DIY Tool Questions - Page 4

Griff · 07-12-2013, 01:17 PM

Ha! Nice one Bruce. Gorgeous setup, but I'm not OCD enough for something like that.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-12-2013, 07:11 PM

Life was hard, my grandmother could do shit in her 60's that would put me, and most of us, to shame in our 30's. They did it because they had to, hoist that 100wt or make two trips with 50wt. Your choice, but either way you're moving that 100wt of spuds...

... in 3 ft of snow, uphill, both ways.

Perry Winkle · 07-12-2013, 08:27 PM

Funny that the guy's name was Studley.

Clodfobble · 07-12-2013, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Life was hard, my grandmother could do shit in her 60's that would put me, and most of us, to shame in our 30's. They did it because they had to, hoist that 100wt or make two trips with 50wt. Your choice, but either way you're moving that 100wt of spuds...

... in 3 ft of snow, uphill, both ways.

I was thinking he probably had to travel with it. He went to jobsites, not the other way around.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-12-2013, 10:32 PM

Wiki say wall hanger.

Quote:

Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) was an organ and piano maker, carpenter, and mason who worked for the Smith Organ Co., and later for the Poole Piano Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. Born in 1838 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Studley is best known for creating the so-called Studley Tool Chest, a wall hanging tool chest which cunningly holds some 300 tools in a space that takes up about 40 inches by 20 inches of wall space when closed.

Studley joined the Massachusetts Infantry at the start of the Civil War and was captured in Galveston, Texas in 1863. After the war he returned to Quincy and joined the Rural Masonic Lodge. He died in 1925 and was remembered in his obituary in the Quincy Patriot-Ledger for his remarkable tool chest, among his other achievements.

classicman · 07-12-2013, 10:45 PM

Awesome piece of history. I'm constantly amazed at the creativity from back then.
I'd kill to have one of those.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-13-2013, 10:23 AM

My first wife's grandfather, who lived in Newburyport, MA, was a fisherman, but he fucked up his arm in a fishing accident and had to quit. So instead he built the ubiquitous New England double ended dories, 18 to 20 foot long, and stout wood construction. Then when he'd finished six or eight(depending on the time of year), he'd tie them end to end and row them about 15 miles down the coast to Gloucester to sell. Rowing in the ocean with tides, weather, and always the wind, is bad enough with one boat.

These people were tough, and didn't suffer fools or crooked politicians lightly.

Griff · 07-13-2013, 02:05 PM

I showed that toolbox to Lil' Pete this morning, she sat fascinated for like 20 minutes describing aspects of it. That is right in her ocd wheelhouse.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-13-2013, 08:05 PM

Griff, she can download the wallpaper here.

Griff · 07-13-2013, 08:26 PM

Nice.

squirell nutkin · 07-13-2013, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

My first wife's grandfather, who lived in Newburyport, MA, was a fisherman, but he fucked up his arm in a fishing accident and had to quit. So instead he built the ubiquitous New England double ended dories, 18 to 20 foot long, and stout wood construction. Then when he'd finished six or eight(depending on the time of year), he'd tie them end to end and row them about 15 miles down the coast to Gloucester to sell. Rowing in the ocean with tides, weather, and always the wind, is bad enough with one boat.

These people were tough, and didn't suffer fools or crooked politicians lightly.

"Yeah, my arm's all fucked up and I can't fish any more so I'll just build a bunch of dories and ROW THEM WITH MY ONE GOOD ARM 15 MILES down to Gloucester."

They don't build them like that any more.

Griff · 07-13-2013, 08:46 PM

We could use a squirrel in the bikes thread.

footfootfoot · 07-14-2013, 09:46 AM

Yeah, he's been to SF and saw that thread. I'm not sure what he can add, he had to google CVT. Funny, when he was a teenager he and his friend would talk for hours about an imaginary bike company and all the technology they had, the CVT (not named that) was one of the things they had invented among self-healing tires. All this has come to pass. That SN was a visionary.

My .02 I'll add to the bike thread.

That Studley chest is pornalicious, no doubt.

Griff · 07-14-2013, 10:01 AM

Yeah, I'd wreck that.

07-12-2013, 01:17 PM	#46
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ha! Nice one Bruce. Gorgeous setup, but I'm not OCD enough for something like that. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-12-2013, 07:11 PM	#47
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Life was hard, my grandmother could do shit in her 60's that would put me, and most of us, to shame in our 30's. They did it because they had to, hoist that 100wt or make two trips with 50wt. Your choice, but either way you're moving that 100wt of spuds... ... in 3 ft of snow, uphill, both ways. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-12-2013, 10:45 PM	#51
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Awesome piece of history. I'm constantly amazed at the creativity from back then. I'd kill to have one of those. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-13-2013, 10:23 AM	#52
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	My first wife's grandfather, who lived in Newburyport, MA, was a fisherman, but he fucked up his arm in a fishing accident and had to quit. So instead he built the ubiquitous New England double ended dories, 18 to 20 foot long, and stout wood construction. Then when he'd finished six or eight(depending on the time of year), he'd tie them end to end and row them about 15 miles down the coast to Gloucester to sell. Rowing in the ocean with tides, weather, and always the wind, is bad enough with one boat. These people were tough, and didn't suffer fools or crooked politicians lightly. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-13-2013, 02:05 PM	#53
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I showed that toolbox to Lil' Pete this morning, she sat fascinated for like 20 minutes describing aspects of it. That is right in her ocd wheelhouse. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-12-2013, 08:27 PM	#48
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Funny that the guy's name was Studley.

07-13-2013, 08:05 PM	#54
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Griff, she can download the wallpaper here. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-13-2013, 08:26 PM	#55
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Nice. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-13-2013, 08:46 PM	#57
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We could use a squirrel in the bikes thread. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-14-2013, 09:46 AM	#58
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Yeah, he's been to SF and saw that thread. I'm not sure what he can add, he had to google CVT. Funny, when he was a teenager he and his friend would talk for hours about an imaginary bike company and all the technology they had, the CVT (not named that) was one of the things they had invented among self-healing tires. All this has come to pass. That SN was a visionary. My .02 I'll add to the bike thread. That Studley chest is pornalicious, no doubt. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-14-2013, 10:01 AM	#59
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah, I'd wreck that. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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