Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I’ll be taking a break from working on our Black Friday tool deals coverage for a little bit.
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I’ll be back later, well-fed, refreshed, and ready to find and post about the flood of tool deals, doorbusters, and flash sales that are just a few hours away.
You guys are awesome, and I am very much thankful for that. Stay safe, be well, and thank you so much for your continued support!
I mean it – without your interest in ToolGuyd and support over the years, my life would be very different right now. It was never my goal to be a “tool reviewer” or a “blogger,” but I can’t imagine myself doing anything right now. It’s all of you that make ToolGuyd possible.
As always, if you have any deal questions or requests, please let me know and I will try my best to answer them.
And, in about a week, I’ll be switching into “new year mode,” where I start working on all kinds of non-tool-deal coverage. As odd as it sounds, I really look forward to the flurry or sawdust, metal chips, and anything-but-computer-time that comes with that. Let me know what you might want to see on ToolGuyd in coming weeks and months.
Again, please stay safe. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
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Lastly – 7 years later and this Klein Tools Turkey is still the coolest Thanksgiving image I’ve come across. Have you seen any other shareable Thanksgiving greetings?
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Tom D
Is it time to start the “can you carve a turkey with a sawzall” debate?
I think it is! Anyone have a potato mashing attachment for an SDS Max?
Robert Landrigan
My daughter demands that we bring my m12 fuel drill and beater to campouts for mashed potatoes, But man now I want a recipient that demands the Bosch Bulldog!:)
fred
Maybe using a bushing hammer attachment to tenderize your steaks?
Tom D
Currently using the m18 job site fan to supplement the range vent which can’t handle the load.
JR3 Home Performance
I’ve used the dewalt fan for an outdoor grill deliberately improperly located on a porch
ktash
Hey, if I can stir paint with my drill, why not mashed potatoes? You could even use the attachment (buy a new one dedicated for potatoes, not one with dried paint on it). 😉
Tom D
I swear I’ve seen a food-rated mixer that 💯 looked exactly like a paint stirrer.
Kentucky fan
As someone who worked in restaurants for years you’d be surprised what power tools get used for. Best example is mixing ranch 5 gallons at a time using a mud bit and a Hitachi corded drill. That green bad boy lasted 2 years of doing that daily till it gave up the ghost.
Phil H.
These days I prefer a OMT for carving. The detail work around the bones is great.
ktash
Fein, or Harbor Freight OMT?
JoeM
That Turkey is probably the coolest Thanksgiving image on the Internet for Tool People… That said, and I said this on Facebook as well… It’s a LITTLE painful to look at… Sawblades for wings, Pipe Cutter head, Screwdrivers RAMMED EVERYWHERE… And NOWHERE Nice!
Again… As I said on Facebook… It’s like you automatically say “Cool! It’s a Tur…key…OWWIE!!!”
As to power tools for holiday serving… Honestly your tools are your tools… If you get creative enough, you can buy cheap-enough actual kitchen implements, like carving knives and potato mashers, etc. and simply remove handles, or glue, weld, zip-tie, or find ways to clamp an appropriate adapter onto the kitchen tool you need. I mean, did you BREAK an SDS hammer drill at any point? Can you saw it off so the SDS interface only has a few inches of the drill or extension left on the end? Do that, drill a hole of appropriate size down the middle of the shaft remaining, big enough to take in the… Say… Potato Masher? Maybe cut the handle off/slim it down to narrow it enough to fit into the new SDS attachment adapter… VOILA!! SDS Potato Masher Bit!!
As to the Sawzall for carving debate… Is it a debate? A Reciprocating Saw isn’t THAT big a deal when it comes to the interface. Again… Spare or broken handle on a carving knife, use a grinder or whatever you need to use, to remove everything that isn’t the “Tang” of the blade, that is embedded in the handle to hold the blade. Then just shape that Tang into the same shape as a reciprocating saw blade you use… There ya go… Reciprocating Carving Knife Blade, and it’s better than those electric carving knives you plug in. Similarly? Jigsaw Blades. The newer Cordless jigsaws are better, because you don’t get so much oil everywhere… but that’s an opinion… And they already make a jigsaw blade you can use as a carving implement. Vinyl Cutting Blades. But, if that’s not quite your “Thing”… Wood and Bone are relatively similar, so a wood blade would open up the bones pretty well.
We’re Tool Users and Makers, right? What we don’t “Have”… We can MAKE, can’t we? I mean, oils and old sawdust and stuff is easily kept clean from the meal by covering the saws, drills, or whatever we’re using tool-wise, with some plastic wrap before starting our cuts. This also lets us keep the tools themselves food-grease free! Is ANY of this recommended by the manufacturers of our tools? No. That is a definite No. It may even void warrantees! But y’know what? Come Halloween, Major Meal Holidays of all faiths, and just plain Party Tricks… The tool companies made far better quality, far more powerful, cutting, shaping, and scraping tools than ANY of the gimmicky holiday utensils they make out there!
Why settle for a Gimmick, when you’re holding some of the best equipment in the world? Though… I will say, as far as Reciprocating Saws go… THIS is the time for the 12 Volt lines to showcase what they can do… FAR easier to control, and only need one hand! Form Factor helps in this case. If nothing else using our power tools at family gatherings adds some FUN to the spectacle of the holidays!
Isn’t that what is best about holidays? Spreading and Sharing some JOY to be around family? Maybe we wouldn’t be so miserable with our families if we started the evening with some fun?
Just my opinion on this one. I have lost a lot of family members in the past few years, so I find these kinds of Family-Being-Together situations to be more important to enjoy than most would. I’m sorry if this offends anyone’s beliefs or sense of proper behaviour. I mean it with love though.
Have a great Holiday, American Cohorts! It’s just… Y’know… Thursday… Up in Canada here… but I still wish you all SAFE and HAPPY Days Today!!
Tom D
I agree – this is the place for the Hackzall to really shine.
ktash
If you “butterfly” your turkey, a sawsall or even an omt would be great since you have to cut out the backbone while the turkey is still raw. Using a vise to hold the turkey might be in order since it’s a slippery business. A cooked turkey is easier to cut so probably a few bench dogs would keep it stable enough. I’ll bet a youtube video demonstrating this would go viral. Not that we want anything more to go viral this year. . .
JoeM
Well, the OT tool, once it’s cooked, wouldn’t you just need a metal scraper blade to separate the meat from the bone, and the hip bones from the legs? I know the Butterfly method is popular with GRILLING the Turkey… but then again… When will you get to use that compact hammerdrill function with a flat faced rod with a plate welded to the end to REALLY RAM IN the stuffing for when it’s cooked? Doesn’t work quite so well on the grill, or butterflied.
But, see? Our tools don’t need much adaptation to belong in the kitchen! A little de-oiling and cleanup is in order, but that’s not difficult!
Aaron SD
Happy Thanksgiving!! I’m thankful for all the great posts, discussions, and savings you offer. There is no other site like this one.
Clay
Happy Thanksgiving!
Joatman
Coolest turkey ever. If it falls off the counter….uh, just let it fall.
Jbongo
I agree! Though, I’m not sure I’d want to try and catch this turkey alive in the first place… 🙂
Will
Happy thanksgiving bud
ktash
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Stuart! And to all the great commenters here, too.
Stacey Jones
Happy Thanksgiving. May all my fellow tool nuts enjoy the annual Tryptophan Overdose!