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Old 04-17-2009, 10:26 PM
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:16 PM
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Love the hacksaw bit.
Whoever said that 'it's a poor workman that blames his tools' never tried to cut rebar with a dull hacksaw.

Back when I was building houses with my old man ('67 - '75) that was one of my chores. He was sorta old school. None of this fancy metal cutoff saws for him. I imagine he knew about those 4 foot long lever devices for both bending and cutting rebar but I'm guessing he thought it would build character in me to have to use a hacksaw.
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Old 04-18-2009, 05:08 PM
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Whoever said that 'it's a poor workman that blames his tools' never tried to cut rebar with a dull hacksaw.

Back when I was building houses with my old man ('67 - '75) that was one of my chores. He was sorta old school. None of this fancy metal cutoff saws for him. I imagine he knew about those 4 foot long lever devices for both bending and cutting rebar but I'm guessing he thought it would build character in me to have to use a hacksaw.
And a better reason to call you "Lefty"! LOL

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