Stanley Yankee screwdrivers were the norm when I started out. And for me, it's great to get one out and use it. So cool now. There's a generation who haven't seen or used these.
@@twcmaker There will be a series of people seeing what they grew up with superseded and then coming back a reminiscence pieces! An example .... The common Couch! Nowadays made from Chipboard or MDF and totally not repairable. The old re-upholstery business was run over by economics so people do not realise what went into a traditional piece and how it could end up like the ancient Greek boat of myth totally replaced over time one piece at a time. Another example was Electric Screwdrivers ..... a small handheld rectangular box with a switch and a bit holder that revolutionised traditional screwdrivers but later got superseded by the now ubiquitous 20V Impact Driver! As the song says "The times they are a changin' " ....... which leaves a nice nich for the old stuff ;o)
You call the clamps cramps. I’m made up with that. I served my time mostly with a dry dock ship builder, he referred to as G clamps and sash cramps. I was mocked on one site by more than one joiner and they swore that it’s clamps! 40 odd years later and you’ve proved I wasn’t wrong. Ek, such a small thing troubled my ocd so much all these years.
😂 😂 😂 I don't even think about it. What I call them just comes out. I'm so old now that they're called whatever comes out my mouth 😂😂😂 a while ago I would have Googled the answer.. Now, life is too short for me to be right. I think some kids might say 'whatever' 😂😂😂 I think your ship builder got it right... 🤔 I think. Now I'm resisting the urge to Google it 🙈🙈🙈
Ahh the problem there is, even if I know the right answer, my heads too old to remember which way round 😂 Probably an autistic trait. Or getting old 😂😂😂
Was there a reason you didn’t level the centre bearer or is it level (parallel to the floor) and it’s the cross rails on ends which are different heights? Always surprises me how rough certain bits of old furniture are, I guess everything was always built to a price and corners cut. It’ll be a really nice bed when it’s done.👍
It would have opened a whole new can of worms. I put it where it was central from side to side. And height was split between the two sides 🙈 It was the best I could do without moving everything. But the heights of each end piece were uneven. It was a mess. But with huge potential 👍👍👍
@@twcmaker I think this is where skill and experience are priceless. Knowing when not to disappear down a rabbit hole trying to get everything technically correct.👍
Just the fact that the timber was more brittle than any Mahogany I've ever used, was a warning that I should only do what was necessary. I did to this bed what I would have done if it were mine. I thought cutting to width was going to be the tough part.. Turns out cutting to length was just as bad. Editing it now 👍
I see loads of people learning to make furniture. Which is great, but it's only when you start repairing furniture that you really get to understand the structure and strength of a piece. People new to woodworking should look at why and how something has broken. It teaches us so much.
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As soon as you said Tallow I could smell it!
Also those old Stanley pump drivers ...... relics of a bygone time, and cool as!
Stanley Yankee screwdrivers were the norm when I started out. And for me, it's great to get one out and use it. So cool now. There's a generation who haven't seen or used these.
@@twcmaker There will be a series of people seeing what they grew up with superseded and then coming back a reminiscence pieces!
An example .... The common Couch!
Nowadays made from Chipboard or MDF and totally not repairable. The old re-upholstery business was run over by economics so people do not realise what went into a traditional piece and how it could end up like the ancient Greek boat of myth totally replaced over time one piece at a time.
Another example was Electric Screwdrivers ..... a small handheld rectangular box with a switch and a bit holder that revolutionised traditional screwdrivers but later got superseded by the now ubiquitous 20V Impact Driver!
As the song says "The times they are a changin' " ....... which leaves a nice nich for the old stuff ;o)
Good you hear your chatting to yourself Jamie, sounds like you’re confirming each checkpoint
Sounds like I was going 'round the bend. But thank you. I sometimes think there must be someone listening to me 😂 even if it's just me.
You call the clamps cramps. I’m made up with that. I served my time mostly with a dry dock ship builder, he referred to as G clamps and sash cramps. I was mocked on one site by more than one joiner and they swore that it’s clamps!
40 odd years later and you’ve proved I wasn’t wrong.
Ek, such a small thing troubled my ocd so much all these years.
😂 😂 😂 I don't even think about it. What I call them just comes out. I'm so old now that they're called whatever comes out my mouth 😂😂😂 a while ago I would have Googled the answer.. Now, life is too short for me to be right. I think some kids might say 'whatever' 😂😂😂 I think your ship builder got it right... 🤔 I think. Now I'm resisting the urge to Google it 🙈🙈🙈
@@twcmaker Google away mate. It doesn’t make you a bad person 😝
Ahh the problem there is, even if I know the right answer, my heads too old to remember which way round 😂 Probably an autistic trait. Or getting old 😂😂😂
@@twcmaker G cramp and sash clamp, or G clamp…. Stop!!!! My head’s hurting 😂
😂 😂 😂 Yeah I can't look 😂😂👍
Wax on screws- fantastic
As my old boss Barry used to say. "You might be the poor sod who's got to take it out"
Ooh Yankee screwdriver my dad had 3, I played with his junior version
Yankees were the best. In fact I'm more inclined to use mine over a battery driver, with slotted screws.
Was there a reason you didn’t level the centre bearer or is it level (parallel to the floor) and it’s the cross rails on ends which are different heights? Always surprises me how rough certain bits of old furniture are, I guess everything was always built to a price and corners cut. It’ll be a really nice bed when it’s done.👍
It would have opened a whole new can of worms. I put it where it was central from side to side. And height was split between the two sides 🙈 It was the best I could do without moving everything. But the heights of each end piece were uneven. It was a mess. But with huge potential 👍👍👍
@@twcmaker I think this is where skill and experience are priceless. Knowing when not to disappear down a rabbit hole trying to get everything technically correct.👍
Just the fact that the timber was more brittle than any Mahogany I've ever used, was a warning that I should only do what was necessary. I did to this bed what I would have done if it were mine. I thought cutting to width was going to be the tough part.. Turns out cutting to length was just as bad. Editing it now 👍
@@twcmaker looking forward to it.👍
I see loads of people learning to make furniture. Which is great, but it's only when you start repairing furniture that you really get to understand the structure and strength of a piece. People new to woodworking should look at why and how something has broken. It teaches us so much.