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I'm looking for one for home use. Only driving a few dozen fence posts per year, not commercial or industrial usage, and I wouldn't even consider one of these except I sometimes have to drive into really hard packed ground (and I can't wait for a rainy day to help me out). For that little use...

I watched that movie enough times, I see those guys in my sleep.

I use my trash-picked Stowaway stool at least once a week. Guess I'll have to start wearing my high school bell bottoms, too... Joe

Much like "My esteemed colleague" said with a straight face. Or "Why, bless your heart" spoken with a slight Southern lilt and always with a smile. Sometimes the 'air quotes' can be hard to see in the mist... Joe

I see no one had much to offer on this subject, ubiquitous as it is. I found lots of discussion on vinyl treating on the HAMB site but nothing particularly useful to me. However I did find what I believe to be the surprising answer to my original query. TLDR: Warmth is your friend, then wash...

Hammer tap on a wooden bench top is how I've always done it. Slow and repetitive. Joe

1 inch. I've prolly got enough 1 inch chisels but it's another project that kept me out of trouble for an afternoon. Joe

I found this old chisel in the Restore still sealed in a plastic coating. I couldn't read a brand but for $1 it was worth the gamble. I peeled the plastic away and revealed it's a Greenlee, then I grabbed an old piece of broomstick and fitted a handle (with a spokeshave since my lathe is 100...

Looks like the included tool in a knock-down 'something' - appliance, coffee table, who knows. Just like all the little Torx drivers that are cluttering up IKEA customer's junk drawers. Where to get one? Don't know. Could prolly make one with a couple sacrificial Allen wrenches and some epoxy...

Armour Coated Abrasives. The same company that made canned hams. I wonder if the sandpaper uses hide based glues or if there's no real connection and it was just a corporate purchase to park cash?

I've just acquired a 1974 Jensen Healy (...so begins a different saga...) that has been sitting outdoors for ten plus years. The original black vinyl seats are in surprisingly good shape but the upholstery is noticeably hard. I expect that with any regular use they'll be brittle enough to shred...

I'm OK with the 'no channels, no comm' deal, but as for the third, well that's the whole reason to have a camper - for when I wake up at 2:30 in the morning and don't want to go outside.

I'm not sure autocorrect was involved. I think you could insert any forum name or topic and the observation would apply.

Rather than condensed milk, perhaps another dairy product? Land-O-Lakes butter had (still has?) a label with a young girl holding a pound of the butter with the label visible of a young girl holding a pound of butter with the label visible, ad infinitum. Fascinating to the 8 year old me. Joe

Don, although they're all K-D model number 600, you're looking at two different tools. The one with cotter (split) pin are fixed jaws and the one with the wing screw allows you to adjust the width of the jaw. Joe