"it will take off your finger before you even know it's hit you."
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https://www.pinterest.ca/joelbc/mixed-shops/
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” Winston Churchill
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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Thread about wataca
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
Me and my mom are building our home, we are both 5 foot 2, I have longer arms than her and have a bit more reach. We are skipping top kitchen cabinets for now, doing deep drawers in base cabinets. I measured our reaches for shelves in closets etc, nothing will be out of reach accidentally, some will take a stool, but are planned that way. The countertops through the house (kitchen, garage, studio) are all multi-heights, some things you want higher to work on it, some you want lower. I want to be able to work on whatever I have without straining. The rental we are in has a workbench built into it that I can't use for much at all, way too high. I drilled a set of holes in the tailgate of the truck, exact right height to mount my bench grinder when I need to use it. Taking it off and on is a pain in the tail, but having a mattock blade dancing around at my eye level because I can't control it when sharpening it was just not working for me.Everything from grocery store shelves to normal height carpentry is about six inches out of my reach, which is on the extreme end of things, but many women work in a world sized for taller folks.
Oooh, so true.If you can't rig it up safely, walk away and think about how to do it a different way. Every time I've hurt myself it's been when I thought I'd "just go ahead and do it this once".
I do that constantly! :DIt's good to stop and critique your stance and technique once in a while and ask yourself if you are overextending or in a weird position, and if that is just life at the moment, or if the tool is affecting things, or it you could set things up differently.
I often heard my dad lecture people he was working with on Physics 101 "It's working as a lever, so you HAVE to have it like this so it can do like that, physics 101!!" After he died I found a tool he had written Physics 101 on, gave it to his best friend, who says that one was written on one day when he was doing something stupid and dad corrected it. His best friend is a classic case of a strong man who has never had to use anything but brute strength to do things, as he gets older, he's suddenly having to learn to think about what he does.Smaller people need to use guile and intelligence to get things done rather than relying on brute physical strength--physics is our friend!
I like vice grips for fast handles on things too,as well as C clamps. 8 inch ones will drag plywood easily. I have a set of those handles, they assume you are lifting it, I'm more likely to drag it.Moving things like a sheet of plywood, where I am gripping it by just my fingertips when I reach across it, requires planning. There are special handles for this, which I have yet to try. I often screw a handhold onto sheet goods, or use a c clamp, if they have to go very far.
Often the most neglected tool in the box....If you focus how to get the task done, rather than getting stuck on using a particular method or tool, you take advantage of your brain, which is the most important tool you have.
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Idle dreamer
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Sandy Cromwell wrote:Not sure if this was mentioned in the post yet, as I haven't seen it, but for me, one of my favorite tools lately is my electric chain saw I got on Amazon!
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Josephine Howland wrote:
The ones in my shed are from Ames tools. They used to be right in the next town over from where I grew up, in Easton, MA. I'm sure their tools are now made in China, as most things are now. Nice comfy grips also.
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Ruth Meyers wrote:
Sandy Cromwell wrote:Not sure if this was mentioned in the post yet, as I haven't seen it, but for me, one of my favorite tools lately is my electric chain saw I got on Amazon!
Well, now you've gotta tell the make and model! I'm on the lookout for the right battery chainsaw, and hoping to buy a trimmer/brush cutter on the same battery system.
Life doesn't always follow the plan.
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Some places need to be wild
elle sagenev wrote:Oh big complaint, I have big hands, I guess. I mean I'm 5'8" tall so I think my hands are pretty right for me but women's gloves never seem to fit. They are always too small. Men's gloves are much better but if I don't get the ones with velcro they can slip off my hands. I also feel like they make women's gloves super cheap. I bought the more expensive brand of work gloves for when we went to chop wood in the mountains and after 2 uses I had holes in the fingers. So I got a cheap pair of men's gloves and they are still going strong. The quality of stuff they peddle to females just isn't that great.
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
elle sagenev wrote: women's gloves
Some places need to be wild
Eric Hanson wrote:Pearl,
For starters, at this point I won’t buy a hammer unless it is a single piece of forged steel. Estwing makes great hammers and while I cannot explain why, they feel light in hand while hitting heavy.
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Years ago, I had my local machinist turn a magnetic bit holder from my screw gun into an adapter for my beloved antique, as shown in the drawing. I can use any 1/4-in. hex bit and replace it cheaply and quickly when it becomes worn or broken. The magnetized bit not only holds screws ready for driving but also can retrieve dropped screws and small hardware.
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance.~Ben Franklin
Learn to make cheese on a personal sized scale, with our own Kate Downham!
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stephanie gelfan wrote:Thank you for this thread!! You have given me sanity and validation for NOT buying or taking when offered various power saws involvng circular blades. I have always said I should pay someone else to do those kinds of cuts because I like having fingers. Your thread has confirmed that i am correct to continue to refrain from buying any kind of power saw, - including any chain saw - that is too heavy to handle.
My fingers and all of my limbs, as well as my head and heart thank you!
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Pearl Sutton wrote:
I would be interested to know if these are for sale anywhere, if anyone finds them, please pass the info on. I never have gotten one or more of them made, and the welder I like died less than a month ago. I don't know who else to call right now. Not sure if anyone's going to keep his shop open.
Life doesn't always follow the plan.
No, I'm not all-right - I'm half left!
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Pearl Sutton wrote:John Weiland: that would be a chop saw, one of the things on my good list! The only thing I'd comment for anyone else considering one is the one I like is like this ( I don't have this brand, I'd have to go look at the brand, don't know off the top of my head) because the wide base on each side of the blade gives it more stability, as well the ability to make angled and beveled cuts instead of just straight like it looks like yours does. I DO like the stability of mine, it never dances around. Mine also has hold down clamps, I like that a lot, things can sit still easily.
My 80 year old mom uses ours easily, it's a great beastie :)
Tell your wife I suggest read the OP of this thread, some good ways to figure out what works for you in there. And please tell her I said "YAY! Tool using women!" :D
The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance.~Ben Franklin
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