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Thread: Hand tool truisms – what say you?

  1. #76
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    If it ain't broke, don't fix it.....unless it's to have fun with hand tools !!,

  2. #77
    Power tools help you make mistakes faster!

  3. #78
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    "What do you mean the "Print" is wrong?" Foundation is already done.......but, facing the wrong direction.
    A Planer? I'm the Planer, and this is what I use

  4. #79
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    Do the easy stuff first, in case we get run off
    Harmony is the strength and support of all institutions, especially this of ours.

  5. #80
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    About sawing, Dad often told me...

    Somebody spent a lot of time getting all those teeth sharp, you should try and use them all

    As a young pre-teen I had a tendency to use short fast strokes
    Last edited by Brian Hale; 08-02-2021 at 4:14 PM.
    The significant problems we encounter cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

    The penalty for inaccuracy is more work

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    My correllary to Murphy's Law: If it jams, force it, if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

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    When a Carpenter gets so flustered, that he tries to smoke his pencil, and gets drunk on a bottle of Pepsi.....then you know it was a BAD day...

    There are some carpenters out there...that it isn't even safe to stand behind them.....
    A Planer? I'm the Planer, and this is what I use

  8. #83
    Quote Originally Posted by steven c newman View Post
    When a Carpenter gets so flustered, that he tries to smoke his pencil, and gets drunk on a bottle of Pepsi.....then you know it was a BAD day...

    There are some carpenters out there...that it isn't even safe to stand behind them.....
    Don't quit your day job.

  9. #84
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    Retired 6 years ago...
    A Planer? I'm the Planer, and this is what I use

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