The Pond Digger Podcast: EP62: How You Handle Your Tools Tells A Story

EP62: How You Handle Your Tools Tells A Story - Craftsman Series

Mar 12, 2021

Get ready for the next installment of The Craftsman Series! Eric is joined by Tyson again to talk about tools -specifically, how craftsmen handle their tools and how the way someone uses their tools tells a lot about them.

Eric and Tyson share their insight on:

Why you should never pretend to know how to use a tool if you can’t. It’s always better to let someone teach you than to risk injuring yourself or others.
How there’s an art to using even simple tools, like shovels.
Tips and tricks for using an assortment of common tools.
Anecdotes of moments on the job where people faked knowing how to use a tool that could have gone really wrong.
Horror stories where people were seriously injured by power tools.
How most craftsmen develop muscle memory around the tools they frequently use.
Why you need to have a healthy respect for your tools - both in terms of potential danger and to care for your tool so that it lasts.
The benefits of buying vintage hand tools -many brands today don’t employ the same level of quality that they used to when producing their tools.
How there tends to be a throwaway culture around tools these days.
The importance of using the right tool for the job.

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