What tools have you used for things we would have never thought of using them for! 
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Tools with multi purposes!
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Before I got a lathe that was capable of very slow speeds, I used a hand-held power plane to balance very out of balance blanks. Previous lathe could only slow down to ~600 rpm. It could make for very scary rough turning.
I have found that a lot of tools can double as a hammer......but, I'd never admit to that! 
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Adjustable wrench and a large screwdriver to shut off the water at the meter.
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I thought you could do just about any task with a screwdriver and some imagination. Add a pair of vice grips and you're good to go.
Is the guy in the photo actually using a freehand chainsaw to rough round a blank that is under power on the lathe?
Is that screw driver flat blade, phillips, square or torx?
Duct tap and WD 40
Duct tape if it move and shouldn't.
WD 40 if it doesn't move and should.
Stu
Duct tape if it move and shouldn't.
WD 40 if it doesn't move and should.
Stu
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The chainsaw is multipurpose as well.
As shown cutting on the top of the bar it is a cutting tool
Cutting on the bottom of the bar it is a texturing tool.
not something to try at home unless you are Mark Linquist.
As shown cutting on the top of the bar it is a cutting tool
Cutting on the bottom of the bar it is a texturing tool.
not something to try at home unless you are Mark Linquist.
Ok, This is real for me. Decades ago I ended up with a 4-6” spanner wrench. I never did have anything to use it for, but kept it just in case. When I bought my Axminister chuck there was no method of removal except for the chuck key, that I hate doing. Where is that spanner? Ah! Works perfectly.
Women's makeup sponges work well for anchoring a pointy live center in a finished mortise (there are times...). Other dense foam is good too, but isn't hot pink and blue (I used them for face painting previously). Good for spreading stain and such as well. Better if they don't have makeup on them at the time. Toothpicks and BBQ skewers work for pushing fine wood dust into deep cracks before CA is added. Not good for BBQ afterward.
Baling wire is an essential tool. Years of tying rebar when I did concrete work.
robo hippy
robo hippy
WD-40 works on my bad back
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There are those who think a chisel is interchangeable with a screwdriver.
To those people, I say touch my chisels at your own risk. lol
To those people, I say touch my chisels at your own risk. lol
Oops, somehow Bob's link didn't get formatted properly -- that should be https://www.virgiltreeart.com/
Well, I do more with scrapers than most do. I have long used bevel rubbing cuts with my scrapers. As much as anything, just to see if I can do it, but with the 1/4 round nose profile, I can get a very high slicing/shear cut angle.
robo hippy
robo hippy