Â* We did a little yardsailin' last Saturday , I picked up 2 pairs of
Vise Grip branded welding clamp pliers for a buck ... but the big pair
was missing the locking toggle . Just finished making a new one from
comparisons with other similar sized locking pliers . This increases my
arsenal to 7 pairs , in 4 different types . That should be enough for
now . Or like blacksmith tongs there is no such thing as enough - eight
sets so far and I see a need for at least 2 more .

--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !

Terry Coombs on Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:13:14 -0500
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
* We did a little yardsailin' last Saturday , I picked up 2 pairs of
Vise Grip branded welding clamp pliers for a buck ... but the big pair
was missing the locking toggle . Just finished making a new one from
comparisons with other similar sized locking pliers . This increases my
arsenal to 7 pairs , in 4 different types . That should be enough for
now . Or like blacksmith tongs there is no such thing as enough - eight
sets so far and I see a need for at least 2 more .

Tools go through three phases: You don't have enough, you almost
have enough, you don't have enough storage space.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

On 3/20/2019 1:36 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Terry Coombs on Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:13:14 -0500
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Â* We did a little yardsailin' last Saturday , I picked up 2 pairs of
Vise Grip branded welding clamp pliers for a buck ... but the big pair
was missing the locking toggle . Just finished making a new one from
comparisons with other similar sized locking pliers . This increases my
arsenal to 7 pairs , in 4 different types . That should be enough for
now . Or like blacksmith tongs there is no such thing as enough - eight
sets so far and I see a need for at least 2 more .
Tools go through three phases: You don't have enough, you almost
have enough, you don't have enough storage space.

Â* Kinda like cancer , huh . And I'm already at Stage 3 ...

--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:36:44 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Terry Coombs on Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:13:14 -0500
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
* We did a little yardsailin' last Saturday , I picked up 2 pairs of
Vise Grip branded welding clamp pliers for a buck ... but the big pair
was missing the locking toggle . Just finished making a new one from
comparisons with other similar sized locking pliers . This increases my
arsenal to 7 pairs , in 4 different types . That should be enough for
now . Or like blacksmith tongs there is no such thing as enough - eight
sets so far and I see a need for at least 2 more .

Tools go through three phases: You don't have enough, you almost
have enough, you don't have enough storage space.

4 stages, the 4th being selling off duplicates to make room for other
tool storage.

I'm single, but don't parents sell, um, I mean marry-off their kids to
gain tool storage room?

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"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined
and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross
the road." --Steven Hawking