I have a crude, site-built, joist and stud tweaker… nothing very special about it, but it sure works well.
Any others out there?
I have a crude, site-built, joist and stud tweaker… nothing very special about it, but it sure works well.
Any others out there?
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And it won't rot!
And, well there's that too.
i picked up one of the anchor screws that they use to secure jobsite trailers down with. I cut off the spiral end and the other end fits 2bys perfectly.
Ya know, BW, I don't know if this really counts as a tool so much as a tool modification but I have forever been wanting to share this tip.
I trimmed out this multi-million $ house that had all 8' doors in it; and when I case out a door I use two guns: a brad nailer inside the case and a finish nailer outside the case. Usually no big deal do hold one between the legs and switch out. But on this house, all had to be done from a ladder.
So, I took a simple stair rail bracket and screwed it to the side of my 4' ladder. And there ya go, a ladder with a nail gun hanger!
I use it all the time now.
gk
Smart and Simple.Thanks.
Speed square:
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Hey, you did say primitive.
Classic!
drywall stilts
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That's just too funny!
Did you make sure that both buckets were oriented the same way or was that just coincidence?
I had them rotated and balanced.
Hey, you took the bails off! I bet they work better than mine..I keep tripping on stuff.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations
The bails are handy tho, after you trip and fall, a coworker can grab the bails and haul you to the dumpster.
I used to use paint cans for nailing the bottom of bridging. I could slip in and out of them easily.
Matching buckets even... nice.
I haven't a picture handy, ( but will attach a google if I find one) of a "block knife". Before I had a Lion type Miter Trimmer, I made one.
Picture a stump, and a screw eye in it the top, hinge/screw eye a machete to the fixed eye..at the end away from the handle.
Add a riser block or fence and by levering against the eye(s) you have a precise slicer for shaving down all sorts of treenware and even mitering..pretty cool and quiet..albeit hard to drag around the site.
I believe it was a chair bodger's tennon maker among other uses as a dowel pointer for pegs.
Hmmm..no picts on google, Underhill showed me how to make one, I got mine around here somewhere, minus the stump.
ED: Might work..nope.
ok, here.. http://cgi.ebay.com
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations
Edited 8/27/2008 11:53 am ET by Sphere
Here is my wife's hammer
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and her awl:
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and her paint can opener:
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now for her chisel:
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and finally her screwdriver:
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your wife is very industrious.
Reminds me of my sleeping partner!
old mechanics saying ...
"every tool is a hammer ... 'cept for a chisel ... 'cause that's a screwdriver"
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa