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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from "Brian" --- 'flayb' to respond contains these words: /mattocks!/ Mine is of similar age but was originally an adze. Much better steel and takes a fine edge. Yours could be the same? Philistine! Oh dear! You mean he shouldn't be using his Disston saw to cut off tree-roots below ground-level? Well, he can use his modern one - but if he has a thirty-year-old one, no, he shouldn't. In those circumstances he might use an ankle-grinder. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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writes wilko Wrote: Hi All I've dug a large hole for a pond, using a digger, and now need a more subtle approach to finish it off. I'd like to use something like a pick-axe to help me shape the rim and get a bit of extra depth here and there. Just wondering what the best tool for this job might be, or even if there might be a specialised implement of some kind. A normal fork and spade would do the job eventually, but don't have quite the power I need on what is pretty stony ground. Thanks for any suggestions. What you need is a mattock - like a pickaxe with a short broad blade - used by archaeologists all over the world. Don't know where you'd get one though, I'd like to know if you find out. Agricultural suppliers - mine came from Mole Valley. -- Robert |
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from "Brian" --- 'flayb' to respond contains these words: /mattocks!/ Mine is of similar age but was originally an adze. Much better steel and takes a fine edge. Yours could be the same? Philistine! Oh dear! You mean he shouldn't be using his Disston saw to cut off tree-roots below ground-level? Well, he can use his modern one - but if he has a thirty-year-old one, no, he shouldn't. In those circumstances he might use an ankle-grinder. Oh, no! Are we in ichabod territory again? Perhaps even my aged S&J best ones are now classics? (Last time I employed builders, they arrived with an armful of throwaways as well as a pair of Ds. I was shocked, I tell you, shocked.) -- Mike. |
Well that's telling me.
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