Monday, February 17, 2014
Some Of Your Common Hand Tools
You will need some of your common hand tools such as a grading rake, line leveler, and hand tamp. You’ll aso require a common garden rake and wheel barrow, in order to work around your home foundation, Are you thinking of doing some interior work? And you’ll need to pull together drills and screwdrivers. Well you’re at tit find a hammer, paintbrushes, and scrapers. You’ll likely find a glue gun, pliers, and awl helpful. For more extensive interior design a roller, set of wallboard knives and tile pliers will be needed. You might want to round out the tool kit with a type of stud finder, syringe and adhesive applicator.
For example to facilitate repairs to the plaster, you’ll need a paintbrush and a wallboard knife. Plaster restoration requires more supplies and materials than it does tools. When repairing plaster, numerous hand tools will help. For drywall repair or installation, you will require a hammer, different chisels, one or two wallboard knives, a caulking gun, putty knife, and a framing square. You might also need a carpentry knife, wrecking bar, a rubber mallet, and of course nails.
In order to replace ceramic tiles you’ll need an awl, a pair of tile cutters, good quality nippers, a utility knife, a drawing compass, a grout float, various small hammers, and wood tile. You’re going to want hand or power stiff-bristled brushes. Some other supplies for the basement will include masonry primer, waterproof masonry sealers, ordinary household cleaners, a large container, and a heavy-duty sponge.
It’s quite straightforward to patch or repair a ceiling. You’ll need a drill, wallboard knife, chisels, and a square, utility knife. When remodeling or refinishing your floors or walls you’ll want to have some specific tools. Leatherman Tools are a respected quality multi-tool company that manufactures and sells the ‘multi-tool.’ That means that their tools will perform as many as nineteen different jobs. You won’t need that over weight tool box again. Leatherman suggests compressing your toolbox into one DIY tool.
When working on basement walls and you may be interested to learn that Stanley Tools manufactures and designs quality tools. There is an array of Stanley hand planes, saws, tri-squares, chisels, screwdrivers, utility knives (know widely as the Stanley Knife). They also supply or manufacture safety shoes and clothing, under the name of Bostitch. This has been an overview article with some brand name suggestions.
Monday, February 10, 2014
The Vagaries Of The Hunt for old tools
Rule #1 in the hunt for old tools is: “Things are not always predictable.” This rule is often expressed as “You just never know.”
A corollary rule (let’s call it 1A), is “Be persistent.” This rule is often expressed as “Let’s stop here. They look like they might have old tools.”
Let me illustrate these two rules by way of example.
Last year, I was down in Southern Oregon over spring break. I saw that the annual Antique Show was being held on the weekend. It cost $4 to get in the door, and catered towards the collectors. This should NOT have been a good place to look for old tools – but, being a big believer in rule #1, I went. And I scored big. I found a Stanley #62 low angle jack in great shape for under $100 dollars. Not cheap, but a very good price on this plane in this condition. And its also where I found the infamous cigarette "nib" card. Sweet! Totally worth my time and $4 door fee!
Here’s the #62:
Flash forward to this year. Again I am in Oregon for spring break (family). Again the Antique Show is being held. Again I go, pay my $4 to get in and – strike out. There is nothing, NOTHING, there worth buying. In fact, one of the only hand tools I can find is a battered Stanley 120 with a tag attached explaining the page number in a book that set the price of this junker at $85. Wow! I’m out the door in 20 minutes.
That’s Rule #1 – you just never know…
Now, on the way home Rule 1A came into play. After the disappointment suffered at the show, all I wanted was to go have a burger and a milkshake. However, as I cruised down the road I came across a mini-storage complex with a “flea market” sign at the side of the road. Hmm. I slowed down for a closer look - mostly clothes, videos and car tires. Not a chance. But maybe…
I turned around, went back and parked. I started walking the rows of the complex and it was not looking good. Lots, and lots of junk. And, it was incredibly random. There would be a table set up in front of an open unit – and on the table would be a shoebox full of used plastic cigarette lighters, a bag of sand, a pile of plastic picture frames with no glass, empty perfume bottles, some jugs of anti-freeze and a flat of fresh limes.
But I kept walking, and eventually it paid off. I found “the tool guy”, and although I didn’t get anything amazing, I did get some nice old tools at a great price.
I scored: four old wood handled screwdrivers, a nice pair of 6” Sargent & Co. dividers, a pencil sharpener, and a Stanley #42X saw set in pretty good shape. And the total price was $9. Awesome!
Rule #1A rocks!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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