[AT] The old putty knife does it again

[charlie hill]

I .... HAD.... a favorite gasket scraper.  It was a cheap one that I bought 
in one of those cheap tool bins at the auto parts store.  It was my favorite 
and the one I always reached for to scrape most anything.  I had it for 
probably 15 years or so.  Then one day I decided to use it like a chisel/pry 
bar when I removing a wooden moulding or something.  Snapped the whole blade 
off right where it meets the shaft.  I bet I'll never find  another one I 
like as well.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] The old putty knife does it again


>    Dean;
>    I usually have 3 putty knives and 2 wide scrapers on my tool board. 
> Each
> one has a differrent characteristic and suited to different uses. Other
> handy tools are a 1/4 inch wood chisel, assorted bearing scrapers and
> stainless steel "tooth brushes".
>
>                Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:17 PM
> Subject: [AT] The old putty knife does it again
>
>
>> One day about seven years ago I was on my way somewhere and saw a putty
>> knife lying in the road.  I drove past it and then thought better of it,
>> turned around and got out and waited for traffic to clear then picked it
>> up.
>> It's a non-descript little thing, black handle, no markings, blade would
>> have been about an inch and a half wide except one corner of it is broken
>> off.  I didn't think much of it at the time, but it's been a great little
>> tool.  I find myself reaching for it for all sorts of things that I
>> wouldn't
>> do with my "good" tools.  Today it was just the right thing to slowly 
>> peel
>> up and scrape off the old gasket on the rear of the transmission case of
>> my
>> Farmall M, as I prepared to put the PTO housing back on.  Right width,
>> right
>> degree of flexibility, right feel as I worked that old stuff off of 
>> there.
>> Made me glad, again, that I turned around for it.
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>> Dayton, Ohio
>> www.vinsonfarm.net
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