Comments on: Finding Old Tools

by: Vito

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:22:58 +0000

My best find was a good, brand new , unopened box of Sears jumper cables once. Perfect for the wife’s car.

by: ToolFreak

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:04:32 +0000

I love finding tools on the side of the road…usually they’re brand names with a lifetime warranty, which means…take it to the store and exchange it for a new one.

by: Chris

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:55:24 +0000

@KG2V: best ER story ever. He should have played along with it and told them he was shot with a steel bullet

by: fred

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:17:31 +0000

The same cautions go for all struck tools and striking tools. When I posted the quip about getting cited - I did not get into all of the details. as an example - if you don’t weare the appropriate PPE (gloves and eye protection in this case - you may be cited.) When grinding that mushroom off - gloves and a faceshield are specified. When striking that cold chisel - you had better use a ball-pein hammer with a tempered rim - or a drilling/engineers hammer - not a carpenter’s hammer (considered not appropriate for striking a steel cold chisel - because its mettalurgy is more aligned with driving softer iron nails.)

by: KG2V

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:07:37 +0000

Yeah - my first thought was “grind that mushroom off” - I was on a job site where a guy didn’t, and he was whacking away to the chisel fairly hard - a section of the mushroom brpke off, and imbedded in his thigh. Took him to the OR, and the called the police - they were insisting he was shot, until they recovered the metal, and then they told the police “Never Mind”

by: AZ_Engineer

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:30:47 +0000

Better grind that mushroomed head off, or you will have bits of steel chipping off. This is a fundamental safety tip for chissels

by: fred

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:34:47 +0000

Looks like a perfectly serviceable cold chisel - but if were were to use it on the job we might get cited for its mushroomed head.