Stuff you have fixed today

[bigegg]

When I was little we had a glass chopping board but we knew it as "The play dough board", only found out a few years ago it was actually a chopping board (Or, that there was such thing as a glass chopping board), who on earth would want to use that! I don't even use plastic boards.

I have a lovely big 12mm thick piece of HDPE that I use as a chopping board (using the cleaver - not the Sabatier!).
I used to have three of them, but I keep cutting pieces off to make drawer slides.

 

[VeryFEDUP]

My wife used my J A Henckels to prod some sausages to see if they had defrosted. They weren't. The tip snapped off. Thrilled I was!

 

[Dr.Al]

My wife used my J A Henckels to prod some sausages to see if they had defrosted. They weren't. The tip snapped off. Thrilled I was!

I've got a very nice decent quality Sabatier chef's knife that I've had for over 20 years now. I'm not that precious about it any more (I even put it in the dishwasher now we have one with a tray rather than an upright cutlery rack), but it still keeps its edge for ages.

I used to be much more precious about it but when I was in a house share a lot of years ago, a drunk housemate seemingly decided to see what it was like as a throwing knife. I came down to the kitchen in the morning to find it standing upright (point down) in a chopping board and to have lots of marks (mostly dents, but a few cuts) in the kitchen cupboards. The tip of the knife had been broken off. I reground it to get a point again, but the tip shape is far less elegant than it was. I rarely use the tip, so it's not the end of the world, but it didn't half make me swear at the time.

I kept it in my room after that!

 

[redlig]

Just to show what a heathen I am . Despite the fact that I just love the shape and feel of knives and guns I'm afraid that my " go to" kitchen knife is a simple bread knife . It cuts everything with ease and control and doesn't need constant sharpening. I await the onslaught!

 

[bigegg]

Just to show what a heathen I am . Despite the fact that I just love the shape and feel of knives and guns I'm afraid that my " go to" kitchen knife is a simple bread knife . It cuts everything with ease and control and doesn't need constant sharpening. I await the onslaught!

I used to have (may still have) a breadknife-ish shaped knife - a forked end, and serrated. "Devil"? something?
That thing was fantastic for cutting stuff - even frozen (and the tips didn't break off stabbing sausages )

 

[Radar 3]

Things I`ve fixed today. Through this awfull time I thought I would fix,or make my garage usable. Took four hours plus. At least it kept me interested. The good wife thought I had sneaked off to the pub,I wish!

 

[Wallace]

I used to have (may still have) a breadknife-ish shaped knife - a forked end, and serrated. "Devil"? something?
That thing was fantastic for cutting stuff - even frozen (and the tips didn't break off stabbing sausages )

Kitchen Devil, my Father bought my Mother a set, quite likely for her birthday back in the 80's! I use that one regularly for homemade bread as my Engineering side likes the fine tooth saw edge for precise crust cutting.

 

[dobbslc]

Just to show what a heathen I am . Despite the fact that I just love the shape and feel of knives and guns I'm afraid that my " go to" kitchen knife is a simple bread knife . It cuts everything with ease and control and doesn't need constant sharpening. I await the onslaught!

I couldn't find my lagging / insulation cutting knife a while back so swiped the old bread knife out of the kitchen draw took it to my bench grinder and ground the serrations off it to get the job done in the tank room, I then found my original lagging knife a few days later....

 

[mr migwire]

made the office up at the railway yard useable and even got the computer up and running, we have the ORR wanting a looksee soon so have to get the paperwork up to scratch...

 

[RichardM]

We have four glass cutting boards, wifey uses them all the time, she has been banned from using my best fish filleting knife on them and I have to sharpen the rest of the knives regularly! Not too bad as I found a very good "steel" in a charity shop that has a diamond surface on one side

 

[redlig]

Kitchen Devil, my Father bought my Mother a set, quite likely for her birthday back in the 80's! I use that one regularly for homemade bread as my Engineering side likes the fine tooth saw edge for precise crust cutting.

Coincidence ! I,m using a Kitchen devil also . Luckily the bread knife works because I find the rest of the set keep an edge for about 2 minutes.

 

[bigegg]

Coincidence ! I,m using a Kitchen devil also . Luckily the bread knife works because I find the rest of the set keep an edge for about 2 minutes.

Apparently, my hoarding extends to breadknives.

Ones an original "kitchen devil", the other is a JML copy.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

we have the ORR wanting a looksee soon

ORR?

 

[Hitch]

Rehandled these yesterday, I cleaned them up ages ago, and cast the resin handle blank a while ago.

Resin came out okay, not quite as bright and as much depth as I was hoping for, but one of my first attempts.
They were my Great Grandads, they're probably getting on for 100 years old, if not over.

 

[mr migwire]

ORR?

office of rail and road, the railway inspectorate, they want to pop in for a wee visit and inspect our safety managment system etc.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

biggest issue with global are the amount of fakes

Yeah, my dad bought a set in a block that are genuine. Then bought another set somewhere else in a roll that i think are fakes. Don't recall seeing much difference, he reckons they're fakes though.

It said not to on the box. Not sure if its actually the dishwasher that blunts it, wouldn't be surprised if someone was just cutting against a plate or something stupid like that.

I tried to find the reason a while ago, and it was suggested by one knife manufacturer that the issue with dishwashers is them getting chucked in the cutlery tray with other stuff and getting dinged up.

We found similar probs with decent knives in the dishwasher. They would always be blunt even if I had sharpened them before putting them in the washer . Had a look at the keen edge afterwards using a 10 x magnifying glass the edge was gone , I came to the conclusion that it's the chemicals in dishwasher tablet that errode a decent sharp edge if they are left in the washer to dry & cool.

Maybe that's it then. Never knew that, how bizarre.


I spent my afternoon sharpening stuff too. 4 chains for 4 saws. Did one yesterday too. (12", 15", 20", 28" & 36")

Some is satisfying, some is tedious. Tried the Oregon file guide that clips on the file, i think i get a better result doing it freehand with the file alone, will find out. Most of the teeth had a bit of damage from cutting dirty wood. Nothing a file can't fix.




Bit of cleaning needed too. Shame i don't have a compressor here.

 

[Dr.Al]

I tried to find the reason a while ago, and it was suggested by one knife manufacturer that the issue with dishwashers is them getting chucked in the cutlery tray with other stuff and getting dinged up.

That was the reason I never put my knives in the dishwasher when we had one with a cutlery rack thing. Our current one has one of this sort of cutlery tray and that keeps them separate:

 

[slim_boy_fat]

office of rail and road, the railway inspectorate, they want to pop in for a wee visit and inspect our safety managment system etc.

Gotcha, nice tidy up - good of them to give you advance notice too

It's clear you don't spend much time working at that desk though

 

[KimB]

Fixed the lights in my lorry. They were dimmer then me previously. Now it’s brighter than my future
The company that owns ours had a big job removing all the old fridge freezer units from Tesco and they’d stored them all up their yard for scrapping so we went by and took as many as we could. Great lights, I have some smaller ones and some big ones left. Very pleased though.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

so we went by and took as many as we could. Great lights, I have some smaller ones and some big ones left.

That proves that you're not at all dim....