11 broken items
For this week's column, I thought I'd take a different approach.
While looking around my workshop this morning I realized I have a fair number of broken items laying around. Rather than just toss them out (you don’t pitch broken things out, do you?!) I took photos of them and cropped them nice and tight. Some are quite easy, while some are bit tricky. And to be honest, some aren’t actually broken, but are just in need of some sort of TLC. One, although it is in my workshop, it’s not truly a tool or even a typical workshop or woodworking item. Bonus points for guessing that one correctly. If you’ve been reading these columns from the beginning it shouldn’t be too hard.
Post your thoughts on the comments below. Who knows, maybe I’ll even send a small prize to the person who has the most correct guesses.
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Rob is a studio furniture maker and the editor at Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement. Instagram at @RobBrownTeaches
I do not know if Jacilynn is a man or lady, but they must have studied that list for a few days. They must have been in the woodshop for a few years, God bless them.
By my judging, Jacilynn beats out Andrew by a score of 9.5 to 7.5, with Grumpy coming in with 5 points. I gave 1/2 points for very close answers. I’ll post the items in my blog this week. I’ll be in contact with Jacilynn to see what prize she would like.
Thanks everyone!
There some good guesses here. I’ll give folks another day or two then reveal the answers and winner.
#4 Chisel Handel -#5 Hand saw #8 Band saw blade #9 chipped table saw blade #10 drill bit that the last on is from when you tripped with a box of screws – LOL
The question becomes “Is it worth the effort to repair/fix that which is broke/worn out?”, when the usual end result is a tool that will never be as good as a new one. Sharpening is one thing, but remaking is another. Experience is a good teacher here, and I speak from experience!
1 dull Brad point bit
2 quick clamp, not sure what you did to that one.
3 #2 Phillips bit put in too small a hole.
4 old wooden handle, most lightly a flat screw driver
5 crosscut saw that dropped on some metal after cut. Needs good filing
6 burnt metal drill bit. Or possibly a cheap cement/masonry but
7 chipped Stanley 78 duplex rabbit plane front edge
8 possibly bandsaw blade but more likely a jigsaw blade
9 chipped carbide tooth from a tablesaw/skillsaw/compound miter saw/ radial arm saw blade.
10 broken spiral drill bit of some type
11 marble machine
1. Brad point drill bit
2. Push block
3. Phillips head screwdriver or driver bit
4. Missing ferrule from a screwdriver or scraper handle (not likely a chisel, though could be a spoon gouge)
5. Japanese pull saw
6.Kreg jig drill bit
7. The mouth of a rabbet plane (perhaps a Stanley 78, but I’m not that good at identifying planes).
8. Bandsaw blade
9. Mitre saw blade (maybe a table saw blade, but I doubt it)
10. Drill bit. Maybe another one of those Kreg ones, but I think not.
11. Cutting board. (Why all the screws in it?)