The Home Machinist!

Recently one of the members mentioned the hardness of a part he was working on, and I thought that maybe we should make up a Hobbyist Hardness scale just to add to Rc, Rb, MOHS, and others.
So far we have:
Harder than woodpecker lips.
I'd like to add, Harder than a w..uh, soiled dove's heart.
Anyone else have a favorite simile? (Please leave the proverbial preacher out.)

--earlgo

you will need to come up with relative ranking as well.

Russ Hanscom wrote: ↑Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:00 pm you will need to come up with relative ranking as well.

Yes, exactly.
Which ranks harder...
Harder thanna bulls horn.
Or...
Harder thanna woodpeckers lips.

I got reamed out on another forum for comparing two chisels by seeing which one would scratch the other. Maybe I should be quiet.

SteveHGraham wrote: ↑Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:19 pm I got reamed out on another forum for comparing two chisels by seeing which one would scratch the other. Maybe I should be quiet.

Ya'll gotta quit hangin' out with those yuppie type machinists who drink tea with their pinky extended, and stick with us types that even have a set of files to do 'zactly what you are talkin' about. Storebought files.....not exact....but get you in the ballpark!


Bill

Harder (softer?) than a blackened banana.

Harder than a black Walnut shell.

(usually referring to cheap phillips head screws)

Made of spray painted swiss cheese.

Harder than Japanese arithmetic....

Now we are getting enough to evaluate. Keep them coming, I know you all have some hidden away that are not risqué.
--earlgo

Hardness?

My head.

Yeah, by now, you guys know it's hard.

H

Some head start out made from hard material, some are hardened by age!

"Harder than 100 year-old Douglas fir."

Working on my house -- ever try driving a nail in it?