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Hmm. I wonder if velcro sticks to carpet?I was about to admire your tool storage system but then I took a closer look...
Hmm. I wonder if velcro sticks to carpet?I was about to admire your tool storage system but then I took a closer look...
Good question - a quick google -Hmm. I wonder if velcro sticks to carpet?
What kind of carpet does Velcro stick to?
Depending on your carpet surface, you may succeed in adhering an item to loop carpet (Berber style carpet) by affixing only the hook portion of the Velcro adhesive strip to the item.
It depends on what you're going to do with it and how familiar you are with CAD programs.But the real reason I came back to this thread is that I'd like to ask the TBN tool addicts -
Has it become worth it to buy a 3D printer?
I didn't realize they'd come down so far in price. Sounds like a cool toy to play with, but the reality is I'm not sure I could think of enough things I'd want to make with it, particularly given the (probably steep) learning curve for a CAD program (which I've never used), and the likely waste on projects that didn't come out right.Has it become worth it to buy a 3D printer?
I didn't realize they'd come down so far in price. Sounds like a cool toy to play with, but the reality is I'm not sure I could think of enough things I'd want to make with it, particularly given the (probably steep) learning curve for a CAD program (which I've never used), and the likely waste on projects that didn't come out right.
As far as having "enough" tools, my first reaction was you can never have too many tools. As I've gotten older and a bit arthritic (and especially once HF opened a store in the area) I've picked up some tools I never thought I'd need...an impact wrench and framing nailer come to mind. Have only used either of them a few times, but I've been glad I had them. Likewise with a MIG welder. Don't use it much, but it's nice to have when I do need it (probably ought to use it more 'cause my welding skills aren't the best ).
I couldn't agree more, but do have to say, while I'm by no means a spring chicken anymore (will be 40 in Jan) I still consider myself a worker of the generation and share the same concern you expressed about what the country will look like in the not so distant future, as just in the short time I've been around the decline in quality of design and materials in tools seems to become more rapid every passing year, not to mention the rapid loss among people my age and younger of the fundamental principals and standards which took several hundred years to learn and compile as to be widely accepted practices in nearly every trade and craft, as well as the lack of concern for, and lack of understanding of why the older tools were so much better in every way (except maybe for portability and weight)..I am trying to get rid of tools no longer used. Not one of the workers of this generation wants any tool that isn't battary operated and if good tool and battery is bad they toss also.
Skill type saws, recip saws, jig saws routers and table saws, radio arm saw. They have not learned how to use and don't care to learn.
I set on side of yard so can be seem by passing drivers and a sign FREE then in evening pick back up and put in trailer for the junk yard.
tractor parts same Just wonder in 10 more years what this country will be like. with no one knowing anything except the little hand phone is busted also.
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That being said next time you are getting rid of tools drop me a line I may be interested in itI am trying to get rid of tools no longer used. Not one of the workers of this generation wants any tool that isn't battary operated and if good tool and battery is bad they toss also.
Skill type saws, recip saws, jig saws routers and table saws, radio arm saw. They have not learned how to use and don't care to learn.
I set on side of yard so can be seem by passing drivers and a sign FREE then in evening pick back up and put in trailer for the junk yard.
tractor parts same Just wonder in 10 more years what this country will be like. with no one knowing anything except the little hand phone is busted also.
ken
I didn't realize how long ago this started .but the electronic tools are is gone and the plumbing tools same. then 3 14 ft. trailer loads were sent to the scrap yard. A Kubota L295 has been traded for labor in installing new flooring in house-made wife happy.That being said next time you are getting rid of tools drop me a line I may be interested in it