Due to my paranoia I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on retrieving a tool if it falls in the cinder blocks
Framing101
Retrieving a tool after dropping it down blocks
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Magnet on a rope
Gets to be a pain in the ass with rebar in there. Magnet hangs up on the rebar.
Just don’t leave tools on the top on the block.
And you’re probably not working with cinder block. Haven’t built with it for probably 80 years.
CMUs maybe………
Gets to be a pain in the ass with rebar in there. Magnet hangs up on the rebar.
Just don’t leave tools on the top on the block.
And you’re probably not working with cinder block. Haven’t built with it for probably 80 years.
CMUs maybe………
Idiot straps, like Mom put on my mittens when I was little.
Pretty rare to be in this line of work without leaving a tool or three entombed somewhere.
Worse yet is not being able to find a tool you know you have, so you buy a new one. You know what happens immediately afterward...
Pretty rare to be in this line of work without leaving a tool or three entombed somewhere.
Worse yet is not being able to find a tool you know you have, so you buy a new one. You know what happens immediately afterward...
I have the fiberglass fish sticks 480 linked.
Besides hanging up on rebar, magnet or no magnet, whatever you are trying to fish out can hang up on the mortar between blocks, which tends to form a downward facing lip. Using a stick let's you position and turn the item so your chances are better.
I take my cue from working in old houses. If you drop it in a wall, leave it there and get another, that's what used to be done.
Besides hanging up on rebar, magnet or no magnet, whatever you are trying to fish out can hang up on the mortar between blocks, which tends to form a downward facing lip. Using a stick let's you position and turn the item so your chances are better.
I take my cue from working in old houses. If you drop it in a wall, leave it there and get another, that's what used to be done.
I have a lot of tape measures and margin trowels that meet their doom in a block wall.
You just learn not to drop stuff down them.
You just learn not to drop stuff down them.
Keys rarely, if ever, leave the ignition of my truck.
Last place they’d be is hanging off my pants like it’s 1983.
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Last place they’d be is hanging off my pants like it’s 1983.
Don't remember why we were crawling around the insulated attic, but bossman and I were crawling around an insulated attic of a building we were finishing up.
End of day, he goes for his keys, not in his pocket.
Bad enough to be without your keys, but apparently the key chain was custom made by his son using the ivories of his first deer.
Back up we go for another two hours with no success.
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End of day, he goes for his keys, not in his pocket.
Bad enough to be without your keys, but apparently the key chain was custom made by his son using the ivories of his first deer.
Back up we go for another two hours with no success.
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Some of you guys are attic and crawl space amateurs.
Everything comes out of your pockets and stays in the truck.
Truck key gets laced in your boot lace, so even if the knot comes undone, the laces still have to get unlaced to lose the key.
If you don't notice your boot is falling off your foot, you deserve to walk home.
Everything comes out of your pockets and stays in the truck.
Truck key gets laced in your boot lace, so even if the knot comes undone, the laces still have to get unlaced to lose the key.
If you don't notice your boot is falling off your foot, you deserve to walk home.
You guys must work in some bad areas if you are taking your keys with you onto a job.
It's only a handful of times a year where I take my keys out and lock the truck up, and I have a zippered pouch on my lunch box where I can place it and keep it in the staging area with the rest of the stuff.
It's only a handful of times a year where I take my keys out and lock the truck up, and I have a zippered pouch on my lunch box where I can place it and keep it in the staging area with the rest of the stuff.
Job I was referring to, was in the middle of nowhere. Plains of Colorado. USFW property.
I agree with you, why were your keys even out if your truck? [emoji28]
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I agree with you, why were your keys even out if your truck? [emoji28]
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If I'm working alone the keys stay in my pocket, unless I'm crawling around, or carrying an iron tub, or something like that. With the crew, there are two modes of operation:
Upscale neighborhood and we're parked off the street -> keys in cupholder.
Anything else -> keys in a common area inside the building we're working in.
Upscale neighborhood and we're parked off the street -> keys in cupholder.
Anything else -> keys in a common area inside the building we're working in.
You fellas need older trucks. My keys are hanging on a hook in the kitchen. Trucks work just fine without them. 😝
measure to dropped item, demo block cell,
mix mortar, patch.....
install outlet, USB port.....⚡🕯⚒.
Never set anything of value on CMU wall, that isn't grouted solid......
Cargo pants suck on scaffolding, IMHO
mix mortar, patch.....
install outlet, USB port.....⚡🕯⚒.
Never set anything of value on CMU wall, that isn't grouted solid......
Cargo pants suck on scaffolding, IMHO
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