tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post1180685373404532802..comments2024-02-29T16:43:55.241-05:00Comments on Lurking Rhythmically: How did this happen?Erin Palettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-10487335479431000872014-01-17T02:43:20.775-05:002014-01-17T02:43:20.775-05:00Fun fact: Last century, I took some machinist cou...Fun fact: Last century, I took some machinist courses at the local college. I've forgotten most of it, but I know tools from dies and mills from lathes...Erin Palettehttp://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-61995765725026577242014-01-17T02:42:34.476-05:002014-01-17T02:42:34.476-05:00Forge, check. MIG welder, check. Lathe, check, Dri...Forge, check. MIG welder, check. Lathe, check, Drill press, check, Saws, files, and grinders, check. Stockpile of scrap metal, check. Woodworking tools, all manual (very few power tools). Buckets, bins and drawers full of fasteners, check. Soldering station and bins of parts, yeah I need to upgrade to SMT someday. 3D scanner and printer on order, should be delivered in the next month or two.<br />There's not much I can't fix mechanically. People are another matter.<br />Don't get really worried until you catch yourself looking for a copy of The Machinist's Handbook on Amazon. There's so much information in there that you'll never need that it'll make your head hurt trying to figure out what it all means.Chaplain Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-80426405679676529532014-01-16T13:44:42.766-05:002014-01-16T13:44:42.766-05:00I've done that a few times, yes.I've done that a few times, yes.Erin Palettehttp://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-14174975989129216862014-01-16T13:34:25.755-05:002014-01-16T13:34:25.755-05:00Guns lead to accessories.
Accessories lead to All...Guns lead to accessories. <br />Accessories lead to Allen Wrenches. <br /><br />Allen Wrenches lead to more tools....Erin Palettehttp://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-92095032990790242472014-01-16T12:44:07.246-05:002014-01-16T12:44:07.246-05:00Are going full out Tam K ? That's hefting a t...Are going full out Tam K ? That's hefting a tool in the store saying "Wow, you could really f$%& someone up with this ..."SPQR9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-86465663177979244112014-01-16T12:01:46.048-05:002014-01-16T12:01:46.048-05:00You bought a gun. That was your first tool.You bought a gun. That was your first tool.Jenny Everywherenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-43075620442614055202014-01-16T10:49:20.074-05:002014-01-16T10:49:20.074-05:00Well you haven't started making your own tools...Well you haven't started making your own tools like I have so there is time still to get yourself into rehab. Once you start building forges and buying welders you have probably hit the point of no return.Facebook Daniel Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-19917892739152491712014-01-16T09:13:46.346-05:002014-01-16T09:13:46.346-05:00How did I, of all people, become... a tool owner?
...<i> How did I, of all people, become... a tool owner?</i><br /><br />Because you became a <b>toy</b> owner....and all toys need accessories.Bob S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-64905193157142971622014-01-16T07:52:47.759-05:002014-01-16T07:52:47.759-05:00Humans are tool using apes. Tool using implies to...Humans are tool using apes. Tool using implies tool owning. Your genes betrayed you is all. Blame the 98% of your genes you share with chimpanzees because they use tools as well.McThagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-59040263223021861442014-01-16T00:20:38.406-05:002014-01-16T00:20:38.406-05:00It's not red, but I have one of these.It's not red, but I have one of <a href="http://stanleytools.com/default.asp?CATEGORY=ZAG+ROLLING+WORK&TYPE=PRODUCT&PARTNUMBER=018800R&SDesc=Stanley%26%23174%3B+Mobile+Work+Center" rel="nofollow">these</a>.Erin Palettehttp://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-61733537284485740972014-01-15T23:36:20.286-05:002014-01-15T23:36:20.286-05:00Wait until you start buying meters and other speci...Wait until you start buying meters and other specialty niche tools. Need a gear/steering wheel/brake drum puller? I'm your guy. I really need a dwell/tach, but those don't come cheap. I'm probably more money into tools than I am into guns, even.Lokidudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-9876700874194998182014-01-15T22:59:00.503-05:002014-01-15T22:59:00.503-05:00Now for a big red toolbox. And a 2oz. ball peen. ...Now for a big red toolbox. And a 2oz. ball peen. And then...<br /><br />You're one of usFirehandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-32086452356882119412014-01-15T22:22:30.775-05:002014-01-15T22:22:30.775-05:00It happens. Trust me! Need a seat belt bolt tool f...It happens. Trust me! Need a seat belt bolt tool for first generation Ford Mustang? I haz it. It gets worse.keadsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-38004752438017449812014-01-15T22:16:48.488-05:002014-01-15T22:16:48.488-05:00Allen Wrenches are gateways to Tool Ownership. You...Allen Wrenches are gateways to Tool Ownership. You get one little set of hexagonal doohickeys, the next thing you know you've got an entire workstation loaded with tools you cannot even describe to people who've never used them.<br /><br />It's bad enough I have to use those things at work every day - so far I've managed to stay tool-free at home. I dread the day I slip up... I'll wake up one morning with everything still disassembled from last night, and have this terrible urge to reassemble everything... after making it fit better.Kelly Yonernoreply@blogger.com