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Today I grabbed a tootsie roll pop from the leftover Halloween candy. It became apparent the tootsie roll pop was tougher than my jaw, so ................
I found if I put it in the floor press, snug the ram up on the tootsie roll pop, then give it about two pumps it cracks the tootsie roll pop like an egg. Once cracked, simply remove the wrapper & you have an easy to chew tootsie roll pop. I've only tried this on the chocolate tootsie roll pop so far, but I'm thinkin' it will work equally well on any flavor.

It's been one of those days. As I did this I thought to myself, I'm almost 58 years old and I can honestly say this is the first time I've used a 20 ton press to crack a tootsie roll pop. My first thought was to use a hammer but that I thought would be too uncontrollable and might make a mess of the surrounding area and render the tootsie roll pop useless.

Any other creative uses for shop tools out there, or should I seek professional help?

What a great idea, but then I'm 67 years old. Do not consult the medical community, your doing great....Bob

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Any other creative uses for shop tools out there, or should I seek professional help?

It may be too late for professional help Gar, but here's another contribution.

You can warm and char a hot dog (I prefer Hebrew National 1/4# all beef) with your propane torch. I prefer the trigger light version as with the older separate ignitor version you have to lay the dog down on the dirty bench top. Of course, with sufficient flame, whatever gets on the dog becomes char anyway.

personally I liked the milk dud
somebody brought to work about a month ago.

soon I was chewing something crunchy.

it only cost $441 out of pocket
to replace that crown

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

It may be too late for professional help Gar, but here's another contribution.

You can warm and char a hot dog (I prefer Hebrew National 1/4# all beef) with your propane torch. I prefer the trigger light version as with the older separate ignitor version you have to lay the dog down on the dirty bench top. Of course, with sufficient flame, whatever gets on the dog becomes char anyway.

Thanks Uncle Bob. If I can gather enough of these I might write a how to / cookbook & all around general food preparation digest.

Well,that leaves it wide open for an old kiwi delicacy....
If you have a good little road trip comin up and you like a roast meal at the end,,,try this...
All you need is a wire netting basket and a FRESH road kill,,now it has to be fresh,,,and preferably still warm,,,
Tie fresh road kill possum,pheasant,turkey,roadrunner,muskrat[or similar] in the wire netting basket,and attach with more wire to the headers on your roadster/T bucket...On a good four/six hour trip,you should find the roadkill reasonably well cooked to your taste,just rotate occasionally when you have a comfort stop and with a bit of luck,will be enough to share with your friends when you get to your destination,,cos ya cant turn up uninvited,WITHOUT somethin for the table,now can ya??
Sorry guys,getting late,just had to do it....Good night..

Is a wooden nickel really wooden???.Errrrrr,oh wrong thread,........

It's been a few years ago, ok more than a few. I was working on the race car and had earlier finished grilling some steaks. Everyone else was eating in the house, but me. My racing budy showed up and my steak is sitting on the bench. He wanted to know where his was, I didn't have another so I offered him half of mine. I picked up the steak and set it on the bench, grabed the sawsall I had been using and cut steak in half. And yes I put the safty glasses on first. We were then both happy.

Safty Note: before you do this you should first wipe blade,( I did not), to remove any metal shavings. We got lucky that day..............

my bench vise is only used lately to crack wallnuts for my pet squirrels

My aging dog didn't like the size of the larger dog treats that I bought. So to cut it in pieces using my air hack saw. It made quick work and lubricated the blade for the next cutting I did.

i think that a garage cookbook is a great idea. my tip is to never grab a glass to drink home made lemonade out of when you are in the garage.

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

. my tip is to never grab a glass to drink home made lemonade out of when you are in the garage.

i think i may have already told this in my thread a while back but when i was building my stang the first time i was trying to get it to fire up .. i had some gas in a budweiser can pouring it in the carb .. a buddy standing nearby and a bit too tipsy grabbed up my bud gas can and took a big swallow .. . he spit most of it back out .. i told him " dont spit that out !! thats premium gas

that is funny hoss. my hubby used my glass for putting gas in the carb. wow, i was burping gas for the rest of the day.

tOol,
Did the same thing with salt water taffy.

1gary,
I have a wooden 1/2 dollar, just to stay off topic.

Jack.

Used the sawsall to chop up a whole frozen chicken. Note use a fresh blade as stated above! Also a hammer and chisel make short work of pruing apart frozen hamburger patties, note this is a lot safer than a 10" french knife - as my left index finger with relate 20 stitches later!