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   Henley | Aug 25, 2008 03:40am | #1

   And it won't rot!

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   basswood | Aug 25, 2008 03:51am | #2

   And, well there's that too.

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   spike999250 | Aug 25, 2008 04:04am | #3

   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.

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   Dreamcatcher | Aug 25, 2008 07:16am | #4

   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

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   basswood | Aug 27, 2008 05:33am | #15

   Smart and Simple.Thanks.

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   DonCanDo | Aug 25, 2008 02:45pm | #5

   Speed square:

    

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   Hey, you did say primitive.

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   basswood | Aug 27, 2008 05:34am | #16

   Classic!

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   Heck | Aug 25, 2008 05:16pm | #6

   drywall stilts

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   DonCanDo | Aug 26, 2008 01:05am | #7

   That's just too funny!

   Did you make sure that both buckets were oriented the same way or was that just coincidence?

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   Heck | Aug 26, 2008 01:08am | #8

   I had them rotated and balanced. 

          

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   Sphere | Aug 26, 2008 01:47am | #10

   Hey, you took the bails off! I bet they work better than mine..I keep tripping on stuff.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   Heck | Aug 26, 2008 01:59am | #11

   The bails are handy tho, after you trip and fall, a coworker can grab the bails and haul you to the dumpster. 

          

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   Jim_Allen | Aug 26, 2008 01:16am | #9

   I used to use paint cans for nailing the bottom of bridging. I could slip in and out of them easily.

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   basswood | Aug 27, 2008 05:35am | #17

   Matching buckets even... nice.

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   Sphere | Aug 27, 2008 06:46pm | #19

   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

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   Edited 8/27/2008 11:53 am ET by Sphere

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   Chucky | Aug 26, 2008 02:16am | #12

   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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   JeffinPA | Aug 26, 2008 02:22am | #13

   your wife is very industrious.

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   frammer52 | Aug 26, 2008 02:55am | #14

   Reminds me of my sleeping partner!

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   JeffBuck | Aug 27, 2008 06:30am | #18

   old mechanics saying ...

   "every tool is a hammer ... 'cept for a chisel ... 'cause that's a screwdriver"

    

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