kk

kimosabe

28/10/2011 9:39 AM

Just a Guy Making Chess Pieces (Video)

Viewing full screen is recommended.
http://wimp.com/chesspieces/


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tk

tom koehler

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

29/10/2011 11:46 AM

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:39:15 -0500, kimosabe wrote
(in message
<[email protected]>):

> http://wimp.com/chesspieces/

Very good!
tom koehler

--
I will find a way or make one.

JJ

"Josepi"

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

01/11/2011 9:57 PM

Then he goes inside and sharpens the chisel with a slow-speed motorized
wetstone grinder so he can show the public how poor he can look.


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"Father Haskell" wrote in message
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Carving without looking at what you're doing, one hand in
front of the chisel? I've no doubt that skew could shave hair
from his arm. Seems to be the only tool he uses.

KM

Kevin Miller

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

30/10/2011 3:55 PM

On 10/28/2011 08:39 AM, kimosabe wrote:
> Viewing full screen is recommended.
> http://wimp.com/chesspieces/

That's pretty impressive. One tool, and turning beads with his foot.
Kinda humbling...

--
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Juneau, Alaska
In a recent survey, 7 out of 10 hard drives preferred Linux
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FH

Father Haskell

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

01/11/2011 5:42 PM

On Oct 30, 9:31=A0pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kevin Miller wrote:
> > On 10/28/2011 08:39 AM, kimosabe wrote:
> >> Viewing full screen is recommended.
> >>http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>
> > That's pretty impressive. One tool, and turning beads with his foot.
> > Kinda humbling...
>
> It made me ponder that people were probably a lot better at using what
> they had, than we might give them credit for, centuries ago. =A0Does
> anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?

Start with a *big* rock and carve away anything that
doesn't look like a pyramid.

FH

Father Haskell

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

01/11/2011 5:41 PM

On Oct 29, 10:33=A0pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Father Haskell wrote:
> > On Oct 28, 12:39 pm, kimosabe<[email protected]> =A0wrote:
> >> Viewing full screen is recommended.http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>
> > 0:35 would have gotten me no END of shit from my
> > woodshop teacher.
>
> Yeah, I just read in a book last week that anyone doing that is destined
> for a trip to the ER.

Carving without looking at what you're doing, one hand in
front of the chisel? I've no doubt that skew could shave hair
from his arm. Seems to be the only tool he uses.

Ft

Fred the Red Shirt

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

04/11/2011 4:24 PM

On Oct 28, 12:39=A0pm, kimosabe <[email protected]> wrote:
> Viewing full screen is recommended.http://wimp.com/chesspieces/

If you look closely you can see that he chips the top bead while
turning it. But then he just carves that into one of the flats on the
top of the king. That's a sign of a true craftsman, turning an error
into a feature!

--

FF

kk

kimosabe

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

31/10/2011 7:07 PM

On Oct 30, 9:31=A0pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kevin Miller wrote:

> Does anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?

Here's a video of a guy who can single-handedly move Stone Henge size
blocks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DpCvx5gSnfW4&feature=3Drelated

Du

Dave

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

02/11/2011 4:34 AM

On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 21:57:27 -0400, "Josepi" <[email protected]>
>Then he goes inside and sharpens the chisel with a slow-speed motorized
>wetstone grinder so he can show the public how poor he can look.

Possibly. But at least there's no deception when it comes to you.
You're an asshole and everybody knows it immediately upon any contact
wth you.

FH

Father Haskell

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

29/10/2011 4:05 PM

On Oct 28, 12:39=A0pm, kimosabe <[email protected]> wrote:
> Viewing full screen is recommended.http://wimp.com/chesspieces/

0:35 would have gotten me no END of shit from my
woodshop teacher.

Ft

Fred the Red Shirt

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

04/11/2011 11:12 AM

On Oct 30, 11:42=A0pm, "m II" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Poured concrete bricks constructed from remote stone quarry dust.
>
> --------------"Bill" =A0wrote in messagenews:[email protected]=
...
>
> It made me ponder that people were probably a lot better at using what
> they had, than we might give them credit for, centuries ago. =A0Does
> anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?

Nope.

Some French chemist suggested that, but no one who has examined
the stones agrees with him. The blocks were cut from limestone in
a nearby quarry. Aside from the fact that it is trivial to
distinguish between
natural stone and concrete, some of the stones were set in mortar
which
would hardly be the case had they been cast in place.

Current thinking is that a metric buttload of independent contractors
working in teams were coordinated by people whom I would regard
as among the world's greatest project engineers.

For instance, the massive bakery that supplied the workers with bread
consisted of numerous small one-man bakeries.

--

FF

JJ

"Josepi"

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

01/11/2011 5:22 PM

He's almost "off his block!"

-------
"Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Cool! I was moved (really)! : )

Thanks for posting!

Bill

JJ

"Josepi"

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

04/11/2011 10:45 PM

He needs harder toenails and forget the chisel.
Where is his sense of showmanship?


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"Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
> On Oct 28, 12:39 pm, kimosabe<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Viewing full screen is recommended.http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>
> If you look closely you can see that he chips the top bead while
> turning it. But then he just carves that into one of the flats on the
> top of the king. That's a sign of a true craftsman, turning an error
> into a feature!

He had me convinced by the time he started manipulating this chisel with
one foot! : )

>
> --
>
> FF
>

mI

"m II"

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

30/10/2011 11:42 PM

Poured concrete bricks constructed from remote stone quarry dust.

--------------
"Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
It made me ponder that people were probably a lot better at using what
they had, than we might give them credit for, centuries ago. Does
anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

30/10/2011 7:05 PM

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:31:50 -0400, Bill <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Kevin Miller wrote:
>> On 10/28/2011 08:39 AM, kimosabe wrote:
>>> Viewing full screen is recommended.
>>> http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>>
>> That's pretty impressive. One tool, and turning beads with his foot.
>> Kinda humbling...
>>
>
>It made me ponder that people were probably a lot better at using what
>they had, than we might give them credit for, centuries ago.

Remember, that guy has probably already made 1,370 chess sets, so he
has a bit of experience with it by now. And way back when, a person's
job was their only job for their entire life, so vast experience was
had by all by the time they were 25, starting from a very young age.


>Does anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?

One brick at a time.

--
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering WTF happened.

BB

Bill

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

29/10/2011 10:33 PM

Father Haskell wrote:
> On Oct 28, 12:39 pm, kimosabe<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Viewing full screen is recommended.http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>
> 0:35 would have gotten me no END of shit from my
> woodshop teacher.

Yeah, I just read in a book last week that anyone doing that is destined
for a trip to the ER.

BB

Bill

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

30/10/2011 9:31 PM

Kevin Miller wrote:
> On 10/28/2011 08:39 AM, kimosabe wrote:
>> Viewing full screen is recommended.
>> http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>
> That's pretty impressive. One tool, and turning beads with his foot.
> Kinda humbling...
>

It made me ponder that people were probably a lot better at using what
they had, than we might give them credit for, centuries ago. Does
anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?

BB

Bill

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

31/10/2011 11:11 PM

kimosabe wrote:
> On Oct 30, 9:31 pm, Bill<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Kevin Miller wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?
>
> Here's a video of a guy who can single-handedly move Stone Henge size
> blocks:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvx5gSnfW4&feature=related

Cool! I was moved (really)! : )

Thanks for posting!

Bill

BB

Bill

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

04/11/2011 7:32 PM

Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
> On Oct 28, 12:39 pm, kimosabe<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Viewing full screen is recommended.http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>
> If you look closely you can see that he chips the top bead while
> turning it. But then he just carves that into one of the flats on the
> top of the king. That's a sign of a true craftsman, turning an error
> into a feature!

He had me convinced by the time he started manipulating this chisel with
one foot! : )

>
> --
>
> FF
>

mI

"m II"

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

30/10/2011 9:32 AM

He definitely should have had some hearing protection there!

Even Seattle people would know better.

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"Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
Yeah, I just read in a book last week that anyone doing that is
destined
for a trip to the ER.

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Father Haskell wrote:
> On Oct 28, 12:39 pm, kimosabe<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Viewing full screen is recommended.http://wimp.com/chesspieces/
>
> 0:35 would have gotten me no END of shit from my
> woodshop teacher.

SB

Steve Barker

in reply to kimosabe on 28/10/2011 9:39 AM

31/10/2011 7:09 AM

On 10/30/2011 8:42 PM, m II wrote:
> Poured concrete bricks constructed from remote stone quarry dust.
>
> --------------
> "Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> It made me ponder that people were probably a lot better at using what
> they had, than we might give them credit for, centuries ago. Does
> anyone know how the pyramids were made yet?

With a hand powered lathe?

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email


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