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268833 "jjb-aia@j..." <jjb-aia@j...> 2019‑07‑06 Re: New uses for old stuff
Tom wrote:

"I've always thought it would be interesting to compile a list of new uses for
older tools-- not, for example, singing the ergonomic virtues of old hand saws,
but collecting new applications."

Most of my tool uses are consistent with their original intents, but I have
found an adaptive use for adjustable brick mason's tongs. While perfect for
carrying many bricks, they also serve as a handle for stove length firewood
rounds. Perfect for those times a wheelbarrow or cart in the woods is not the
right extrication tool. Just a slight bend to the corners of the pressure pads
helps them grab, while not preventing their original use. Old tool content: Mine
are likely half a century old (tag sale find) and they help me perpetuate
archaic heating technologies.

Jack Butkus, in hot and humid Trumbull, CT

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