Pietenpol-List: Riblett 612 plans needed
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:55 am
Original Posted By: "hatcherr"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Tools Nomenclature> > This may have appeared earlier, but with many of us retreating > from the cold weather into our shops, we may need to refresh our > knowledge of tools terminology...> Fred B.> La Crosse, WI> > DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching > flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in > the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the > freshly painted project which you had carefully set in the corner > where nothing could get to it.> WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere > under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes > fingerprints and hard earned calluses from fingers in about the > time it takes you to say, Oh sh > ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in > their holes until you die of old age.> SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.> PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the > creation of blood-blisters.> BELT SANDER:An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert > minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.> HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board > principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, > unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its > course, the more dismal your future becomes.> VICE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to round off bolt heads > entirely. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to > transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.> OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various > flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting > the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a > bearing race.> TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch > wood projectiles for testing wall integrity. (And the inside of my > garage can prove it.)> HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the > ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the > jack handle firmly under the bumper.> BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most > shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more > easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the > line instead of the outside edge.> TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile > strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.> PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under > lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing > oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to > strip out Phillips screw heads.> STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes > used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws > and butchering your palms.> PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or > bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 part.> HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.> HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer > nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most > expensive parts adjacent the object you are trying to hit.> UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of > cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly > well on contents such as seats, liquids in plastic bottles, > collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. > Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.> DAMM-IT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the > garage while yelling DAMM-IT at the top of your lungs. It is > also, most often, the next tool that you will need.> > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Riblett 612 plans needed
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Tools Nomenclature> > This may have appeared earlier, but with many of us retreating > from the cold weather into our shops, we may need to refresh our > knowledge of tools terminology...> Fred B.> La Crosse, WI> > DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching > flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in > the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the > freshly painted project which you had carefully set in the corner > where nothing could get to it.> WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere > under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes > fingerprints and hard earned calluses from fingers in about the > time it takes you to say, Oh sh > ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in > their holes until you die of old age.> SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.> PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the > creation of blood-blisters.> BELT SANDER:An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert > minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.> HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board > principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, > unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its > course, the more dismal your future becomes.> VICE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to round off bolt heads > entirely. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to > transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.> OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various > flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting > the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a > bearing race.> TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch > wood projectiles for testing wall integrity. (And the inside of my > garage can prove it.)> HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the > ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the > jack handle firmly under the bumper.> BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most > shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more > easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the > line instead of the outside edge.> TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile > strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.> PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under > lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing > oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to > strip out Phillips screw heads.> STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes > used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws > and butchering your palms.> PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or > bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 part.> HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.> HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer > nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most > expensive parts adjacent the object you are trying to hit.> UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of > cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly > well on contents such as seats, liquids in plastic bottles, > collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. > Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.> DAMM-IT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the > garage while yelling DAMM-IT at the top of your lungs. It is > also, most often, the next tool that you will need.> > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Riblett 612 plans needed