billkill Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Eric said: We still have a couple of those little drive up kiosks where I live. One is a hamburger place called Central Park, and the other is a BBQ place called Rollin' Smoke. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I can't remember the last time I sharpened a hand saw for my dad. I reset each tooth and sharpened them with a file. It made it worthwhile when you had to use the saw and it went through lumber like butter. I know I was in grade school. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 2 hours ago, billkill said: We still have a couple of those little drive up kiosks where I live. One is a hamburger place called Central Park, and the other is a BBQ place called Rollin' Smoke. I had a buddy that ran a drive up auto-insurance company out of one and he made a killing doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubdriver Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 7 hours ago, janice6 said: I found rare occasions where braces and old tapered reamers (2" to 3" dia.) greatly speeded up work. My son finally broke down and bought a Brace also. I buy old tools from thrift shops or ebay and recondition them for my use. Hand planes, chisels, molding cutters, many great old tools that will finesse a piece of good wood work. In wood work I find that the oldest hand tools make the job so much easier than many modern power tools. The most useful tool I found for woodworking is the "card cabinet scraper". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_scraper Once you learn how to sharpen them they work wonders. They are what was used before the recent invention of sand paper. They actually cut the wood surface and produce shavings, not dust. No breathing dust and damn near eliminate allergy problems. They truly cut the wood surface and don't clog the pores and grain up with wood dust. They are remarkable fast and leave a glass smooth finish in no time at all. They used to be made from pieces of worn out hand saws. 7 hours ago, tous said: I am also a huge fan of scrapers. Card scrapers are the balls! Fantastic for doing precise work, and getting a nice finish. One of the best things I've learned to use. -Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubdriver Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) Damned double tap. As tous mentioned, as far as tools go, my philosophy is 'buy once, cry once'. Get the good one from the get-go, it's just easier. -Pat Edited September 26, 2018 by Cubdriver Double tap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 6 hours ago, billkill said: I can't remember the last time I rewound a VHS tape or took a roll of film to be developed. We keep a combo tv at our office. It has DVD and VHS. We get cheap children's movies on VHS for when we have to have kids there waiting on parents or just taken into care. The reason for VHS is parents won't usually steal them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubdriver Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 6 hours ago, Dric902 said: Measure twice, cut once You can always cut it shorter, but you can’t cut it longer . I've always stated that bit of wisdom as "you can cut it twice, but it will still be too short." -Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I had a problem of making mistakes between measuring and cutting. I found that when I went to extremely expensive wood, the mistakes went away. There is always some way to solve your problem. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 7 hours ago, tous said: I prefer the old, hand tools because I can feel the work, how is it cutting, are there odd spots in the stock, is this the right tool for the job? You can't feel the work with a power tool. I agree with you on planes. What you can get at Home Depot is just awful. I have several box planes my uncles owned that they inherited from their fathers and used and three generations haven't worn them out. The same with files. I always urge: buy a good tool and it will last a life time. Buy a cheap tool and you will buy them over again and again for a lifetime. As an expensive point of curiosity, I bought a $200 wood plane and compared it to the equivalent antique Bailey cast iron plane. They were equal in ease of use, finish, and quality of cut. I bought the Bailey 80 year old plane for $12 and spent 20 minutes re-furbishing it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I have found that the body of the plane is much less important to effective use than a quality, properly sharpened and maintained iron. The same with scrapers and chisels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 ICRTLT I bought a gallon of Root Beer at A&W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Rabbi should serve A & W root beer on Wednesdays. Great stuff. If there's any left over, we can make root beer floats with the Friday ice cream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 4 hours ago, tous said: Rabbi should serve A & W root beer on Wednesdays. Great stuff. If there's any left over, we can make root beer floats with the Friday ice cream. Yeah, but with his track record, he'd serve it on the patio, on the other side of the lawn from us, and yell at us to get off the lawn again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 19 hours ago, Cougar_ml said: Yeah, but with his track record, he'd serve it on the patio, on the other side of the lawn from us, and yell at us to get off the lawn again. And call us trespassers for putting up tree stands behind his house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: And call us trespassers for putting up tree stands behind his house. Yeah, well, I was just going to climb up on the roof, but he already has the Koreans for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Those are Mexicans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Then what is he using the roof Koreans for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 To keep the Mexicans from opening a taco stand on his roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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