Folks Welcome to Episode 5 of Gormo`s Shed. This week we are taking a look at some basic hand tools and methods with the beginner in mind. You old hands that already know this stuff better go off an make a cup of tea. The video contains some tips and advice on how to check the integrity of some of your tools and also some methods for making a reasonable square cut on timber, by hand. I hope you find it useful and I intend to do another in the future on a different range of tools. This theme crossed my mind this week, because I`ve had a young lad subscribe to my YouTube channel, and I assumed he would not yet have experience in dealing with some of the things raised in the video. There may well be adults in the same boat.....who knows?????.....so I`ve put it out there for all to see. Enjoy The Truth About Tools............Direct Link To YouTube http://www.click Gormo
Very good Gormo, I was always under the impression that if it could not be fixed with a hammer it was an electrical problem, I can see I will have to expand my tool cabinet to include a saw before I start building my layout.
great video Gormo, very helpful to new and old I would say Tany you don't NEED a saw, Toto uses a hammer for everything. . . if it doesn't work he just uses a BIGGER hammer Cheers Matt
Good idea Tany!!!.....a saw...then you can move on through to a power saw and then a table saw and when you`re ready for the big time.......a chain saw!!!!...yeah.....there`s nothing like it !!! ....with a chain saw in your hands you just want to cut everything down.....trees, fences, gates, table legs, bannisters.....baseboards, the shed.......you name it........it`s a real power trip!!!!......Ooooh yeah...bring it on brother!!!! Of course as Matt has remarked on.....the hammer....that can fix most things....well????....either fix them of totally destroy them beyond all recognition?????....there is a shorter description that eludes me at the moment?????.......anyway you get my drift. Ah yes .....the trusty hammer.....the universal tool......do you use a left handed one or a right handed one.......metric or imperial....just curious?????? http://www.click Gormo
I already have a charlie chain saw and very useful it is too, as to the hammer I am ambidextrous so it makes little difference to me, and like everything imposed upon us from Europe It would never use a metric version only ever Imperial.
Thanks Paul, Tany ....glad to hear you are an Imperial guy.....we are all Metric over here in Oz....we`ve left the old ways behind and embraced the new but I still convert to Imperial to make sense of some measurements. I did it recently when I was buying some striped paint. It was only available in 4 litre tins. I thought ...Oh yeah???....a gallon roughly....it`s hard to change old habits......as you would know being the Bishop of Ireland and all.??? Fortunately, the spotted paint ( I need some of that actually?? ) is imported from England and that has the Imperial measurements on the tin.....thank goodness. Well gotta go now.....I`m off to the hardware store to get a left handed tap. Cheers to all you crazy guys El Gormo Adios Muchachos
Left handed tap - I have a set of these at work, both imperial and metric. We had the crazy bits where my uncle (a plumber), went to the builders merchant to buy 300ft of copper pipe. He was told to convert it to metric as they now sold it by the meter. he duly converted it into meters, paid the guy then the heard the immortal words, "now then that will be 30 ten ft lengths then". Working for a French company, it does'nt half annoy them having to use imperial measurements for chains. Like you Gormo, I readily change between systems, normally imperial for anything above 450mm (approx 18"). But as railway modellers I count that as normal, as we tend to quote 4mm/1ft rather than 1:76. Paul
Yes Paul, It`s just the times we grew up in. Australia went over to decimal currency on the 14th Feb 1966 and at that time I was 15 years old and working part time for a major retailer. So, I had grown up with pounds ,shillings and pence and because I was working with money at the change over, I was thrown into the deep end so to speak. The best way to learn quickly. Same applied to the metric conversion of weights and measures which was around 1970 I think.???? I was working for a plasterboard manufacturer, so constantly dealing with measurements and board lengths and conversions etc. and because of that job and that initial deep end exposure to measurements, I never use centimetres, I always use millimetres or metres. The centimetres in my mind are redundant, yet the rest of the world seems to talk in centimetres and I find myself constantly converting to millimetres to make sense of it....crazy??? http://www.click Gormo
Great video as always Gormo. I think it could surprise a lot of people just how many can't use some basic tools accurately. I tend to opt for power tools where I can for two reasons ...... It takes a lot of the effort out of things and tends to ( again if used correctly ) be more accurate and true. I think tips on the use of a basic hand held electric drill would also be quite good with regards to keeping the hole vertical / horizontal etc. another thing that people can sometimes find difficult. Cheers Toto
G`day Toto, Yes the electric drill is another one of those useful tools that still requires a certain amount of skill to get the best out of it, even though it`s a power tool, and there are methods one can employ to achieve quite reasonable results. I have been planning a segment dealing with drills, but more so, screws and timber, so we`ll give that a run soon. I am currently tweaking Episode 6......nothing to do with the above.... filming has already been completed and we are currently at the editing desk, and the episode should be ready for posting next Friday as usual.......stay tuned. http://www.click Gormo
No worries, You have captured my attention already looking forward to it. I think I have an idea where the screws and wood is going. If I'm right, it will be another very valid subject covered. Great variation covered in your shed Gormo. Something for everyone. Cheers Toto
