Comments on: Finds: The ThumbSaver http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Well... http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-3487 Well... Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:32:14 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-3487 My dad has been a framing and remodeling carpenter and contractor for over 25 years now and he is actually the one that invented the Thumbsaver...while trying to fit a nail into a 45 degree angle joist hanger (guns won't fit) for the thousandth time and busting his thumb, he decided to come up with the tool. Trust me it is much easier to use than a peice of paper. We aren't by any means saying that is replaces nail guns, but there are just alot of spots that you can't get into with guns, or even fingers...just ask a plumber or electrician. But, we are actually finding that the people who like the tool the most are Do-It-Yourself men and women or older folks who have arthuritis, or failing eyesight, the tool allows them to do small things arround the house like hang pictures and do craft projects. Everyone is entitled to thier own oppinion and I know that there are plenty of folks who won't like this idea, but running across this site I felt like saying something in our defense. Cheers. My dad has been a framing and remodeling carpenter and contractor for over 25 years now and he is actually the one that invented the Thumbsaver…while trying to fit a nail into a 45 degree angle joist hanger (guns won’t fit) for the thousandth time and busting his thumb, he decided to come up with the tool. Trust me it is much easier to use than a peice of paper. We aren’t by any means saying that is replaces nail guns, but there are just alot of spots that you can’t get into with guns, or even fingers…just ask a plumber or electrician. But, we are actually finding that the people who like the tool the most are Do-It-Yourself men and women or older folks who have arthuritis, or failing eyesight, the tool allows them to do small things arround the house like hang pictures and do craft projects. Everyone is entitled to thier own oppinion and I know that there are plenty of folks who won’t like this idea, but running across this site I felt like saying something in our defense. Cheers.

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1727 Myself Sat, 07 Oct 2006 06:26:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1727 Pliers work nicely for nonmagnetic fasteners too... Awesometools is interesting, though. I like the no-kink garden hose stent, that's clever. And you'd never know it was there... The noodlehead sprinkler just looks too weird to ignore. I want one and I don't even water stuff! $70 is a bit steep for the motion-sensor sprinkler, though. I guess I ought to put my soldering iron where my mouth is, and finally hook that old PIR sensor element to a solenoid valve. I'd love to plant some corn next season, but the squirrels are guaranteed to eat it all unless I can provide some serious deterrence. Garden-raiding rodent, meet tool-using ape. Pliers work nicely for nonmagnetic fasteners too…

Awesometools is interesting, though. I like the no-kink garden hose stent, that’s clever. And you’d never know it was there… The noodlehead sprinkler just looks too weird to ignore. I want one and I don’t even water stuff!

$70 is a bit steep for the motion-sensor sprinkler, though. I guess I ought to put my soldering iron where my mouth is, and finally hook that old PIR sensor element to a solenoid valve. I’d love to plant some corn next season, but the squirrels are guaranteed to eat it all unless I can provide some serious deterrence. Garden-raiding rodent, meet tool-using ape.

]]> By: Rob http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1711 Rob Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:15:02 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1711 Hammers? Who's using hammers? ;) And of course this won't work with stainless either. Hammers? Who’s using hammers? ;) And of course this won’t work with stainless either.

]]> By: Me http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1705 Me Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:09:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1705 And if you are an inexperienced hammer user, the cardboard might help prevent dings from the hammer blows that miss the nail head. And if you are an inexperienced hammer user, the cardboard might help prevent dings from the hammer blows that miss the nail head.

]]> By: Daniel Rutter http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1703 Daniel Rutter Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:03:58 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1703 And for little fiddly tacks and pins and stuff, you can use a piece of paper or card. Poke tiny nail through paper, start nail, rip paper off nail, finish driving. And for little fiddly tacks and pins and stuff, you can use a piece of paper or card.

Poke tiny nail through paper, start nail, rip paper off nail, finish driving.

]]> By: Fletcher http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1691 Fletcher Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:57:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1691 I'm with Myself on this one (wow, that reads oddly); If I was really concerned about whacking myself with a hammer, I'd use pliers. I’m with Myself on this one (wow, that reads oddly); If I was really concerned about whacking myself with a hammer, I’d use pliers.

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1686 Myself Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:12:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/05/finds-the-thumbsaver/#comment-1686 For $13 I'm sure most of us could glue a magnet into the notched end of a pipe or dowel. The cheapskates among us will continue using pliers. :) For $13 I’m sure most of us could glue a magnet into the notched end of a pipe or dowel. The cheapskates among us will continue using pliers. :)

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