Dave Prebble Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 hi daveyou over looked the vat of canal water.ho.ho!!! cplayer Self inflating concertina lifebelt complete with flashing beacon, GPS and sonar device........ Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david robertson Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 There's nothing I like better than rummaging around someone else's toolbox; you can find out so much about a person in this most private of places. You might pull up short though and wonder 'what the devil is that doing in here?' People, you see, bring in tools from many disciplines that they feel comfortable with, that aren't normally associated with the work they are doing but just happen to do a particular job very well. My first offering is an artist's tool called a colour shaper or clay shaper. This is much like a paint brush but the bristles are replaced by tips of silicone rubber in various shapes and degrees of stiffness. This wondrous tool is equally at home as a glue spreader (that the glue can't stick to) or a resilient but gentle tool for working leather repairs into bellows. So what's in your concertina toolbox that we might be surprised by? A teaspoon with the top half-inch of the handle bent 90˚ and ground to a fine edge - the ideal bodger's tool for lifting the old chamois seals in the end of bellows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 A teaspoon with the top half-inch of the handle bent 90˚ and ground to a fine edge - the ideal bodger's tool for lifting the old chamois seals in the end of bellows. Real bodgers use a screwdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david robertson Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 A teaspoon with the top half-inch of the handle bent 90˚ and ground to a fine edge - the ideal bodger's tool for lifting the old chamois seals in the end of bellows. Real bodgers use a screwdriver Maybe, but lazy bodgers find it much easier to bend a teaspoon! Plus, of course, it has a dual function: it's also quite handy for insinuating between bellows and action box frame when the two have got stuck together with years and years of gunk, nicotine etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 hi daveyou over looked the vat of canal water.ho.ho!!! cplayer Oh? what's that used for? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Müller Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 A teaspoon with the top half-inch of the handle bent 90˚ and ground to a fine edge - the ideal bodger's tool for lifting the old chamois seals in the end of bellows. Real bodgers use a screwdriver Please educate an ignorant Scandinavian - "bodger"? - my Mac's New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writers Thesaurus come with with "badger", "bodega", "codger", "dodger" and "lodger" /Henrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 "bodger" is a traditional English name for one who makes simple furniture, mainly chairs, from unseasoned timber. Googling for "chair bodger" will turn up lots of information. The current, pejorative, use of the word describes someone who takes shorcuts in making or repairing. For example using a screwdriver as a chisel, or another English favourite "the Birmingham screwdriver" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Prebble Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 hi daveyou over looked the vat of canal water.ho.ho!!! cplayer Oh? what's that used for? Dave Accidental 'deep clean' of my Jeffries G/G in the Macclesfield Canal about 28 years ago. (Some folks have long memories eh Trooper ? ) I have since mastered more sophisticated techniques of restoration Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Prebble Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 "bodger" is a traditional English name for one who makes simple furniture, mainly chairs, from unseasoned timber. Googling for "chair bodger" will turn up lots of information. The current, pejorative, use of the word describes someone who takes shorcuts in making or repairing. For example using a screwdriver as a chisel, or another English favourite "the Birmingham screwdriver" Or in Mining Terms, a 'pit spanner' was a 14 pound sledgehammer Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Accidental 'deep clean' of my Jeffries G/G You have a horse called Jeffries? Now that's pretty obsessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 So what's in your concertina toolbox that we might be surprised by? I always carry a Swiss Army knife in my trouser pocket. That makes several straight screwdrivers, a cross-head screwdriver, a wood saw and a hacksaw, scissors and nail file (for treating the human side of the person-concertina interface), a magnifying glass for detailed inspections, tweezers, a toothpick, an awl (very sharp!), an angler's hook disengorger with a very useful notch in the end (for springs, etc.) - and of course two knife blades. The only drawback is that you can only use one tool at a time, and the ergonomics are not all that great. But I haven't had a field failure of my concertina yet that I couldn't fix. And the knife has many more uses, even non-musical ones When I'm travelling, I complement the Swiss knife with a handy electrician's toolkit in a small leather case, which I once got in lieu of a fee for playing at the company social club that hosts our group practice evenings. This has two sizes of Phillips screwdriver, three sizes of straight screwdriver, and a pair of pliers with wire cutter. The case fits in my concertina box under the tina. The only added value is the pliers, but the screwdrivers are, of course, handier to use than those on the knife. What I haven't carried hiterto is glue, but a small tube might fit in my electrician's kit - good idea! Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hi John do you carry your concertina in the other trouser pocket chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplayer Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 hi daveyou over looked the vat of canal water.ho.ho!!! cplayer Oh? what's that used for? Dave Accidental 'deep clean' of my Jeffries G/G in the Macclesfield Canal about 28 years ago. (Some folks have long memories eh Trooper ? ) I have since mastered more sophisticated techniques of restoration Dave well dave how could I forget your version of" jeffries water music" in g/d ho.ho. trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hi Johndo you carry your concertina in the other trouser pocket chris Chris, Are you thinking of a variation on that old Mae West line: "Are you that pleased to see me - or have you just got your concertina in your trouser pocket?" John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 Are you thinking of a variation on that old Mae West line: "Are you that pleased to see me - or have you just got your concertina in your trouser pocket?" John Excuse me but this is a thread for hardware not software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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