Reid Smith

On Thursday, January 9, 2014 1:58:20 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
> My last chance to contact him will be Wood Magazine Dick

Or post a comment on his Photobucket site. That might get a quicker response.

Sonny

"Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 1:58:20 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
>> My last chance to contact him will be Wood Magazine Dick
>
> Or post a comment on his Photobucket site. That might get a quicker
> response.
>
> Sonny

Not sure how to do that. Do I need to make an account on photobucket?

Dick

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:21:52 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
> Has anyone seen a post by Reid Smith of Huntsville, Ala? Maybe you have e=
xchanged email with him. I would like to contact him but can't find a conne=
ction anywhere with infinite google searches. He had a top tip in Wood Maga=
zine from 2009 for a router attachment to catch all the mess (or a lot of i=
t anyway) when routing dovetails using a dovetail jig. I want to make this =
attachment but have a question for him. Maybe one of you have made this and=
I could ask you.

I Googled "Reid Smith Dust Collection", which led me to the below leads:

Here's a pic of Smitty, should Facebook have his pic on his site: http://ww=
w.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3D8887

This may be the same Smitty who participated on the AOL boards, long ago...=
. very knowledgeable, if so.

If you Google Smitty49, you'll get lots of hits, one on Twitter.

Sonny

On Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:39:06 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
> Do I need to make an account on photobucket? Dick

Probably so.

Another option is to take a chance with other email addresses: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.

Sonny

"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 1/14/2014 2:41 PM, Dick Snyder wrote:
>> "Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:39:06 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
>>>> Do I need to make an account on photobucket? Dick
>>>
>>> Probably so.
>>>
>>> Another option is to take a chance with other email addresses: Gmail,
>>> Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>
>> I am officially giving up on this quest. I heard back from Wood Magazine.
>> They were able to answer the question I had intended to ask Reid Smith
>> myself (and which I was able to answer once Sonny pointed out a website
>> where Reid Smith had posted a picture of the device to catch wood chips
>> from a router using a dovetail jig --
>> http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8887 )
>>
>> I have completed the device that Reid Smith invented (I posted a link to
>> the
>> design published in Wood Magazine earlier in this thread). I will do a
>> separate posting in a week or two once I have some real experience with
>> it.
>> Thanks to all who tried to help me find Reid. The good news is that I was
>> able to figure out my question regarding the attachment of the Shop Vac
>> hose
>> to the chip collector but the bad news is that I have no way to thank
>> Reid
>> Smith.
>>
>> Dick Snyder
>>
>>
> I know, probably too little too late but maybe this will work.
>
> [email protected]
>
> From what I believe to be his web site.
>
> http://www.firstdesignwoodworking.com/index.html
>
> Which I got when I went to the link you posted.
>
> http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8887
>
>
> And left clicked smitty49 above his picture to open a box that allowed me
> to go to his web page.....

I recognize a couple of those car pictures on the
http://www.firstdesignwoodworking.com/index.html website. I just sent an
email to [email protected]. We will see what happens..............

Thanks for the detective work.

Dick

"dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On 1/8/2014 8:56 AM, dpb wrote:
>> On 1/8/2014 8:27 AM, Dick Snyder wrote:
>> ...
>>
>>> Yes, I sent an email to the magazine. I also tried the White Pages
>>> application on my iPhone and did find a possible hit. I hate to call
>>> someone
>>> who does not know me without first trying an email contact. With
>>> caller id
>>> is is too easy to ignore a call. When I tried google with the name in
>>> quotes
>>> so I didn't get every Reid and every Smith I got one hit - that was the
>>> article in Wood Magazine. If I can't find an email in the next couple of
>>> days I will try a call. Nothing to lose at that point.
>>
>> Ask them to pass on the question to the author and include your contact
>> info if he's interested in following up. Don't just ask them for his
>> contact info--highly unlikely they'll give that up.
>>
>
> Or, probably more quicker, describe the project and the problem here and
> you'll undoubtedly get suggestions...even better if there's a link to or
> some way to provide real details on the project more than simply a verbal
> description unless that can be made very precise.
>
In my reply to Sonny, I posted the link to what I want to make. My question
was how did he attach his Shop Vac hose to the device but now I know after
seeing a clear picture that Reid had posted on a website.

Here is the link to the thing I want to make:
http://tips.woodmagazine.com/safety-dust-collection/do-away-with-dovetail-dust/

"Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:43:01 AM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
>> Thanks very much Sonny,
>
> You're welcome.
>
> Reid may have an AOL address - Smitty49 at aol dot com, if he is the same
> Smitty who participated on those boards, back then. Give it a try, see if
> it works, and thank him, also.
>
> Sonny
I tried that email address yesterday Sonny but the email bounced back to
me - no such address. My last chance to contact him will be Wood Magazine

Dick

On 1/14/2014 2:41 PM, Dick Snyder wrote:
> "Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:39:06 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
>>> Do I need to make an account on photobucket? Dick
>>
>> Probably so.
>>
>> Another option is to take a chance with other email addresses: Gmail,
>> Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.
>>
>> Sonny
>
> I am officially giving up on this quest. I heard back from Wood Magazine.
> They were able to answer the question I had intended to ask Reid Smith
> myself (and which I was able to answer once Sonny pointed out a website
> where Reid Smith had posted a picture of the device to catch wood chips
> from a router using a dovetail jig --
> http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8887 )
>
> I have completed the device that Reid Smith invented (I posted a link to the
> design published in Wood Magazine earlier in this thread). I will do a
> separate posting in a week or two once I have some real experience with it.
> Thanks to all who tried to help me find Reid. The good news is that I was
> able to figure out my question regarding the attachment of the Shop Vac hose
> to the chip collector but the bad news is that I have no way to thank Reid
> Smith.
>
> Dick Snyder
>
>
I know, probably too little too late but maybe this will work.

[email protected]

From what I believe to be his web site.

http://www.firstdesignwoodworking.com/index.html

Which I got when I went to the link you posted.

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8887


And left clicked smitty49 above his picture to open a box that allowed
me to go to his web page.....

"Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:39:06 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
>> Do I need to make an account on photobucket? Dick
>
> Probably so.
>
> Another option is to take a chance with other email addresses: Gmail,
> Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.
>
> Sonny

Well, the Hotmail and Yahoo bounced but not the gmail so far. Maybe I will
get lucky..........

I'll let you know.

Dick

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:43:01 AM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
> Thanks very much Sonny,

You're welcome.

Reid may have an AOL address - Smitty49 at aol dot com, if he is the same Smitty who participated on those boards, back then. Give it a try, see if it works, and thank him, also.

Sonny

On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:21:52 -0500, "Dick Snyder"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Has anyone seen a post by Reid Smith of Huntsville, Ala? Maybe you have
>exchanged email with him. I would like to contact him but can't find a
>connection anywhere with infinite google searches. He had a top tip in Wood
>Magazine from 2009 for a router attachment to catch all the mess (or a lot
>of it anyway) when routing dovetails using a dovetail jig. I want to make
>this attachment but have a question for him. Maybe one of you have made this
>and I could ask you.
>

Did your online search include Pinterest?

"Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:43:26 AM UTC-6, Sonny wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:21:52 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote: > Has
> anyone seen a post by Reid Smith of Huntsville, Ala? Maybe you have
> exchanged email with him. I would like to contact him but can't find a
> connection anywhere with infinite google searches. He had a top tip in
> Wood Magazine from 2009 for a router attachment to catch all the mess (or
> a lot of it anyway) when routing dovetails using a dovetail jig. I want to
> make this attachment but have a question for him. Maybe one of you have
> made this and I could ask you. I Googled "Reid Smith Dust Collection",
> which led me to the below leads: Here's a pic of Smitty, should Facebook
> have his pic on his site:
> http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8887 This may be the
> same Smitty who participated on the AOL boards, long ago.... very
> knowledgeable, if so. If you Google Smitty49, you'll get lots of hits, one
> on Twitter. Sonny

Additionally:
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Smitty49/library/#/user/Smitty49/library/?sort=3&page=1&_suid=138919615972009782744729489434

Sonny

Got what I was looking for!! I could never find an email address for him but
when I tried the link to www.ncwoodworker.net above in your reply I saw a
post by him of the exact thing I want to make (the router attachment to
catch mess from doing blind dovetails). His article in Wood Magazine talked
about how he constructed this device. I could not figure out how he
connected his Shop Vac to the device. On the website you told me about was a
clear picture of how he did it (a jam fit) so I don't need to contact him
now. I will go in a slightly different direction but my question is fully
answered. Thanks very much Sonny,

BTW, here is a link to what he did that I am trying to copy:
http://tips.woodmagazine.com/safety-dust-collection/do-away-with-dovetail-dust/

Dick

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:43:26 AM UTC-6, Sonny wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:21:52 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote: > Has an=
yone seen a post by Reid Smith of Huntsville, Ala? Maybe you have exchanged=
email with him. I would like to contact him but can't find a connection an=
ywhere with infinite google searches. He had a top tip in Wood Magazine fro=
m 2009 for a router attachment to catch all the mess (or a lot of it anyway=
) when routing dovetails using a dovetail jig. I want to make this attachme=
nt but have a question for him. Maybe one of you have made this and I could=
ask you. I Googled "Reid Smith Dust Collection", which led me to the below=
leads: Here's a pic of Smitty, should Facebook have his pic on his site: h=
ttp://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3D8887 This may be the s=
ame Smitty who participated on the AOL boards, long ago.... very knowledgea=
ble, if so. If you Google Smitty49, you'll get lots of hits, one on Twitter=
. Sonny

Additionally: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Smitty49/library/#/user/Smit=
ty49/library/?sort=3D3&page=3D1&_suid=3D138919615972009782744729489434

Sonny

Dick Snyder wrote:
> Has anyone seen a post by Reid Smith of Huntsville, Ala? Maybe you
> have exchanged email with him. I would like to contact him but can't
> find a connection anywhere with infinite google searches. He had a
> top tip in Wood Magazine from 2009 for a router attachment to catch
> all the mess (or a lot of it anyway) when routing dovetails using a
> dovetail jig. I want to make this attachment but have a question for
> him. Maybe one of you have made this and I could ask you.

Sorry - have not seen that name at all. Have you tried contacting the
magazine (I suspect that gtiven your claim to have performed extensive
google searches, that you've already tried this, but I thought it worth
asking.). My own very quick google searches turned up a lot of variations
on the name as you spelled it. Maybe some refined google exersises?

--

-Mike-
[email protected]

On 1/8/2014 8:27 AM, Dick Snyder wrote:
...

> Yes, I sent an email to the magazine. I also tried the White Pages
> application on my iPhone and did find a possible hit. I hate to call someone
> who does not know me without first trying an email contact. With caller id
> is is too easy to ignore a call. When I tried google with the name in quotes
> so I didn't get every Reid and every Smith I got one hit - that was the
> article in Wood Magazine. If I can't find an email in the next couple of
> days I will try a call. Nothing to lose at that point.

Ask them to pass on the question to the author and include your contact
info if he's interested in following up. Don't just ask them for his
contact info--highly unlikely they'll give that up.

--

On 1/8/2014 8:56 AM, dpb wrote:
> On 1/8/2014 8:27 AM, Dick Snyder wrote:
> ...
>
>> Yes, I sent an email to the magazine. I also tried the White Pages
>> application on my iPhone and did find a possible hit. I hate to call
>> someone
>> who does not know me without first trying an email contact. With
>> caller id
>> is is too easy to ignore a call. When I tried google with the name in
>> quotes
>> so I didn't get every Reid and every Smith I got one hit - that was the
>> article in Wood Magazine. If I can't find an email in the next couple of
>> days I will try a call. Nothing to lose at that point.
>
> Ask them to pass on the question to the author and include your contact
> info if he's interested in following up. Don't just ask them for his
> contact info--highly unlikely they'll give that up.
>

Or, probably more quicker, describe the project and the problem here and
you'll undoubtedly get suggestions...even better if there's a link to or
some way to provide real details on the project more than simply a
verbal description unless that can be made very precise.

--

"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dick Snyder wrote:
>> Has anyone seen a post by Reid Smith of Huntsville, Ala? Maybe you
>> have exchanged email with him. I would like to contact him but can't
>> find a connection anywhere with infinite google searches. He had a
>> top tip in Wood Magazine from 2009 for a router attachment to catch
>> all the mess (or a lot of it anyway) when routing dovetails using a
>> dovetail jig. I want to make this attachment but have a question for
>> him. Maybe one of you have made this and I could ask you.
>
> Sorry - have not seen that name at all. Have you tried contacting the
> magazine (I suspect that gtiven your claim to have performed extensive
> google searches, that you've already tried this, but I thought it worth
> asking.). My own very quick google searches turned up a lot of variations
> on the name as you spelled it. Maybe some refined google exersises?
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
Yes, I sent an email to the magazine. I also tried the White Pages
application on my iPhone and did find a possible hit. I hate to call someone
who does not know me without first trying an email contact. With caller id
is is too easy to ignore a call. When I tried google with the name in quotes
so I didn't get every Reid and every Smith I got one hit - that was the
article in Wood Magazine. If I can't find an email in the next couple of
days I will try a call. Nothing to lose at that point.

"Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:39:06 PM UTC-6, Dick Snyder wrote:
>> Do I need to make an account on photobucket? Dick
>
> Probably so.
>
> Another option is to take a chance with other email addresses: Gmail,
> Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.
>
> Sonny

I am officially giving up on this quest. I heard back from Wood Magazine.
They were able to answer the question I had intended to ask Reid Smith
myself (and which I was able to answer once Sonny pointed out a website
where Reid Smith had posted a picture of the device to catch wood chips
from a router using a dovetail jig --
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8887 )

I have completed the device that Reid Smith invented (I posted a link to the
design published in Wood Magazine earlier in this thread). I will do a
separate posting in a week or two once I have some real experience with it.
Thanks to all who tried to help me find Reid. The good news is that I was
able to figure out my question regarding the attachment of the Shop Vac hose
to the chip collector but the bad news is that I have no way to thank Reid
Smith.

Dick Snyder

"dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On 1/8/2014 8:27 AM, Dick Snyder wrote:
> ...
>
>> Yes, I sent an email to the magazine. I also tried the White Pages
>> application on my iPhone and did find a possible hit. I hate to call
>> someone
>> who does not know me without first trying an email contact. With caller
>> id
>> is is too easy to ignore a call. When I tried google with the name in
>> quotes
>> so I didn't get every Reid and every Smith I got one hit - that was the
>> article in Wood Magazine. If I can't find an email in the next couple of
>> days I will try a call. Nothing to lose at that point.
>
> Ask them to pass on the question to the author and include your contact
> info if he's interested in following up. Don't just ask them for his
> contact info--highly unlikely they'll give that up.
>
> --
>
>I did ask them to pass on my question but as you will see from my reply to
>the post by Sonny, I stumbled on to the answer. I will contact Wood
>Magadine again to tell them I don't need to contact him any more.