April 27, 20179 yr 1 minute ago, ThomasPowers said: What no Roach-Pruf ???? Kids these days Thomas. You tells em and tells em and they look for . . . Pruf of roaches. What can you do? Frosty The Lucky.
April 27, 20179 yr wethers? Anyway Boric acid, (R-P), is another common material, used in forge welding flux, that can be sourced at the local grocery store.
May 18, 20179 yr When the neighbor replaces a broken coil spring on his car and you wonder over and ask.....hey you want me to get rid of that for yah?
May 19, 20179 yr 6 hours ago, David Kailey said: When the neighbor replaces a broken coil spring on his car and you wonder over and ask.....hey you want me to get rid of that for yah? When a neighbor of mine replaces a spring they just drop the bad one off, Well, that was when I had neighbors close enough I knew their names that is. Frosty The Lucky.
May 24, 20179 yr On 6/22/2010 at 3:12 PM, E Benz said: ...keep your hammers in a locked safe in your room because you are worried someone will misuse them. I just built a locking hammer rack to keep people away from my hammers
May 24, 20179 yr I have a lock on the smithy doors and another door on the clean shop to keep tools from wandering from one to the other.
May 24, 20179 yr I misplace tools so often since the accident I've been trying to figure out how to train my dog to growl, bark and bite me if necessary if I pick up a hammer. Frosty The Lucky.
May 25, 20179 yr On 5/24/2017 at 10:25 AM, MG-42 said: I just built a locking hammer rack to keep people away from my hammers My father did it also, and he hates the neighbor for always wanting to borrow it.
May 25, 20179 yr 11 hours ago, Colopast said: he hates the neighbor for always wanting to borrow it. Just bought a T-shirt. It says "Tool Rules Do not touch them Do not ask to borrow them Do not even look at them." LOL
May 25, 20179 yr I picked up a bunch of toolbox stickers once that said "No Tools Loaned" with a skull and crossbones graphic.
May 26, 20179 yr That shirt does make a statement !! You can hear it clear across the room. Thank you for the photo.
May 26, 20179 yr I have a few dedicated "loaner tools"; usually the cheap chinese ones that came in a box with the good stuff I was buying. I tend not to monitor if they come back. I always try to have a loaner hammer out clearly visible when I take my stuff camping---after I once was on a bathroom break and came back to find someone had borrowed a mirror finished jewelry hammer to drive torched off rebar tent stakes. (I also bring a bunch of premade heavy duty tentstakes and leave them out with the hammer. Someone always forgets their tentstakes or needs better ones with the storm blows in. It's been my best way of selling them: I lend them for free for the event and by the end of it most folks come back asking if they can buy them. There are also a few people I will loan pretty much anything to; even if I know they will probably wear it out; for example my Bader with a 1/2" contact wheel to a friend trying to get his MFA final project done. It came back with the wheel worn out AND a copy of the tracking form for the replacement being shipped directly to me from the OEM! (As I expected---hence the loan. I ended up being an Usher at his wedding even wearing my bib overalls and an aloha shirt.)
May 29, 20179 yr On May 25, 2017 at 11:26 AM, John in Oly, WA said: Just bought a T-shirt. It says "Tool Rules Do not touch them Do not ask to borrow them Do not even look at them." LOL. I like this. I'll definitely consider this idea.
May 31, 20179 yr One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. Groucho Marx
June 11, 20179 yr You might be addicted to blacksmithing, If you and the spouse play the "critique the vises on the tails of work vehicles" game, every time you are on the road. Robert Taylor
June 11, 20179 yr On 5/25/2017 at 1:04 PM, ThomasPowers said: I picked up a bunch of toolbox stickers once that said "No Tools Loaned" with a skull and crossbones graphic. Just noticed this today, I had a mechanic in my dealership who had a giant sign over his Giant Tool Box, NO! was all that was on it. I also keep some cheap worn out tools and when people ask I say yes BUT they come with an operator who gets $150 an hr or any part there of. Seldom ask twice.
June 12, 20179 yr The bumper sticker I saw most recently on this subject contained language that would get me banned from this forum for life, so I won't repeat it here.
June 22, 20179 yr Author You might be ...if you're afraid when you die that your wife will sell your anvils for what you told her you paid for them!
October 7, 20178 yr Think the smell of steel is perfume. Yes indeed. And when you dream about forging hot steel!
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