reible wrote:You're gonna play the game, boy,
You gotta learn to play it right.
You've got to know
When to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.
You never count your turns
When you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the turnin's done.
Ed
I think I have that somewhere else before.
Ed in Tampa wrote:I always screw up a nut or bolt with things like this. Close fit but not enough to keep from rounding something over. Always find something like this in a desperate situation, try to get the nut or bolt loose and start rounding it over. But I convince myself this is desperate situation and to try again. After the nut or bolt is sufficienly rounded over enough to make life miserable I throw down the damn thing and go get the correct tool, find out the bolt or nut is too damaged then I go get vise grips, after totally wrecking the nut bolt or both. I finally go get a grinder, drill, or whatever. After I'm finished and usually worn out I make an oath to myself that I will never use the damn tool again. Then I promptly throw it back into my desperate situation tool box only to repeat he exercise again in the future.
What do you see here (not a "Rorschach" test)
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Re: What do you see here (not a "Rorschach" test)
- Ed in Tampa
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Re: What do you see here (not a "Rorschach" test)
I think I have heard that before somewhere else.reible wrote:You're gonna play the game, boy,
You gotta learn to play it right.
You've got to know
When to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run.
You never count your turns
When you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the turnin's done.
Ed
Ed in Tampa wrote:I always screw up a nut or bolt with things like this. Close fit but not enough to keep from rounding something over. Always find something like this in a desperate situation, try to get the nut or bolt loose and start rounding it over. But I convince myself this is desperate situation and to try again. After the nut or bolt is sufficienly rounded over enough to make life miserable I throw down the damn thing and go get the correct tool, find out the bolt or nut is too damaged then I go get vise grips, after totally wrecking the nut bolt or both. I finally go get a grinder, drill, or whatever. After I'm finished and usually worn out I make an oath to myself that I will never use the damn tool again. Then I promptly throw it back into my desperate situation tool box only to repeat he exercise again in the future.
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Re: What do you see here (not a "Rorschach" test)
It seems I am not alone
thinking it is a wrench wannabe. 
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Re: What do you see here (not a "Rorschach" test)
My first thought was a nut splitter, but then it noticed there wasn't a blade.
I can't say that I have had a lot of success with multi tools, other than the Shopsmith of course.
I can't say that I have had a lot of success with multi tools, other than the Shopsmith of course.
Ron Dyck
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10ER #23430, 10ER #84609, 10ER #94987,two SS A-34 jigsaws for 10ER.
1959 Mark 5 #356595 Greenie, SS Magna Jointer, SS planer, SS bandsaw, SS scroll saw (gray), DC3300,
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10ER #23430, 10ER #84609, 10ER #94987,two SS A-34 jigsaws for 10ER.
1959 Mark 5 #356595 Greenie, SS Magna Jointer, SS planer, SS bandsaw, SS scroll saw (gray), DC3300,
Re: What do you see here (not a "Rorschach" test)
I see a possibility of many sizes, but has to be a hex nut/bolt head.
Octogenarian's have an earned right to be a curmudgeon.
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Chuck in Lancaster, CA