Know your workshop tools.

Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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I bought myself one of these things, on a whim, quite a while ago, but never used it much until now.
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It's a dust collector for use when drilling holes in walls. The drill bit fits through the hole at the bottom left and the brushes ensure that almost all the dust falls into the chamber, with the clear window allowing you to monitor the contents. You initially sight through to he hole to locate the device properly, then turn it on - a small pump, driven by two AA cells, then sucks it securely onto any reasonable wall surface, leaving you with both hands free. When the hole is finished, turn off the pump and press the relief valve opposite it, and the device is released from the wall.

I got roped into refitting a number of pictures into a renovated hallway that gets a lot of pedestrian traffic, so the pictures are mounted using mirror plates that require two decent plugged holes for each picture. This thing caught almost all the dust from the twenty or so holes that were drilled, leaving no 'clean up' to be done.

It collected about two eggcupfuls of dust, which otherwise would have been blown all around the place.

It doesn't use the vacuum to actually harvest the dust, merely to cling itself to the wall, but the double brushes avoid almost all escape routes for the dust, anyway. You could, perhaps, use an over-centre sucker to attach it, but any leakage may lead to it letting go at an inopportune moment - the action of the pump will cope with a reasonable amount of continuous leakage.

It also has a couple of bubble levels and a laser, allowing you to fire a (reasonably) horizontal or vertical line up a wall, whilst it holds itself in place for you.

All in all, a useful thing, if you need to drill a few holes in a delicate environment. You can get similar things that operate from a vacuum cleaner, but that can be a lot of extra effort for some smaller jobs.

I think it may live in the house, rather than the shed...
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
I do like screwdrivers with wooden handles.

A bit of a sort-out yesterday revealed that I probably have enough now, I think.

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There are some interesting things there - the 'Perfect'-pattern ones towards the left, the solid steel items with just small wooden plates forming the handle, were common in motor vehicle toolkits before the war - they can be struck firmly with a hammer, whilst being turned.

The 'double-handled' one is something I've never seen elsewhere - you can apply pressure with one hand and torque with the other.

An original Surform and a couple of scrapers rest on an old photographic guillotine, then there's a few chisels.

The chisel with the 'thing' on the end is used for raising a small sliver of wood from a surface, so that a nail or small screw can be used, then the sliver is glued back above it, for a 'secret' fixing.
 
Glam

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Gramaisc said:
I do like screwdrivers with wooden handles.

A bit of a sort-out yesterday revealed that I probably have enough now, I think.

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There are some interesting things there - the 'Perfect'-pattern ones towards the left, the solid steel items with just small wooden plates forming the handle, were common in motor vehicle toolkits before the war - they can be struck firmly with a hammer, whilst being turned.

The 'double-handled' one is something I've never seen elsewhere - you can apply pressure with one hand and torque with the other.

An original Surform and a couple of scrapers rest on an old photographic guillotine, then there's a few chisels.

The chisel with the 'thing' on the end is used for raising a small sliver of wood from a surface, so that a nail or small screw can be used, then the sliver is glued back above it, for a 'secret' fixing.
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That could have been my Dads collection from 50 years ago.
 
Alee

Alee

Well-Known Forumite
Gramaisc said:
I do like screwdrivers with wooden handles.

A bit of a sort-out yesterday revealed that I probably have enough now, I think.

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There are some interesting things there - the 'Perfect'-pattern ones towards the left, the solid steel items with just small wooden plates forming the handle, were common in motor vehicle toolkits before the war - they can be struck firmly with a hammer, whilst being turned.

The 'double-handled' one is something I've never seen elsewhere - you can apply pressure with one hand and torque with the other.

An original Surform and a couple of scrapers rest on an old photographic guillotine, then there's a few chisels.

The chisel with the 'thing' on the end is used for raising a small sliver of wood from a surface, so that a nail or small screw can be used, then the sliver is glued back above it, for a 'secret' fixing.
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I’ve got a nice big heavy trusty wooden handled screw driver. No idea where it came from but I keep it in my car door “just incase”.
It has come In handy a few times now though , just never for its intended use !
 
Alee

Alee

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Alee said:
I’ve got a nice big heavy trusty wooden handled screw driver. No idea where it came from but I keep it in my car door “just incase”.
It has come In handy a few times now though , just never for its intended use !
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To clarify , I have not used it as a weapon 🫣😂
 
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