Hi Ya'll ;
I know I just posted yesterday about an oft overlooked tool available to most of us. Now, that said, look around you .Where's that next tool? Shoot , it might be as near as your Bird in a cage ( or on a shoulder ) or the Dog,Cat or other pet.
Maybe, just maybe it's hiding in plain sight like those free credit card shaped items in cardboard and plastic we get in advertisments. When I mentioned the Bird. Shading in a semi-dry-brushed manner can be accomplished with a bird feather! Especially a Duck Feather !
See , don't laugh . I found a neat saw when I was a very young lad. Fine enough for hobby work .What was it? A lower jaw side from a dead baby Barracuda that had decomposed on the beach down to bleached bones. Made a great saw for Balsa!
I needed a clamp once for an airplane wing on a large model. A split piece of dried bamboo in my yard got the duty. Worked great too! Think about it a moment .If you don't have money for something or can't find it in your local hardware department why get flustered? Mother nature provides plenty to use .We just lost the ability to see those tools right before our eyes .
Oh, I know , the old man has gone around the bend. Not so .I just returned to basics after a while of going on spending sprees finding tools .Then finding they didn't do as well as I liked . There are many things around us that will suffice for the tool we need.We just have to be able to see it.
Did you know that the quills dropped by a Porcupine can be used as small drill bits when you take the quill and slightly flatten one side of the tip? Yup, just slide it gently on a piece of concrete or sandpaper and ,there you have it .
Silly ,isn't it? Returning to these barbaric means of doing things . Sure beats hauling a portable workshop around when you are camping doesn't it ? Try it. You might like the simplicity of it .