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"Bob La Londe"-a wrote in message news:1085k7h$juq1$1@dont-email.me...
In the same vein as You only have to think about it...
...
When I walked back-a in the shop to take one
more look the bender I already have was right there and the end of the welding table.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%27s_Game
You aren't alone, the game is practice at observation and remembering, keeping situational awareness instead of daydreaming. I need and
practice it at flea markets, ham fests and militaria shows to identify
the things I want when they are incomplete, half covered, repainted etc.
My memory and observational abilities were maxed out last weekend at a
tank driving demonstration at this museum. https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/?
The large main hall is crammed full of WW2 tanks, guns and aircraft,
sensory overload for this history buff.
Their machine shop was also historically authentic, a vintage South Bend lathe etc, apparently not for show but because CNC isn't much use to
copy or refurbish worn originals that had been made on German and
Russian manual machine tools. I've read that the British and Europeans expected to have to hand-fit at final assembly, which caused us problems with their loose machining tolerances when we took up mass production of their designs during WW2.
In the same vein as You only have to think about it...
I have a small rod bender I use in a bench vise for making core pins for some stock mold designs I sell regularly.-a If I put just under half
circle of bend on one end with a particular bending its perfect to grab
with a gloved forefinger to twist and pull out of the mold.-a I use it
for 3/32 to 1/4 inch pull pins.-a For larger pins I have to use a heavier bender (I should make a press brake die for this) or more often weld on
a t-handle.
After all the "improvements" I've made to create a stock prep area
outside the bender was misplaced.-a I was sure it was on my welding
table, but everything that was on, in, and under the bench I moved out
back to become the stock feed table for the chop saw was also ont he
welding table.-a It definitely suffers from horizontal surface disease at the moment.-a I couldn't find the bender.-a I could make one, but they are cheap.-a Even McMaster Carr has benders for this sort of job cheap.-a I
know I just ordered one.-a When I walked back-a in the shop to take one
more look the bender I already have was right there and the end of the welding table.
Well, I guess now I am going to have two benders.-a Lots of other tools I have two of because when I need them I need them.-a Some three or four or eight or nine.-a McMaster would take it back I am sure, and if I had
emailed them right away I'm sure I could have canceled it before it
shipped, but I don't mind having two, and the McMaster bender claims it
will handle larger stock.
McMaster Bender I Ordered:
https://www.mcmaster.com/2460a11/
Like I said, pretty cheap.
Here is one like the one I already have:
https://tinyurl.com/ImportBender
Not sure where all the dies are.-a I only use two of them.
The difference is they are also skilled at something productive.
Entertainers fail at basic life skills like marriage and children
yet "know" how the rest of us schmucks should live. They become
dangerous if handed a hammer or screwdriver, tools are weapons. I've
noticed that among city people too. I've heard a hammer called a New
York screwdriver.
At a Massachusetts job I was briefly cut off from the Internet for
inquiring during lunch about parts for a chainsaw, a terror weapon
to them.
At a Massachusetts job I was briefly cut off from the Internet for
inquiring during lunch about parts for a chainsaw, a terror weapon
to them.
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> writes:
Entertainers fail at basic life skills like marriage and children
yet "know" how the rest of us schmucks should live. They become
dangerous if handed a hammer or screwdriver, tools are weapons. I've
noticed that among city people too. I've heard a hammer called a New
York screwdriver.
At a Massachusetts job I was briefly cut off from the Internet for
inquiring during lunch about parts for a chainsaw, a terror weapon
to them.
City people in general. My wife was one stopped by a Mountie when
driving at night. I don't know if it made any difference that the
Mountie was a woman but my wife waited for a prolonged time in the
car. Prolonged because the Mountie had called in for backup. Because
she spotted a machete on the back seat of our car.
Very rural area. An axe, chainsaw, peavy, machete -- any woodsman's
tool would be unremarkable, even in a little burb beater car. Perhaps
not in Toronto or Montreal but in rural Nova Scotia, yes.
Well, they move Mounties' assigments around to give them varied
experience. This one had a lesson in Being In The Back Country. :-)
A machete may be part of that kit if I can find one
like the OLD US Army one I bought at Popular Surplus. The Condor is not >hard enough and way to heavy. The newer "surplus and discount store" >machetes has a thin painful to use handle and a springy whip like blade.
A machete may be part of that kit if I can find one
like the OLD US Army one I bought at Popular Surplus. The Condor is not
hard enough and way to heavy. The newer "surplus and discount store" >machetes has a thin painful to use handle and a springy whip like blade.
... I couldn't find a pocketable folding handle/sheath for a recip saw
blade ...
I found a crosscut saw blade more useful to make structures and accessories >and car mud rescue levers in the woods. I couldn't find a pocketable folding >handle/sheath for a recip saw blade so I made one with an aluminum handle >and sheath...<snip>
