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He would then refine the shape with hand tools to make the finished piece of furniture comfortable, functional, and beautiful. He considered the appearance of every angle of the piece, even chair backs and cabinet interiors, as well as grain pattern. (Boston Globe)
Successful Hubble Service Mission Aided By Timken Precision Bearings May 23, 2009
Canton, Ohio (PRWEB) May 23, 2009 -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced NASA astronauts used power hand tools equipped with Timken thin-section precision ball bearings to successfully perform recent repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope ... Wearing bulky spacesuit gloves, the astronauts used the hand tools to unfasten dozens of tiny screws and replace circuit boards on the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) ... The hand tools were... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Trio of apartments burgled on Westside May 20, 2009
Thieves kicked in the back door of one apartment and stole a flat-screen TV, laptop computer, modem and hand tools, police said, and smashed a window of another apartment and stole shoes, jewelry, antique collectibles, two stereos and compact discs. An officer investigating the burglaries noticed the back door of a third apartment had been kicked in, but no one was home to say if anything was stolen, according to police. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Declaring War on Flowerbed Weeds May 19, 2009
Use hand tools for small spaces to avoid damage to the good plants. Keep up with regular weeding sessions. (Suite101.com)
Live Oak Learning Center teacher Jill Wilson and her students celebrate her Education Foundation grant to fund an adaptive animal adoption program. May 16, 2009
Equipment, such as robotics, calculators, drafting kits, storage systems and hand tools, will be reused in subsequent years. The total budgeted amount for this program is $11,111, of which the Foundation funded the maximum grant for which the program is eligible, which is $8,000. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Ladders, Swings and More Can Cause Peril May 12, 2009
Workshops (including power and hand tools and supplies): 9,666. Monkey bars and other playground climbing equipment: 7,630. (MEDLINEplus)
REGION: Local crews respond to Santa Barbara fire May 7, 2009
Type III engines also have different equipment than urban engines, such as hand tools for cutting fire lines and narrower ---- but much longer ---- hose lines. The Oceanside Fire Department crew got called up at about midnight, Capt. Scott Prestie. (North County Times)
Community Notes (April 30) May 1, 2009
We would appreciate it if volunteers bring gardening tools such as rakes, shears, trimmers, weed wackers and any other hand tools you prefer. Volunteers will receive a Hap Ruane Recycling Center T-shirt. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Police Reports April 14-22 Apr 30, 2009
8:49 p.m. Hand tools and CDs stolen from vehicle, 12000 block Peak Circle. 10:09 p.m. 25-year-old male arrested for possession of marijuana and assault by contact, 11000 block Huntington Road. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Washington County Sheriff’s Department Apr 30, 2009
Stolen were a 12 foot X-Treme bumper hitch trailer, a John Deere 19 horsepower Z-Trak lawn mower, an upright air compressor, a pole saw, numerous floor jacks, chainsaws, air hoses, extension cords and wrenches and hand tools. Share this Article. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Power companies: Tree work near lines has many benefits Apr 28, 2009
In a long clearing neatly framing a row of power poles just off Wroten Lane, Entergy employees work with hand tools and heavy equipment to keep trees back from the lines ... Entergy employees Tony Durr and Thomas Humphrey were on the ground with hand tools on Wroten Lane. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Advertisers switch to pantry staples - Kool-Aid, butter, spam among darlings of industry Apr 28, 2009
Home Depot, the nation s largest home improvement retailer, is pushing items like potting soil and hand tools under a new tag line: More saving. More doing. (Missoulian, MT)
Oregon Military Hall of Fame taps former POW Carl Schmadeke Apr 28, 2009
Schmadeke and fellow prisoners from the 84th Infantry Division lived on rutabagas, potatoes and unleavened black bread while working 10-hour days cutting wood with hand tools. They were liberated on May 3, 1945. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
As buyers shift from wants to needs, ads follow Apr 28, 2009
Mark Lennihan / APHome Depot, the nation's largest home improvement retailer, is pushing items like potting soil and hand tools under a new tag line: "More saving. More doing." Last spring it focused on dream kitchens ... Home Depot, the nation's largest home improvement retailer, is pushing items like potting soil and hand tools under a new tag line: "More saving. More doing." Last spring, in contrast, Home Depot focused on how to create dream kitchens. (MSNBC -- Business)
History of Arlington Street names: Allen, Adams, Foster and Andrew Apr 28, 2009
The company produced hand tools for carding wool into spinning fiber, using machinery invented by Amos Whittemore to automate the insertion of pins into the face of the card. Allen married Hannah Foster in 1825, whereupon he went to work on the West Cambridge farm of her father, James Foster. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
News and Events for Sunday, April 19, 2009 Apr 20, 2009
The instruction will encompass vegetable and orchard management, building small greenhouses, basics of soil fertilization, cover cropping, composting, asexual propagation, use of hand tools and machinery, and various other skills essential for the successful management of garden operations. The principal instructors are: Scott Pomeroy and April Courture who have practiced organic farming on Kaua i successfully for more than 20 years. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Burn to better browse Apr 19, 2009
After the fire, extinguish any smoking material and danger areas along the edge of the fire with hand tools or water. Revisit the area over the next couple of days to ensure the fire is out. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Saturday's Sentinel police log Apr 18, 2009
Several unidentified hand tools were found in Michaux State Forest, Greene Township, at 5:03 p.m. Tuesday. Information is from police reports and may be incomplete depending on the status of an investigation. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Marlborough firefighters take to the water Apr 11, 2009
With extinguishers and hand tools, firefighters put out flames in the burning brush, leaves and downed trees just before sunset, Fortin said. Fortin said it wasn't until a check of Google satellite maps that crews learned the fire was on a peninsula of state land rather than an island. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Cleaning up after nature Apr 10, 2009 Beautify Braintree Day is May 2 Apr 7, 2009 Romancing the Stone Apr 6, 2009 Easy Solutions for Garden Problems: Apr 6, 2009 Habitat needs assistance for demolition work on fort Apr 2, 2009 Collapse kills Tanzanian miners Apr 1, 2009 Sap buckets surest sign of spring Apr 1, 2009 Watertown Crime Watch: Hosmer Street man charged with OUI drugs Mar 24, 2009 Team restoring a Hawaiian treasure Mar 24, 2009 Amish builder brings tradition to Gulf Coast Mar 22, 2009 Cause determined in Utica Marsh fire Mar 22, 2009 Area youths plant deer food Mar 20, 2009 Taking a risk pays off for Wolfe Contracting Mar 18, 2009 Man preserves history by restoring barns Mar 18, 2009 Fire log: March 11 - 16 Mar 18, 2009 Portsmouth area community calendar Mar 16, 2009 The fall of the House of Tudor Mar 15, 2009 Loss not only a loss when it makes room for something better Mar 12, 2009 LETTERS: NCT, March 3, 2009 Mar 11, 2009 Registration taken for Tarble workshops Mar 11, 2009 Excitement builds for playground construction Mar 9, 2009 The Conestoga Wagons Mar 9, 2009 Small Biz: Store targets those with rural lifestyle Mar 8, 2009 Sierra Vista police beat Mar 7, 2009 State's beaver earmark is fodder for McCain Mar 7, 2009 A&E Manufacturing wins family-friendly business award Mar 6, 2009 Bring your hammer and nails Mar 6, 2009 Saugus Fire log Feb. 22-28 Mar 5, 2009 Organic products Mar 4, 2009 Amount of overpayment at issue in tax claim Mar 4, 2009 Police Beat: March 3, 2009 Mar 3, 2009 He Did WHAT With a VISE-GRIP? IRWIN Industrial Tools (R) Announces Emergency Battlefield Spine Surgery Tale as Winner of 'Tell Us Your VISE-GRIP Story' Promotion Mar 2, 2009 Reloading some cartridges -. and a life Mar 1, 2009 Elementary reading fluency may be example for others Feb 28, 2009 Ideal Industries to lay off 53 employees in DeKalb, Sycamore Feb 25, 2009 Lost and found Feb 24, 2009 Eco-friendly landscapes get a boost Feb 24, 2009 Hardwood handiwork Feb 22, 2009 Firefighters tell landscapers what to do to help prevent wildfires Feb 19, 2009 Universal Stainless Deepens Management Team With Addition of William Beible, Jr. as Senior Vice President of Operations Feb 11, 2009
Club members plan to hike in with hand tools to clear fallen trees and improve areas with bad drainage. Not all trail improvements are sponsored by a club. (Albany Times Union)
Volunteers Take The Lead At Montgomery County Parks Apr 8, 2009
This workday will focus on excavating and flattening the trail surface with hand tools between Esworthy and River roads ... Work will entail deberming edges with hand tools to improve drainage, minor rerouting, painting tree-blazes to mark the trails and other tasks as needed. (W-USA News, DC)
Rakes, shovels, and other landscape equipment will similarly be provided, but residents are asked to bring with them similar hand tools so they won t lose any time beginning their efforts. A cookout at the town hall parking lot, beginning at noon, will culminate the half-day blitz within the town. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Using simple hand tools, he split abandoned granite to make furniture for the patio, including a large round table, but he also created ornamental stonework. Plinths and columns evoke lost or distant cultures, while upright slabs simulate a warm human presence. (Boston Globe)
Dealing with Hand Tools. Small hand tools are easy to lose in the foliage ... Use an old mailbox to store hand tools at day s end. (Suite101.com)
Once the project is under way, volunteers are asked to bring battery-operated tools, hand tools and generators. Fort Huachuca requires hard hats, closed-toe shoes and proper work attire. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Miners were using hand tools to dig a shaft when a wall gave way as they reached a depth of around 140m (460ft). The names of 12 miners seen going underground have been registered outside the mine in the town of Geita. (BBC News -- Africa)
On Saturday, 738 people a near record number for the event made their way to Maple Syrup Day at Hartwick Pines State Park, just outside of Grayling, to see it done the old-fashioned way with hand tools to drill holes and galvanized buckets hanging from the spiles, which are the specially designed spouts that act as both outlet for sap and hangar for the buckets. Rob Burg, park historian, guided groups of people from the Parks interpretive Center to waiting trees. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
He was missing a plastic bucket containing several hand tools and two electric power tools. There were no signs of forced entry to the van. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Coleman said part of the special enjoyment of working on the canoe was using hand tools instead of power tools. He said it was therapeutic, that it gave a certain sense of serenity. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Similarly, although he and his sons work only with hand tools, a crane operator is hired to help hoist the preassembled parts of the frame into place. It s something that would be done by hand at a traditional Amish barn raising, but isn t always possible at construction sites. (KHOU.com, TX)
It was back to the basics for Utica firefighters Saturday as a large brush fire at the Utica Marsh forced them to leave their rigs behind and use fire extinguishers, pails and hand tools. The guys who got there at first said the flames were 40 feet in the air, said fire Chief Russell Brooks, adding the area on fire was bigger than a football field. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
As she worked, other students in John Loftin's honors biology class used hand tools to clear away dead grass and gas-powered augers to dig holes for the plants, which are a diet staple for wintering mule deer. In fact, when the class arrived, about 20 deer were feeding on the ridge. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
We had just one truck and hand tools. If we needed something big, we rented it, said Brian, 38. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
"No mechanism at all except hand tools," Long said. Kevin Thomas was already at work on Long's property, restoring two old tobacco barns, so Long decided to have Thomas move the corn crib. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Used hand tools and Indian tank to extinguish. Amtrack notified to shut down line. (Canton Journal, MA)
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It would not surprise many that Tudor left her son, Seth, her Marlboro farmhouse: He's the one credited with building it, using only hand tools, in the 1970s. But the blunt favoritism of the will stunned Seth Tudor's siblings and made Holmes question her mother all over again. (Boston Globe)
Jimmy Craddock once said that manufacturers of hand tools did not have me in mind when they made their products ... Jimmy was probably right; most hand tools were not made with me in mind. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
" Everything he eats and wears is taxed. His furniture, appliances, hand tools and car are taxed. He pays taxes for the roof over his head, whether he owns or rents. Everything Mr. Remas consumes, those taxes are passed along from the producer, the supplier and the retailer, to him the consumer. Soon, I anticipate, he will have an opportunity to pay a carbon tax.Moreover, for one to be "proud to pay taxes" must mean one is proud of the government that collects and spends one's money. I... (North County Times)
The workshop is an introduction to metalworking, focusing on the use of simple hand tools and cold connections (no heat required) to create a piece of commemorative jewelry, such as a locket, brooch or pendant. Both workshops are designed for all skill levels. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Those volunteers will do everything from cutting boards to keeping track of hand tools to feeding lunch, dinner and snacks during a week of 12-hour work days. Volunteers will also provide day care and supervised activities for kids on site, with help from groups such as the YMCA and Club for Boys. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The Conestoga wagon was crafted with hand tools using white oak and poplar woods. It was shaped like a boat with a sloping front and rear construction to keep contents from tumbling to the ground while climbing steep roads in the Appalachian valleys. (Suite101.com)
They also sell tillers, blowers, trimmers, pressure washers, mower parts, air compressors, outdoor power equipment, plumbing and electrical equipment and tools, hand tools, fencing, trailer hitches and lighting, tires, truck boxes, ramps, jacks, winches, welders, metals and welding accessories. The merchandise includes a wide range of apparel and footwear, including work clothing, for men and women. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A trailer, parked outside the premises, was broken into and numerous hand tools were taken. 11:33 a.m. A woman, 19, was arrested and a juvenile was referred for shoplifting after police were called to Wal-Mart, 657 N. Highway 90. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
The dams then are broken apart with hand tools or, if they're inside culverts, destroyed with explosives. His office determines how much damage its program prevents by figuring up the repair and replacement costs to the Department of Transportation and private landowners. (News & Observer)
A&E Manufacturing wins family-friendly business award. Thursday, November 1, 2007 2:19 PM CDT. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Dickerson said if volunteers have their own hand tools, they can bring them. If not, we can supply them, she said. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Firefighters extricated the patient using hand tools and an ambulance transported the victim to Mass General Hospital, Feb. 27. Loading commenting interface. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
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Founded in 1990, privately held Jore manufactures hand tools and industrial-quality drilling and driving tools, as well as power-tool accessories, according to the company's Web site. It says manufacturing, assembly, packaging, warehousing and distribution are in three buildings totaling nearly 300,000 square feet. (Missoulian, MT)
Feb. 25, 3:15 p.m., Knik River Rd.: A shed was broken into and 200 worth of hand tools stolen. Damage: 30. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Today, as a result of innovation and product development at IRWIN, the VISE-GRIP brand leads the market with a variety of innovative pliers, wrenches and tools for specialty jobs, making it the most widely owned brand of hand tools by working professionals in the United States ... IRWIN Industrial Tools includes a broad line of hand tools and power tool accessories including IRWIN(R) VISE-GRIP(R) locking tools, MARATHON(R) saw blades, QUICK-GRIP(R) clamping tools, SPEEDBOR(R) flat bits,... (PR Newswire)
One holds power hand tools, one is a combination of fishing and camping gear and the third contains gunpowder and reloaded ammunition. I sit down at my new reloading bench and lubricate the cases so they will move smoothly through the resizing die, which will restore the case size and shape after a previous firing. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The department has purchased a reciprocating saw, pneumatic roofing nailer compressor and accessories, a spindle sander and various small hand tools. Shoup wrote the grant application. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
The new Ideal Electrical Division will oversee North American operations for wire termination and installation products, electrical supplies, hand tools and totes. Local manufacturing operations will fall under the Electrical Division, McQuade said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
He discovered a few usable hand tools and found his sister s wedding pictures still intact. I found my sister s wedding pictures, Norris said. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Even gardeners who are dutifully trying to be green by minimizing the lawn, turning to hand tools and planting low-maintenance vegetation see storm water gushing down the driveway into the street, losing water that otherwise could be used in the garden while reducing river pollution. "Our landscapes use a tremendous amount of water without us taking consideration if that resource may be limited," said Heather Venhaus, a landscape architect in Austin, Texas. (Honolulu Advertiser)
A discussion of design, layout and lumber selection is followed by a talk on how simple hand tools can do the same things Swanson's large, sophisticated tools can do, it just takes more time. Swanson demonstrates how the table can be created with minimal power equipment, and a few sharp hand tools. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Local landscapers took noisy chain saws as well as hand tools to a steep Rossmoor hillside last Tuesday afternoon to clear out coyote brush and trim tree branches. They fed the branches into noisy chippers that in turn spewed out the resulting chips to cover the denuded space. (Walnut Creek Rossmoor News, CA)
Steritool manufactures and distributes a full line of stainless steel "clean" hand tools for use in sterile, cleanroom and other critical production or corrosive environments. steritool. (Primezone Releases)
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