Thread: Hey look FRED's done it again....

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

In the spam thread the venereable fred rated a mention....

For the uninitated a fred (pics thereof in the spam thread) is a Freaking Rediculuos Eatn Device part spoon part canopener always ready to go above and beyond the call of duty.... no wait, thats getting far to reggie for a slack assed Raafie....

What have you used one for, heard it rumoured they can do (other than what Im about to go on with)?

heres my effort black for what IVe actually done with one, green for the spiriolous ones that sound plausable or I use to pull peoples legs.

Here goes..

1. eating
2. opening cans
3. temporary fuse
4. cleanin the rings of the f89
5. pulling the single shot lockout on the f88
6. shackle key
7. wire stripper
8. screwdriver
9. anchor for a tripflare
10. starter relay bypass on a 110
11. markers on a mud map
12. scrape for a magnesium fire lighter block
13. map meausuring tool
14. paint scraper
15. wind chimes
16. door jam
17. glass cutter
18. bottle opener
19. bartering tool (yanks love em so do solomon islanders)
20. tie off for a hootchie
21. substitute coms rock
22. zip tie unclipper
23. key for a merlo forlift
24. splicing fid
25. sundial
26. leading weight for a pullthrough line
27. fishing lure
28. singal mirror aim post
29. field theodolite sights
30. pushbike tyre levers
31. door seal wedge on a toyota

1. navigation device (hold in hand face sun with opener extended towards you, sight sun in lanyard hole and the adi mark points north in the morning and south in the evening)
2. Drop bear armour (string of 30 interleaved and tied together like plate mail armour over your neck
3. hoop snake decoy (throw in approaching hoop snakes path and they spike them and they fall over (like a caltrop vs a car tyre))
4. for stelth coms (tie 2 on the end of a peice of hootchie cord and pull tight, jangle them and then you can talk to each other like 2 cans on string)
5. when highly polished the convex side makes a shaving mirror
6. when highly polished the concave side makes a firelighter when used with the sun
7. can be used to jimmy a door lock
8. can be used in place of a woomera (abo device makes a whrtttling noise when spun on the end of a string)
9. ammunition alignment tool (extend opener place tip of round against opener and turn while pressing round against opener, this will true the bullet in the casing and make them spin better and therefor you shoot better)
10. work as a windsock if tied to the whip antenna of a radio
11. when 3 are suspended on lines from a main line held taught and walked over a field they will align themsleves and devine water
12. will stop a bullet (stand one on top of a target and shoot at it till its hit, when hit it will fall over and will only be dented/scratched)

No chance. Unless it was made of Tungsten.

try it, sharpen the spoon edge, use it to score the sheet then snap sharply...

only works on single pane glass tho, not laminated stuff

I've been blowing glass for 13 years. We use either diamond or tungsten for cutting glass. Or glass itself, which will score glass, enough to "snap".

A mild steel "spoon" or what have you is not sufficient for "cutting" glass, neither borosilicate or soda.

Just my experience. No offence intended.

Mick, the fred is very powerful and mystical. It can bring you richers and stuf. My wife is drawn to the fred, only because she can't use a normal can opener BUT even she was uncloging the bath with one.

Originally Posted by D110V8D

I've been blowing glass for 13 years. We use either diamond or tungsten for cutting glass. Or glass itself, which will score glass, enough to "snap".

A mild steel "spoon" or what have you is not sufficient for "cutting" glass, neither borosilicate or soda.

Just my experience. No offence intended.

None taken... Till I saw it i was of the opinion you needed at least hardened steel to make a cut in glass.

we used one over in the solomans to score and cut the sheet glass for some guys hut, takes some persistance but it got done. im not saying it was a pretty cut (whe clamped the glass on the arm of the outrigger with 2 big g clamps and a spreader bar) we left behind a fairly rough edge and there was little "splinters" of glass coming off when we were "cutting". While he worked the "cutter" I had to lean on the waste edge of the pane.

I was suspect of it working but the dogger at the time swore blind it would work as he used to do it with a screwdriver when he was a glazier and couldnt find his cutter..

If i saw the end result of it on a piece of glass in my house (not that I would the rough edge would be masked by the seals) Id want new glass...

Just out of curoisity, (off topic on my own thread in less than 5 posts thats gotta be a record) how the hell do you get the nicely beveled edges onto glass?

hmmm,,

What the hell is this all about,,,

I am begining to think GC should be in
english only.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Just out of curoisity, (off topic on my own thread in less than 5 posts thats gotta be a record) how the hell do you get the nicely beveled edges onto glass?

Diamond wheel.

I'm not a glazier, and I've never been to pilkingtons I dont work with flat (sheet) glass.

In the scientific industry we use either diamond wheels or a flat steel wheel with carborundom paste as an abrasive. The latter being the lesser of the two.

Also a "cutting" machine or "wet" saw is used or cutting tubing on angles etc. Diamond wheel of course. Think of a rip saw.....set in a frame....with a diamond wheel and coolant.

Check out http://www.bartelt.com.au/products/

if you're inteested in what we make......scientifically that is.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

hmmm,,

What the hell is this all about,,,

I am begining to think GC should be in
english only.

FRED the most usful device in the world.

Air, fuel, landy, Spam, towel, fred and boots then your ready to tour the world.