non electric tools,and other items of need

[jimLE]

yesterday,i started making a list of items,in which their good/great,from everyday life.to a complete shtf situation.and every where in between..

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****y trap/snare
outdoor grill
wood burning stove/heater
scythe
hand powered grinding wheel
corn/wheat/coffee grinder(s)
manual can opener
hand crank twin egg beater
whisk
reversible ratcheting brace hand drill
pruner
saw
hoe
post hole digger
pick axe
shovel
old style mower (no engine type)
hand operated blender
bicycle
hand tools..wrenches,screw drivers,etc etc..
hand crank meat grinder
Cross-cut saw
Hacksaw
knifes
horse drawn plow
wood carving tools
still for purifying water.
kitchen utensils..
screws, nails, bolts, etc
Pry/crow bar
Clamps
hand drill and more bits
Ladders

 

[user 7704]

I'm gathering hand operated kitchen tools. Meat grinder, can openers, mixers, cast n iron for outdoor cooking. There is more, but it's too early to think clearly. people do ask me why I don't want electric appliances and I just say, "in case of a power outage".

 

[Gazrok]

Yep, I've been doing the same. I have most of that in the above list. But also good to have more than one of some of the more common ones, as it may be more than one of us using a bit drive, for example, at the same time.

Don't forget a good old socket set....

 

[Warriorhealer22]

Slowly but surely I get a hold of manual tools. I even try to use them! The hardest piece I cannot seem to find, I limit myself to local, is a push mower. I'll keep looking.

 

[user 7704]

I bought an old-fashioned push cultivator for my gardens. I actually used it rather than pulling out the tiller for small jobs. It's really good exercise too. It has 3 or 4 different attachments for rows, raking, etc

 

[Brent S]

I bought an old-fashioned push cultivator for my gardens. I actually used it rather than pulling out the tiller for small jobs. It's really good exercise too. It has 3 or 4 different attachments for rows, raking, etc

I'd like to see a pict of it. I'm always looking for good ideas to replace gas or electric if times get tough.

 

[Brent S]

Slowly but surely I get a hold of manual tools. I even try to use them! The hardest piece I cannot seem to find, I limit myself to local, is a push mower. I'll keep looking.

I saw some push mowers at lowes and Home Depot recently. They look like they would be ok for small level ground. I live on a very hilly 2.5 acres so not much of an option here. If it ever gets to where I can't get gasoline then mother nature will get to reclaim most of the property.

 

[WGregMiller]

Slowly but surely I get a hold of manual tools. I even try to use them! The hardest piece I cannot seem to find, I limit myself to local, is a push mower. I'll keep looking.

I hate to say it, but look at Home Depot. That's where ours came from....

 

[user 7704]

Every seed catalog has them for $139 or so. I got mine on line at JC Penney for $97. On sale

 

[Mountain trapper]

I saw some push mowers at lowes and Home Depot recently. They look like they would be ok for small level ground. I live on a very hilly 2.5 acres so not much of an option here. If it ever gets to where I can't get gasoline then mother nature will get to reclaim most of the property.

Forgot mowing, that would just give you more pasture for your stock.

 

[user 7704]

I'm turning as much 9f my yards into gardens that I can. I have lots of trees. Some are walnut which poison the soil, so I'm cutting them whenever I can

 

[Brent S]

I'm turning as much 9f my yards into gardens that I can. I have lots of trees. Some are walnut which poison the soil, so I'm cutting them whenever I can

I know that the black walnuts kill other plants near them, but I have one that's about twelve inches in diameter that I don't have the heart to cut. I get plenty of walnuts from it but you need a sledge hammer to open them! I have a stack of walnut lumber form a couple large trees I got from a friend a while back and it's my most prized lumber. I planed and sanded some 1x12's a while ago and hope to make an antiqued trestle table before long. If only there were more hours in the day..lol

 

[user 7704]

I tried to give my trees away. Called lumber mills, etc. No one would take them because they can't tell if they have something in them that would ruin their saws. They were huge and straight. They made firewood.

 

[Brent S]

I tried to give my trees away. Called lumber mills, etc. No one would take them because they can't tell if they have something in them that would ruin their saws. They were huge and straight. They made firewood.

Ouch, that hurts! It makes some of the best furniture in the world. I know a lot of the big sawmills won't cut logs from residential areas as they usually contain nails and stuff. People hang things, from clothes lines to swings, and the tree just growers over the metal. The smaller guys with the portable bandsaw mills don't worry as much as the blades are cheaper. I owned a timber king mill for a couple years, and the blades were about 17 dollars from a small business that made them over in kennesaw ga. I didn't want to trash a blade, so I used a metal detector first. Walnut is worth about 5$ a square foot. That's a 1x12 by 12" long. For that it's worth risking a blade. I've been offered cash for the stack of walnut I have several times but won't even consider selling it. It's truly the best for furniture. One thing I didn't point out is the stuff is poisonous to us and pets too. When cutting I wear a mask as it's not good to breathe. Lots of people have severe reactions to it, some just mild irritation, we have a dog that chewed a small scrap of it. She was actually eating it. Her back end was paralyzed for a few hours. The vet said dogs were more susceptible than people. So the moral here, don't play fetch with Fido with a walnut branch! Lol. I wish I had known you guys when I had that mill. Would have been worth the trip to me.

 

[Maverick]

Ouch, that hurts! It makes some of the best furniture in the world. I know a lot of the big sawmills won't cut logs from residential areas as they usually contain nails and stuff. People hang things, from clothes lines to swings, and the tree just growers over the metal. The smaller guys with the portable bandsaw mills don't worry as much as the blades are cheaper. I owned a timber king mill for a couple years, and the blades were about 17 dollars from a small business that made them over in kennesaw ga. I didn't want to trash a blade, so I used a metal detector first. Walnut is worth about 5$ a square foot. That's a 1x12 by 12" long. For that it's worth risking a blade. I've been offered cash for the stack of walnut I have several times but won't even consider selling it. It's truly the best for furniture. One thing I didn't point out is the stuff is poisonous to us and pets too. When cutting I wear a mask as it's not good to breathe. Lots of people have severe reactions to it, some just mild irritation, we have a dog that chewed a small scrap of it. She was actually eating it. Her back end was paralyzed for a few hours. The vet said dogs were more susceptible than people. So the moral here, don't play fetch with Fido with a walnut branch! Lol. I wish I had known you guys when I had that mill. Would have been worth the trip to me.

Brent, my daughter says it's the mold on the fallen hulls that's a problem for animals, if the branches or walnuts doesn't contain mold than it's not an issue, my dogs chew on our walnut branches and whole walnuts all the time and never experienced an issue with it, I read your post here and since I have walnut trees I had to ask the kids

 

[Billy Roper]

My ten year old didn't know how to use a non-electric can opener until recently. That was another wake-up call.

 

[jimLE]

yeah,it's a shame how many people don't know things like that..but if it's electric,or a electronic device.they know.or learn it rather quickly..

 

[Brent S]

Brent, my daughter says it's the mold on the fallen hulls that's a problem for animals, if the branches or walnuts doesn't contain mold than it's not an issue, my dogs chew on our walnut branches and whole walnuts all the time and never experienced an issue with it, I read your post here and since I have walnut trees I had to ask the kids

I know a lot of the dark hardwoods have an oil in it that's a toxin. Lots of woodworkers are sensitive to some of them. I didn't know about mold, but that makes sense too. As far as the toxicity of it, I think that depends on the person, or animal. Just like some people are more allergic to some things than others.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I tried to give my trees away. Called lumber mills, etc. No one would take them because they can't tell if they have something in them that would ruin their saws. They were huge and straight. They made firewood.

Most mills use metal detectors to check for metal objects. Don't know why your local mills don't.

 

[user 7704]

Their loss Arctic.

 

[EdwardGein]

Thanks for this thread which I am perusing now. I started a similar type thread that is a slight variance of this before I came across your thread.

yesterday,i started making a list of items,in which their good/great,from everyday life.to a complete shtf situation.and every where in between..

lock pic
****y trap/snare
outdoor grill
wood burning stove/heater
scythe
hand powered grinding wheel
corn/wheat/coffee grinder(s)
manual can opener
hand crank twin egg beater
whisk
reversible ratcheting brace hand drill
pruner
saw
hoe
post hole digger
pick axe
shovel
old style mower (no engine type)
hand operated blender
bicycle
hand tools..wrenches,screw drivers,etc etc..
hand crank meat grinder
Cross-cut saw
Hacksaw
knifes
horse drawn plow
wood carving tools
still for purifying water.
kitchen utensils..
screws, nails, bolts, etc
Pry/crow bar
Clamps
hand drill and more bits
Ladders

 

[EdwardGein]

I'm gathering hand operated kitchen tools. Meat grinder, can openers, mixers, cast n iron for outdoor cooking. There is more, but it's too early to think clearly. people do ask me why I don't want electric appliances and I just say, "in case of a power outage".

Can't hurt to have both. My quandary is, if there is TEOTWAWKI rather than SHTF, how many manual can openers and similar type items should one have on hand. Right now I have 3 can openers. Yeah I obviously can buy more but I'm using the money to have various additional items on hand for the present. Obviously just one of an item isn't enough but multiple items at present for me are limited to my income.

 

[Silent Earth]

Can't hurt to have both. My quandary is, if there is TEOTWAWKI rather than SHTF, how many manual can openers and similar type items should one have on hand. Right now I have 3 can openers. Yeah I obviously can buy more but I'm using the money to have various additional items on hand for the present. Obviously just one of an item isn't enough but multiple items at present for me are limited to my income.

I just bought two packets of 5 x P38 tin openers total cost £5

 

[user 7704]

I found the egg beaters at World Market at the mall.

 

[jimLE]

the hand operated can opener we have in out kitchen draw,aint worth 5 cents..so i'll be looking for replacements to replace it with..

 

[user 7704]

I refuse to own an electric can opener until my arthritis makes it a necessity

 

[Silent Earth]

In the UK most of our tinned goods come with ring pulls now, I would say about 75% of them.

 

[user 7704]

I don't know the percentage here, but many of the soups and ready to eat cans, have the pull lids.

 

[jimLE]

my mom loves the Campbell's soup on the go soups..they have the pull off lids.but wont be very handy in a no electric situation,when it comes to the microwave..i wonder if they can be heated up,as is,in a pot of hot water..

 

[Dalisa]

I dont bother with such tools, cause you dare not be above ground during daylight for a year, post shtf, on pain of being shot. Once you've passed that much time, 90+ % will be dead, and you can simply pick up pretty much any tools you need, all over the place. The money is far better spent on grain, peanut butter, instant oatmeal, non-hybrid seeds, honey, powdered milk, Tang, multi-vitamin/mineral tablets, Crisco.