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But has anyone carved a stamp using the underwire from a bra....?

Hey Kirbert... Aren't you our resident new tool tryer-outer?! Let us know how it goes. :-P

Tonight things aren't going too well. After an impeccable safety record going back three years, today I cut myself not once but twice with razor knives. The first wasn't too bad, I was scratching an itch or something and poked myself in the leg. I didn't even think it would bleed at first, but eventually a drop appeared. No biggie, I heal fast.

The second was far more serious. I wasn't even carving; I was cutting the back end off a pen to make it shorter. I was using one of those great big razor knives, the ones that aren't usable for carving because they're too big. I sometimes use this one to slice off a piece of PZ Kut. Tonight I was rolling the body of the pen back and forth with the knife, and it didn't seem to be doing anything at all. I wondered whether it had scored the plastic tube enough that I might be able to snap it in two, although I doubted this would work; I expected the pen tube would just bend. So I was only giving it a quick bend, still holding the razor knife in my right hand while trying to snap the pen in half. Well, the pen snapped immediately (and perfectly, I might add), much easier than I expected, I hadn't even started to apply any serious force on it yet. The snap surprised me so much that I jerked, and the razor knife cut my left index finger big time. Like, starts on one side of the finger and goes all the way around to the other side, and looks to me like it went through rather than around.

Bleeding like a stuck pig, had to get the wife outta the shower because I didn't have enough hands to stop the bleeding. Band-aids were a joke. The wife came to the rescue with a panty liner -- I had no idea those things had a peel-and-stick adhesive. They make a great emergency bandage for a cut finger, just wrap around and it sticks to itself. Then with a bit more wrapping, all is well for now. Tomorrow I'll try to redress it, see how bad things look under there.

It took me a long time to type this. My typing is all messed up because I'm using 9 fingers.

The wife came to the rescue with a panty liner -- I had no idea those things had a peel-and-stick adhesive. They make a great emergency bandage for a cut finger, just wrap around and it sticks to itself.

Kirbert, not trying to make light of your accident or anything... ok, that's not exactly true, I guess I am, but... between your Bra Underwire story and the Panty Liner story, I am picturing you as sort of a Victoria's Secret version of McGyver...

Now I really gotta get that picture out of my head... someone pass me the acetone?

-wassamatta_u

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I also learned from that episode that the curved narrow strip of flat metal is handed, the left one is different than the right, and they are not interchangeable -- unless you wanna look like a Picasso painting again.

They are "handed" but they are also interchangeable - just flip it over. At least the kind I use are - this is TMI, but I sew my own bras. There are 18 jillion sizes of underwires, so if replacing, you have to have the correct size as was originally used.... again, TMI...... ;-)) But now we know!

And I'm still snickering at the Victoria's Secret MacGyver image - lol! Richard Dean Anderson in a lace teddy - not a pretty sight *my eyes, my eyes*

Mama Fox

Modern engine blocks are usually aluminum!

Not all of them.

You used to work in the aircraft industry, you should know that the compasses mounted in airplanes are calibrated after they are mounted.

Shiloh

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I also learned from that episode that the curved narrow strip of flat metal is handed, the left one is different than the right, and they are not interchangeable -- unless you wanna look like a Picasso painting again.

They are "handed" but they are also interchangeable - just flip it over.

Not on her bra, they weren't. They're not flat, they're shaped somewhat conically. To flip it over you'd have to completely rebend it, which didn't seem workable to me, the metal is highly resistant to such bending.

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There are 18 jillion sizes of underwires, so if replacing, you have to have the correct size as was originally used...

Yup, I found that out, too. One replacement underwire was actually a bit smaller than needed, but I managed to rebend it just enough to make it work. It ended up the same shape but perhaps a half inch shorter than the original, which the wife reported worked well enough.

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So, you can put me down as one who has actually repaired such items.

For some reason this scenario just makes me smile. Is there anything you don't fix?

I can just hear my wife now: "So honey, when you are going to have that bra fixed...you've had it down in that workshop for...."

Sunnyside Seeker

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The wife came to the rescue with a panty liner -- I had no idea those things had a peel-and-stick adhesive. They make a great emergency bandage for a cut finger, just wrap around and it sticks to itself.

Back in my Boy Scout days I remember a survival instructor teaching us this. Here we are, a group of 20+ boys in a cabin in the woods, and he is teaching us to use panty-liners for lacerations and tampons for puncture wounds and bloody noses. Finally some kid spoke up and asked which one of us he expected to be carrying any of that stuff! At the time the thought of going out into the wood with GIRLS seemed so unlikely...

Sunnyside Seeker

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Is there anything you don't fix?

Yes! Computers! If swapping out a memory stick doesn't fix it, I'm lost!

Actually, electronics in general are a weak point for me. Fortunately, most are throwaway items these days anyway.