Sunday, March 1, 2020

Hammers



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  1. That's a good starter set, and there should be a starter set for carpentry, and for sheet metal, and one hammer for welding slag, and then there's masonry, and so many more.
    Also the duplicates between the basement workshop, the garage, and the sheds.

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  2. That was one of the great perks of being a field service mechanic. I did a
    job at Nupla Corp. in the San Fernando Valley. They made hammers for just
    about every tool manufacurer in America back in the 70s. I came back
    with whole set of hammers. Later, I went to a company that did work
    for Starrett and scored a full set of drill gauges, a complete machinist
    square and bunch of other stuff. These were tools that did not pass QC,
    that had a tiny knick or blemish, but who cares if they work?

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    1. Leonard. I'm going to suggest that if you are a field service guy for a steam generator company, and you are doing some work inside the boiler house for those folks that make Unbrako hex wrenches, don't ask them to borrow a large Allen wrench. Just saying.

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    2. I've done little more than small jobs on boilers. My line of work was
      air and gas compressor mechanic, Millwright, Industrial mainenance,
      industrial maintenance mechanic and electrician and instrumental
      technician. As a Millwright, I worked on steam turbines, cooling
      towers, steam driven reciprocating pumps, gearboxes, and other
      machines in heavy industries and oil refineries.

      Besides, my allen set goes all the way up to 1" and I am not a boiler
      tech.

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