Okay, I admit that the only correlation to RVs here is one's shop!
I love building my RV, however there are many times when the shop tools come in quite handy for other things. Case in point.....
I don't know how many of you guys were Boy Scouts, but I'd put good money on the fact that there are quite a few! My 11yr. old son is joining Boy Scouts this Fall, and we did a little shopping for the ocassion tonight, A new shirt, the kerchief, the hat.... Then, my boy spies this beautiful "Official Boy Scout" knife in the case. Cost....$40 (Hoowahhh.. like airplane parts!). I look at this knife, and it looks JUST LIKE the one I had when I was in Boy Scouts back in the ...er..um...'60s! Well, it occurred to me that my Official Boy Scout knife was in a little cardboard box in the basement along with some other very important artifacts ( that's a "museum" word isn't it?).
My boy wants to spend his hard earned $40 to buy this classic knife. I tell him to hold off, that I think I can fix him up with my old one. He says.."But Dad, this one is new!" I said, steel is steel, whether it is a year old or 45 yrsl old!
Okay, so after we get home and the kiddos are in bed, I very quickly locate my Boy Scout knife from forty umpty years ago and procede to start "restoring" it. ....simply, it was obviously a bit tarnished from the years gone by, but was in very good condition. I spent the next hour buffing all the metal "foldouts" ( don't know what else to call them, but you know what I mean ). Attachment by attachment, I slowly and methodically buffed these pieces first with the wire brush wheel and then with the 6" scotchbrite wheel.
I then took some common household oil and spread it around on all the metal parts and then cleaned it all up! The result is a beautiful 45 yr old "Official Boy Scout" knife that I am passing on to my son! Now, I ask you.... how cool is that??!!!
One of the many reasons I am "....on -8 wings still!! "
I love building my RV, however there are many times when the shop tools come in quite handy for other things. Case in point.....
I don't know how many of you guys were Boy Scouts, but I'd put good money on the fact that there are quite a few! My 11yr. old son is joining Boy Scouts this Fall, and we did a little shopping for the ocassion tonight, A new shirt, the kerchief, the hat.... Then, my boy spies this beautiful "Official Boy Scout" knife in the case. Cost....$40 (Hoowahhh.. like airplane parts!). I look at this knife, and it looks JUST LIKE the one I had when I was in Boy Scouts back in the ...er..um...'60s! Well, it occurred to me that my Official Boy Scout knife was in a little cardboard box in the basement along with some other very important artifacts ( that's a "museum" word isn't it?).
My boy wants to spend his hard earned $40 to buy this classic knife. I tell him to hold off, that I think I can fix him up with my old one. He says.."But Dad, this one is new!" I said, steel is steel, whether it is a year old or 45 yrsl old!
Okay, so after we get home and the kiddos are in bed, I very quickly locate my Boy Scout knife from forty umpty years ago and procede to start "restoring" it. ....simply, it was obviously a bit tarnished from the years gone by, but was in very good condition. I spent the next hour buffing all the metal "foldouts" ( don't know what else to call them, but you know what I mean ). Attachment by attachment, I slowly and methodically buffed these pieces first with the wire brush wheel and then with the 6" scotchbrite wheel.
I then took some common household oil and spread it around on all the metal parts and then cleaned it all up! The result is a beautiful 45 yr old "Official Boy Scout" knife that I am passing on to my son! Now, I ask you.... how cool is that??!!!
One of the many reasons I am "....on -8 wings still!! "