Tools worthy of a mention.

[peds]

Back when I was a chef, I had a weird little tradition where whenever I bought a new knife, I would use it almost exclusively for any task (unless it was too absurd... no paring knife for dismantling pumpkins, no bread knife for jointing chickens, etc) until it had drawn blood for the first time, at which point it could be rotated into regular service. Its blood lust quelled, it could be trusted and used as normal. 

 

 

The first 5000 nails to go through this thing went absolutely fine, I accidentally got bitten today though... I was firing from a funny angle behind the scaffold, holding the batten up against a level marker, and my slightly-useless middle finger, the victim of cat bite and surgery, just forgot to not be in the way. Whoops!

 

 

At least I'm not pinned against the wall... could have been a lot worse. Lesson learned. 

[spudulike]

That's the orchestral pianist career over 

[peds]

So after the doctor had stitched it closed, I ask him " Doctor, do you think I'll be able to play the piano?"

"Of course," he replies, "You'll be able to play in two to three weeks."

"That's great!" I cried, "I never could before!"

[sime42]

4 hours ago, peds said:

Back when I was a chef, I had a weird little tradition where whenever I bought a new knife, I would use it almost exclusively for any task (unless it was too absurd... no paring knife for dismantling pumpkins, no bread knife for jointing chickens, etc) until it had drawn blood for the first time, at which point it could be rotated into regular service. Its blood lust quelled, it could be trusted and used as normal. 

 

 

The first 5000 nails to go through this thing went absolutely fine, I accidentally got bitten today though... I was firing from a funny angle behind the scaffold, holding the batten up against a level marker, and my slightly-useless middle finger, the victim of cat bite and surgery, just forgot to not be in the way. Whoops!

 

 

At least I'm not pinned against the wall... could have been a lot worse. Lesson learned. 

At least you could still give the offending tool The Middle Finger.

[petercb]

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[aspenarb]

These two bob sand blast guns are worth a mention, use kiln dried paving sand. Before we start you dont want to be breathing this stuff so get a good mask.

A thousand and one uses, one that we can all relate to is crap and dirty connections in trailer sockets. Hard if not impossible things to get clean.

 

 

 

Trailer socket the lads ripped off one of the trucks by backing it into a heap of crap.

 

 

Pick out the worst

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Less than a minute with the blaster.

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2023 by aspenarb

[spudulike]

That looks pretty good for a cheapo bit of kit.

[doobin]

Looks great but why the heck didn't you just fit a new socket?

[aspenarb]

26 minutes ago, doobin said:

Looks great but why the heck didn't you just fit a new socket?

 

Dont panic Ruben, I pulled that socket out of the scrap bin for demo purposes 🙂

 

Bob

[swinny]

On 20/06/2023 at 18:43, aspenarb said:

These two bob sand blast guns are worth a mention, use kiln dried paving sand. Before we start you dont want to be breathing this stuff so get a good mask.

A thousand and one uses, one that we can all relate to is crap and dirty connections in trailer sockets. Hard if not impossible things to get clean.

 

 

 

Trailer socket the lads ripped off one of the trucks by backing it into a heap of crap.

 

 

Pick out the worst

.

Less than a minute with the blaster.

 

 

 

Good shout Bob just ordered one! Been thinking about a needle gun for a while but this may just do the trick