ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
You must be a newly wed.
I only thorw away the new tools. The old, used & abused, dull won't cut anything I can find readily. The way my help feels about me at times.
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You must be a newly wed.
I only thorw away the new tools. The old, used & abused, dull won't cut anything I can find readily. The way my help feels about me at times.
iaov
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It is a cheap saw and I haven't been able to find a metal cutting blade to fit it so I use 5" fiber cut-off wheel. Needed to raise the work platform to be able to cut all the way through. If anyone has a line on a good metal cutting blade , please tell. Fiber wheels wear out quickly.
icesoft
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- Cross Plains, IN
I've been told to install a standard (carbide tipped?) blade backwards to cut metal in a circular/miter saw. Never tried it myself yet though...
peter d
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- New England
Throw 'em my way, then!
Sure...but do you really want worn out linesmans and screwdrivers? :-?
Mike Lang
Senior Member
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- New Jersey
I came up with this idea years ago. Just plug it in and hammer away.
HAhaha I couldn't stop laughing at first
I don't throw them out until they've become 4th- or 5th- generation left-overs. What I use today will be replaced next year. Then today's tools will become my 'prime' backup crew. My old 'prime' set will become my 'last resort' set. After that, they bounce around the truck until they get too rusty to even open. Then I toss 'em.
I bet your wife was the same system with sponges and scrubbies in the kitchen. First round, it gets dish duty, then sink duty. Then countertop. Then floor. Then pitched.
peter d
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That's quite a system. Mine is much easier. Use, replace, toss old one, repeat.
I bet your wife was the same system with sponges and scrubbies in the kitchen. First round, it gets dish duty, then sink duty. Then countertop. Then floor. Then pitched.
What wife?
That's quite a system. Mine is much easier. Use, replace, toss old one, repeat.
I always have old, used tools as spares. In case I lose one, i have a backup. At least until I buy a new one.
What wife?
You too, huh?
peter d
Senior Member
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- New England
Well, I never said I didn't have a backup set, or two, or three.
It got so out of hand I just decided to toss all that junk.
peter d
Senior Member
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- New England
Yup. :smile:
quogueelectric
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- new york
It is 11:37 pm and no one wished me a happy birthday yet!!
Happy Birthday, Go have a thick steak.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
Happy Birthday yet!
Nice to see my humor getting recognition. :smile:
billsnuff
Senior Member
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- East of 480sparky
JohnJ0906
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- Baltimore, MD
What to do with leftover hacksaw blades.
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And when i need to use a large tap i use this with the palm ratchet or the hand ratchet
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I also have and make telephone hand sets for ringing out cables that you can talk on to verify the correct cable.
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And when i need to use a large tap i use this with the palm ratchet or the hand ratchet
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I also have and make telephone hand sets for ringing out cables that you can talk on to verify the correct cable.
a laborer showed my years ago that you can cut PVC,or ABS with a piece of masons twine ( the yellow string brick setters use ) you just get about 5' of it put it under the pipe and pull it back and forth with very little tension on it. It cuts a nice clean straight line.
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