Son of a gun-ner wrote:So, why am I telling you this, I've no idea, but it made me think of sharing this simple tool with you, because I'm sure some of you won't have heard of it, or would have forgotten about them from your school days.
Tiger6 wrote:Son of a gun-ner wrote:So, why am I telling you this, I've no idea, but it made me think of sharing this simple tool with you, because I'm sure some of you won't have heard of it, or would have forgotten about them from your school days.
Yeah... Thanks Mick, I'd thought I'd successfully forgotten about my school days![]()
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silversurfer1947 wrote:I remember these from my woodwork lessons at school, though I was heavily discriminated against. Being left handed, trying to use one of them was not exactly simple. No left handed ones were provided!
Tiger6 wrote:I just remember them being a pain to use because the schools saws were invariably blunt as butter knifes, and I was used to holding wood in a vice at home...
Son of a gun-ner wrote:Tiger6 wrote:I just remember them being a pain to use because the schools saws were invariably blunt as butter knifes, and I was used to holding wood in a vice at home...
Ahh, when using the hook, you can get a cleaner cut than when using a vice or overhanging a saw horse
Tiger6 wrote:Son of a gun-ner wrote:Tiger6 wrote:I just remember them being a pain to use because the schools saws were invariably blunt as butter knifes, and I was used to holding wood in a vice at home...
Ahh, when using the hook, you can get a cleaner cut than when using a vice or overhanging a saw horse
When your excuse for a saw is 'gumming' its way thru the work piece, the cleanliness of the cut is secondary concern to getting it done before your arm falls off...
Son of a gun-ner wrote:Tiger6 wrote:Son of a gun-ner wrote:Tiger6 wrote:I just remember them being a pain to use because the schools saws were invariably blunt as butter knifes, and I was used to holding wood in a vice at home...
Ahh, when using the hook, you can get a cleaner cut than when using a vice or overhanging a saw horse
When your excuse for a saw is 'gumming' its way thru the work piece, the cleanliness of the cut is secondary concern to getting it done before your arm falls off...
Gosh, some people are so tight, hard point saws are cheap, maybe we should change your forum name to Tight1
Son of a gun-ner wrote:silversurfer1947 wrote:I remember these from my woodwork lessons at school, though I was heavily discriminated against. Being left handed, trying to use one of them was not exactly simple. No left handed ones were provided!
And all those years have passed, and I bet you still haven't made yourself a left handed one
Son of a gun-ner wrote:Wow, how things changed for you youngsters, did they provide safe spaces too![]()
Back in the day, all the tools were sharp, we even had a couple of wood turning lathes. And we had a metal work shop with lathes and a forge. I could never forget that forge, I was often made to stand by it till my behaviour improved
RobW wrote:I remember the bench hooks being ambidextrous at school. Handy as I had a tendency to work with whichever hand I picked the saw up with. Used to drive the teacher nuts but did avoid Martin's issue with blunt blades as I swapped as I got tired.
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