) recovery vehicles in the sandbox. They probably had tools that took two troops to transport.

An ex-roomate was a helicopter repair guy in VN. He mentioned the 'Jesus Nut' which retained the main rotor on some choppers. The torque wrench was a big planetary gear driven thing. Do not recall the torques involved, but they were *high*.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:39 PM (XeU6L)

136 I want to be able to work on my firearms without scratching the hell out of them or boogering up the screw heads. That means good gunsmithing screwdrivers, punches (especially for black powder guns), a mainspring vise, and so forth. These tools are not cheap but worth every penny when you need them. And a lot cheaper than going to a gunsmith.

Along with the tools is the information to use them. I have several books with detailed schematics of the various guns I might need to work on.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 06:39 PM (zudum)

137 117 I have an old wooden toolbox that belonged to my late wife's grandfather, who was a carpenter in White Plains, NY. Old chisels, cat's paw, pry bar, squares, etc. Best thing though, is around 40 files and rasps of every size and shape. I use them all the time in my bodging on cars.

Posted by: Air-cooled Al at May 04, 2024 06:28 PM
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Wow. Rasps and files are underappreciated in the tool world.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

138 When I worked in the oilfield, we spent a lot of time in the shop at night repairing gear, etc. Some of the funniest shit I ever saw happened there - one night we had some 4 inch stainless connection that had to come apart, and the threads were galled. So we got the big vice, and a 36" pipe wrench, and the guy pulling on that wrench said to another "take that piece of pipe and hit this wrench, that will jar it loose."
So guy 2 gets a length of pipe, swings it toward the wrench like he's batting in the MLB - and hits guy 1 on *every* knuckle on both hands. He yelped, dropped to the floor, and didn't say anything for a bit. Then he just looked at his hands, looked up at guy 2, and calmly said "You know I'm going to kill you as soon as the casts come off."

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2024 06:39 PM (R4z5M)

139 Power tools that have two-stroke engines are an invention of the Devil.

Treat your two stroke engine a little different than your car or lawn mower. Regular gas has been a slow poison to those engines ever since they added ethanol to it. I've been playing with chainsaws for close to 50 years. I learned the hard way. Use premium, ethanol free. The other killer is cold reving them. Both of those do a number on the rings and cylinder walls.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Black Guns Matter at May 04, 2024 06:40 PM (i7KoL)

140 My chain saw? Set choke. Pull once. Set choke off. Pull. Roar.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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It is not a 45 year-old McColluch, is it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:40 PM (XeU6L)

141 My story of tools would take a week. Guitar and violin tools? Contractor tools? Special Harley tools? Car tools? Plumbing tools? Electrical tools? Doubles, triples, etc. My tools have frigging tools. I can't think of how many tools I bought just because they were cool looking, and then when I found a use for them I bought better versions. All I can do is think about my somewhat recent favs. For the harleys the more recent would be the milwaukee electric ratchet, which I call "the zoomer". There are a shit ton of 1/4-20 allen head screws I have to deal with on a harley engine. Air tools are a no no, too aggressive and heavy. The milwaukee spins them out at a reasonable speed and makes things soooo much faster. I liked it so much I bought a 2nd one to leave at one of the shops I work out of so I have one there too and keep one at home in my main box. Not being satisfied there I bought a 3rd one, but a fuel version, which has more torque, geared a little more towards automotive. Its called "the super zoomer".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 06:40 PM (VwHCD)

142 Seems like a good idea but I've used it exactly once.
Posted by: polynikes
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Yep. They're for people what don't own many tools.

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 06:41 PM (njWTi)

143 Bahco still makes adjustable wrenches. Expensive but worth it. They go very wide in the mouth for a given length of wrench handle, so valuable in my travel box, replacing 2 wrenches and saving weight. Milled ones are available where a thinner wrench is desired. We get them on Amazon of course.

Also Derby 150 is about to go off.

Posted by: Scottst at May 04, 2024 06:41 PM (ojBxe)

144 I use a 14 in rasp for the final leveling of a hoof. I also use that same size for doing a lot of finish work on the cat trees I make.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:42 PM (mKjJV)

145 I found a nice quality 1/4" ratchet handle, 6" extension, and 13 MM socket the other day on the road while riding my bike. I have probably found 20 wrenches, sockets, ratchet handles roadside while biking over the last 15 years. Also found a plastic holder completely full of about 75 bits to fit screw guns and drills. Once a nice collection of drill bits, too.

Posted by: Your Loss, My Gain at May 04, 2024 06:42 PM (V5BDR)

146 Anything can be collected. Including wrenches.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2024 06:43 PM (e0dkU)

147 We used to make the pilgrimage to Churchill Downs every year back in the day. What a party.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 04, 2024 06:43 PM (mH6SG)

148 115 ... "Does that hobby also include sharpening chisels and knives? That's a hobby all by itself."

Definitely. It took some time to assemble the right stones and develop the 'touch' but it was worth it. Getting clean, smooth cuts in the wood is extra satisfying (and safer) when I'm responsible for creating or maintaining the edge.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 06:43 PM (zudum)

149 I have probably found 20 wrenches, sockets, ratchet handles roadside while biking over the last 15 years.
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If one of them is as Amp ratcheting crimp tool, it's mine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:44 PM (XeU6L)

150 Also Derby 150 is about to go off.
Posted by: Scottst at May 04, 2024 06:41 PM (ojBxe)

Yep, they introduced the midgets.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2024 06:44 PM (e0dkU)

151 Watching "High Plains Drifter."

Bad guys just got out of jail. Walking across the desert.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2024 06:45 PM (7KluB)

152 135 An ex-roomate was a helicopter repair guy in VN. He mentioned the 'Jesus Nut' which retained the main rotor on some choppers. The torque wrench was a big planetary gear driven thing. Do not recall the torques involved, but they were *high*.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:39 PM
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"Jesus nut" - if it fails mid-flight, the only thing left is to pray to Jesus.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

153 Beserker I was waiting for your tool input. Just what I expected 😀

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:45 PM (inGXk)

154 A health crisis has emerged for Democrat officials in Long Beach, California, following a tuberculosis outbreak linked to a hotel housing ‘homeless’ people.

Them Here
There Here

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 04, 2024 06:45 PM (ENQN6)

155
It is not a 45 year-old McColluch, is it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:40 PM

Nah. A 'bout two year old 'Craftsman'. Solid little machine.

But I learned my lesson about ethanol the hard way. Every fall the 'Stabil' comes out. During the summer when I use more gas I don't bother - it gets used quickly enough. But winter it's just becomes more and more useless every day until spring arrives when it is now completely worthless.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 04, 2024 06:46 PM (RKVpM)

156 I find a have a plethora of allen wrenches, I have no idea why I have so many.

I suspect many of us have heard of Klein tools.
I found one that I had to have: https://is.gd/RgDNB3
(link to kleintools.com).

The best thing about the tool is the identification symbol that is on the top of the handle on all klein tools. This one is a circle made up of connected Vees. A bottle cap.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 06:46 PM (LGS1q)

157 Haven't seen a McCullogh chainsaw in a long time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2024 06:46 PM (R4t5M)

158 152 135 An ex-roomate was a helicopter repair guy in VN. He mentioned the 'Jesus Nut' which retained the main rotor on some choppers. The torque wrench was a big planetary gear driven thing. Do not recall the torques involved, but they were *high*.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:39 PM
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"Jesus nut" - if it fails mid-flight, the only thing left is to pray to Jesus.
Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

Aeroplane Bernoulli's principle to create lift
Heliocopter Beat the fuck out of the air

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 04, 2024 06:47 PM (ENQN6)

159 I bought a pair of bolt cutters when making my outbuilding, to cut rear, think I used them once since, still hanging in the outbuilding.

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 06:47 PM (fwDg9)

160 138 So guy 2 gets a length of pipe, swings it toward the wrench like he's batting in the MLB - and hits guy 1 on *every* knuckle on both hands. He yelped, dropped to the floor, and didn't say anything for a bit. Then he just looked at his hands, looked up at guy 2, and calmly said "You know I'm going to kill you as soon as the casts come off."

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2024 06:39 PM

YEEEOWCH!!!!

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:48 PM (IQ6Gq)

161 We moved my resin stuff to the basement, and I found out today that I had actually relied on the various implements in the cabinet above the kitchen sink almost as much as I did for my "resin cabinet" in the dining room.

As for today's topic, toothpicks are an essential tool for hobbying. I have a drawer of resin tools, but nothing quite works as well as a toothpick when it comes to certain tasks.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not paid for by the lumber industry at May 04, 2024 06:49 PM (dtlDP)

162 bought a pair of bolt cutters when making my outbuilding, to cut rear, think I used them once since, still hanging in the outbuilding.
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 06:47 PM (fwDg9)

When the zombie apocalypse comes you'll need them to break into storage containers.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:50 PM (inGXk)

163 I've got a set of wrenches that came with an Austin, but I've never owned an Austin. I think they came with my Grandpa's Austin Healy 3000, but they may be even older than that. They just say Austin on them.

Posted by: xPanda at May 04, 2024 06:51 PM (R1k0b)

164 Heh. So much for lounging in the grey boxes. Nephew bought 3 little oinkers today. One of them is mine. Apparently they made a jail break before they got them into the pen. Gotta head over for some pig rodeo.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Black Guns Matter at May 04, 2024 06:52 PM (i7KoL)

165 159 I bought a pair of bolt cutters when making my outbuilding, to cut rear, think I used them once since, still hanging in the outbuilding.

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 06:47 PM
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Those kind of tools fall squarely in the category of "rare use, but very happy to have them when needed."

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

166 Beserker I was waiting for your tool input. Just what I expected 😀

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 06:45 PM (inGXk)

I know, I'm a total tool horder. I always say tools is life, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 06:54 PM (VwHCD)

167 Big Duck Canvas claims that Duct tape, often called "duck tape," was originally manufactured by adding an adhesive backing to regular cotton duck.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2024 06:54 PM (cOq4q)

168 133 ... "If you want to send me an email, I'll send you a preview of something you might like."

TRex,
Email sent.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 06:54 PM (zudum)

169 When the father-in-law passed all the guys got together in his garage and we picked one tool and then the next guy until they were all gone.
My youngest picked a 4 foot monkey wrench. I doubt he'll ever use it (he is a captain in a fire department so he might at that...)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 06:56 PM (LGS1q)

170 A come along is a must for fence repair but they need a better release system.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:56 PM (mKjJV)

171 if it fails mid-flight, the only thing left is to pray to Jesus.
Posted by: TRex
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The only reference that I can find says 2000 ft-lbs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 04, 2024 06:56 PM (XeU6L)

172 Tools, Knitting Edition.

Because they are in your hands at all time, they must be right. So there's material choice- metal, wood, bamboo, plastic or acrylic. Different yarns need different material as well.

Do you like a round needle or a square one? (yes, they make those. They are actually easier to grip and can prevent muscle strain.)

If you're using circular needles- two needle points joined by a length of acrylic- do you like fixed, or interchangeable points?

And then there's sizes- from 00 to 15 or up.

And of course you forget you already have a set of #7 bamboo double points and buy another one...

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 04, 2024 06:56 PM (IZjwR)

173 169 That is a great way to distribute tools of a loved one.

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 06:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

174 29 EOD Breacher bar... Flat bar, 2 beveled edges. Not sharp but works as a prybar, hammer, digging tool, and all-around "persuasion" implement.

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 05:46 PM
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Added to my shopping list. I'm used to more large scale landscaping-type prybars but like the look of this one. Ninja scale.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 06:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

175 I have a sweet-ass torque wrench
has its own case and everything
also a sweet-ass Craftsman socket set, 3 different drive sizes
has its own case and everything
also have an ancient pair of tin snips
Posted by: Don Black

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I need an inch pund torque wrench that can run down a 2" lb electrical terminal screw. Any recommendations?

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 04, 2024 06:58 PM (MsrgL)

176 In the contractor tool dept, the tool that has definitely on multiple occasions saved my worthless ass is the Oscillating Multi-tool. Anybody who does anything around the house needs one. Its the single tool that defines "didn't think you needed until you needed it". I hope the inventor is sailing around in a 100foot yacht surrounded by exotic and interesting women and wipes his ass with $100 bills. I have used many sweet contractor tools of the years, but that multi tool deserves a place of honor in Valhalla.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:00 PM (VwHCD)

177 Seems to me that the Kentucky Derby was running at about 5:30 PM or so. When did they change the post time?

Posted by: dantesed at May 04, 2024 07:01 PM (Oy/m2)

178 bought a pair of bolt cutters when making my outbuilding, to cut rear, think I used them once since, still hanging in the outbuilding.
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 06:47 PM (fwDg9)

When the zombie apocalypse comes you'll need them to break into storage containers.
Posted by: polynikes

Bolt Cutters AKA Master Key

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2024 07:01 PM (cOq4q)

179 I had a Porsche 914. I wanted to replace the steering wheel with a MOMO branded one that was both thicker and smaller in diameter.

The socket to remove it was... odd metric and not included in any kit.

$32

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2024 07:01 PM (Q4IgG)

180 170 A come along is a must for fence repair but they need a better release system.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 06:56 PM
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Winches are mandatory farm equipment. (Not to be confused with wenches.)

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

181 One can never have too many tools. One can not have enough space for said tools.

Posted by: xPanda at May 04, 2024 07:01 PM (R1k0b)

182 177
When they sold more commercial time...

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

183 There are no power tools made any longer with 2-stroke engines.

To your point though, the problem is always with the CARB.

California Air Resources Board. For some reason it is held that since they pre-date the EPA they get to dictate to everybody what kind of equipment the rest of the nation and 49 states can purchase..

The specific gas/oil mix ratio doesn’t really have anything to do with the specific equipment.

It has everything to do with the oil itself. 2-stroke engines were admirable in lawnmowers and other hand held equipment.

High RPM., lightweight. LawnBoy used cast magnesium decks, making them even lighter. No mandatory shut-off bars and heavy 4 stroke engines. After they put all that shit on there, they made it even more expensive because now they are all too heavy to use without having the wheels powered now too.

Just fucking retarded what they did. The manufacturers leaned out the air fuel ratio so much the goddamned things would never start. That’s California’s contribution. That’s their baby, that’s their “invention”. Replacing what works, with what sounds good.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 04, 2024 07:02 PM (SdkQO)

184 I have gotten to really like my electric chainsaw. I've owned gas saws in the past and my problem is that I don't use one often enough - just when a limb comes down - and the gas models were always hell to start when they'd been sitting on a shelf for 2 or 3 months. Never a problem with the electric. It's medium duty, not heavy, but that's all I need.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2024 07:02 PM (R4z5M)

185 TRex, Wenches with Winches Unite!

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:02 PM (mKjJV)

186 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:00 PM (VwHCD)

Under cutting a door jam when you are putting in flooring.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:03 PM (inGXk)

187 6ft 'pinch bar'

Looks like an iron javelin. Hex-sided, about 1.5 inch diameter. One flat end, one pointed (but not sharp) end. My understanding is that it was used to align railroad track during installation.

I've used it, levered over a hunk of firewood, to pry up tree roots...

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 07:04 PM (njWTi)

188 "the tool that has definitely on multiple occasions saved my worthless ass is the Oscillating Multi-tool. "

Ive got 3 so I don't have to change blades when I need a different one.

Posted by: xPanda at May 04, 2024 07:05 PM (R1k0b)

189 I need an inch pund torque wrench that can run down a 2" lb electrical terminal screw. Any recommendations?
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 04, 2024 06:58 PM (MsrgL)

MAC makes a really good one. I had to buy one back in another life for doing Injectors on the newer Diesel engines. Had to be certified every year. Never once in 7 years did it need adjustment.

Posted by: Reforger at May 04, 2024 07:05 PM (B705c)

190 I found that you can buy replacement bars for chainsaws. I have a 14in Homelite that I love but the bar developed a bur that kept the chain from turning. New bar, not having to take it to the shop was fantastic.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:06 PM (mKjJV)

191 I have gotten to really like my electric chainsaw. I've owned gas saws in the past and my problem is that I don't use one often enough - just when a limb comes down - and the gas models were always hell to start when they'd been sitting on a shelf for 2 or 3 months. Never a problem with the electric. It's medium duty, not heavy, but that's all I need.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2024 07:02 PM (R4z5M)

Got a Craftsman electric chainsaw/polesaw last year for $60 out the door. Use it all the time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2024 07:06 PM (R4t5M)

192 By a flared nostril.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 04, 2024 07:06 PM (LkLld)

193 163 I've got a set of wrenches that came with an Austin, but I've never owned an Austin. I think they came with my Grandpa's Austin Healy 3000, but they may be even older than that. They just say Austin on them.

Posted by: xPanda at May 04, 2024 06:51 PM
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Thanks for mentioning. Unique tool kits for unique cars. Big collector point for those trying to restore cars - want to ensure all equipment is original. Unfortunately, tool kits for high-end cars are often stolen because they're valuable in their own right.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

194 As my days of building large projects ended, mostly due to lack of time and need, I no longer needed the cast iron table Craftsman table saw or some other power tools. I gave them to a young couple who are dear friends. It was a triple winning scenario. They got tools they needed and of better quality than they could afford. I could use them on the off chance I needed to. And they left room in the garage for other things.

Yeah, I could have sold them but knowing they went where they would be used and appreciated was better.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 07:07 PM (zudum)

195 173 169 That is a great way to distribute tools of a loved one.
Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 06:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

We did that when both our parents died. No arguments, though there was some "bartering" going on later.
I chose Mom's rolling pin, but later gave it to the baby,
b/c he bakes.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 04, 2024 07:07 PM (IZjwR)

196 When the Ace Hardware store closed by me they had a fire sale. I got there late but I did get two folding sawhorses and the ax /12 lb sledgehammer combo. Both cost me a total of $20.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:08 PM (inGXk)

197 6ft 'pinch bar'

Looks like an iron javelin. Hex-sided, about 1.5 inch diameter. One flat end, one pointed (but not sharp) end. My understanding is that it was used to align railroad track during installation.

I've used it, levered over a hunk of firewood, to pry up tree roots...

Posted by: JQ

Aka, a Tanker's Bar. I have one. Use the snot out of it diggin around the property on this granite hill side I live on.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 04, 2024 07:08 PM (MsrgL)

198 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:00 PM (VwHCD)

Under cutting a door jam when you are putting in flooring.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:03 PM (inGXk)

Exactly, nothing does it as clean and accurate. Use a piece of the flooring as a thickness guide and floor looks like it grew there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:09 PM (VwHCD)

199 195
I imagine your parents were smiling at the distribution!

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 07:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

200 "the tool that has definitely on multiple occasions saved my worthless ass is the Oscillating Multi-tool. "

Ive got 3 so I don't have to change blades when I need a different one.

Posted by: xPanda at May 04, 2024 07:05 PM (R1k0b)

Yup, same here. I have a corded one, a ryobi cordless, a dewalt cordless, and a milwaukee cordless. The corded one is gulaged. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:12 PM (VwHCD)

201 192
What an awesome race...

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

202 197 6ft 'pinch bar'

Aka, a Tanker's Bar.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 04, 2024 07:08 PM
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Never heard of that name. Makes sense. Something mighty is needed to move things the size of railroad tankers.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

203 I believe mentioned that you can make your own gas stabilizer.
4 parts diesel fuel, 2 parts naptha (coleman fuel), 1 part Iso-HEET (absorbs the water).

Run this through your engine 1oz/gal it will clean the engine while running and protect it while stored.
It really does a great job on injectors and carbs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:12 PM (LGS1q)

204 Great thread, TRex!!!

Too bad I must leave, I'm really enjoying the chat.

Thanks for hosting!

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 07:13 PM (njWTi)

205 185 TRex, Wenches with Winches Unite!

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:02 PM
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With bacon!!

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

206 I have a Rockwell multi-tool. Love it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2024 07:13 PM (R4t5M)

207 I have Dremel Multi-Max, on my 2nd one, someone liked my first more than I did. Use it almost every day

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 07:13 PM (fwDg9)

208 >>What an awesome race...

I have a love/hate relationship with horses but they are magnificent animals.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 04, 2024 07:14 PM (LkLld)

209 Off dirty old panda sock

Posted by: fd at May 04, 2024 07:14 PM (R1k0b)

210 UH oh, now I have to go look at multi-tools.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:15 PM (mKjJV)

211 204 Great thread, TRex!!!
Too bad I must leave, I'm really enjoying the chat.
Thanks for hosting!

Posted by: JQ at May 04, 2024 07:13 PM
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Thank YOU and thanks to the horde for the chatter. Great stories. Been fun. What theme should we do for the next one?

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

212 That was one helluva race. Damn.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 04, 2024 07:16 PM (mH6SG)

213 208
Jack Straw, my daddy had a boss who bought his only daughter a horse so she wouldn't be so interested in boys...of course, he shared the economics with my daddy, thus ending any hope of my owning one.

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 07:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

214 TRex, Thank you a great thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:17 PM (mKjJV)

215 UH oh, now I have to go look at multi-tools.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:15 PM (mKjJV)

Very handy to have.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM (R4t5M)

216 No one here uses their Sawzall to steal catalytic converters?

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM (inGXk)

217 Yes, thanks for the interesting thread, TRex. I apologize for going OT with the Derby.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM (mH6SG)

218 MAC makes a really good one. I had to buy one back in another life for doing Injectors on the newer Diesel engines. Had to be certified every year. Never once in 7 years did it need adjustment.

Posted by: Reforger

Thank You!

I just chacked them, they had two, that were out of stock. Here's what I've been looking at, but unwilling to drop the $.

https://www.mcmaster.com/product/5716A21

I've been giving it a single pinky finger torque so far when I need to adjust it.

It's a lock nut, on a very tiny reostat.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM (MsrgL)

219
That was one helluva race. Damn.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 04, 2024 07:16 PM (mH6SG)

_________

Lots of banging down the stretch between Sierra Leone and Forever Young.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM (MoZTd)

220 One of the best tools in my kit is a 1" wood chisel. I use it to scrape paint, especially tough paint in tight areas, and it's my tool of choice for puttying around window glass. Not to mention that the hard plastic handle serves as a hand hammer on occasion. I even chisel wood with it from time to time. Just a really well-made, useful tool.

Posted by: Nemo at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM (S6ArX)

221 214 TRex, Thank you a great thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:17 PM
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Thank you for being here! Be well.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM (IQ6Gq)

222 217 Yes, thanks for the interesting thread, TRex. I apologize for going OT with the Derby.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 04, 2024 07:19 PM
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Approved. Horses are universal. Glad you could join the thread.

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

223 And of course you forget you already have a set of #7 bamboo double points and buy another one...

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 04, 2024 06:56 PM (IZjwR)

You've been in my house, haven't you?

Posted by: pookysgirl, working on a scarf for Pookette at May 04, 2024 07:21 PM (dtlDP)

224 Addi needles, fixed points. 8" DPNs. I like their flex dpns and use those for socks. Oh, and lace points. I have some old straight needles. I am not a big fan of circulars as they can make my wrists hurt. But you use the tool for the project.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 07:22 PM (yeEu9)

225 Lots of tools used in the care of horses and horse related equipment.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:23 PM (inGXk)

226 "Duct tape is the most important innovation in tools since the hammer."

The other day, I was working on the family dryer. The duct had come loose. I clamped it back into place, tightened the nut on the clamp a bit, then, just to be sure, threw some duct tape around the joint, to seal it well. Then I realized that this was the first time, ever, that I had used duct tape to tape a duct. Eureka!

Posted by: Nemo at May 04, 2024 07:23 PM (S6ArX)

227 Besides Multi-Max oscillating tool next favorite is 4in angle grinder, use it way more than Sawzall that I carry every day

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 07:23 PM (fwDg9)

228 226 Then I realized that this was the first time, ever, that I had used duct tape to tape a duct. Eureka!

Posted by: Nemo at May 04, 2024 07:23 PM
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Ha!!

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

229
Lots of tools used in the care of horses and horse related equipment.
Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:23 PM (inGXk)

_________

I sometimes watch farrier videos. I doubt the tools have changed much in 200 years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2024 07:25 PM (MoZTd)

230 >>Jack Straw, my daddy had a boss who bought his only daughter a horse so she wouldn't be so interested in boys...of course, he shared the economics with my daddy, thus ending any hope of my owning one

My dad had a wife he adored who loved horses so he bought her a horse farm. Of course this meant he got to buy more tools than the average Home Depot so everyone won other than the slave laborer who just wanted to go sailing.

You got off easy. Owning horses is not a hobby, it's a way of life.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 04, 2024 07:26 PM (LkLld)

231
Duct tape ages rapidly, and crumbles. It's not really suitable for sealing ducts, or for any other work that needs to last.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 04, 2024 07:27 PM (uz6ub)

232 You got off easy. Owning horses is not a hobby, it's a way of life.
*******
Adult me: Fact
Teenage me: Not fair!

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 07:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

233 With all this talk of good tools, crummy ones have their place for crummy jobs. I have a couple of cheap, beat up chisels good for scraping paint or other dirty jobs. Same with an old hammer. Well worth the two bits they cost at a garage sale.

Posted by: JTB at May 04, 2024 07:28 PM (zudum)

234 Addi needles, fixed points. 8" DPNs. I like their flex dpns and use those for socks. Oh, and lace points. I have some old straight needles. I am not a big fan of circulars as they can make my wrists hurt. But you use the tool for the project.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 04, 2024 07:22 PM (yeEu9)

I love my Addi Turbo Size 8 needles! I have made so many scarves on those, including the one I'm working on now. My wrists don't hurt when I knit too much, it's usually the second joints on my fingers.

Posted by: pookysgirl, working on a scarf for Pookette at May 04, 2024 07:28 PM (dtlDP)

235 Hobby sorta
Got my new lightweight doggeh clippers - half off because this model is being discontinued

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 04, 2024 07:29 PM (n/1xr)

236 Can't say much about harley tools. They are always needed and always save your ass because most things are impossible without them. There is one tool though which was a surprise and moved what was the job from hell into the no problem zone. Its a stinking little devise that jacks the pushrod tubes up so you can adjust the pushrods without having to keep upward tension on the tubes while manipulating 2 wrenches. I damn near cried when I saw that tool. I hope that inventor is on the boat with multi-tool dude.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:29 PM (VwHCD)

237 Duct tape ages rapidly, and crumbles. It's not really suitable for sealing ducts, or for any other work that needs to last.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 04, 2024 07:27 PM (uz6ub)

They make the aluminum tape for duct work now. I keep a few roles around because it's useful for a lot of other things though not as versatile as duct tape.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:29 PM (inGXk)

238 60 years of horses everyday does a lifetime make.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2024 07:30 PM (mKjJV)

239 Duct tape doesn't last as long as I like to keep homes.
When it finally gives up you can't figure out where the lint is coming from because you don't remember you used duct tape initially. DAMHIK

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:30 PM (LGS1q)

240 Mystic Dan wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 04, 2024 07:31 PM (9yWhg)

241 Ah, tankers bar aka rock bar... My FIL cut concrete and I would help on occasion. Attempting to pull the slabs we just cut with forklift and him with a rock bar... Something shifted and his thumb ended up between the fork boom and rock bar. Split like a grape. No emergency room though, just whiskey and butterfly bandages. **shudder**

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 07:31 PM (ScW81)

242 Duct tape ages rapidly, and crumbles. It's not really suitable for sealing ducts, or for any other work that needs to last.
Posted by: Semi-Literate

You beat me to it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:32 PM (LGS1q)

243
Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:29 PM (inGXk)

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Aluminum tape is what I use.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 04, 2024 07:33 PM (uz6ub)

244 Great Derby, other than Martha Stewart announcing riders up in the State of Connecticut!

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 07:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

245 241 Something shifted and his thumb ended up between the fork boom and rock bar. Split like a grape. No emergency room though, just whiskey and butterfly bandages. **shudder**

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at May 04, 2024 07:31 PM
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YEEEOWCH!!!!

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

246 I watch way to many horse and cow hoof videos, except a angle grinder all hasn't changed in hundreds of years

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 07:36 PM (fwDg9)

247 Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:29 PM (inGXk)
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Aluminum tape
Posted by: Semi-Literate

Yup, just last week after I cleaned the lint up (actually this was a kludge by the previous owners. It'll last now with the amount of Al tape I used.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:36 PM (LGS1q)

248 I also bought a role of Flex seal waterproof tape just in case. Yeah they got me.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:36 PM (inGXk)

249 YEEEOWCH!!!!
Posted by: TRex

I'll bet there were other words used.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:36 PM (LGS1q)

250 250!

Posted by: Grateful at May 04, 2024 07:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

251 That's quite a nut.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2024 05:32 PM

*it's like I don't even know you people*

That's what she said!!!

Posted by: Peter North at May 04, 2024 07:37 PM (Wnv9h)

252 244 I could’ve done without Martha Stewart at the Deby.

I’m just glad Kelce didn’t bring his bit of stuff.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 04, 2024 07:37 PM (9yWhg)

253 Thanks for the fun thread TRex.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:37 PM (LGS1q)

254 253 Thanks for the fun thread TRex.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:37 PM
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Thank you! Y'all come back now, ya hear?

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

255 Tankers bars are not the same a digging bars. A tankers bar is square, 1 1/2" x 1 1/2", about half its length and goes round to a point about 3/4 inch in diameter. For sticking into broke track shoes so 3 guys can get onto it and push/pull the track when having to "break track". The square end is a wedge that allows for incredible amounts of leverage. Very handy item. A digging bar is as described above.
I have a JOB box full of the damn things. Along with 6 or 8 of one of my other tricks of the trade when dealing with tracked crap. The ratcheting chain binder.

Posted by: Reforger at May 04, 2024 07:38 PM (B705c)

256 In much the same way that ferrets and other weasels were sent into chimneys and sewers to clear clogs, trained simians managed final assembly of complex air handlers. They could get in there all right, and whole crews of duct apes once dominated the industry.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 04, 2024 07:39 PM (zdLoL)

257 https://tinyurl.com/3wrhymjh
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 07:41 PM (fwDg9)

258 I recently bought a siphon hose that has a check valve so that you don't have to get a taste of whatever it is you're siphoning.

https://tinyurl.com/2bakof4k

Get the other end lower, give it a shake, and wait. I'm probably not going to be without one of those ever again.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 04, 2024 07:42 PM (YsjiM)

259 I also bought a role of Flex seal waterproof tape just in case. Yeah they got me.

Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:36 PM (inGXk)

That shit kicks ass. When I moved to the new house the first thing that happened was the toilet in the main bath sprung a tank leak. No biggie, remove the tank and do a seal kit. The problem was when I went to wash the tank out on the laundry sink it slipped and blew a hole in the corner of the sink. Mrs B is like a quartermaster. She always buys weird shit, and one of them was flex tape. I used it in the corner and its totally water tight. I'm waiting to see how long it lasts before changing the sink, but it's been 2 years and is still holding.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:42 PM (VwHCD)

260 I love Flex Seal caulk, has gotten me out of emergencies often

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 07:42 PM (fwDg9)

261 Hubby bought "alien tape" as seen on tv lol

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 04, 2024 07:43 PM (n/1xr)

262 Tankers bars are not the same a digging bars. A tankers bar is square, 1 1/2" x 1 1/2", about half its length and goes round to a point about 3/4 inch in diameter. For sticking into broke track shoes so 3 guys can get onto it and push/pull the track when having to "break track". The square end is a wedge that allows for incredible amounts of leverage. Very handy item. A digging bar is as described above.
I have a JOB box full of the damn things. Along with 6 or 8 of one of my other tricks of the trade when dealing with tracked crap. The ratcheting chain binder.

Posted by: Reforger

I have what you described, not the other thing. Picked it up while exploring the McGregor Range tank trails one ftx back in the late 80s

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 04, 2024 07:44 PM (MsrgL)

263 For anyone who has used both, is Flex Seal tape significantly different than the permabond / eternabon stuff for campers and trailers?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 04, 2024 07:44 PM (YsjiM)

264 Get the other end lower, give it a shake, and wait. I'm probably not going to be without one of those ever again.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Great tool. The opposite for bleeding brakes works real well too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 04, 2024 07:45 PM (LGS1q)

265 248 I also bought a role of Flex seal waterproof tape just in case. Yeah they got me.
Posted by: polynikes at May 04, 2024 07:36 PM

259 That shit kicks ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2024 07:42 PM (VwHCD)
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I told you it would work!!

Posted by: Billy Mays at May 04, 2024 07:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

266 Movie thread is up. Thanks all!

Posted by: TRex at May 04, 2024 07:47 PM (IQ6Gq)

267 My long bar is like if not exactly a tanker bar

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2024 07:48 PM (fwDg9)

268 Haven't seen a McCullogh chainsaw in a long time.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2024 06:46

I used to have when farming. I started arming when Grandpa died in 1979. So I was working w/ his equipment and old tools when I planted my first crop in 1980. I'm sure some of the tools were his father's as CC moved his family to that farm in 1920.

It was a unique farm as the barn and buildings were built built in 1880 when some "Chicago interests" wanted to establish a horse farm and race track.

The shop where all the tools were was in a room, in an extension from the barn that used to be the blacksmith shop. We had a paint shop, part of the extension was converted to a 2 car garage.

This extension was where they ran the horse farm, it is on a hill overlooking the river bottom below where the racetrack was.

But I digress, point is I have some very old tools, my grt grandfather's and possibly some left there when he bought the defunct racetrack.

Posted by: Farmer at May 04, 2024 09:08 PM (55Qr6)

269 This is how Brookstone ("Hard to find tools") started. Owner was a ship model builder and was always looking for tools/devices to solve building dilemmas. He decided to share his discoveries with fellow modelers. Sourced suppliers from around the world, some were mom/pop inventors. Started business in kitchen, after regular work hours. Placed one of those small ads in back of Popular Mechanics.

Posted by: phydeaux at May 05, 2024 09:06 AM (MunRT)

270 Crescent wrenches: when you use the knurled wheel to adjust the jaw opening it appears to be counterintuitive as to opening and closing when manipulated.
I read that when the original US Patent from the Swedish inventor had been drawn in reverse of what was designed, but was manufactured that way because that was what the patent drawings required.

I passed on buying a complete set of antique caulking tools for wooden ships/boats. They should have been in a museum.

Posted by: waepnedmann: at May 05, 2024 08:39 PM (7RHDg)

271 Orthopaedics is similar.
If it doesn't move when it should, replace it.
If is moves when it shouldn't, fuse it.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at May 05, 2024 10:12 PM (p7HXU)

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