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  • Jrflickster
    Jrflickster Posts: 4,484 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would you like to refurbish all of mine while you're at it

  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,182 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I know a little about block planes. I get that they're supposed to be flat and I wouldn't want to pay extra for a great plane that doesn't give me what I'm paying for. But my uninformed brain wonders if this discrepancy has anything to do with any discernible difference in the outcome of the end product.

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  • First_Warrior
    First_Warrior Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Took me a few years to learn to sharpen. Mostly turning tools, carving gouges and knifes. When the edges are curved it can be a challenge.

  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Due to how the body was I expecting the same from the blade, but it wasn’t bad at all. After flattening and polishing the back the actual cutting edge was a breeze. Peter I’m a nerd with my tools. I agree I probably wouldn’t be able to tell the difference, but why risk it.

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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ^^ I used to know a fella that made custom hunting knives, I think that was his main tool.

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,652 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My belt sander get heavy use rounding the edges of sheet silver bracelets. Saves hours per week.I found zirconia belts give the longest life for my application but aren't available in very fine grit.

  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2023

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    ^^ I used to know a fella that made custom hunting knives, I think that was his main tool.

    I’d say it was his main tool. You can literally grind a knife if you have the belts to do it lol. But with most hand forged ones quite a bit of shaping has to be done on the grinder

    If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.

  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2023

    I was missing one of my sockets, so I checked with Snap On.
    $66 for a single freaking socket.
    It's not even a special socket.
    It's insane what Snap On is charging now. Prices have almost doubled.

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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Prices on EVERYTHING are way up, yet internationally known economist Paul Krugman is saying that inflation is down.

    How does that work?

    I'm lost.

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • d_blades
    d_blades Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In the early 80's I was part of the cadre establishing a new squadron of F-16s. Ordered 3 million dollars worth of Snap-On splined tools,wonder what they would cost now?

    Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.

  • TRayB
    TRayB Posts: 3,776 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Prices on EVERYTHING are way up, yet internationally known economist Paul Krugman is saying that inflation is down.

    How does that work?

    I'm lost.

    Remove the things from the equation that most people spend money on regularly, like food and gas. Easy Peasy.

  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2023

    Anyone know what the original primary use for this is and what it's called?

    Edit: The handle slides same as a slide hammer, so I am guessing it's meant to pull, but pull what?

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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Crescent No. 56 Sure GripNail Puller

    https://www.coastaltool.com/products/crescent-56-suregrip-nail-puller

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  • TRayB
    TRayB Posts: 3,776 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hawks said:
    Anyone know what the original primary use for this is and what it's called?

    Edit: The handle slides same as a slide hammer, so I am guessing it's meant to pull, but pull what?

    Nails, as Yakster said, but the slide is used to drive the jaws into the wood and around the nail head, after which the nail is levered out by pivoting the handle about the foot.

  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,986 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TRayB said:

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Prices on EVERYTHING are way up, yet internationally known economist Paul Krugman is saying that inflation is down.

    How does that work?

    I'm lost.

    Remove the things from the equation that most people spend money on regularly, like food and gas. Easy Peasy.

    Fact. This is exactly what he did.

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