XXitanium Posted June 2 Posted June 2 This is not really a missing part discussion. This is a philosophy discussion. At what point do things quit disappearing from your garage that you suspect your children of? Quote
XXitanium Posted June 2 Author Posted June 2 https://hi-lift.com/product/steel-handle-with-cotter-pin/ I can get the replacement in hot pink! Carlos might tell me to scap it for it'weight in steel. It was my dad's since 1972. Quote
XXitanium Posted June 2 Author Posted June 2 Excuse me, while I have a stroke it was not red. My wife found it in the garage. 2 Quote
XXitanium Posted June 2 Author Posted June 2 They work really well for putting on the end of a breaker bar and getting extra leverage. Quote
blackhawkxx Posted June 2 Posted June 2 2 hours ago, XXitanium said: At what point do things quit disappearing from your garage that you suspect your children of? Never for me. You look and look where you 'know' you put it but no. So you give up and buy new. Not much time passes and there it sits, the tool you were looking for from the start. Now the question is, do you put the new tool with the old tool or somewhere different so it will up the chances of finding it in five years when you are looking for it again? 2 1 Quote
XXitanium Posted June 2 Author Posted June 2 Yeah, I may have put it there even, but I usually try to keep stuff together. My helpers tonight grabbed handfuls of stuff and just dropped it on the benches in the garage. I stayed after school to put most of it where it belongs. Dryer lint clean-out scuttle. I broke that hammer handle trying to pull a nail that's been rusted in for thirty plus years. Wrong tool for the job. A real crowbar did much better Quote
jon haney Posted June 3 Posted June 3 On 6/2/2024 at 11:13 AM, XXitanium said: This is not really a missing part discussion. This is a philosophy discussion. At what point do things quit disappearing from your garage that you suspect your children of? When you start counting them as Christmas gifts. 😄 1 Quote
TOXXIC Posted June 4 Posted June 4 Kind of a pathetic hammer. Did you buy it from a Shoemaker?😂 Quote
XXitanium Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 Picking on the size of my tool? Yeah it's not a 16 oz. - but close. I have (34) 5/4 x6 decking to pull up. I'm thinking of trying to recycle the boards if I can pull them up relatively whole. 1 Quote
OMG Posted June 4 Posted June 4 https://www.untappedjournal.com/issues/issue-11/charlie-weak-ode-to-garages-home-flexible-space Quote
TOXXIC Posted June 4 Posted June 4 12 hours ago, XXitanium said: Picking on the size of my tool? Yeah it's not a 16 oz. - but close. I have (34) 5/4 x6 decking to pull up. I'm thinking of trying to recycle the boards if I can pull them up relatively whole. ‘Recycle them how? Fence board? Firewood? Curious how to recycle them. Might be kind of cool to finish a wall in a barn or garage with them. I have a friend who turned his riding arena into a wedding venue and used old deck boards as wall covering or paneling. Quote
XXitanium Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 3 hours ago, OMG said: https://www.untappedjournal.com/issues/issue-11/charlie-weak-ode-to-garages-home-flexible-space ...stole that for FB Quote
XXitanium Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 59 minutes ago, TOXXIC said: ‘Recycle them how? Fence board? Firewood? Curious how to recycle them. Might be kind of cool to finish a wall in a barn or garage with them. I have a friend who turned his riding arena into a wedding venue and used old deck boards as wall covering or paneling. I was at a wedding in a machine shed last week. ...great party. Quote
TOXXIC Posted June 4 Posted June 4 10 minutes ago, XXitanium said: I was at a wedding in a machine shed last week. ...great party. Looks almost exactly like the machine shed I am building. I need to post an update and pics about it. Imagine your deck boards covering and entire wall, looked pretty sharp. I am trying to integrate storage in the machine shed using the horizontal girds between the pole barn posts. 1 Quote
RXX Posted June 4 Posted June 4 11 hours ago, XXitanium said: Picking on the size of my tool? Yeah it's not a 16 oz. - but close. I have (34) 5/4 x6 decking to pull up. I'm thinking of trying to recycle the boards if I can pull them up relatively whole. You should save it. Stack it tight and use them to make rough tables, rustic doghouses, chicken coops. That sort of stuff. It tears me up to be at a landfill throwing away old mattresses to see guys dumping loads of perfectly good old wood away. 1 Quote
superhawk996 Posted June 7 Posted June 7 On 6/4/2024 at 1:34 PM, RXX said: It tears me up to be at a landfill throwing away old mattresses to see guys dumping loads of perfectly good old wood away. Clearly not real men. Even if they weren't worth storing for re-use, a real man has a fire pit. But construction sites do throw away a lot of wood. A buddy of mine is a framer and gives me a fair amount of firewood, some pieces have been turned into useful items. 2 Quote
SwampNut Posted June 7 Posted June 7 On 6/4/2024 at 1:34 PM, RXX said: It tears me up to be at a landfill throwing away old mattresses Some guy is probably upset at you throwing away all of that history and the stories it could tell. Quote
jon haney Posted June 7 Posted June 7 1 hour ago, SwampNut said: Some guy is probably upset at you throwing away all of that history and the stories it could tell. Quote
SwampNut Posted June 7 Posted June 7 I wouldn't mind making a few stories with Kaley in those days. She looks ragged today. Quote
RXX Posted June 7 Posted June 7 2 hours ago, SwampNut said: Some guy is probably upset at you throwing away all of that history and the stories it could tell. I know, right? Thrift shops won’t take them, so what’s a guy to do? Quote
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