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The garbage coming out of china and some other countries is horrible. It is the nickle content added and the carbon content left in the steel. Too much and not enough and it will rust away in no time. Those old tools you see around may look bad but after clean up as you can see in the above pictuer they have a lot of life left in them. Worth |
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February 12, 2016 | #122 |
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Homemade Dibble.
Today I was about to do something I have no idea what it was.
As I walked past some stuff I saw what was left from a dowel I used for something. Dibble I thought to myself. A few minutes later and I have a dibble all from scraps. Worth IMG_20160212_1205.jpg IMG_20160212_14998.jpg IMG_20160212_29647.jpg IMG_20160212_52843.jpg IMG_20160212_6718.jpg IMG_20160212_18308.jpg |
February 12, 2016 | #123 |
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Worth, you just love to make stuff. I greatly admire your skills.
I mean, when I need a dibble, guess what? Those broken handles I didn't fix or replace, well I use them to poke a hole in the ground. As is where is. Gee this is right on topic. Almost. lol: |
February 12, 2016 | #124 | |
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The hold downs you see on the drill press I made also from metal stock the drill press and a file. I dont know when it started maybe when I was 2 or 3. My mother gave me a child's tool set when I was still in the crib. Back in those days they were almost real and made of metal, I sawed my way out of the crib and escaped. I was the little kid that could saw and drive nails so I was always making ladders up trees so everyone could climb in them. People got to the point they wouldn't let their kids hang around me because they were always getting hurt. Then around the 2nd grade I made wood box traps to catch cotton tails. Then there was the endless cages I made to keep all of my pet tarantulas lizards and snakes in. The wooden toy trucks and all sorts of stuff. Yes I do love to make stuff. Worth |
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February 12, 2016 | #125 |
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I've seen that Worth with the boys around 2 or so, are all about the tools.
You're obviously a prime example. It isn't 'socialized' or 'conditioning'... some guys just popped out looking for a hammer. Even to the surprise of their mothers. My son was like that, and is good at a lot of things I do really poorly at. For example, he can read instructions and assemble things, which I find hard to do. He was born that way, I soon found out and took full advantage any time I needed help from age 3 and on. Myself I was all about the mudpies and potions at that age, as far as I recall. But later in my life it turns out I have a great interest in making things and curiosity about materials and how things are made. I like to fool around with the 'manly arts', but will never be able to do the kind of precision work you guys are doing. I admire! I feel a bit ashamed that my manly skills are not up to par. |
February 12, 2016 | #127 |
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Bower then there are the tool collectors with OCD.
I had to work around one sometimes he had a ton of tools on the truck but wouldn't or couldn't use them. He spent all of his time sorting and polishing his tools but never worked much. They were actually the companies tools. One time I had to bust a 12 inch pipe flange apart and got one of his brand new unused flange wedges and pounded on it with a hammer. I thought he was going to cry. The same goes for the never been fired gun collectors. I know a guy that was selling off his guns and I insulted him by saying a gun was a tool not a pretty to hang on the wall. All it was was a Colt Gold Cup. Worth |
February 12, 2016 | #128 |
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I would even admire the OCD of polishing. What the heck.
I must say that the household tools do collect over time, some are used often and some not as much for sure. The only polished tools I have are the ones I use all the time for work, that's for sure! As for my collection of rusty ones, these are found tools, stuff that turned up when digging the garden or in various places I lived, they are old, maybe very old. If they're older than me, they must be old. But I have found some other uses for rusty metal, which also caused me to drag more old stuff home from the beach when I find it. And rejoice that I never threw away old stuff, when I finally found a use for it. Old rusty iron can be used to make prints on cloth. It makes a black print from natural dye materials that are otherwise yellow with alum. Also true, after you make the print, the metal is cleaner than before. I have in mind to print the old tool collection, when I do I'll take pics and show you guys what rust is good for. And then decide whether I should wire brush them and put handles on, or let em lie. Here's an example of a print made with some leaves and catkins, rolled up on a rusty iron pipe and steamed. It was great fun. It also smelled awesome in the steamer. |
February 12, 2016 | #129 |
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That looks pretty cool.
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February 12, 2016 | #130 |
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Here is the finished dibble all prettied up.
The marks are in 1/2 increments painted on and oiled over with tung oil. IMG_20160212_29396.jpg |
February 12, 2016 | #131 |
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Nice job!
I had to use a sharpie to mark my garlic "dibble handle" for that. Your marks won't wear off, and you have your choice of depth so multi-purpose. |
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The very first mark is about one inch from the point. Worth |
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February 13, 2016 | #133 |
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After testing I decided to go ahead and make the lines all the way around and stamp numbers on it.
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February 13, 2016 | #134 |
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Nice.
>>> ... make the lines all the way around and stamp numbers on it. I was thinking about that ;-) |
February 13, 2016 | #135 |
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My friend made a rolling dibbler for the farm similar to this one:
http://www.communityagadvisors.com/make-multi-dibbler/ We used it to roughly mark out the beds for garlic but you still need a hand dibbler to get the right depth. It is just a guide, really, so the spacing is even on a long row. |
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