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That old hand-crank brush from 1998 finally gave out on me today
I was cleaning a flue at a house in my neighborhood when the handle snapped clean off. That brush had been with me since I started sweeping 25 years ago with my uncle. We used to think you had to crank it for 20 minutes to get a chimney clean, but now I just use a rotary system and im done in 5. Anyone else hang onto old tools way longer than they should?
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the_hugo23d ago
Yeah I'd just epoxy a broom handle onto whats left of the crank, gives it another ten years easy.
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harper_gibson223d ago
...and then my grandpa showed me how he fixed his old hand-crank with nothing but a piece of wire and a hose clamp from his truck. I still got that thing in my shed somewhere, held together with duct tape and prayers. It's amazing what we'll put up with before admitting it's time for something new. I remember he used to say if it ain't broke don't fix it, but that thing was broke for years and he just kept patching it. How long did you actually spend trying to fix it before you gave up and got the rotary system?
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