Dave Lyon <[email protected]> wrote in article
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> "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:40:22 GMT, "Juvenal"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >"Too_Many_Tools" wrote...
> > >> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> > >> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in
the
> > >> home shop environment.
>
>
> One of my most used tools is free.
>
> I take a 16 oz soda bottle, and drill a small hole in the cap. I fill the
> bottle with whatever coolant/lubricant I want, then use it for a squirt
> bottle to apply to my work while I'm cutting. I never have to fuss with
the
> stupid cheap pump bottles, and I get the coolant exactly where I want it.
>
>
>
Those bottles actually cost us a nickel in many states.......
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
...
What other poster said re: thrift stores -- if they actually recycle
stuff like that, there's no telling what one might find. I've found
old planes, chisels, etc., but nothing really priceless, just decent
stuff.
For dollar stores, Snickers bars are about the limit of anything
useful...
> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
Thrift stores sometimes have small boxes, or pieces of furniture that
can be disassembled to make other projects for less than you can buy
the wood.
The dollar store:
my favorite is the plastic table clothes, they are great for glue up
time
copper pot scrubbers for cleaning your sharpening stones or other
cleanuup
condiment bottles for storing alcohol, thinner etc. The caps on the
dispensers help!
small plastic plates for mixing on top of
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> I can't recall ever finding a tool worth getting at a thrift shop, but I
> could spend myself into bankruptcy at a used tool store called the Tool
> Shed (at 471 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts) if I let myself stop
> by there more than a few times a year. <G>
Oh great, a place I don't dare go to and it's less than 2 hours away.
Please don't tell me about these places because I can't afford them
either. <G>
Another type of place that can be dangerous: some factories have
surplus stores that sell crib over stock, used equipment and whatever -
I've bought computers (less than 3 years old, $69), calipers, metal
bits, workbenches and cabinets and I've seen motors, millers,
electrical stock - the list just goes on and on and that's from just
one factory, albeit a large one.
BrianC
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> TMT
>From the local thrift store one of those counter balanced spring driven
clamp it to your desk,lathe, whatever lamps complete with energy
efficient florescent bulb $1
Baby's formula bottle warmer for hide glue pot $1
Brand new in line skate (only 1) for the 4 wheels for a steady rest
$0.25
>From Dollar store laser pointer on key chain for home made hollowing
tool $1
Pete
Visit my site at:
http://www.oldtoolsshop.com/Galoots/pHyde/
Those grabber things, you know, squeeze the handle and the plunger tips
grab those things that fall under a shelf, or behind the lathe. It is
so much easier than bending over sometimes.
robo hippy
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> Baby Belle helicopter. They look pretty much identical to those selling for
> $150 in aviation catalogs. I think that I got both for less than $20. I've
> removed the bases, did a very small wiring mod and sold them with adapters
> for $100 each. $50. w/o adapters. The TopGun joysticks are available on
> ebay typically for less than $20. each.
>
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> "# Fred #" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> > > find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> > > home shop environment.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > TMT
> > >
> >
> > Not much at the dollar store maybe some use once throw away hand tools.
> >
> > Thrift store is another story. I got two floor standing 3/4hp, 5/8" chuck
> > drill presses, Dremel Advantage (the one with the large motor), 24"
> aluminum
> > pipe wrench (lighter than my 24" Rigid), a combination wrench set
> > (beautifully highly polished black nickel plating more for show than work,
> I
> > don't need another wrench set but tools are hard to refuse), various other
> > Chinese and name brand hand tools.
> >
> > If thrift shop includes Harbor Freight, see my post below.
> >
> >
Brian C wrote:
> Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> > I can't recall ever finding a tool worth getting at a thrift shop, but I
> > could spend myself into bankruptcy at a used tool store called the Tool
> > Shed (at 471 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts) if I let myself stop
> > by there more than a few times a year. <G>
>
> Oh great, a place I don't dare go to and it's less than 2 hours away.
> Please don't tell me about these places because I can't afford them
> either. <G>
Then perhaps we shouldn't mention that the Waltham Tool Shed is a
franchise of the Tool Shed on Rte 12 (W. Boylston St.) in Worcester (
www.used-tools.com ). Or mention that it's possible to hit both in one
day...
--Glenn Lyford
robo hippy wrote:
> Those grabber things, you know, squeeze the handle and the plunger tips
> grab those things that fall under a shelf, or behind the lathe. It is
> so much easier than bending over sometimes.
I used to have one of those, but I dropped it behind a set of shelves
and I've nothing to reach it with...
Bill in Detroit wrote:
> Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I used to have one of those, but I dropped it behind a set of shelves
> > and I've nothing to reach it with...
>
> What ... no shop cat?
>
> Bill
Wrong tool.
Shop cat = self cleaning wiping rag.
Generally better if not self owned, next doors cat is cheaper to run.
John
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> TMT
I find that the $ shops usually have brush sets (1/2" to 2") that come
six or eight brushes for $1. In this regard, at least, I'm a big
believer in use once, throw away. Great for staining, oiling, etc.
and the smallest ones can be used for gluing. And no cleanup after!
Oh and cheap artist brush sets too. Great for gluing small areas where
overspread would be a problem.
FoggyTown
>Hmm, for cutting sandpaper I've an old hacksaw blade attached to the
>edge of my workbench. I slip the sand paper behind it and tear as needed.
I do that, too, occasionally, for single sheets. But for cutting through
4 sheets of sandpaper at once, which is what I usually do, I like my big,
heavy, $1 scissors a lot better.
Ok - here is how to do it.
Find a board or a 1/4" sheet of steel in the shop (metal shops hate wood due to dust - ask me!).
Get a hacksaw blade - the hand type not machine type - but both would work.
Pre-fab so the length of the blade easily fits across the material.
Cut the other dimension to 1/4 sheet or 1/2 sheet above the flat (back) edge.
(that is the cutting edge. Scribe 1/4 if 1/2 sheet size is used. Have 1/2 sheet 'under'
the blade...
Place it across said sheet of material over a sheet of sand paper
and center punch holes in the two stretching eyes.
Pilot drill each and then drill for a typical fine pitch thread (keeping metric in here :-) )
Bolt said blade onto the material.
Place sheet under the blade and using the back edge as a shear line, pull down and across
the back, the top left or right corner - that of the 1/2 or 1/4 sheet dimension.
Martin
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Mike Paulson wrote:
>
> > From the dollar store, a large scissors that I use to cut sandpaper
> sheets
> > into squares and strips. Cuts through 4 sheets at once. Been using it
> > since forever, not sure I ever had to resharpen it.
> >
>
> Might want to try a hacksaw blade next time.
>
> Wrap masking tape around one end to form a handle.
>
> Lew
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"Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
For thrift stores.. that would make a long list of tool gloat. However, for
dollar stores, I suggest a full set of basic tools...for lending out!
Boris Beizer
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> TMT
I recently read where someone had scrounged a cutting board from a
thrift store to use as part of a band saw jig. Not me ... yet.
I get plastic shoe boxes from a local 'dollar' store to store pen kits
with their bushings and also pen blank stock. Good, also, for storing
finished smaller items. They cost a buck each and give me enough dust
free room to store a couple dozen kits or about 30 blanks. There is a
label area on the end just about the right size for a P-Touch label.
Makes it easy to keep kits & bushings together and also to keep the shop
reasonably well organized.
I also get cheap paper towels to use as CA applicators. I simply cut it
in half, (across the length) fold it into a narrow swab, drizzle the CA
on the pen body with the lathe turning at a low speed and lightly spread
with the swab. Then, once the glue has set, I simply tear off the used
end until I get down to about an inch long.
I use duct tape for a mixing surface for epoxy (cheap, stays put, easy
clean up) and also childrens' craft sticks, aka Popsicle sticks, for
mixing it. I use both ends and then use diagonal wire cutters to lop off
the used part and use them a couple more times. Yeah ... that's mighty
cheap of me, but why pay more when this works? Tape and sticks from the
dollar store.
CA is pretty sensitive to moisture, so I dry my pen bodies with a broken
down used blow dryer that is a refugee from the trash pile. It's held
together with rubber bands and not even good enough to donate to the
thrift shop.
Bill
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Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
> I used to have one of those, but I dropped it behind a set of shelves
> and I've nothing to reach it with...
What ... no shop cat?
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Wed, Dec 27, 2006, 1:30pm [email protected] (Bill=A0in=A0Detroit) doth
query:
What ... no shop cat?
I've got a shop cat.
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JOAT
It's not hard, if you get your mind right.
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On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:47:36 GMT, Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) wrote:
>>Dave Lyon wrote:
>>
>> > One of my most used tools is free.
>> >
>> > I take a 16 oz soda bottle, and drill a small hole in the cap. I fill the
>> > bottle with whatever coolant/lubricant I want, then use it for a squirt
>> > bottle to apply to my work while I'm cutting. I never have to fuss
>>with the
>> > stupid cheap pump bottles, and I get the coolant exactly where I want it.
>>
>>Next time try a plastic bottle with a push/pull top that comes with dish
>>washing soap in it.
>>
>>Also quite useful for filling wet cell batteries with distilled water.
>>
>>Lew
>>
>I used to use one of those (large size) for chainsaw bar oil...
>Ken.
It is also about the ONLY way to add power steering or automatic
transmission fluid to a '94 TransSport 3.8
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(Too_Many_Tools) doth burble:
I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners find
in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the home
shop environment.
Trick question, right? Depends on what's in the particular thrift
store at the time.
Dollar stores. Plenty of stuff. Tape measures, to put in the
vehicle(s), bathroom, wherever. Eight packs of batteries. Super glue.
Knockoff Leatherman tool, including nice knife, for $5. Putty knifes.
Scrapers. Bandaids.
JOAT
It's not hard, if you get your mind right.
- Granny Weatherwax
>Dave Lyon wrote:
>
> > One of my most used tools is free.
> >
> > I take a 16 oz soda bottle, and drill a small hole in the cap. I fill the
> > bottle with whatever coolant/lubricant I want, then use it for a squirt
> > bottle to apply to my work while I'm cutting. I never have to fuss
>with the
> > stupid cheap pump bottles, and I get the coolant exactly where I want it.
>
>Next time try a plastic bottle with a push/pull top that comes with dish
>washing soap in it.
>
>Also quite useful for filling wet cell batteries with distilled water.
>
>Lew
>
I used to use one of those (large size) for chainsaw bar oil...
Ken.
That BS has been going around for years. Do you sharpen your plane by
planing concrete?
"triker3" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> the proper way to sharpen scissors is to cut sandpaper
>
>
"Nick Hull" wrote in message
> "CW" wrote:
>
> > That BS has been going around for years. Do you sharpen your plane by
> > planing concrete?
> >
> > "triker3" wrote in message
> > > >
> > > the proper way to sharpen scissors is to cut sandpaper
>
> In the case with scissors it works to an extent. I suspect what it
> really does is put micro serrations on the edge from the sand, and it
> feels like it is sharper because it cuts (certain materials) better.
It's never worked for me ... AAMOF, the dullest pair of scissors in the shop
is always relegated to cutting sandpaper, where they immediately get duller
and worthless for anything else.
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"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:40:22 GMT, "Juvenal"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >"Too_Many_Tools" wrote...
> >> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> >> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> >> home shop environment.
One of my most used tools is free.
I take a 16 oz soda bottle, and drill a small hole in the cap. I fill the
bottle with whatever coolant/lubricant I want, then use it for a squirt
bottle to apply to my work while I'm cutting. I never have to fuss with the
stupid cheap pump bottles, and I get the coolant exactly where I want it.
The plastic milk-crate style storage boxes you find at Office Depot,
Staples, etc. to use as impromptu tables and tool boxes They're light
weight and they stack. I try to do as much work outside as possible, and I
put my supplies into the crate(s), take them out to the work area, then
stack two together as a table to hold the tools I'm using, a cup of coffee,
etc. At the end of the day I separate the two crates, put my supplies and
hand tools into them and bring them back inside
"Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> TMT
>
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> TMT
>
Not exactly "home shop", but...
I find the dollar stores have low prices on paper towels and paper
napkins for our office lunchroom. I load up on them every few months.
The thrift stores (There's a Goodwill Industries one nearby us.) often
have great buys in wooden furniture. Most of thr "knock around" chairs
at our office came from there. Just yesterday I picked up a couple of
chairs like these for just five bucks each, they'll last forever with
just an occasional regluing of a loose joint:
http://www.sailorsport.com/product_images/pid_2895_10.jpg
I can't recall ever finding a tool worth getting at a thrift shop, but I
could spend myself into bankruptcy at a used tool store called the Tool
Shed (at 471 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts) if I let myself stop
by there more than a few times a year. <G>
Jeff
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Dave Lyon wrote:
> One of my most used tools is free.
>
> I take a 16 oz soda bottle, and drill a small hole in the cap. I fill the
> bottle with whatever coolant/lubricant I want, then use it for a squirt
> bottle to apply to my work while I'm cutting. I never have to fuss
with the
> stupid cheap pump bottles, and I get the coolant exactly where I want it.
Next time try a plastic bottle with a push/pull top that comes with dish
washing soap in it.
Also quite useful for filling wet cell batteries with distilled water.
Lew
The REAL way to sharpen scissors is to use one of those small diamond
sharpening stones you can mount in a dremel tool. "Looks" like a chain saw
sharpening stone. Run that across the bevel edge of the scissors and they
cut like new. I start on the heel of the bevel and when I make contact you
can see where you are sharpening. Then I angle it down till I hit the
cutting edge. This establishes the angle and I proceed along the entire
cutting edge. SHARP!
I cut lots of Sandpaper with scissors and It does in fact dull the
blade.
PS I use the same bit in my dremel to sharpen my 3TPI band saw blade. About
12 minutes to do a 113" blade. I get two sharpenings out of each blade.
"Arcady" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mike Paulson wrote:
> > From the dollar store, a large scissors that I use to cut sandpaper
sheets
> > into squares and strips. Cuts through 4 sheets at once. Been using it
> > since forever, not sure I ever had to resharpen it.
>
> This IS the way to sharpen scissors - cut sandpaper few times. So you are
sharpening yours
> every time...
Swingman wrote:
> It's never worked for me ... AAMOF, the dullest pair of scissors in the shop
> is always relegated to cutting sandpaper, where they immediately get duller
> and worthless for anything else.
>
It always worked for me. But result is only good on good pair of scissors (not loose ones)
and kind of not lasting - this is not the permanent solution.
You're safe from this one, wrong end of the country but around here (Kent,
WA) Boeing aircraft has a surplus store open to the public. Everything from
machine shop equipment and supplies to electronics to office furniture.
"Brian C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Another type of place that can be dangerous: some factories have
> surplus stores that sell crib over stock, used equipment and whatever -
> I've bought computers (less than 3 years old, $69), calipers, metal
> bits, workbenches and cabinets and I've seen motors, millers,
> electrical stock - the list just goes on and on and that's from just
> one factory, albeit a large one.
>
> BrianC
>
"Mike Paulson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> From the dollar store, a large scissors that I use to cut sandpaper sheets
> into squares and strips. Cuts through 4 sheets at once. Been using it
> since forever, not sure I ever had to resharpen it.
>
the proper way to sharpen scissors is to cut sandpaper
"Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> TMT
>
Not much at the dollar store maybe some use once throw away hand tools.
Thrift store is another story. I got two floor standing 3/4hp, 5/8" chuck
drill presses, Dremel Advantage (the one with the large motor), 24" aluminum
pipe wrench (lighter than my 24" Rigid), a combination wrench set
(beautifully highly polished black nickel plating more for show than work, I
don't need another wrench set but tools are hard to refuse), various other
Chinese and name brand hand tools.
If thrift shop includes Harbor Freight, see my post below.
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote...
> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> home shop environment.
Well, mine's not a home shop, but...
Back in the early 80's there was a job lot store on Atwells Ave in
Providence; got pumice & rottenstone, neswting Diston saws, circular saw
blades, some really swell chrome plated brass Deco/Moderne pulls with
burgundy and black stripes which, 25 years later, I still have and still
haven't found a use for, lots of cheap spring clamps that still get used
every week in the shop.
At thrift shops, I'm always looking for stuff thats nice & can be turned
around quick; favorites are heavy commercial type steel cafe table bases - I
throw away the crappy tops, hammerite the bases, and make a nice top. I've
got a couple here now, one with I made a round curly maple top for, and the
other a teal crackle glazed tile top with a teal-dyed curly maple edge.
People buy them for sun rooms, breakfast nooks and such. An easy sale.
Also any quaint chair that will have that country look when done, popular in
these parts. Did one a few weeks ago, paid 5 bucks for an old chair with
half the black and white paint job chipped off it. Blew the loose chips off
with the air gun, left the rest. Washed it, dyed & stained the exposed
wood, sprayed with transparent tobacco brown tinted lacquer, put some brown
glaze on it. Some lucky New Yorker will be happy to pay 250 for it, took me
an hour and a half to do. Got a couple other thrift shop finds tucked away
in the shop waiting there turn - a childs executive desk blue hammerite and
chrome steel bottom with curly maple top, and an oak school chair/writing
desk thing.
--
Timothy Juvenal
www.tjwoodworking.com
Mike Paulson wrote:
> From the dollar store, a large scissors that I use to cut sandpaper
sheets
> into squares and strips. Cuts through 4 sheets at once. Been using it
> since forever, not sure I ever had to resharpen it.
>
Might want to try a hacksaw blade next time.
Wrap masking tape around one end to form a handle.
Lew
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dave Lyon wrote:
>
> > One of my most used tools is free.
> >
> > I take a 16 oz soda bottle, and drill a small hole in the cap. I fill
the
> > bottle with whatever coolant/lubricant I want, then use it for a squirt
> > bottle to apply to my work while I'm cutting. I never have to fuss
> with the
> > stupid cheap pump bottles, and I get the coolant exactly where I want
it.
>
> Next time try a plastic bottle with a push/pull top that comes with dish
> washing soap in it.
>
> Also quite useful for filling wet cell batteries with distilled water.
>
> Lew
>
Yea, I've used those too. They tend to apply more liquid than I usually like
to use.
Mike Paulson wrote:
> From the dollar store, a large scissors that I use to cut sandpaper sheets
> into squares and strips. Cuts through 4 sheets at once. Been using it
> since forever, not sure I ever had to resharpen it.
This IS the way to sharpen scissors - cut sandpaper few times. So you are sharpening yours
every time...
Bull.
"Arcady" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mike Paulson wrote:
> > From the dollar store, a large scissors that I use to cut sandpaper
sheets
> > into squares and strips. Cuts through 4 sheets at once. Been using it
> > since forever, not sure I ever had to resharpen it.
>
> This IS the way to sharpen scissors - cut sandpaper few times. So you are
sharpening yours
> every time...
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:08:59 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Too_Many_Tools wrote:
>> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
>> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
>> home shop environment.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> TMT
>>
>
>Not exactly "home shop", but...
>
>I find the dollar stores have low prices on paper towels and paper
>napkins for our office lunchroom. I load up on them every few months.
>
>The thrift stores (There's a Goodwill Industries one nearby us.) often
>have great buys in wooden furniture. Most of thr "knock around" chairs
>at our office came from there. Just yesterday I picked up a couple of
>chairs like these for just five bucks each, they'll last forever with
>just an occasional regluing of a loose joint:
>
>http://www.sailorsport.com/product_images/pid_2895_10.jpg
>
>I can't recall ever finding a tool worth getting at a thrift shop, but I
>could spend myself into bankruptcy at a used tool store called the Tool
>Shed (at 471 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts) if I let myself stop
>by there more than a few times a year. <G>
>
>Jeff
Oh, great. I was in blissful ignorance of this used tool store until
now. I think it's right up the street from the Waltham public library,
which I've visited when my town didn't have a book I needed.
Thanks Jeff. If I get in trouble because of this, it's on your head.
tt
In article <[email protected]>,
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
> You're safe from this one, wrong end of the country but around here (Kent,
> WA) Boeing aircraft has a surplus store open to the public. Everything from
> machine shop equipment and supplies to electronics to office furniture.
>
Ya, but anymore their prices aren't much of a bargin
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I used two ThrustMaster Top gun video game joy sticks as stick grips in my
Baby Belle helicopter. They look pretty much identical to those selling for
$150 in aviation catalogs. I think that I got both for less than $20. I've
removed the bases, did a very small wiring mod and sold them with adapters
for $100 each. $50. w/o adapters. The TopGun joysticks are available on
ebay typically for less than $20. each.
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"# Fred #" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
> > find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
> > home shop environment.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > TMT
> >
>
> Not much at the dollar store maybe some use once throw away hand tools.
>
> Thrift store is another story. I got two floor standing 3/4hp, 5/8" chuck
> drill presses, Dremel Advantage (the one with the large motor), 24"
aluminum
> pipe wrench (lighter than my 24" Rigid), a combination wrench set
> (beautifully highly polished black nickel plating more for show than work,
I
> don't need another wrench set but tools are hard to refuse), various other
> Chinese and name brand hand tools.
>
> If thrift shop includes Harbor Freight, see my post below.
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
> That BS has been going around for years. Do you sharpen your plane by
> planing concrete?
>
> "triker3" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > >
> > the proper way to sharpen scissors is to cut sandpaper
In the case with scissors it works to an extent. I suspect what it
really does is put micro serrations on the edge from the sand, and it
feels like it is sharper because it cuts (certain materials) better.
> I mix small amounts of epoxy on the free CDs from AOL or whomever.
>
> Bill
I cut up old gallon plastic milk jugs to mix epoxy on... they're
translucent, and you can look at the other side to check for swirls left
in the mix. Once the epoxy cures, flexing the sheet a little cleanly
pops off the old epoxy.
Erik
A buddy is a independent computer tech support guy. I think he mostly
runs around yanking off viruses, and helping newbies. (Think he's doing
ok, seems to always be working, and gets $75/hr.)
Anyway, he stop's by Goodwill from time to time and loads up on used
computer cables (USB, ethernet and the like). At the one he goes to, he
says you can get a whole box full for pocket change.
A few times a week, a client will need one, and he lets them know he
'just happens' to have a used one out in the car... he'll gets $10 to
$15 bucks a pop for them.
Erik
Actually the way to sharpen scissors is to hone the bevel on the outer side
of the arm. What we are really saying here is cutting sandpaper will keep a
pair of scissors sharp enough to cut sandpaper. Seems reasonable; the grit
of the paper will leave minor abrasions on the edge that will leave a
cutting surface until they abraded by the next sheet that will leave
abrasions on the edge and so on. What the first person described was to cut
four pieces at a time. that would abrade both inner and outer surfaces of
the arm, again keeping it sharp enough for sandpaper.
Time to turn wood.
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com
"Arcady" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Swingman wrote:
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>> It's never worked for me ... AAMOF, the dullest pair of scissors in the
>> shop
>> is always relegated to cutting sandpaper, where they immediately get
>> duller
>> and worthless for anything else.
>>
> It always worked for me. But result is only good on good pair of scissors
> (not loose ones) and kind of not lasting - this is not the permanent
> solution.
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:40:22 GMT, "Juvenal"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Too_Many_Tools" wrote...
>> I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
>> find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
>> home shop environment.
>
>
>Well, mine's not a home shop, but...
>
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>At thrift shops, I'm always looking for stuff thats nice & can be turned
>around quick; favorites are heavy commercial type steel cafe table bases - I
>throw away the crappy tops, hammerite the bases, and make a nice top. I've
>got a couple here now, one with I made a round curly maple top for, and the
>other a teal crackle glazed tile top with a teal-dyed curly maple edge.
>People buy them for sun rooms, breakfast nooks and such. An easy sale.
>
>Also any quaint chair that will have that country look when done, popular in
>these parts. Did one a few weeks ago, paid 5 bucks for an old chair with
>half the black and white paint job chipped off it. Blew the loose chips off
>with the air gun, left the rest. Washed it, dyed & stained the exposed
>wood, sprayed with transparent tobacco brown tinted lacquer, put some brown
>glaze on it. Some lucky New Yorker will be happy to pay 250 for it, took me
>an hour and a half to do. Got a couple other thrift shop finds tucked away
>in the shop waiting there turn - a childs executive desk blue hammerite and
>chrome steel bottom with curly maple top, and an oak school chair/writing
>desk thing.
Just took a look at your web site. Nice layout and very nice examples of
work.
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Hmm, for cutting sandpaper I've an old hacksaw blade attached to the
edge of my workbench. I slip the sand paper behind it and tear as needed.
John
Mike Paulson wrote:
> From the dollar store, a large scissors that I use to cut sandpaper sheets
> into squares and strips. Cuts through 4 sheets at once. Been using it
> since forever, not sure I ever had to resharpen it.
>