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[RadishRose]

You Know The Drill

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Meanderer]

Magnetic tool belt

 

[Meanderer]

I have this Cartoon, in a frame, hanging next to my tool bench. It was a "gift" from my Wife, a few years back.....I can relate!

 

[Meanderer]

The 99 best tools for guys!
LED Road Flares......NO they are not hamburgers!

 

[Meanderer]

Cool thing! I immediately got an idea of how to try to make something similar. Only one thing bothers me -- does it clings to metallic surfaces, therefore, blocking the moves?

By the way, what do you think about metal cutting saws? I recently placed an "Evolution Rage" in a corner of my garage for the backyard renovation sake and I feel absolutely happy with this pretty monster. With the winter arrival now I got another mad idea to try smelting and casting in metal.

Great ideas! Sounds like you are on the "Cutting Edge", Willie! Sometimes, theres no tool like a NEW tool!

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Camper6]

Believe it or not that's how they cut lumber in the good old days.

There was a pit. A guy down below in the pit and a guy above working a hand saw. Sometimes the saw was double bladed to get dimensioned lumber.

Imagine. They cut enough lumber those days to built cabins.

 

[Meanderer]

Helps cut the work time in half!

 

[jerry old]

Posters:
Really good stuff on this thread!

 

[Meanderer]

i520 Studfinder

Sure, you can tap your way across a wall and get some sense of where your home's bones lay. But will you really trust that when it comes time to mount your $2,000 LED flat screen? With the Zircon stud finder, you can make sure your bolts line up smack dab in the center of either metal or wood beams, and it'll even warn you about nearby live electrical wires.

$50, Amazon

 

[Meanderer]

CT-15 Multi-Square

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[Camper6]

i520 Studfinder

Sure, you can tap your way across a wall and get some sense of where your home's bones lay. But will you really trust that when it comes time to mount your $2,000 LED flat screen? With the Zircon stud finder, you can make sure your bolts line up smack dab in the center of either metal or wood beams, and it'll even warn you about nearby live electrical wires.

$50, Amazon

Eh! I'm not sure that will work so hot on steel studs. What that does is measure the space behind the drywall. If you want to be really sure when you have metal studs as where the centre is you should get a tiny drill and drill tiny holes until you hit metal and then do the same thing from the other side. Because to install on a metal stud you have to drill into the stud and you better be right in the middle of the stud.

Wood studs are different. You can use plastic anchors after drilling so the screws expand the anchor.

I have done all that kind of stuff. Sometimes there are wooden cross pieces installed between the studs. Sometimes 16 inch centers. Sometimes 24 inch centers.

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[Meanderer]

 

[fmdog44]

You are only as good as the tools you work with.