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Thread: Don't throw it out
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20th April 2006, 11:54 AM #16
Originally Posted by masoth
Ashore
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
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20th April 2006, 03:40 PM #17
The screw top plactic bottles that golburn vallley fruit come in are great for larger bolts & stuff.
Its almost wort having ladies arround just for the surplus that is usefull in the workshop.
There's the best polishing cloth that there is........
well worn cotton underwear from a fat lady:eek:
all types of stocking are good for paint strainers.
The untimate compliment form a workshop type man....... thats a lovely dress dear ..... it will make a great paint strainer when it worn out.
Lipstick no longer a suitable colour.. good for marking lock strikes.
The squeeze bottles that hair dye comes in make great glu bottles.
and so on.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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20th April 2006, 11:35 PM #18
Originally Posted by soundman
Do you know how many times I wondered what I could use to mark matching surfaces like this????
Now, where's that old lipstick, I think I may still have a tube left ......
Cheers
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21st April 2006, 01:20 PM #19
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21st April 2006, 03:14 PM #20
Broken long tool handles, such as shovels, picks, mattocks, etc. can be shortened (and returned if you have a lathe) to make new short tool handles: hammers, chisels, turning tools. Esp. when they're old hickory. Perfect!
Have an old dot matrix printer lying around? Strip it down and remove the steel shafts. Handy for use as drifts and modifying into other tools. I've made a few chatter tools and replacable tip turning tools, using these as the shaft bodies.
And those replacable tips are made from damaged jointer/thicknesser blades, while the chatter tool uses old jigsaw blades with the teeth ground off.
- Andy Mc
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21st April 2006, 04:01 PM #21
If you know anyone in the I.T. field, see if they can get their hands on plastic covers which backup tapes come in (usually DLT covers - they will know what you are talking about). They stack nicely, and are a good size for holding screws/bolts/lots of small bits (110x110x30). They are also usually transparent enough that you can see what is inside them.
As a side use, my partner also uses them to hold rubber stamps she uses for scrapbooking.
Graha.
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21st April 2006, 04:43 PM #22
Wooden chopsticks from the noodle shops are great stirrers as well as serving a multitude of other purposes.
I have an old vertical blind track which I use to hang objects that have been been painted or whatever to dry, make big hooks out of fencing wire and feed through the little loops in the track.
One day it will be fixed to the wall on a hinge so it can be swung out of the way when not in use.Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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22nd April 2006, 09:29 AM #23
Old non-disposable Nappies make great rags
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22nd April 2006, 10:17 AM #24
Old butter knives are great as putty applicators, and if you need a tricky shape to get just the right angle for a corner or curve, they can be ground down to suit. I have heard of spoons being used this way too.
Young kids cancels shed time
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22nd April 2006, 10:29 AM #25
1 litre milk cartons (plastic) are great for nuts, bolts, screws etc when cut to a set length. They also make excellent mixing containers.
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22nd April 2006, 11:13 AM #26
Originally Posted by Graha
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22nd April 2006, 11:15 AM #27
I'm surprised this one hasn't been posted, but maybe some have not used screw-top jars as under-bench suspension storage.
Screw the top under a bench, fill the jar with whatever, then suspend.
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22nd April 2006, 01:27 PM #28
Originally Posted by masoth
RgdsAshore
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
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22nd April 2006, 02:50 PM #29
But......... but........... but, the lids are plastic now. I think.
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22nd April 2006, 02:53 PM #30
......... and, I just noticed Ashore is (was) an engineer. Why would you have a vibrator in the shed????
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