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Post by Loggy on Mar 18, 2024 18:58:47 GMT -5
Getting rid of barbs on fly hooks, Sharpening my chain saw, cutting slots in stripped screw heads, making jewelry for my wife, Cutting steel cable up to 1/2", polishing small metal parts, shaping small wooden carvings and antler pieces. If you're cutting steel, take your time and have spare discs and they will do the job. That's a use I didn't think of! Thanks!!
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Post by davet on Mar 19, 2024 6:20:10 GMT -5
I used to do that Dave but it can weaken the hook so that it breaks. It's only happened a couple times but, if I'm not using barbless I usually grind a dozen or so at a time. I haven't bought and barbed hooks for a few years. I do use your method if I'm on the stream and the hook I fly I tie on is barbed. True. If you get "overzealous" with the pliers. (Ask me how I know!!) I've crimped them in my fly vice and even then have broken the hook when I've not been careful. I've solved the whole problem by buying (when available) barbless hooks.
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Post by davet on Mar 19, 2024 6:22:20 GMT -5
Getting rid of barbs on fly hooks, Sharpening my chain saw, cutting slots in stripped screw heads, making jewelry for my wife, Cutting steel cable up to 1/2", polishing small metal parts, shaping small wooden carvings and antler pieces. If you're cutting steel, take your time and have spare discs and they will do the job. That's a use I didn't think of! Thanks!! Rusty's screw head slot is spot on! Those metal cutting wheels make a perfect screw slot. I use that when I'm reforming screws for a flintlock build and even on modern rifles where I've filed down a bigger screw to fit the job!!
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Post by Loggy on Mar 19, 2024 7:10:48 GMT -5
Been looking closely at a multi-tool that Dutch mentioned(below). If I did trim work, door jam cut outs etc. it would be outstanding but thinking would not use all that much. I've cut an access panels in my bars cedar ceiling & some holes in dry wall but a drill & my small jig saw plus hand dry wall saw worked pretty well. Got some 2x6 deck board sections that need cut out/replaced at home & Va property.....so am thinking it could work there? I see they make extended length blades for the multi-tool that could work unless it's on the light side. Couldn't find and reviews or videos of doing the heavier type cuts. I do like how it easily cuts screws & nails though.
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Post by rusty on Mar 19, 2024 8:30:06 GMT -5
Been looking closely at a multi-tool that Dutch mentioned(below). If I did trim work, door jam cut outs etc. it would be outstanding but thinking would not use all that much. I've cut an access panels in my bars cedar ceiling & some holes in dry wall but a drill & my small jig saw plus hand dry wall saw worked pretty well. Got some 2x6 deck board sections that need cut out/replaced at home & Va property.....so am thinking it could work there? I see they make extended length blades for the multi-tool that could work unless it's on the light side. Couldn't find and reviews or videos of doing the heavier type cuts. I do like how it easily cuts screws & nails though. When I did a lot of remodeling, I found uses for the tool pretty often and it makes some tasks much easier than a chisel or saber saw. I don't know if it would be worth buying the tool if you don't do much work. Most could get by some other way that may just take a bit longer.
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Post by moosemike on Mar 19, 2024 10:08:55 GMT -5
Been looking closely at a multi-tool that Dutch mentioned(below). If I did trim work, door jam cut outs etc. it would be outstanding but thinking would not use all that much. I've cut an access panels in my bars cedar ceiling & some holes in dry wall but a drill & my small jig saw plus hand dry wall saw worked pretty well. Got some 2x6 deck board sections that need cut out/replaced at home & Va property.....so am thinking it could work there? I see they make extended length blades for the multi-tool that could work unless it's on the light side. Couldn't find and reviews or videos of doing the heavier type cuts. I do like how it easily cuts screws & nails though. I've had one of those for several years. I can count the number of times I've used it on one hand. And I do building maintenance
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Post by fleroo on Mar 19, 2024 10:41:18 GMT -5
Issue: Barbs on Fly Hooks. Solution: Stop Fly Fishing. Use a worm on a barbed hook.
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Post by Dutch on Mar 19, 2024 10:48:17 GMT -5
Issue: Barbs on Fly Hooks. Solution: Stop Fly Fishing. Use a worm on a barbed hook. It seems so simple, doesn't it? Yank and crank.
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Post by davet on Mar 19, 2024 10:53:21 GMT -5
Yet.....there's something challenging to tying materials one a bare hook, then tossing it at the right spot in the right way to get a trout with a brain the size of a pepper fleck.......oh wait....never mind
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Post by fleroo on Mar 19, 2024 10:54:14 GMT -5
Yep. Just like "Spray and Pray", hunting with a Rem 7600 Meat-Master.
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Post by Loggy on Mar 19, 2024 11:24:00 GMT -5
Thanks guys for all your great input!! I did get a Dremel but passing on the Dewalt Multi-Tool. Just don't think I'd get much use although I do like it's features for those who need them. I did end up buying a new Dewalt cordless jig saw though while cruising around Amazons site(always dangerous ). Gonna take my ole corded B&D jig saw which is growing whiskers down to my VA place for it's final tour.
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Post by rusty on Mar 19, 2024 11:25:26 GMT -5
Yet.....there's something challenging to tying materials one a bare hook, then tossing it at the right spot in the right way to get a trout with a brain the size of a pepper fleck.......oh wait....never mind Yes. And sometimes trout can be rising all around a guy and changing from a size 14 to a size 16 can make the difference between going fishless and catching twenty. The same for trading a high riding dry to one that floats right in the film. Figuring things out is part of the fun.
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Post by moosemike on Mar 19, 2024 13:13:48 GMT -5
Issue: Barbs on Fly Hooks. Solution: Stop Fly Fishing. Use a worm on a barbed hook. Anybody can catch with a worm
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Post by rusty on Mar 19, 2024 13:37:51 GMT -5
Until my early 20s I was a big bait fisherman-minnows and worms. I flyfished once in a while but didn't really get into it. Then one evening I watch a couple old Italian guys fishing minnows until a hatch started and they swapped the spinning reels for fly reels (They were using fly rods with their spinning reels for the minnows). And they started catching more than any of us had with minnows.
I started fishing flies more often, bought a flytying vise, and learned a ton about the bugs trout eat. Other than shortly after a stocking I never caught more than 10 or 12 trout using bait. I have had much better days when flyfishing. Once a good hatch gets started it's like God is chumming for you if you have the right fly. Fishing without a hatch is pretty effective too. I doubt I have used bait for trout in nearly 40 years.
I like all kinds of fishing, but none is as satisfying as flyfishing for me.
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Post by fleroo on Mar 19, 2024 14:14:09 GMT -5
You could probably tell the guys were old. But how could you tell the were Italian ?
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Post by davet on Mar 19, 2024 14:51:45 GMT -5
You could probably tell the guys were old. But how could you tell the were Italian ? Pasta hanging out of their pockets is a dead giveaway.
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Post by rusty on Mar 19, 2024 14:54:03 GMT -5
You could probably tell the guys were old. But how could you tell the were Italian ? Telarido and Magnota were their names. I doubt St. Paddy's day is a big one in their family/
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Post by fleroo on Mar 20, 2024 10:34:16 GMT -5
That's a good one. I thought maybe the sound of their dry's floating on the current made a Wop-Wop-Wop sound ?
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