Gregpost's December Challenge/Badge Quest

gregpost · **Reply #30 on:** December 18, 2015, 11:09:00 PM

Day 18:

Testing the wire stripper.

gregpost · **Reply #31 on:** December 19, 2015, 05:42:42 PM

Day 19:

More presents arriving.

gregpost · **Reply #32 on:** December 20, 2015, 10:16:55 PM

Day 20:

It smells like plastic death but I always find something I need here.

gregpost · **Reply #33 on:** December 21, 2015, 10:21:29 PM

Day 21:

Cutting some Cuban Oregano, so it doesn't bolt.

gregpost · **Reply #34 on:** December 22, 2015, 10:27:47 PM

Day 22:

Cutting some scrap wire with the stranded wire cutter.

gregpost · **Reply #35 on:** December 24, 2015, 02:52:15 AM

Day 23:

Testing the reamer on some plastic and thin aluminum.

gregpost · **Reply #36 on:** December 25, 2015, 12:12:25 AM

Day 24:

gregpost · **Reply #37 on:** December 26, 2015, 12:03:27 AM

Day 25:

I was trying to practice making a spoon with only hand tools in a piece of scrap wood. I was using a combo of saw(not the Surge), small axe, and box cutter. The blade in the utility knife I replaced a few days ago, broke in two as I was making some shavings. Used the Surge to put in a new blade and it worked much better since I paid more attention to the angles and knots.

gregpost · **Reply #38 on:** December 26, 2015, 08:44:03 PM

Day 26:

This gift didn't make it for Christmas. Will have to be a present for Three Kings Day.

gregpost · **Reply #39 on:** December 27, 2015, 11:35:25 PM

Day 27:

I wanted to take apart this guitar pedal, it's very flimsy. The rubber padding fell off the bottom, build quality doesn't compare to the Boss that it's copying.

gregpost · **Reply #40 on:** December 28, 2015, 11:05:29 PM

Day 28:

Punching a hole in an old leather belt.

gregpost · **Reply #41 on:** December 29, 2015, 10:43:17 PM

Day 29:

Some okra growing and it's nearly January.

sLaughterMed · **Reply #42 on:** December 30, 2015, 02:37:27 AM

Quote from: gregpost on December 29, 2015, 10:43:17 PM

Day 29:

Some okra growing and it's nearly January.

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Yummy! Nice to see someone else into gardening over here

gregpost · **Reply #43 on:** December 30, 2015, 08:23:29 PM

Day 30:

zoidberg · **Reply #44 on:** December 31, 2015, 06:10:59 AM

Congrats on the badge mate.

However I am pretty sure we would all like to see a day 31 pic to cap it off.

gregpost · **Reply #45 on:** December 31, 2015, 06:28:25 AM

Quote from: zoidberg on December 31, 2015, 06:10:59 AM

Congrats on the badge mate. However I am pretty sure we would all like to see a day 31 pic to cap it off.

Certainly!

There is the 30 day badge and the separate December Challenge. I will post a photo tomorrow and also my thoughts on using and carrying the Surge for this whole month.

zoidberg · **Reply #46 on:** December 31, 2015, 06:30:06 AM

gregpost · **Reply #47 on:** December 31, 2015, 09:49:41 PM

Day 31:

Looking forward to the New Year!

Surge challenge has been fun, mostly all positives. There were a few times I missed the spring action of the Wingman when doing repetitive tasks but the Surge cutter and pliers head is so much better. Also the pliers on my Surge open and close stiffer than on my Supertool 300. This makes repetitive tasks involving the pliers harder than it needs to be. The stiffness could be a simple matter of breaking it in. Going to look forward to carrying my Wingman again because I still favor it for edc. I used the Surge a bunch and in many scenarios where it was hard to photograph. The most often used implement despite the photographic evidence was the scissors. I also used the file for my fingernail, which I didn't photograph. I am thinking of making a chisel that fits in the jigsaw blade holder, that would be cool and useful for me.

gregpost · **Reply #48 on:** December 31, 2015, 09:55:42 PM

Also congrats to everybody who made a thread for the Surge December challenge. I learned a lot and enjoyed looking at your photos. Thanks to Obi1shinobee for sponsoring and also for making an awesome thread reminding me I need to eat more tropical fruits.

Obi1shinobee · **Reply #49 on:** December 31, 2015, 10:06:05 PM

Quote from: gregpost on December 31, 2015, 09:55:42 PM

Also congrats to everybody who made a thread for the Surge December challenge. I learned a lot and enjoyed looking at your photos. Thanks to Obi1shinobee for sponsoring and also for making an awesome thread reminding me I need to eat more tropical fruits.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

SteveC · **Reply #50 on:** December 31, 2015, 10:07:35 PM

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