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Not one, but two tools! A pair of nail clippers held in place by a tool that has a strong magnet on this end and will telescope out to about 12 inches. It's used to pick up nails, dropped wrenches, or anything metal.
Good morning everybody and a happy macro monday. On this macro picture you see the cutting part of a wire cutter. The cut face already did a lot of work and there are a few marks on it. HMM #MacroMondays
Offering for Macro Monday's hand tools. Small socket set, the red in the image is the reflection of the case.
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A seven shot focus stack using a manual macro lens from the 1980's or so and blended in Photoshop
Before electrically powered hand tools these human powered hand tools made construction easier, faster and more uniform. All you needed was a person to power it and a little lubrication in the conveniently provided port.
Once commonly used. This meat mincer languishes at the back of a cupboard. It belonged to my Grandparents then my Parents, it's now mine! HMM
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Shot for entry in two challenges, but then I realized it didn't meet the requirements for one of them. Oh well.
It's still a good fit for Macro Mondays Cogwheel theme.
Subject
An old hand-drill. I keep it on my boat so that I don't have to rely on battery power in case of emergency. Hand drills have saved my bacon more than once when sailing.
Lighting
It's the Sun. Really, really bright South Florida sunshine!
Lens
SMC PENTAX-FA Macro 100mm F2.8
It's a great lens for macro work, and a darn sharp telephoto to boot.
Here we see the male Gorilla teaching its young how to capture a Manfrotto Pixi. It's a tough world for these tripods I use as my go to tools. Without them my photos would be a blur.