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Reminds me of a story my dad told. He was 11 or 12, and got told to mix a gallon can of paint with a wooden stick. He had a better idea. His dad, my granddad had just bought an enormous Sears drill press. Dad reasoned that cutting a paddle from thin plywood that would just fit down into the gallon paint can would mix the paint more efficiently than the lame thin stirring stick. He cut the paddle, somehow fastened it to a metal dowel and chucked it into the drill press. Lowered the paddle into the can of paint and flipped the switch. Said it emptied the entire contents of the can in the first full turn or two of the paddle.

Lesson learned, he said. I inherited the pre-WW2 drill press. Weighs a ton. And yes, there are still yellow paint spatters visible on the blue factory paint.

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[QUOTE="nomadradio, post: 726004, member: 22"] Reminds me of a story my dad told. He was 11 or 12, and got told to mix a gallon can of paint with a wooden stick. He had a better idea. His dad, my granddad had just bought an enormous Sears drill press. Dad reasoned that cutting a paddle from thin plywood that would just fit down into the gallon paint can would mix the paint more efficiently than the lame thin stirring stick. He cut the paddle, somehow fastened it to a metal dowel and chucked it into the drill press. Lowered the paddle into the can of paint and flipped the switch. Said it emptied the entire contents of the can in the first full turn or two of the paddle. Lesson learned, he said. I inherited the pre-WW2 drill press. Weighs a ton. And yes, there are still yellow paint spatters visible on the blue factory paint. 73 [/QUOTE]

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