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Article: Tools for the kitchen drawer
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). |
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Article: Tools for the kitchen drawer
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:29 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). IMO, the number one tool for a kitchen drawer is not listed. You need a screw driver with a flip shank with 2 sizes of standard and Phillips bits. Trying to drive screws with a multi purpose hammer just sounds wrong. |
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Article: Tools for the kitchen drawer
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:29 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). IMO, the number one tool for a kitchen drawer is not listed. You need a screw driver with a flip shank with 2 sizes of standard and Phillips bits. Trying to drive screws with a multi purpose hammer just sounds wrong. In the olden days, people used a fern. Didn't work too well for Phillips-head screws. Note the hammer in the recommended set contains a screwdriver set in the handle. |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:29 -0500, in alt.home.repair, "HeyBub"
wrote: I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). I taped a magnet to the end of a plastic chopstick. We have a "toy set" of strong neodymium magnets and steel ball bearings. Naturally, one of the ball bearings found its way into the garbage disposal. A neodymium magnet scotch-taped to a chopstick was just the thing to fish it back out. I have yet to determine how to retrieve a neodymium magnet stuck to the inside of a garbage disposal. Also, dollar-store scotch tape is not trustworthy. |
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HeyBub wrote:
From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). I keep my tool trove hidden under the dish towels, where hubby will NEVER venture ) Those are some cool tools on the list. |
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"Tony Hwang" wrote in message ... metspitzer wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:29 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). IMO, the number one tool for a kitchen drawer is not listed. You need a screw driver with a flip shank with 2 sizes of standard and Phillips bits. Trying to drive screws with a multi purpose hammer just sounds wrong. Hmm, How about Robertson bit? The article doesn't say that these 10 items are the be all end all of kitchen drawer gadgets, just the start of a pracitical bunch of tools. |
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"HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). Tools in the kitchen? That's for people (like my g.f.) who don't have real tools in the garage. I'd rather walk to the garage and get the correct screwdriver,etc. for the job at hand than use some combo-gizmo. I love the way compasses keep getting advocated. Like the compass on the end of the Rambo knife. A compass is useless for home repair. And it's useless for auto repair. And, although I've never been lost in the woods, I'm going to hazard a guess that it's pretty much useless then, too. Oh yeah, and the hand crank radio. You gonna eat that when the apocalypse comes? Or is some little voice from god going to come on the air and tell you which 7-11 near you has plenty of food and water still on the shelves, and which highway out of town is uncongested and leads to nirvana? |
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news In article , "HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). Tools in the kitchen? That's for people (like my g.f.) who don't have real tools in the garage. I'd rather walk to the garage and get the correct screwdriver,etc. for the job at hand than use some combo-gizmo. {rest of message snipped} I don't disagree with you on this point really. But, when it's -40 out and there has been a foot of snow, and all you want to do is drive a nail for a picture or measure the kitchen drapes, it is kind of nice to just go to the drawer and get the tool you need there rather than spend 1/2 hour dressing, trudging through the snow (yes, 2 miles up hill both ways ), come back into the house and not be able to see for a further 10 minutes 'cause your glasses fogged up, etc. etc. |
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"Doug Brown" wrote: "Smitty Two" wrote in message news In article , "HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). Tools in the kitchen? That's for people (like my g.f.) who don't have real tools in the garage. I'd rather walk to the garage and get the correct screwdriver,etc. for the job at hand than use some combo-gizmo. {rest of message snipped} I don't disagree with you on this point really. But, when it's -40 out and there has been a foot of snow, and all you want to do is drive a nail for a picture or measure the kitchen drapes, it is kind of nice to just go to the drawer and get the tool you need there rather than spend 1/2 hour dressing, trudging through the snow (yes, 2 miles up hill both ways ), come back into the house and not be able to see for a further 10 minutes 'cause your glasses fogged up, etc. etc. Darn it. I keep forgetting that not everyone lives where the temps rarely stray from the 70s. (Kudos on not having an ugly ranch house with attached garage, though.) |
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On Oct 31, 8:50*am, "Doug Brown" wrote:
"Smitty Two" wrote in message news In article , "HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). Tools in the kitchen? That's for people (like my g.f.) who don't have real tools in the garage. I'd rather walk to the garage and get the correct screwdriver,etc. for the job at hand than use some combo-gizmo. {rest of message snipped} I don't disagree with you on this point really. *But, when it's -40 out and there has been a foot of snow, and all you want to do is drive a nail for a picture or measure the kitchen drapes, it is kind of nice to just go to the drawer and get the tool you need there rather than spend 1/2 hour dressing, trudging through the snow (yes, 2 miles up hill both ways *), come back into the house and not be able to see for a further 10 minutes 'cause your glasses fogged up, etc. etc. I don't need to dress up warm to get a screw driver from my workshop in the basement. While my "better" tools for major projects are in the garage, there's at least one spare of just about anything I'd need for a quick job waiting in my nice warm basement. |
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On Oct 31, 8:39*am, Smitty Two wrote:
In article , *"HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). Tools in the kitchen? That's for people (like my g.f.) who don't have real tools in the garage. I'd rather walk to the garage and get the correct screwdriver,etc. for the job at hand than use some combo-gizmo. I've got a tool box that has all the basics: a couple of sizes of flat screwdrivers, a couple of sizes of Phillips, adjustable wrenches, needle-nose pliers, hammer, and so on. (At least, I've got that stuff when my husband doesn't take them and fail to put them away.) Everything you need for a quick fix around the house. If it's a more elaborate repair, we get the stuff from his workshop (a separate outbuilding). Oh yeah, and the hand crank radio. You gonna eat that when the apocalypse comes? Or is some little voice from god going to come on the air and tell you which 7-11 near you has plenty of food and water still on the shelves, and which highway out of town is uncongested and leads to nirvana? I'm not worried about an apocalypse, but I recall a couple of multi- day power outages when I used a battery radio. Hand crank seems just a little too much, though. Of course, if the apocalypse does come, there's always the Glock with a round for me and one for my husband. Then the looters can feast on our bodies. However, their cholesterol will go through the roof. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:03:25 -0400, metspitzer
wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:29 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). IMO, the number one tool for a kitchen drawer is not listed. You need a screw driver with a flip shank with 2 sizes of standard and Phillips bits. Trying to drive screws with a multi purpose hammer just sounds wrong. I agree. It's not a kitchen junk drawer without a couple screwdrivers. A a cheap pair of pliars will crack any nut and will prove useful time and time again. |
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Phisherman wrote: A cheap pair of pliars will crack You misspelled "ruin." any nut and will prove useful time and time again. |
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Smitty Two wrote:
In article , Phisherman wrote: A cheap pair of pliars will crack You misspelled "ruin." any nut and will prove useful time and time again. What's the difference in function between pliers and a made-for-purpose pair of nutcrackers? Only a minor changes in design (inside hinge as opposed to outside force point) differentiates one from the other... -- |
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In article , dpb wrote:
Smitty Two wrote: In article , Phisherman wrote: A cheap pair of pliars will crack You misspelled "ruin." any nut and will prove useful time and time again. What's the difference in function between pliers and a made-for-purpose pair of nutcrackers? Only a minor changes in design (inside hinge as opposed to outside force point) differentiates one from the other... -- Perhaps I misinterpreted, but I took "crack" to mean "loosen" in this context. |
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On Oct 31, 3:19*pm, Cindy Hamilton
wrote: On Oct 31, 8:39*am, Smitty Two wrote: In article , *"HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...o/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). Tools in the kitchen? That's for people (like my g.f.) who don't have real tools in the garage. I'd rather walk to the garage and get the correct screwdriver,etc. for the job at hand than use some combo-gizmo. I've got a tool box that has all the basics: a couple of sizes of flat screwdrivers, a couple of sizes of Phillips, adjustable wrenches, needle-nose pliers, hammer, and so on. *(At least, I've got that stuff when my husband doesn't take them and fail to put them away.) *Everything you need for a quick fix around the house. *If it's a more elaborate repair, we get the stuff from his workshop (a separate outbuilding). Oh yeah, and the hand crank radio. You gonna eat that when the apocalypse comes? Or is some little voice from god going to come on the air and tell you which 7-11 near you has plenty of food and water still on the shelves, and which highway out of town is uncongested and leads to nirvana? I'm not worried about an apocalypse, but I recall a couple of multi- day power outages when I used a battery radio. *Hand crank seems just a little too much, though. Of course, if the apocalypse does come, there's always the Glock with a round for me and one for my husband. *Then the looters can feast on our bodies. However, their cholesterol will go through the roof. * Cindy Hamilton there's always the Glock with a round for me and one for my husband. Have you discussed how you will handle this? One Glock and two bullets means two things: 1 - One of you has to shoot the other. Have you worked that out yet? 2 - Both shots better do their job. That means up close and personal. A head shot perhaps? |
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, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Oct 31, 3:19*pm, Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Oct 31, 8:39*am, Smitty Two wrote: In article NIqdnRoz5Myer5fUnZ2dnUVZ , *"HeyBub" wrote: From Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home journal/how to/4289556.html I especially like the idea of a magnet on the end of a tape rule (for retrieving things...). Tools in the kitchen? That's for people (like my g.f.) who don't have real tools in the garage. I'd rather walk to the garage and get the correct screwdriver,etc. for the job at hand than use some combo-gizmo. I've got a tool box that has all the basics: a couple of sizes of flat screwdrivers, a couple of sizes of Phillips, adjustable wrenches, needle-nose pliers, hammer, and so on. *(At least, I've got that stuff when my husband doesn't take them and fail to put them away.) *Everything you need for a quick fix around the house. *If it's a more elaborate repair, we get the stuff from his workshop (a separate outbuilding). Oh yeah, and the hand crank radio. You gonna eat that when the apocalypse comes? Or is some little voice from god going to come on the air and tell you which 7-11 near you has plenty of food and water still on the shelves, and which highway out of town is uncongested and leads to nirvana? I'm not worried about an apocalypse, but I recall a couple of multi- day power outages when I used a battery radio. *Hand crank seems just a little too much, though. Of course, if the apocalypse does come, there's always the Glock with a round for me and one for my husband. *Then the looters can feast on our bodies. However, their cholesterol will go through the roof. * Cindy Hamilton there's always the Glock with a round for me and one for my husband. Have you discussed how you will handle this? One Glock and two bullets means two things: 1 - One of you has to shoot the other. Hardly. Have you worked that out yet? 2 - Both shots better do their job. That means up close and personal. A head shot perhaps? A paramedic friend's favorite tale is of the elderly gentleman who'd had enough. Went to the attic to retrieve the WWII era 22 caliber handgun, pointed it at his ear, pulled the trigger. Gunpowder was as old as the weapon. Blew out an eardrum. Tried again with other ear. Blew out other eardrum. |
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