I tried to answer you questions Vinca, sorry I hope it's not to long. I tend to ramble.
All of my tools, are my favorite tools.
One of my favorite tools is my tools in my worm-drive skill saw. I like it because it's light weight considering the size and power of the motor, it cuts through practically anything I need to cut through, it's cuts cleanly and precisely. Considering it's a hand held power tool it's really heavy.
Another of my favorite tool's is my Estwing framing hammer. It has a waffle pattern on the face of the head. The waffle pattern improves in gripping the head of the fastener(nail,staple, pin,etc) by not sliding off. The front claw do not have a curve to them like most lighter hammer do, the protrude out straight at roughly 90 degrees from handle. Not only could I use the claws for removing fastners but also as a pry bar or has a way of manipulating what ever I'm working on. My framing hammer is one of my essential tools, for such a basic tools in its use and design there's not really anything out there that can take it's place. I could go on and on about my hammer, but it's pretty straight forward. The particular hammer I use has a 32 ounce head and the handle is 18 to 20 inches in length. I bet you can just imagine the sizes and quantity of nails I'm pounding in on a day in and day out and no there quite as large rail road spikes.
Although the aren't really tools but I think they are worth mentioning. Framers Like most other tradesmen have a need for quality footwear,glove and tool storage system. I take great consideration in my footwear and my tool storage, although I'm not sure how interested you would find me talking about my toolrig and workboots.
Well the reason I like working with work/framing is kind of a difficult question so I am going to break into two separate questions to answer. Like we talked about earlier, I don't work with lumber exclusively. I big reason I like Framing is I despite my work not looking near as aesthetically pleasing than let's say the work of a master furniture builder I still have get the satisfaction of knowing that my work and skills are appreciated. I like that with framing the tools I use are for the most part quite simple. I like that I can do a lot of things with few simple tools. Much what applies in Framing also can apply to other fields of work. I particularly enjoy the looking at building when only the frame is complete but nothing else because it's almost like looking at the skeleton of the building. There's lots of math involved with framing, math that you can actually see looking at only the frame of the building.
Wood like other natural materials is very fascinating to work with and as material. Wood is a very versatile material, especially with you think about all of the different kinds of wood carpenters use. Each different type of wood has it's own Unique set of properties that make it the ideal wood to use for a particular application. In a way wood behaves like leather does. Just as a basic example when wood gets wet it expands and when leather gets wet it also expands.
All of my tools, are my favorite tools.
One of my favorite tools is my tools in my worm-drive skill saw. I like it because it's light weight considering the size and power of the motor, it cuts through practically anything I need to cut through, it's cuts cleanly and precisely. Considering it's a hand held power tool it's really heavy.Another of my favorite tool's is my Estwing framing hammer. It has a waffle pattern on the face of the head. The waffle pattern improves in gripping the head of the fastener(nail,staple, pin,etc) by not sliding off. The front claw do not have a curve to them like most lighter hammer do, the protrude out straight at roughly 90 degrees from handle. Not only could I use the claws for removing fastners but also as a pry bar or has a way of manipulating what ever I'm working on. My framing hammer is one of my essential tools, for such a basic tools in its use and design there's not really anything out there that can take it's place. I could go on and on about my hammer, but it's pretty straight forward. The particular hammer I use has a 32 ounce head and the handle is 18 to 20 inches in length. I bet you can just imagine the sizes and quantity of nails I'm pounding in on a day in and day out and no there quite as large rail road spikes.
Although the aren't really tools but I think they are worth mentioning. Framers Like most other tradesmen have a need for quality footwear,glove and tool storage system. I take great consideration in my footwear and my tool storage, although I'm not sure how interested you would find me talking about my toolrig and workboots.
Well the reason I like working with work/framing is kind of a difficult question so I am going to break into two separate questions to answer. Like we talked about earlier, I don't work with lumber exclusively. I big reason I like Framing is I despite my work not looking near as aesthetically pleasing than let's say the work of a master furniture builder I still have get the satisfaction of knowing that my work and skills are appreciated. I like that with framing the tools I use are for the most part quite simple. I like that I can do a lot of things with few simple tools. Much what applies in Framing also can apply to other fields of work. I particularly enjoy the looking at building when only the frame is complete but nothing else because it's almost like looking at the skeleton of the building. There's lots of math involved with framing, math that you can actually see looking at only the frame of the building.
Wood like other natural materials is very fascinating to work with and as material. Wood is a very versatile material, especially with you think about all of the different kinds of wood carpenters use. Each different type of wood has it's own Unique set of properties that make it the ideal wood to use for a particular application. In a way wood behaves like leather does. Just as a basic example when wood gets wet it expands and when leather gets wet it also expands.
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