The more things change...

[MatthewM]

... the more they stay the same.

Sound like the kind of advice you might hear echoing in the halls of the GJ forum. I saw that today while researching home made sheet metal brakes. There are really cool full magazine editions of Popular mechanics on Google books. Here is the edition I was enjoying.

http://books.google.com/books?id=1t8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA207&ots=eU_XgLRiKU&dq=sheet%20metal%20brake%20design&pg=PA226#v=onepage&q=sheet%20metal%20brake%20design&f=false

 

[Lump]

Very cool.

 

[mikevango]

Oh I get it. This is a harbor freight ad.

 

[Gary S]

I hate to break the news to you. Fred died of old age, and I bought that hammer at the rummage sale his wife had after he died.
The hammer still works just fine in spite of the fact that it is 70 years old.
I use it and throw it in my toolbox with no respect for its age.

 

[Red Green]

I hate to break the news to you. Fred died of old age, and I bought that hammer at the rummage sale his wife had after he died.
The hammer still works just fine in spite of the fact that it is 70 years old.
I use it and throw it in my toolbox with no respect for its age.

I bet the hammer will still be useable when the next guy buys it at the estate auction your widow will have when you die.

 

[Greatbear]

That hammer is the same hammer his great-grandfather owned. The handle has been changed three times, the head once. But it's the same hammer!

 

[lwlobo]

Ah, back when hardware stores sold quality tools!

Most still do, I guess. It just that the Internet has better selection and is and cheaper...