Those who do know shit about tools

[Mr. Funky]

It worked somehow. The radius ist not what i wanted, but it should fit with the srews. Or i repeat the process.
Lesson learned: make the template MUCH more curvatet then needed.

 

[veni vidi vici]

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[Glenn McCarthy]

 

[Point Break]

Missed it by that much………

 

[Jules]

While admiring my lifeline replacement handiwork late yesterday, the blistering brightwork in the background ruined the experience.

Then a lightbulb went on.

I returned to the boat with a card scraper in hand and went to work on the peeling finish. It quickly removed the loose finish. A few more passes on the intact finish and it was almost down to bare wood - with minimal removal of the wood.

But I lost my reason to procrastinate any further...

 

[Quickstep192]

While admiring my lifeline replacement handiwork late yesterday, the blistering brightwork in the background ruined the experience.

Then a lightbulb went on.

I returned to the boat with a card scraper in hand and went to work on the peeling finish. It quickly removed the loose finish. A few more passes on the intact finish and it was almost down to bare wood - with minimal removal of the wood.

But I lost my reason to procrastinate any further...

Jules,

You can also take a scraper like this one and draw a burr on the edge using a file. It’ll peel up curls almost like a plane.

 

[Jules]

You can also take a scraper like this one and draw a burr on the edge using a file. It’ll peel up curls almost like a plane.

I have one but it has a curved edge on it. I think I used it as a floor scraper many moons ago.

What I like about the card scraper it you can file into any shape you want. It can get into corners, like where wood trim meets fiberglass - making the face that runs along the fiberglass rounded. And I already have a lot of them.

All I need now is some cool weather. Guess I'll have to take the boat to the Arctic now.

 

[Jules]

DC review with a sense of humor

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

 

[Ease the sheet.]

That's what happens when cordless drills are freely available.

 

[IStream]

Yeah, but the problem is self-correcting.

 

[Glenn McCarthy]

Now this guy knows shit about tools!

 

[Zonker]

Hey he's drilling concrete overhead and has a mask and eye shield.

Totally safe where he's standing too

 

[bmiller]

I had to drill some 1/2" holes in a frame rail of a trailer, very little room to work. Used a floor jack and a verrrrrry light touch to apply force. Worked perfectly.

 

[SloopJonB]

Now this guy knows shit about tools!
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Personally, I'd add a few more wraps of duct tape around that drill.

 

[Ease the sheet.]

Personally, I'd add a few more wraps of duct tape around that drill.

Needs something to more effectively contain the torque..

 

[Quickstep192]

Needs something to more effectively contain the torque..

Yeah, electrical tape. It’s a little more stretchy so it could better absorb sudden torque loads.

 

[Captain Ketamine]

Now this guy knows shit about tools!
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Great photo, makes you cringe and admire his ingenuity. I wasn’t aware (therefore don’t know shit about tools)of the range of devices available for drilling upside down at height.

 

[Jules]

Now this guy knows shit about tools!
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At least that guy is far enough away from the drill that it's not spitting dust at him. I'd blow at the dust as I drilled. Stop to get another breath. Then start again. WIsh they had these back then.

I often said if, after I die, I find myself hanging fluorescent fixtures from a concrete ceiling that I'd know I was in hell.

 

[Quickstep192]

Great photo, makes you cringe and admire his ingenuity. I wasn’t aware (therefore don’t know shit about tools)of the range of devices available for drilling upside down at height. View attachment 596552 View attachment 596553

That somehow seem like cheating…