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10-21-2017, 10:03 PM   #256
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I think they should have taken the drill bits away from Bart.



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I think they should have taken the drill bits away from Bart.
No one understands poor Bart. In the end he always makes the right bit choice.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Racer X 69 Quote
I have a pair of these. Made in Portland, Oregon.

They bring out the logger in me.






Those boots are very butch. They're almost lumberjack boots

Next door's Stihl is about 25 years old. 12" bar, I think. Could be 14". Still going strong. Needs a new chain. He takes it to the local chainsaw service guy. $20 for a service including sharpening. Not worth buying the tools and doing it badly. Better to get a professional to do it.

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In high school, I did the same, drafting, wood and metal shop even though I was on the " college prep " route.

I also took typing, along with 1 other boy and was one of 8 boys, all seniors, who took a course call " Bachelor Living " the first time it was offered. We called it " Bachelor Survival ", 1st part cooking basics, last part basic sewing.

Half the class boycotted the last part. The others made handkerchiefs or t-shirts. I convinced the teacher to let me make a goose down coat from a Kit from REI. it was not very well sewn but I used it at college and it kept me very warm
Wow. You had some choices that we didn't have. My "high" school was a single-sex, selective entry, boarding school in England. We were all expected to go to university. We had to do something non-academic in first year, age 13. I did printing, which in those days was hand-set type.

I only got into sewing at age 19 when my girlfriend wanted a new dress for a party and her mother didn't have the time to make it. I followed a pattern and her mother taught me. One benefit was that there were no objections from her mother when my girlfriend was unclothed in my presence. She wore the dress to the party and she looked fantastic. I had modified the pattern a bit to emphasize her best bits.
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Those boots are very butch. They're almost lumberjack boots . . .
i'm a lumberjack video - Bing video

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I was in the IBEW for the 30 years I worked at the electric utility.

I was a mechanic, working on trucks.

It was not in my job description to hang wire.

That was the work of the linemen.

They drilled holes with a truck like this:



That auger drilled a hole about 2 feet in diameter.

The boom is then used to erect the pole and drop it in the hole.

Other jobs are crew foreman, journeyman lineman, equipment operator boom and winch (the guy who gets to run the giant drill), groundman, and flagger. Sometimes a crew would also have an apprentice lineman.

As a journeyman utility mechanic I never performed any work out of my classification. I fixed the trucks.

Those other guys kept the lights on.
the couple of times I actually had to help set poles a rig like that would have been great
instead we used a pair of clackers, spoons, banjos and sharpshooters

in my personal life I use one of these...
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We were paying a tree service company to come out and trim our tree on a regular basis. New owners took over the company and said they couldn't come out, they're all booked up for 7 months. They charge quite a bit.

So we got some pruning blades for our Skil reciprocating saw and did it ourselves. These saws are also known as demolition saws (think Milwaukee Sawzall), and it's quite surprising how well they do in sawing tree limbs. We haven't sawed anything thicker than 6 inches in diameter and I doubt if we will need to go any bigger than that. As we're not planning to ever cut down any trees I think we'll be fine using our Skil demolition saw...with the right wood cutting blades. We follow recommended saw instructions , wear safety equipment and follow saw safety rules.

Our Skil reciprocating saw cost $ 69 ....on sale a few years ago...and a couple of bucks for the pruning saw blade...still has life left in it.

The tree service company charged us over $ 400 the last time they came out. They sawed two limbs off, chipped them in their chipper and that was it.

We sawed off two limbs, re-cut the wood into 3 foot lengths as our garbage/recycling service will take it away at those lengths for no extra cost.

I would say the Skil has more than paid for itself in this job alone.

What did Aesop of fable fame once say ? I remember now....it's hard to get a customer and easy to lose one.

I know, I know...this post is not about drills and drill bits. But it is about allied tools...such as demolition saws and demo saw blades. Now you have to ask yourself...is there really much difference between a power saw or power drill or a bit or a blade ? I think not. When you think about it a drill / bit uses rotational movement...a saw/ blade...reciprocating movement. It's all about movement.

I also threw in a little ditty about Aesop's fables.... that is , I think, germane to the whole thread.

That has to count for something...

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the couple of times I actually had to help set poles a rig like that would have been great
instead we used a pair of clackers, spoons, banjos and sharpshooters

in my personal life I use one of these...
My back and shoulders ache just looking at that. I have memories working one of those in rocky soil...


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QuoteOriginally posted by ccc_ Quote
a pair of clackers
Oh No ! he hasn't got a clone, has he?
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Oh No ! he hasn't got a clone, has he?
ours came in two sizes...six feet and about ten feet...not the toy or the other things either

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My back and shoulders ache just looking at that. I have memories working one of those in rocky soil...


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still better than a shovel

down at the farm we have some weird blue clay that sits beneath the limestone
when it is dry they share a similar hardness
I bought the machine when the clackers just bounced off the dirt
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in my personal life I use one of these...
We have one of these for our drilling needs:

(Not my photo)
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I think you've won the "bigger is better" contest Bert!
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the couple of times I actually had to help set poles a rig like that would have been great
instead we used a pair of clackers, spoons, banjos and sharpshooters

in my personal life I use one of these...
Got in trouble once using one of those........
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Was digging "augering" holes for fence posts, hit wet clay. That 8" auger transformed in to an 8" diameter, 3' long screw in a split second.
The machine went in all the way to the handles, had to dig it out with a shovel. Life sucked that hot August afternoon!
But I am a better person because of that experience, just like what boot-camp prepped me for

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ours came in two sizes...six feet and about ten feet...not the toy or the other things either

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still better than a shovel

down at the farm we have some weird blue clay that sits beneath the limestone
when it is dry they share a similar hardness
I bought the machine when the clackers just bounced off the dirt
Have one in the shed, they are great if ones elbows can take the pounding.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Ex Finn. Quote
Was digging "augering" holes for fence posts, hit wet clay. That 8" auger transformed in to an 8" diameter, 3' long screw in a split second.
The machine went in all the way to the handles, had to dig it out with a shovel. Life sucked that hot August afternoon!
But I am a better person because of that experience, just like what boot-camp prepped me for
two person job
one on each handle
go slow and let it clear its throat
the joint wrenching is still better than shoveling
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