I'd use a Luke Short before a Max Brand and there would have to be no leaves on the trees or ground before I'd use a Louis L'amour
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I'd use a Luke Short before a Max Brand and there would have to be no leaves on the trees or ground before I'd use a Louis L'amour
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Its a bit of a crackpot site but the endtimes report has a pretty decent description of FULL prep including everything from water to tools to rebuild society. There is also a survivial shop attached that has a pretty broad assortment of prepping items.
http://www.endtimesreport.com/essential_tools.html
http://www.endtimesreport.com/essential_tools.html
eBay always has them and every so often you can get a used one for much less. But make sure you buy a forged one not a 2 or 3 piece one. Non forged suck. Look for a ProBar or leatherhead brand, these are the best.
Thanks!!
Nay_sayer
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Years working as a carpenter and then doing timber framing and historic preservation/restoration work means I have tons of hand tools and the knowledge to use them effectively and efficiently. I can build like its 1799. That’s going to be my proposed contribution to any group I try to join when the S really hits the fan
Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,252
Nay_sayer
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Knowledge and skills are the ultimate barter currency.
Truth!
Nay_sayer
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They are beautiful works of art and I’d love to build them again. I moved into construction management consulting running .gov projects back in 2008 when the market dropped out from under us. Now I consult on construction project management processes, procedures and systems. Happy to have a good job but I miss working with my hands and my tools.
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
Besides the obvious ones, If you plant to build anything for the house.
Draw knife
Spokeshave (some of you references old school construction, you need to make dowels after you drill the hole with the brace and bit)
Shaving horse becomes really helpful for the above tools on small stuff.
Wood working vice
planes (thumb plane is very useful)
Alaskan saw mill. (don't have this)
Draw knife
Spokeshave (some of you references old school construction, you need to make dowels after you drill the hole with the brace and bit)
Shaving horse becomes really helpful for the above tools on small stuff.
Wood working vice
planes (thumb plane is very useful)
Alaskan saw mill. (don't have this)
Squirrel Hunter
Lurker
- Feb 17, 2009
- 522
Good little tool to keep in the glove box or bugout bag.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002YVMEM/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_rBuFEbVS2YCBC
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002YVMEM/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_rBuFEbVS2YCBC
I've never even heard of one of those before!
Bboarder
Me Myself & I
Next time you're in a large box store bathroom, look for the hose bib, it'll have a small square steel spigot handle. Key turns them on, once you see one you'll see them everywhere commercially
Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,252
You will also see them on the outside of buildings. Spigots without handles, the silcock wrench is the universal handle which fits most different sizes. It is a must have in your Get Home Bag so you can fill your water bottle if you get thirsty.
- May 22, 2005
- 122,879
I didn't want to start a new thread because this one already had some good info in it.
I am making it a task this year to both add to my collection of USA made tools and to also purge some of my Chinesium stuff if it is stuff that i would use on a regular basis.
This is both an economic as well as a SHTF type preparation.
Good tools are increasingly more expensive. Per the Alpha Strategy, it makes sense to buy tools now in anticipation of what you may need down the road and to buy high quality durable tools.
My current target is to fill out my socket tools. I have a great set of USA made Craftsman sockets in metric and SAE that are 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2". It was the standard package back in around 1989.
What I don't have are extensions and breaker bars, which limits use on some things, especially engines.
So, questions:
1. What length extensions are most practical for each sized drive? Buying ones that are too long may be as bad as buying too short?
2. Breaker bar lengths? Looks like they really limit the 1/4" drive lengths, presumably because it's more likely to break the socket than actually do it's job.
There are some USA made ones on the McMaster-Carr site, and I have a line on two estate collections that I might go poke through this week.
I just don't want to go overkill for stuff that I'll really never use, only because it takes up space.
I am making it a task this year to both add to my collection of USA made tools and to also purge some of my Chinesium stuff if it is stuff that i would use on a regular basis.
This is both an economic as well as a SHTF type preparation.
Good tools are increasingly more expensive. Per the Alpha Strategy, it makes sense to buy tools now in anticipation of what you may need down the road and to buy high quality durable tools.
My current target is to fill out my socket tools. I have a great set of USA made Craftsman sockets in metric and SAE that are 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2". It was the standard package back in around 1989.
What I don't have are extensions and breaker bars, which limits use on some things, especially engines.
So, questions:
1. What length extensions are most practical for each sized drive? Buying ones that are too long may be as bad as buying too short?
2. Breaker bar lengths? Looks like they really limit the 1/4" drive lengths, presumably because it's more likely to break the socket than actually do it's job.
There are some USA made ones on the McMaster-Carr site, and I have a line on two estate collections that I might go poke through this week.
I just don't want to go overkill for stuff that I'll really never use, only because it takes up space.
...space and weight...
How do you ensure you’ll have what you need when you get where you’re going? Rhetorical.
Unless of course you’re already at your final destination.
How do you ensure you’ll have what you need when you get where you’re going? Rhetorical.
Unless of course you’re already at your final destination.
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