Dennis
27-03-2013, 09:35 AM
When I was at school, one of my form masters kept a piece of wood in his jacket. He called it his Jimmy. If a boy wasn’t paying attention, he would hurl it with great accuracy, but we soon learned to duck.
Boys like that sort of thing and he remained popular. So much so that at the end of the year we clubbed together to buy him one of the first ball point pens, a Biro. It was hideous and cost forty shillings.
Anyhow the point of this story is that I still keep a piece of wood in my tool box. It has deep holes for ear posts and a groove for the pin and findings of a brooch. So when I need to set stones I tape the item to my jimmy with plenty of protective masking tape and away I go. Dennis.
Boys like that sort of thing and he remained popular. So much so that at the end of the year we clubbed together to buy him one of the first ball point pens, a Biro. It was hideous and cost forty shillings.
Anyhow the point of this story is that I still keep a piece of wood in my tool box. It has deep holes for ear posts and a groove for the pin and findings of a brooch. So when I need to set stones I tape the item to my jimmy with plenty of protective masking tape and away I go. Dennis.