Hand tools

[junmist]

Ok I will bite whats a froe

[preppingsu]

Ok I will bite whats a froe

Have a read here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froe

[metatron]

I'm also a keen wood worker and do enjoy using hand tools. I will say car boot sales are good for chisels as they tend to be made of a better steel than new cheap ones, they will need to be re-sharpened, and they need to be sharp enough to split a hair.

For people learning, try picking up old pallets and building stuff from them. The wood is fine for most things and if you pick up a power planer, tung and groove router bits (plus a router) and a set of bar clamps you can get a nice finish for table tops, work surfaces, floors and such, just using a little oil.

[tacticalprepper]

Have a read here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froe

Learn something new everyday!

I have to say though, hand tools had skipped my mind. I'm so used to power tools that it didn't even occur to me. I have been to quite a few car-boots before and there are a lot of old tools selling for next-to-nothing. For the price of a second hand tool and a can of WD-40 you've got yourself something that will last a lifetime! I'll have to keep a look out myself.

[ForgeCorvus]

Have a read here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froe

Learn something new everyday!

I have to say though, hand tools had skipped my mind. I'm so used to power tools that it didn't even occur to me. I have been to quite a few car-boots before and there are a lot of old tools selling for next-to-nothing. For the price of a second hand tool and a can of WD-40 you've got yourself something that probably has already lasted a lifetime! I'll have to keep a look out myself.

FIFY


My SOP has problems getting me to walk past old tools at CBs and markets

You can almost always get halfway decent axes and files, hand drills and braces tend to be OK and hammers and spanners are either great or total crap...... Only ever once found an old saw that was good without me doing any work on it (at the prices I'm willing to pay anyway...I'm cheap like that )

[metatron]

Woodworking is a really useful skill in the current climate. A hand made product, once you get good and have an eye for design, can really help bring money in. Even if you don't have an eye for design you can copy designer furniture and sell it for less, lol.

Something like that for example can go for as much as £200, its at most an hours work.
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Or recently one of my favourite things is going to flee markets or car boots picking up old armchairs and leather jackets and reupholstering them with the old leather and fixing the knocks and scratches. I sold a pair of chairs for £2600 it cost me about £300 and about 14 hours of work (it was a learning process and massively enjoyable)


This will get you £70, lol
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[tacticalprepper]

FIFY

My SOP has problems getting me to walk past old tools at CBs and markets

You can almost always get halfway decent axes and files, hand drills and braces tend to be OK and hammers and spanners are either great or total crap...... Only ever once found an old saw that was good without me doing any work on it (at the prices I'm willing to pay anyway...I'm cheap like that )

Even if they are a pile of junk I guess you haven't lost a lot really
I'm all for the idea of giving old tools a new life, I mean why pay for new ones? You can use that money for other preps.
Totally agree ForgeCorvus!

Something like that for example can go for as much as £200, its at most an hours work.
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A great skill to have! I currently work in a plumbers merchant, and I'm considering doing a plumbing course. Not only will this give me a bit of income on the side but teamed up with other skilled people, we have a method of re-building society.... to some extent