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    Chop saw and a gas can.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee View Post
    Scrapette, I'm going to "borrow" my mothers seam ripper to use on my romex...I'll let you know how it goes.
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    That is so funny, Dee, I bought one myself today at Kmart and I'm gonna give it a try!
    I am surprised you ladies don't already have a seam ripper. I have one along with a sewing machine, Yes men can sew also! It may work for a while but it is made for thread not vinyl insulation. It will require a small rat tail file to keep it sharp. The guy in the video is only stripping small amounts of outer jacket for model Railroad wiring .

    I wish you ladies luck with it but I think you will find it is best used to remove stitches. Now a hook blade would work well! It is a utility knife blade to cut roofing materials.

    Here is a picture for you so you know what I am speaking of,



    When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it
    no taxes, no debt, women did all the work.
    White man thought he could improve on a system like this. - Old Cherokee saying

    I did not surrender, they took my horse and made him surrender. - Lone Watie

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    WELL !! What makes you think we don't KNOW what a hook blade is !!!????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee View Post
    WELL !! What makes you think we don't KNOW what a hook blade is !!!????
    Lol, I would think if you did know then the seam rippers would stay in with the other notations.

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    Tooooo-shaaaay, Injun J.

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    Well, I for one, did not know what a hook blade is and I have to confess that I found the seam ripper to be a bit flimsy however promising it had appeared to be.

    Dee, notice he didn't say that to Copperhead? LOL.
    Success consists of going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm...... Churchill

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    You can find that hook blade at lowes, in the tool dept with all the blades and such

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    Actually, I use my big flat head screwdriver for prying things apart a lot. That and the sledgehammer are my new faves.

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    I just got a Refridgerant Reclaim System for R12 only. I'm trying to decide whether to keep it or sell it. I come across a small group of ac units from time fo time. I also have access to so many refridgerators that I'm beginning to wonder if it would be worth it to tear them apart. I could seperate the motors and copper all day, add them up throughout the week and sell them at a reduced price because the shop already bought them for shred.

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    You can get these for $7 if you wait for a sale . Then pick up a pack of these with a 20% off coupon .

    You will make the money back the first time you cut the copper of a motor or transformer. I used to use a chisel and hammer, or even a sawzall but sawzall blades go dull quicker and cost more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrapette View Post
    I was scarier when I had my sawed off shotgun!
    ****, you bad! Hehehe. Have a very Merry Christmas Scrapette! lb

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    larry were gonna have to start calling you DOC, because your good at bringing these great old posts back from the dead
    I buy and sell all types of scrap and escrap. I buy specialty and hard to sell escrap. I buy resale items. PM me or contact me at jghilino@hotmail.com
    I AM ACTIVELY BUYING ESCRAP OF ALL TYPES. BOARDS, RAM, CPUS AND MUCH MORE

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    The one thing i use almost every time i rip something apart is a good old First Aid Kit. lol


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    Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
    larry were gonna have to start calling you DOC, because your good at bringing these great old posts back from the dead
    Hehehe, well I hope that's a good thing for y'all 'cause it sure is refreshing for me, to know that there are still some of the real folks left out there, in this (new age) more robotized, numbered-like society system, which we are growing more & more into. Thanx again for be'n You Mr. JGH. Oh and for sure, Have a Wonderful Christmas my friend. lb

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    Quote Originally Posted by copperhead View Post
    I just got a Makita chopsaw that works for $5. Old cat was retiring, brought his shop in there. Score for me! All I've ever wanted tool wise.
    OooRaaa! Such a Sweet Score right there my Ohio scrapp'n friend. Who'da ever thunk it eh? lol The scrapp'n life. Oh ya, tis The season so, have a really, really, great, safe and well, just a Wonderful Christmas!

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    Quote Originally Posted by KZBell View Post
    Many have mentioned pruning shears and the other day I finally grabbed the wife's cute pink ones and used them to cut up some 10 ga 3 wire insulated...Now if I can just find my black sharpie.
    Hehehe or you could just hang 'em on yer key-chain and like who's gonna ask ya if you are a sissy eh? Merry Christmas KZ!

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    Larry is showing us how to search, so often anymore I just hit the newest posts so if I miss a day no telling what I miss, before i actually signed up i used the search alot more, thanks Larry

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    I keep a pair of lineman pliers, a pair of side cutters too, two short prybars, a six pound maul, a three pound hammer, metric and standard wrench sets, standard sockets, I've lost count of my screwdrivers; small, medium, and large log chains, right and left handed snips, a hay-hook, duct tape and paper towels (first aid kit), electrical tape, wire splices, six feet of coiled ground wire, box cutter, flashlight, WD-40 and Liquid Wrench, big crescent wrench, channel lock piers, regular pliers, a round nose spade.... and since it just snowed, a small (only 250lbs) cast radiator for traction...

    Finally the two most important parts, a smile on my face and a pistol in my belt. :-)

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    I take no tools with me when I’m loading up scrap (never needed any). As far as I am concerned, if it’s metal – it’s money. I don’t care to separate it at that point. I load it all up and take it back to the shop and work on it there. Below, I’ve got a list of the tools that are most handy to me in my shop. If you can’t get it with these, throw it in the shred pile. The most commonly used tool is my Kobalt bitdriver.

    Allen wrenches
    Bits and bitdrivers
    Chisels and punches
    Hammers
    Pliers (diagonal cutting, linesman, tongue and groove, needle nosed, and locking)
    Ratchets and sockets
    Standard and precision screwdrivers
    Tin snips
    Utility knives

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