not if the nukes are flying there wont. think "nuclear winter".So did I but some will always have power tools and Not the Armstrong Type or the Pedal Power Type so I saw the Solar Chargers as there will Alwaysa Sun Over head...!!!
I know with the big two-man crosscut saws you need setting tools. Also, the wood framed double-handled saws (not sure what these saws are called) need blades to be set. Both types of saws have relatively thick steel blades. My bow saws have thin, spring-steel blades. I do not believe they need aligning with a setting tool.
keep it simple.
Can't get much simpler than a saw.
I bought a few new tools today.
Love "This Old House!"
If you don't need one it is ok , I know that a modern bow saw work way better in green limb wood with a much more aggressive set. nice dry wood not needed as much and the narrower kerf the easier to saw
For some reason, probably because this thread was posted in the Prepping Forum, I was under the impression that being stocked with basic hand tools were for use after the SHTF. Any tool powered by gasoline or electricity most likely could not be used post-SHTF.
yes that was kind of my point, but it has really stayed on track, quite a record for us. even if I had engines and fuel. If there was an end of the world as we know it style event. I would want to be as quiet as possible for at least a week. prolly 2
Man Never has enough tools it seems...it like shoes for ladies..haha. But, I am liking all the battery powered tools available now, not too much a person cant do with these, easily portable, easy to charge with a simple solar system or small gen. I have made it part of my bunker kit. Not too mention that I have collected a lot of hand tools over the years being a tradesman.
There are ways to use wood & alcohol to replace gas. But to non power hand tools, bow saw & folding saw loppers, hand spears, cross cut one handle. But if you do not have a wagon & a team of mules/ horses, why do you need to clear the road in the first place?
What kind of bearings?
like a tapered roller, or a tapered shell type bearing or something entirely different?
I don't know. It had belonged to my grandfather. He was a blacksmith turned welder turned machinist. He built anything. He was stumped on a replacement bearing but the clock ran out on him. He had a reference library full of catalogs from Detroit bearing and places like that. This was long before the world wide web
oh boy if he was stumped with that kind of back ground, when you could talk to actual knowledgeable parts people, it will be a challenge now A person would need to take it apart and see what they are, and try to find something that could work, my guess would be that the taper would also act as a thrust surface. but with out actually seeing, it is just a stab in the dark
No I don’t know how to use a manual saw or a shovel either- nope I have no clue
My idea is to grease the bearing holders and fill with plaster of Paris or suchlike. Pull that out and have it cast from brass. Then bore out the center for a bearing that fits the crank shaft. Probably would have to make a retainer of sorts. I just need to get around to it
Do they still make Babbitt bearing, I know they make the hammer for machinist dead blow hammers.
you pretty much have to pour your own, but with a decent mask it isn't nearly as dangerous as it once was, unless you spill it on your self . I think an old auto motive battery would supply the lead in a pinch, like post shtf
Yes. I have a thing for tools and have a natural mechanical aptitude to use them properly and efficiently.
It was some kind of roller bearing as I remember it. It's not split like a babbit bearing. I have at least a 100 pounds of babbitt, probably more. High speed and low speed babbit. My grandad did a lot of babbit bearings.
