One cheap-ass cable channel has been showing NYW episodes from 1991.
When I watched the first one I soon felt a different attitude than I
have to the last few years. I realized that I was somehow more
"comfortable" with what Norm was doing because he was (at least 15
years ago) closer to me in technical standards. He was using a drum
sanding attachment to his drill press, and a morticing attachment. He
belt-sanded panels. His jointer wasn't big enough to handle a sequoia.
His featherboards were laughably ragged with teeth missing. In all, I
could "relate" because he was making furniture more than he was
operating wowser machinery.
Bring on 1992.
FoggyTown
Brent Beal wrote:
> "foggytown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > One cheap-ass cable channel has been showing NYW episodes from 1991.
> > When I watched the first one I soon felt a different attitude than I
> > have to the last few years. I realized that I was somehow more
> > "comfortable" with what Norm was doing because he was (at least 15
> > years ago) closer to me in technical standards. He was using a drum
> > sanding attachment to his drill press, and a morticing attachment. He
> > belt-sanded panels. His jointer wasn't big enough to handle a sequoia.
> > His featherboards were laughably ragged with teeth missing. In all, I
> > could "relate" because he was making furniture more than he was
> > operating wowser machinery.
> >
> > Bring on 1992.
> >
> > FoggyTown
> >
> What????? You didn't see the Shop Smith, the craftsman saw and the other
> antiques?
I was just intrigued how "bare" the shop looked without all the new
doo-dahs. Not even a tenoning jig to be seen! He was making tenons
with TS and BS.
FoggyTown
On 19 Feb 2006 08:19:01 -0800, "foggytown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I was just intrigued how "bare" the shop looked without all the new
>doo-dahs. Not even a tenoning jig to be seen! He was making tenons
>with TS and BS.
What's so weird about that?
I cut tenons with just a table saw and a shop made crosscut sled. I
fine tune them, one at a time, with a shoulder plane. <G>
Barry
"foggytown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> One cheap-ass cable channel has been showing NYW episodes from 1991.
> When I watched the first one I soon felt a different attitude than I
> have to the last few years. I realized that I was somehow more
> "comfortable" with what Norm was doing because he was (at least 15
> years ago) closer to me in technical standards. He was using a drum
> sanding attachment to his drill press, and a morticing attachment. He
> belt-sanded panels. His jointer wasn't big enough to handle a sequoia.
> His featherboards were laughably ragged with teeth missing. In all, I
> could "relate" because he was making furniture more than he was
> operating wowser machinery.
>
> Bring on 1992.
>
> FoggyTown
>
What????? You didn't see the Shop Smith, the craftsman saw and the other
antiques?+