Carelessness/Stupidity/Old Age=bad afternoon at the range

[Bullseye]

This topic reminds me of an old saying, "If your tool box is only full of hammers, then its no wonder every problem that arises gets treated as if it were a nail."

R,
Bullseye

[bearandoldman]

This topic reminds me of an old saying, "If your tool box is only full of hammers, then its no wonder every problem that arises gets treated as if it were a nail."

R,
Bullseye

Old saying in the service tech/mechanic business, "Never strain yourself by swinging too hard as it hurts your arm and destroys your accuracy just get a bigger hammer", maybe that is why I like the .45ACP so much.

[greener]

I do my fine work with a 2lb hammer. For more precision, I have an old, dull cold chisel to go with it.

[Tigerbeetle]

I was going to suggest what I did to straighten an axle on my boat trailer one time. I had bent it big time backing into a curb or going over one with on one wheel or something similar. I jacked the trailer up, removed the axle, wheels etc, and took the axle to a buddy of mine that had a hydraulic press. A few gentle applications of a few pounds of pressure in the right places and I am still using it some 20 years later.

I have been lucky with my scopes I guess. Never had one knocked out of alignment nor bent. As the saying goes, "rather be lucky than good." TB

[toyfj40]

I do my fine work with a 2lb hammer.
For more precision, I have an old, dull cold chisel to go with it.

Ahh... another graduate of the
Red Green Machinist school...
-- toy

for those UNfamiliar with the (old) Canadian/PBS show,
try You Tube

[bearandoldman]

I do my fine work with a 2lb hammer.
For more precision, I have an old, dull cold chisel to go with it.

Ahh... another graduate of the
Red Green Machinist school...
-- toy

for those UNfamiliar with the (old) Canadian/PBS show,
try You Tube

to fix things. It is not the method used that counts it is the end results, eh?? I speak Canadian which is pretty close to Western UP, anything west of Escanaba eh.

[Tigerbeetle]

Truly one of the finest crafters of the home-fixer genre. Mays his re-runs go down in infinity, or obscurity, or something...
Tb

[KAZ]

It is a good thing to be among fellow precision craftsmen who subscribe to the Red Green philosophy of dealing with life's challenges. Red would have approved of the wobble stablizer

[bearandoldman]

It is a good thing to be among fellow precision craftsmen who subscribe to the Red Green philosophy of dealing with life's challenges. Red would have approved of the wobble stablizer

Actually we had to consult Red on that project, as my oldest sons wife is from the western end of the UP he feels as if we are countrymen.

[greener]

Us Greene boys are always proud when a member of the family makes good. We all try to emulate the successful ones. Even if he changed his name to hide the family heritage.

[toyfj40]

Geeze! only pulled my finger out of the "dike" for a moment
to pick my nose and scratch my butt... (or was it the other way around)...
and got a flood of responses...
-- toy

a lot of those episodes were 'great' entertainment,
along with some useful ideas for some of my junk.
but my "favorite" was the Coffee-Machine-Lawn-Mower...
probably because I grew up tweaking those B&S engines...
and I could imagine my dad taking some engine and cleaning
it up and putting a coffee-pot behind a fake-shelf...
just to "make one"...

he once made me a little Book-shelf ornament...
a little stick-figure guy sitting on the "pot" reading a paper...
an effort of brazing and bending...
I looked and said... "uh... ok..."
He asked: "Don't you recognize the parts..." ?
it was made from Toilet-Parts...

This topic reminds me of an old saying,
"If your tool box is only full of hammers,
then its no wonder every problem that arises
gets treated as if it were a nail."

Google: Maslow hammer nail

I originally heard it as:
"to a child with a hammer ... the world is a nail"

[Bullseye]

There's many versions of the Maslow saying. I couldn't remember who originated it, or the actual quote, but the saying seemed appropriate for the discussion. I actually like my adaptation of the phrase better than the original.

R,
Bullseye