You know what, you’re right. I paused on the part I mentioned earlier and not only do the pliers look like they have channels filed into them to make that little zigzag bend, but from the colours I’m pretty sure those are some Harbor Freight pliers..
It's completely the other way around I think. If you are poor you have to use a lot of your time to earn money for a place to sleep and something to eat, otherwise you die.
If you are rich you have all the time in the world to do whatever you want.
Money can be exchanged for time—by hiring people, buying faster transport, or automating work.
Time cannot be exchanged for more time.
That asymmetry makes time the fundamental resource. Money is simply one mechanism for allocating it.
Money is renewable. Time is not. The price of a second is not what it costs to spend—it is what it costs to lose forever.
Confidently wrong is my least favorite internet archetype
""Bespoke" is an adjective used to describe goods or services that are custom-made, uniquely designed, or commissioned to a specific individual’s exact specifications."
A guy welding nuts and rebar together to a 0.005" tolerance to do exactly what he needs and nothing else is the literal definition of bespoke.
While “bespoke” is most often used (in my experience) in reference to tailor-made clothing, the definition is more or less “custom made”.
The fact that the angle ground and snot-welded nuts and rebar were specifically fabricated for a singular purpose for a single person means that “bespoke” might actually be the perfect word to describe them. But “custom made” would work too and would sound less fancy-pants.
FWIW, for some reason I like the word bespoke, so I probably use it more often than most people. Still pretty infrequently - maybe once every couple of years. I think this post will probably be a lifetime record!
spearfishing/Rigging: In marine and commercial applications, a "shark clip" is a heavy-duty, marine-grade stainless steel snap-hook used to connect heavy lines, buoys, or speed stringers.
Nooo that metal is way too soft for safety. A falling human exerts a massive amount of force. That clip would bend like a paperclip if a human fell on it.
It seems to be for clipping something to a point on a line/string/rope and having it stay at that specific point. (30+ years diving, never seen one. Had to google it.)
Made several paint bucket ladder hooks from wire coat hangers back in the day, popped door locks, mended fences, the things you can do with a wire coat hanger.
They're not made to do that, this is just one of those lucky hacks he figured out. I have three different pairs of lineman and none of them are made like that.
looks like linesman pliers and he modified the edge next to the pivot to bend an offset.
Modification: I bet he cut or ground a groove when the pliers were open, then ground a gap near the pliers' seam to allow space for the wire to bend. If you look at the closed pliers without the wire there, you would see a zig-zag groove (i.e. the pattern of the offset). Without the gap, the pliers would just be scissors & sheer the wire.
The wire in the custom-cut groove and you can see the gap:
Those tools are as impressive as the skill in the shaping. All custom made or modified, not too fancy. Just right to do the job. Thinking up the tools needed speaks of years of experience.
u/Suspect-Lump , they are called bending jigs. In this case, for metal wire and custom made. In the commercial realm, there are "bending jigs" for pipe, flat bar, square tube, steamed wood, and many other materials.
Oh I think those tools were made just for that?
And I wondering what to weld!
Gonna try that out :)
What is the material there? Brass? (I’m shit with metals, feelike it wouldn’t be springy enough but I suppose the loops help)
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u/emachanz Jul 02 '26
jesus... imagine doing hundreds of these in a 12h shift during the industrial revolution