This morning I was sawing out some rectangles of plywood and MDF. For
measuring and marking I was using a 12 inch stainless rule. About the
second cut the rule was hidden under the stock and now I have a 5
inch rule and a 7 incher.
I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
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GW Ross
Why build a wall round a cemetery
when no-one wants to get in?
In article <[email protected]>, G. Ross
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I always wanted a 7 inch rule.
Is that anything like a 12 inch pianist?
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sobered, but stupid lasts forever.² -- Aristophanes
Aren't you glad you weren't holding onto that piece while cutting it? Half=
your hand could have been under that stack.
Larry
On Friday, June 27, 2014 7:41:10 PM UTC-5, G. Ross wrote:
> This morning I was sawing out some rectangles of plywood and MDF. For=20
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> measuring and marking I was using a 12 inch stainless rule. About the=20
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> second cut the rule was hidden under the stock and now I have a 5=20
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> inch rule and a 7 incher.
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> I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
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> =1D GW Ross =1D
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> =1D Why build a wall round a cemetery =1D
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> =1D when no-one wants to get in?
On Sat, 05 Jul 2014 05:09:00 -0400, "G. Ross" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Dave Balderstone wrote:
>> In article<[email protected]>, G. Ross
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I always wanted a 7 inch rule.
>>
>> Is that anything like a 12 inch pianist?
>>
>You mean before he met the table saw?
Is SawStop using them in it's demonstrations now?
On Friday, June 27, 2014 7:41:10 PM UTC-5, G. Ross wrote:
> This morning I was sawing out some rectangles of plywood and MDF. For=20
>=20
> measuring and marking I was using a 12 inch stainless rule. About the=20
>=20
> second cut the rule was hidden under the stock and now I have a 5=20
>=20
> inch rule and a 7 incher.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
Thanks for making my morning. I laughed my butt off a that one.
A couple of years ago I was trimming out a house and installing a lot of cr=
own molding. Picky at that stuff... so the more accurate the cut the bette=
r. It helps to have your pieces as close to final dimension as possible wh=
en positioning in the miter saw bed, so I cut the pieces from time to time =
with a circular saw to get them within a few inches.
I also use the circular saw to cut some pieces of wood to nail in behind th=
e molding as a substrate nail base as needed.=20
So I picked up the saw to cut a piece of curvy 6" wide molding and carefull=
y cut it for length, including the adjustment knob that was on the miter sa=
w stand. I thought I hit a knot or a glue spot, but nope... it was a 1/4" =
adjustment knob. That new Freud Diablo sawed right through the metal with =
no apparent damage to the blade. I was a little ticked off, but had other =
things to worry about. I was really surprised how easily the saw cut that =
threaded bolt, but was glad I didn't get any metal in my eyes.
About an hour later, I was sizing another piece and went to the other side =
of the table to get away from that damn knob stub. You guessed it... I did=
the same thing on the other side!=20
I can go years without doing something dumb like that, but then there are d=
ays I am not safe to be around. BTW, I think you will find your new "pocke=
t" ruler pretty handy! And at 7", no one will think it belongs to them.
Robert
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 06:09:28 -0700, jo4hn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 6/27/2014 5:41 PM, G. Ross wrote:
>> This morning I was sawing out some rectangles of plywood and MDF. For
>> measuring and marking I was using a 12 inch stainless rule. About the
>> second cut the rule was hidden under the stock and now I have a 5 inch
>> rule and a 7 incher.
>>
>> I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
>If your Incra-type miter gauge does not have a nick or two in it, you're
>not getting close enough to the blade. DAMHIKT.
Oh, I've gotten *real* close to the blade with mine. :-( The JessEm
is still whole, though.
On 6/27/2014 5:41 PM, G. Ross wrote:
> This morning I was sawing out some rectangles of plywood and MDF. For
> measuring and marking I was using a 12 inch stainless rule. About the
> second cut the rule was hidden under the stock and now I have a 5 inch
> rule and a 7 incher.
>
> I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
If your Incra-type miter gauge does not have a nick or two in it, you're
not getting close enough to the blade. DAMHIKT.
mahalo,
jo4hn
On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 20:50:30 -0400, "Morgans"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
><[email protected]> wrote
>
>>>You mean before he met the table saw?
>>
>> Is SawStop using them in it's demonstrations now?
^ damn! I hate it when I do that!
>
>Not hardly! <g>
>
>I'll give the joke a try. I may not get the thing all right, but I hope you
>get the premise.
>
>Seems an Irish watering hole had a lepricon that would occasionally get
>pissed and start handing out free wishes, and word got around. You would go
>in one time, and see a talking dog, then another time, a guy that could play
>darts with his eyes closed and never hit anything but a bulzeye. All wishes
>granted by the lepricon.
>
>One day a guy went in and saw a guy with a little little piano sitting up on
>the bar with a pianist only 12" tall playing away with a tip cup beside
>him. The guy that had just come in went up to the guy sitting with the
>little musician, and asked, wow, that's really neat! Did the lepricon grant
>you that wish?
>
>The guy looked back at him and said, " Really? With a lepricon that could
>have granted me any wish for me that I wanted, and you think I asked for a
>12" pianist on purpose?"
Yeah, I was sorta indicating that I'd heard the joke. ;-)
In article
<dklb-BE874E.19272928062014@pool-141-149-186-146.bos.east.verizon.net>,
Dan Kozar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why build a wall round a cemetery
> > >
> > > when no-one wants to get in?
Actually, people are just dieing to get in there!!
Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>, G. Ross
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I always wanted a 7 inch rule.
>
> Is that anything like a 12 inch pianist?
>
You mean before he met the table saw?
--
GW Ross
Bore: A person who talks when you
wish him to listen.
On 6/28/2014 11:25 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I can go years without doing something dumb like that, but then there are days I am not safe to be around. BTW, I think you will find your new "pocket" ruler pretty handy! And at 7", no one will think it belongs to them.
LOL.
'Nother thing on the "aging woodworker" thang:
I know damned good and well that I did something very similar this past
week, and was going to add a post about it to this thread ... but I'll
be damned if I can remember what it was!?
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<[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
>
> Thanks for making my morning. I laughed my butt off a that one.
>
I did much the same with an aluminum framing square. I stopped before going
all of the through it, but the damage was done.
I decided to cut it down and make a "mini" framing square out of it. I made
it with 16" and 12" legs, respectively sized like a real one.
I love it. I bet I pick it up more often than the real sized ones around
the shop. If you don't have a mini square, and have extras, you should make
yourself one.
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"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote
> I know damned good and well that I did something very similar this past
> week, and was going to add a post about it to this thread ... but I'll be
> damned if I can remember what it was!?
Well it's good to know you didn't cut your pecker off. You would remember
that! <g>
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"G. Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This morning I was sawing out some rectangles of plywood and MDF. For
> measuring and marking I was using a 12 inch stainless rule. About the
> second cut the rule was hidden under the stock and now I have a 5
> inch rule and a 7 incher.
>
> I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
Be glad you weren't ripping.
I often use aluminum yardsticks for this and that. I once had need for one
but a skinny one...NP, rip it with my RAS, something I had done at various
times in the past. Well, this time I must have wiggled it a bit because the
blade picked it up and wrapped it around itself, destroying multiple teeth
in the process.
Unfortunately, it was one of my favorite blades...a Japanese blade, thinnest
of the thin, with a kerf only slightly over 1/16. I didn't use it for much
other than making thin slots but it sure was handy for that.
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On 6/27/2014 8:41 PM, G. Ross wrote:
> This morning I was sawing out some rectangles of plywood and MDF. For
> measuring and marking I was using a 12 inch stainless rule. About the
> second cut the rule was hidden under the stock and now I have a 5 inch
> rule and a 7 incher.
>
> I always wanted a 7 inch rule. They are really handy.
I now have not one but two 46' almost extension cords, and two 4' almost
extension cords after a friend used them with a hedge trimmer. Not so handy.
The same mistake can almost always be made twice.
--
pentapus
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>, G. Ross
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I always wanted a 7 inch rule.
>
> Is that anything like a 12 inch pianist?
I know that joke. Good one, too. Even if it is a bit of a groaner.
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<[email protected]> wrote
>>You mean before he met the table saw?
>
> Is SawStop using them in it's demonstrations now?
Not hardly! <g>
I'll give the joke a try. I may not get the thing all right, but I hope you
get the premise.
Seems an Irish watering hole had a lepricon that would occasionally get
pissed and start handing out free wishes, and word got around. You would go
in one time, and see a talking dog, then another time, a guy that could play
darts with his eyes closed and never hit anything but a bulzeye. All wishes
granted by the lepricon.
One day a guy went in and saw a guy with a little little piano sitting up on
the bar with a pianist only 12" tall playing away with a tip cup beside
him. The guy that had just come in went up to the guy sitting with the
little musician, and asked, wow, that's really neat! Did the lepricon grant
you that wish?
The guy looked back at him and said, " Really? With a lepricon that could
have granted me any wish for me that I wanted, and you think I asked for a
12" pianist on purpose?"
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<[email protected]> wrote
>
> Yeah, I was sorta indicating that I'd heard the joke. ;-)
Yeah, I hate it when I miss stuff. Now that I re read your comment, I could
see that.
That is an old stock joke, for sure.
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