I always thought the correct name for a hammer was a precision adjustment tool.

Upon looking over the definitions again, there was one I missed.  The two ton engine hoist!  Many chucles.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I must be one of the lucky(or isit unlucky) ones. I think I have experienced one of those at least half a dozen times in my life. I must admit though that it was when I was younger and generally trying to make the wrong tool do a job othrr than it was designed for.

I very quickly learnt the wisdom of a bad tradesman always blames his tools.

That is probably why by the time you get 50+ you have more tools than you can possibly need( in the wife's opinion) and more projects than you can ever finish.

Thanks for the post it was hilarious.

Regards

Rick - West Australia
Do Y Blocks Downunder run upside down? Gravity Sucks!!

I really liked the vise grips & hammer explanations. Not that I have had any experiences like that. 

Dan      Kingman Az.      86409

[quote]GREENBIRD56 (8/1/2011)

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The engineer that actually "schooled" me in the practice of being a designer of machinery and useful engineering....had two placards on his office wall that I saw many times...

(1) There is no engineering problem that can't be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

(2) Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.

Both have proven to be true. [/quote]

    In the foundry world we like to have a "Safety Factor" of around 300%. Sometimes even thats not enough! Ain't it amazing, no matter how much you are taught in school, it still comes down to learning on the job. Usually from some crusty old timer who starts off half his conversations with "I don't care what they taught you at (college name) this is how the F...we do it here". Pays to listen, he's often right, then you get to spend the next week trying to figure WHY it works when it makes no sense at all.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

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   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

thanks!

just the funny thing I needed to start my day off with a smile.

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

The engineer that actually "schooled" me in the practice of being a designer of machinery and useful engineering....had two placards on his office wall that I saw many times...

(1) There is no engineering problem that can't be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

(2) Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.

Both have proven to be true. 

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

Great! Someone has too much time on their hands. Chuck

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Manchester, New Hampshire

Funny !

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.