Tool Time

The Shamrock Cottage I just posted about has some very small parts on it that have to be bent at a 90 degree angle. At first I thought "impossible" how will anyone ever be able to do this without giving up on the project? Of course I also wondered how I would be able to do the task so I set about finding a solution to the problem.

It turned out to be very easy to do with the right tool. The right tools are pliers with a smooth jaw and straight sides. The photo below shows two types of pliers that will make the impossible become easily achievable. Look in your local bead shop for the flat nosed pliers.

Being a model maker I have a drawer full of pliers I have collected over the years. My friend Don discovered that drawer recently and has been raiding it now and again for his work. I store them under my workbenches in plywoodwood drawers that Ikea used to sell. I sure wish they still made these, I have a number of these drawer sets but would love to have another two dozen.