If you were heading to an Island to do your job and you could only bring five tools, could you get your job done? Power is there.
Since I frame houses, I know I could do it and get the job done.
I’d bring a saw with a loooooong cord.
A Hammer- I’d be satisfied with my 14oz titanium that I use now.
Of course I’d bring my framing square.
a utility knife of some sort. Probably a larger bladed one than I normally carry. I guess I’d want a knife with a big enough blade to strike.
I gotta have a tape…or do I?
That’s my five.
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no need for a pencil eh?
Justin Fink - FHB Editorial
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Pencil - thats the utility knife or point of a nail, or fingernail if need be.
knife, hammer, saw; only need 3. Only the saw if they got rocks there.
Edited 7/25/2006 10:38 am ET by junkhound
No level for the devil?
No level for the devil?
He's on an island, so for plumb he can sight the framing square off the water horizon on calm days.
Treat every person you meet like you will know them the rest of your life - you just might!
Is this rhetorical or an actual deal?
If this is rhetorical, lose the power and suppose it's a "deserted island" with no dimensional lumber:
Bowsaw with double-edged blade
Roofing Hatchet or Short Axe (hammer, chop, pry)
Gerber Multi-Tool (Marking, cutting, etc)
1" or larger Mortise Chisel (maybe a Slick)
Hmmm . . . maybe a Trench Tool?
You could create your own rule and storey poles - I'd skip the tape and square.
If this is the real deal with power, hardware, fasteners, and dimensional lumber:
Sidewinder (with blades and long cord)
Roofing Hatchet
Gerber Multi-Tool
12" combination square with a built in level
Tape
Is the tool belt a tool or clothing ;-)
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you're on a deserted islandyou can have five things with youand you picked tools??!!that's so wrong . . . . . .
Well this one went South pretty fast. . . :-P
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yes, but the south shall rise again.
be bred with cornbread
it was the desert island part . . . too many connotationsor perhaps an overall 'tipi' giddinessjust for the record:drill
power saw
hammer (no pneumatics . . . got plenty of time)
shovel
clamps (can i have more than 1?)
Just one..... my truck. :)
Just one..... my truck.
OK, so you're the guy who gets three wishes and on wish 3 asks for 3 more wishes? ;)jt8
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You are so boring .
Tim
Edited 7/25/2006 2:51 pm by Mooney
Tim's been feeling his oats again.
be a coldbeer in the afternoon
Don't forget the beer.
On a deserted island you want a kit to brew yer own.
we'll need ice too.
so there's oats in that gunny sack she's wearing?
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Hammer, anvil, lathe, grinder, drillpress.
I'll make everything else I need. ;-)
Come to think of it, all I need is fire, I'll make all of the above.
Are there any girls on this island? Beer?
Can do in less than five.
As a roofer - Ladder, roof hatchet. Optional - Chaulk line, Utility knife, tin snips.
As a designer - Pencil, Paper, erasure, scale, triangle
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1. fishing gear...
2. double wide sheltered hammock....
3. sun screen....
4. "talented" well equiped "helper"....
5. copy of #4..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
4. "talented" well equiped "helper"....
5. copy of #4..
Yea, cause you can never have enough help!
so now is that blode, brunett or redhead...
pick two....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
color of skin and hair doesnt matter to me, close your eyes and pretend!
Just make sure there good help, thats whats important.
Doug
unless they're 3 times larger than either of us....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
unless they're 3 times larger than either of us....
I never did do that .
Tim
Yea well my hands can see really good in the dark!
I don't do living waterbeds either...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
You're a glutton for punishment.
One woman is all I need to run my life.
Or is that ruin.
Im sorry I screwed your whole thread up. <G>
Tim
didn't say I was gonna marry anybody....
they're "help"...............Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
you don't need to be married to a woman for her to run yer life.
keep hiring their replacement till ya get a good one or two....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
ya need more masonry tools ...
it's an island ... it's gonna be mostly blockwork.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
If you were heading to an Island to do your job and you could only bring five tools, could you get your job done? Power is there.
Seems everyone is skipping over the heart of the question.
Answer...No. Five things I'd bring though.....
(1) Case of rum....a case is one item, yes?
(2)Sattelite radio....ya said there was power.
(3)Pair of Tevas.....some of them islands is rocky.
(4)Snow Falling On Cedars......woulda been Cold Mountain, but I think the movie kinda colored my interpretation.
(5)The 19 yo blonde across the street.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
>>>>>>>>>>(5)The 19 yo blonde across the street.What's his name?
DANG!!!!!
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Lance
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
One thing y'all are forgetting -
(1) open end wench.
Darned handy to have around on any island!
Brings up another thing. Could it be a desert island (hot & dry), a deserted island (nobody there), or a dessert island (lots of ice cream and maybe a set of wenches)?
Forrest