JJ

13/02/2007 7:47 PM

How It's Made

If you haven't seen the TV show How It's Made I'd say you should,
if you can receive it. Besides being interesting, fairly often it
covers things made of wood. Tonight's show included making caskets and
glider rockers. Other shows have had segments on making bagpipes,
recorders (the musical instruments), accordians, etc. Hmm, seems to me
one of the shows had something on guitar making too.

Tonight's show also had a segment on kitchen knives. They fiished
them up by putting on a wooden handle, and then honing them on two,
off-set, grinding wheels. So sharpening isn't as big a deal as a lot of
you make it out to be. LOL

Sure, the stuff is mass-produced. So what? It's fascinating to
see some of the machines and set-ups they use. Plus you can maybe get a
few idas for making a variation for you shop. Sharpening the knives
gave me an idea for a older that would semi-automate sharpening my
chisels - if I cared, and didn't sharpen them on a belt sander. Be
nifty for plane irons tho - if I sharpened any plane irons.

Neat show anyway.



JOAT
When in doubt, go to sleep.
- Mully Small


This topic has 33 replies

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 8:12 AM

On Feb 13, 11:58 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gary Kemper wrote:
> > It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
>
> > Lots of wood projects.
>
> > Pool tables
> > Pool cues
> > Acoustic and Electric Guitars
> > Bent Hardwood
> > Conga Drums
> > Pianos
>
> > Just to name a few.
>
> > Gary
>
> Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof. Actually
> it's a great program.
> smart ass,
> jo4hn

You should be ashamed of yourself telling tales like this. (Consider
the joke stolen)
On How It's Made, I want to see the episode that shows how checkered
paint is made.

spill,
r

Gj

"GROVER"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 10:03 AM

On Feb 13, 7:47 pm, [email protected] (J T) wrote:
> If you haven't seen the TV show How It's Made I'd say you should,
> if you can receive it. Besides being interesting, fairly often it
> covers things made of wood. Tonight's show included making caskets and
> glider rockers. Other shows have had segments on making bagpipes,
> recorders (the musical instruments), accordians, etc. Hmm, seems to me
> one of the shows had something on guitar making too.
>
> Tonight's show also had a segment on kitchen knives. They fiished
> them up by putting on a wooden handle, and then honing them on two,
> off-set, grinding wheels. So sharpening isn't as big a deal as a lot of
> you make it out to be. LOL
>
> Sure, the stuff is mass-produced. So what? It's fascinating to
> see some of the machines and set-ups they use. Plus you can maybe get a
> few idas for making a variation for you shop. Sharpening the knives
> gave me an idea for a older that would semi-automate sharpening my
> chisels - if I cared, and didn't sharpen them on a belt sander. Be
> nifty for plane irons tho - if I sharpened any plane irons.
>
> Neat show anyway.
>
> JOAT
> When in doubt, go to sleep.
> - Mully Small
Joat,
I have watched "How Its Made" and find it interesting. The camera
moves pretty fast and you don't get much time to see details. I
suspect that manufacturing companies are concerned with industrial
espionage and limit what they allow to be filmed. I'm sure they keep
anything they consider state of the art or proprietary out of range
of the lens, and who can blame them.
Joe G

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 10:09 AM

On Feb 14, 11:49 am, Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Feb 13, 11:58 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Gary Kemper wrote:
> >>> It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
> >>> Lots of wood projects.
> >>> Pool tables
> >>> Pool cues
> >>> Acoustic and Electric Guitars
> >>> Bent Hardwood
> >>> Conga Drums
> >>> Pianos
> >>> Just to name a few.
> >>> Gary
> >> Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof. Actual=
ly
> >> it's a great program.
> >> smart ass,
> >> jo4hn
>
> > You should be ashamed of yourself telling tales like this. (Consider
> > the joke stolen)
> > On How It's Made, I want to see the episode that shows how checkered
> > paint is made.
>
> > spill,
> > r
>
> It's just 2 coats of striped paint at 90=B0 to each other. Be sure to get
> the angle right.
> Joe

That won't work. Tried it.

JJ

in reply to "Robatoy" on 14/02/2007 10:09 AM

14/02/2007 1:52 PM

Wed, Feb 14, 2007, 10:09am (EST-3) [email protected] (Robatoy) doth
claimeth:
That won't work. Tried it.

Then you were either using the cheap stuff, or didn't follow the
manufacturers instructions, or both.. You've gotta shell out a few
bucks extra and get the good stuff, and then follow the directions. Oh
yeah, you'll need the special brush too.



JOAT
When in doubt, go to sleep.
- Mully Small

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 10:27 AM

On Feb 14, 1:16 pm, Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Feb 14, 11:49 am, Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Robatoy wrote:
> >>> On Feb 13, 11:58 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> Gary Kemper wrote:
> >>>>> It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
> >>>>> Lots of wood projects.
> >>>>> Pool tables
> >>>>> Pool cues
> >>>>> Acoustic and Electric Guitars
> >>>>> Bent Hardwood
> >>>>> Conga Drums
> >>>>> Pianos
> >>>>> Just to name a few.
> >>>>> Gary
> >>>> Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof. Actu=
ally
> >>>> it's a great program.
> >>>> smart ass,
> >>>> jo4hn
> >>> You should be ashamed of yourself telling tales like this. (Consider
> >>> the joke stolen)
> >>> On How It's Made, I want to see the episode that shows how checkered
> >>> paint is made.
> >>> spill,
> >>> r
> >> It's just 2 coats of striped paint at 90=B0 to each other. Be sure to=
get
> >> the angle right.
> >> Joe
>
> > That won't work. Tried it.
>
> How long did you let it dry between coats?

11 hours and 44 minutes, just like it said on the can.
I get either black squares with white blocks or white squares with
black blocks. Doesn't look like a checker-board at all.
Maybe I should try another brush?

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 10:57 AM

On Feb 14, 1:31 pm, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I've discovered that by using just the right amount of Flotrol I can
> produce fairly accurate tartans. You might need to clean your nozzles
> with a bit of thistle before spraying...
>
> --
Angela was born, bred and educated (StFX) in Nova Scotia. My house is
full of tartan: placemats, serviettes, kitchen curtains,
tablecloths...

http://tinyurl.com/2a24wm

soooo.. flotrol and thistle, eh?

Now I'm looking for an albino named Heather as well?

b

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 11:52 AM

On Feb 14, 11:29 am, "Pete C." <[email protected]> wrote:
> GROVER wrote:
>
> > I have watched "How Its Made" and find it interesting. The camera
> > moves pretty fast and you don't get much time to see details. I
> > suspect that manufacturing companies are concerned with industrial
> > espionage and limit what they allow to be filmed. I'm sure they keep
> > anything they consider state of the art or proprietary out of range
> > of the lens, and who can blame them.
> > Joe G
>
> It's more a function of the limited time allotted for each segment of
> the program. You'll notice on a few of the more complicated items the
> narration is heading towards auctioneer pace to fit all the steps into
> the available time. They note when they skip over proprietary steps or
> ingredients. The scale of some of the facilities they show is amazing.
>
> Pete C.

So far, the segment that really blew my mind is how much material and
labor goes into ballet slippers. there are at least 4 or 5 layers of
various materials in the toe box.

Also, I saw a pair of hockey goalie leg pads being made. I kept
thinking "these have gotta be expensive, there's so much labor in
them". At the end they informed us that they are $1600 a pair! I'll
stick with woodworking.

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 5:39 PM

On Feb 14, 2:52 pm, [email protected] wrote:

> Also, I saw a pair of hockey goalie leg pads being made. I kept
> thinking "these have gotta be expensive, there's so much labor in
> them". At the end they informed us that they are $1600 a pair! I'll
> stick with woodworking.

A lot of guys who are woodworkers now, were at one time, hockey
players....without helmets.

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 5:54 PM

On Feb 14, 7:28 pm, Bill in Detroit <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > Now I'm looking for an albino named Heather as well?
>
> No, no ... not albino. She has lovely green eyes, deep red hair and
> blushes easily. DAMHIKT

I know the type. It takes a mother 20 years to turn her son into a
man. ...and a girl like Heather only 20 minutes to turn him into a
blithering idiot.

add a few freckles and I'll be biting my knuckles.

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

15/02/2007 4:41 PM

On Feb 15, 6:54 pm, Brian Henderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:08:27 GMT, Gary Kemper
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
>
> They didn't redo them all for the US market. Canada did 4 seasons, I
> don't think the US got past season 3. I've got all the Canadian
> episodes.

The first season was really hard to watch. That MC, Mark Tewksbury got
on my nerves. He also did the show's theme 'puter sound. Awful!
Tewksbury, a gold medal winner in......wait for it.... the back
stroke. Pfffffff
Why How It's Made never did a segment on fudge-packing is beyond me.
(I crack myself up sometimes...is that wrong?)

r

Rd

"Robatoy"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

16/02/2007 6:29 AM

On Feb 16, 7:52 am, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > Why How It's Made never did a segment on fudge-packing is beyond me.
> > (I crack myself up sometimes...is that wrong?)
>
> At once or twice a week, I drive by a small local candy company
> (Munson's on CT Rt. 6), and picture this sign out front:
>
> "Now Hiring Fudgepackers!"
>
> It shouldn't be funny, but it is, 'cause I'm immature... <G>

I was working on a custom-build kitchen for a local doctor, a
psychiatrist.
He had some serious problems with a roofing contractor, and just laid
into the contractor during a phone-call.
He called him every name in the book, made fun of his mother, the
works.
When he, the normaly quite reserved doctor, slammed down the phone he
looked at me, flashed an ear-to-ear smile and said " Damn, that was
immature of me, but it felt GREAT!"

Immature is good...especially when it comes to humour.

r

jj

jo4hn

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

13/02/2007 8:58 PM

Gary Kemper wrote:
> It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
>
> Lots of wood projects.
>
> Pool tables
> Pool cues
> Acoustic and Electric Guitars
> Bent Hardwood
> Conga Drums
> Pianos
>
> Just to name a few.
>
> Gary
Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof. Actually
it's a great program.
smart ass,
jo4hn

Bi

Bill in Detroit

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 7:28 PM

Robatoy wrote:

> Now I'm looking for an albino named Heather as well?

No, no ... not albino. She has lovely green eyes, deep red hair and
blushes easily. DAMHIKT

Bill


--
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rascal less in the world.
Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
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Bill in Detroit

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

15/02/2007 3:54 AM

Robatoy wrote:

> A lot of guys who are woodworkers now, were at one time, hockey
> players....without helmets.

"Put me in, coach, put me in ... I don't need a helmet!"


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"Pete C."

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 7:29 PM

GROVER wrote:
>
> I have watched "How Its Made" and find it interesting. The camera
> moves pretty fast and you don't get much time to see details. I
> suspect that manufacturing companies are concerned with industrial
> espionage and limit what they allow to be filmed. I'm sure they keep
> anything they consider state of the art or proprietary out of range
> of the lens, and who can blame them.
> Joe G

It's more a function of the limited time allotted for each segment of
the program. You'll notice on a few of the more complicated items the
narration is heading towards auctioneer pace to fit all the steps into
the available time. They note when they skip over proprietary steps or
ingredients. The scale of some of the facilities they show is amazing.

Pete C.

PC

"Pete C."

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 9:40 PM

[email protected] wrote:
>
> On Feb 14, 11:29 am, "Pete C." <[email protected]> wrote:
> > GROVER wrote:
> >
> > > I have watched "How Its Made" and find it interesting. The camera
> > > moves pretty fast and you don't get much time to see details. I
> > > suspect that manufacturing companies are concerned with industrial
> > > espionage and limit what they allow to be filmed. I'm sure they keep
> > > anything they consider state of the art or proprietary out of range
> > > of the lens, and who can blame them.
> > > Joe G
> >
> > It's more a function of the limited time allotted for each segment of
> > the program. You'll notice on a few of the more complicated items the
> > narration is heading towards auctioneer pace to fit all the steps into
> > the available time. They note when they skip over proprietary steps or
> > ingredients. The scale of some of the facilities they show is amazing.
> >
> > Pete C.
>
> So far, the segment that really blew my mind is how much material and
> labor goes into ballet slippers. there are at least 4 or 5 layers of
> various materials in the toe box.
>
> Also, I saw a pair of hockey goalie leg pads being made. I kept
> thinking "these have gotta be expensive, there's so much labor in
> them". At the end they informed us that they are $1600 a pair! I'll
> stick with woodworking.

My favorite for the pure amusement value was the chick (chicken)
breeding facility with the miles of conveyor belts full of fluffy yellow
chicks.

I think the most amazing one from an automation standpoint was the car
engine plant nearly devoid of humans.

Pete C.

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 12:31 PM

Robatoy wrote:
| On Feb 14, 11:49 am, Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
|| Robatoy wrote:
||| On Feb 13, 11:58 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
|||| Gary Kemper wrote:
||||| It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
||||| Lots of wood projects.
||||| Pool tables
||||| Pool cues
||||| Acoustic and Electric Guitars
||||| Bent Hardwood
||||| Conga Drums
||||| Pianos
||||| Just to name a few.
||||| Gary
|||| Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof.
|||| Actually it's a great program.
|||| smart ass,
|||| jo4hn
||
||| You should be ashamed of yourself telling tales like this.
||| (Consider the joke stolen)
||| On How It's Made, I want to see the episode that shows how
||| checkered paint is made.
||
||| spill,
||| r
||
|| It's just 2 coats of striped paint at 90° to each other. Be sure
|| to get the angle right.
|| Joe
|
| That won't work. Tried it.

I've discovered that by using just the right amount of Flotrol I can
produce fairly accurate tartans. You might need to clean your nozzles
with a bit of thistle before spraying...

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 1:47 PM

Robatoy wrote:
| On Feb 14, 1:31 pm, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote:
|
||
|| I've discovered that by using just the right amount of Flotrol I
|| can produce fairly accurate tartans. You might need to clean your
|| nozzles with a bit of thistle before spraying...
||
| Angela was born, bred and educated (StFX) in Nova Scotia. My house
| is full of tartan: placemats, serviettes, kitchen curtains,
| tablecloths...
|
| http://tinyurl.com/2a24wm
|
| soooo.. flotrol and thistle, eh?
|
| Now I'm looking for an albino named Heather as well?

If Angela is your wife, I'd strongly suggest asking her, rather than
looking for Heather, to help clean your nozzle.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

nB

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

16/02/2007 1:40 AM

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:47:34 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

> If you haven't seen the TV show How It's Made I'd say you should,
>if you can receive it.

Anybody else remember seeing the original, ultra-low budget version
used as filler segments for Canadian television? No voice-over
narration, just music. Hand-lettered title cards to convey
information. Very quaint.

GK

Gary Kemper

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 3:08 AM

It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.

Lots of wood projects.

Pool tables
Pool cues
Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Bent Hardwood
Conga Drums
Pianos

Just to name a few.

Gary



On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:47:34 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

> If you haven't seen the TV show How It's Made I'd say you should,
>if you can receive it. Besides being interesting, fairly often it
>covers things made of wood. Tonight's show included making caskets and
>glider rockers. Other shows have had segments on making bagpipes,
>recorders (the musical instruments), accordians, etc. Hmm, seems to me
>one of the shows had something on guitar making too.
>
> Tonight's show also had a segment on kitchen knives. They fiished
>them up by putting on a wooden handle, and then honing them on two,
>off-set, grinding wheels. So sharpening isn't as big a deal as a lot of
>you make it out to be. LOL
>
> Sure, the stuff is mass-produced. So what? It's fascinating to
>see some of the machines and set-ups they use. Plus you can maybe get a
>few idas for making a variation for you shop. Sharpening the knives
>gave me an idea for a older that would semi-automate sharpening my
>chisels - if I cared, and didn't sharpen them on a belt sander. Be
>nifty for plane irons tho - if I sharpened any plane irons.
>
> Neat show anyway.
>
>
>
>JOAT
>When in doubt, go to sleep.
>- Mully Small

BM

"Buddy Matlosz"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 12:36 AM

The Pine Cone Turkey episode was my favorite.

B.

"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If you haven't seen the TV show How It's Made I'd say you should,
> if you can receive it. Besides being interesting, fairly often it
> covers things made of wood. Tonight's show included making caskets and
> glider rockers. Other shows have had segments on making bagpipes,
> recorders (the musical instruments), accordians, etc. Hmm, seems to me
> one of the shows had something on guitar making too.
>
> Tonight's show also had a segment on kitchen knives. They fiished
> them up by putting on a wooden handle, and then honing them on two,
> off-set, grinding wheels. So sharpening isn't as big a deal as a lot of
> you make it out to be. LOL
>
> Sure, the stuff is mass-produced. So what? It's fascinating to
> see some of the machines and set-ups they use. Plus you can maybe get a
> few idas for making a variation for you shop. Sharpening the knives
> gave me an idea for a older that would semi-automate sharpening my
> chisels - if I cared, and didn't sharpen them on a belt sander. Be
> nifty for plane irons tho - if I sharpened any plane irons.
>
> Neat show anyway.
>
>
>
> JOAT
> When in doubt, go to sleep.
> - Mully Small
>

JJ

in reply to "Buddy Matlosz" on 14/02/2007 12:36 AM

16/02/2007 2:05 PM

Just saw an episode showing how violins are made. Helt together
totally with glue, and expected to last, and be used, for hundreds of
years. Amazing amount of hand work done on one, and even more amazing,
some of the very small planes used, and other tools. Neat.

The same episode showed how one of the most important articles in
the world is made. I'm speaking, of course, of toiet paper. The show
claimed it's sold in packs of up to 30 rolls, but I've never seen larger
than a 24 pack. Heh heh, about a week ago 24 packs were on sale in my
local grocery store, so I got 3, all they had. Marked down to $4.99 a
24 pack, and a day or so later the price was $5.99 a 24 pack. Usual
price is $7.99 a 24 pack. Some of the smaller packs are as much as
$10.99 - and they're maybe 12 rolls. They stock a lot of those one
equals three packs too. I've never found that true. I always wind up
folding about 6 layers, same as the regular rolls. Life is good when
you know you've got spare roll of TP. Plus, when I open a pack, I like
to stack the rolls in different forms. Sometimes it's just the small
things that make likf good.



JOAT
When in doubt, go to sleep.
- Mully Small

JA

"Joe AutoDrill"

in reply to "Buddy Matlosz" on 14/02/2007 12:36 AM

16/02/2007 8:50 PM

"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just saw an episode showing how violins are made. Helt together
> totally with glue, and expected to last, and be used, for hundreds of
> years. Amazing amount of hand work done on one, and even more amazing,
> some of the very small planes used, and other tools. Neat.

That was a great episode! The only one better than I watched (woodworking
oriented anyhow) was the hand held piano thing with the baffle... er... it
has a name... Wait a sec... Accordian! That's it...

Can't wait until they make them available on DVD via Blockbuster or
Netflix...

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com

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B A R R Y

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

16/02/2007 12:52 PM

Robatoy wrote:
>
> Why How It's Made never did a segment on fudge-packing is beyond me.
> (I crack myself up sometimes...is that wrong?)

At once or twice a week, I drive by a small local candy company
(Munson's on CT Rt. 6), and picture this sign out front:

"Now Hiring Fudgepackers!"

It shouldn't be funny, but it is, 'cause I'm immature... <G>

JN

"Jim Northey"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

15/02/2007 1:43 AM


"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Morris Dovey" wrote in message
>
>> I've discovered that by using just the right amount of Flotrol I can
>> produce fairly accurate tartans. You might need to clean your nozzles
>> with a bit of thistle before spraying...
>
> Use white heather for best results.
>
> --
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 2/07/07
>
Try Heather Cream.. After 10 or 12 of those you wont care how it looks. :-)
(Heather Cream, a scotch base drink)

GK

Gary Kemper

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

16/02/2007 2:35 AM

Well, so far I have 7 seasons. The are made for the US market I
assume. The same voice over for all the seasons.

I also have 6 seasons of the Canadian shows, and the host
kinda sucks.



On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:54:55 GMT, Brian Henderson
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:08:27 GMT, Gary Kemper
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
>
>They didn't redo them all for the US market. Canada did 4 seasons, I
>don't think the US got past season 3. I've got all the Canadian
>episodes.

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 11:49 AM

Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 13, 11:58 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Gary Kemper wrote:
>>> It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
>>> Lots of wood projects.
>>> Pool tables
>>> Pool cues
>>> Acoustic and Electric Guitars
>>> Bent Hardwood
>>> Conga Drums
>>> Pianos
>>> Just to name a few.
>>> Gary
>> Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof. Actually
>> it's a great program.
>> smart ass,
>> jo4hn
>
> You should be ashamed of yourself telling tales like this. (Consider
> the joke stolen)
> On How It's Made, I want to see the episode that shows how checkered
> paint is made.
>
> spill,
> r
>
It's just 2 coats of striped paint at 90° to each other. Be sure to get
the angle right.
Joe

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 1:16 PM

Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 14, 11:49 am, Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> On Feb 13, 11:58 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Gary Kemper wrote:
>>>>> It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
>>>>> Lots of wood projects.
>>>>> Pool tables
>>>>> Pool cues
>>>>> Acoustic and Electric Guitars
>>>>> Bent Hardwood
>>>>> Conga Drums
>>>>> Pianos
>>>>> Just to name a few.
>>>>> Gary
>>>> Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof. Actually
>>>> it's a great program.
>>>> smart ass,
>>>> jo4hn
>>> You should be ashamed of yourself telling tales like this. (Consider
>>> the joke stolen)
>>> On How It's Made, I want to see the episode that shows how checkered
>>> paint is made.
>>> spill,
>>> r
>> It's just 2 coats of striped paint at 90° to each other. Be sure to get
>> the angle right.
>> Joe
>
> That won't work. Tried it.
>
How long did you let it dry between coats?

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 2:17 PM

Robatoy wrote:
> On Feb 14, 1:16 pm, Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>> On Feb 14, 11:49 am, Joe Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 13, 11:58 pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Gary Kemper wrote:
>>>>>>> It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.
>>>>>>> Lots of wood projects.
>>>>>>> Pool tables
>>>>>>> Pool cues
>>>>>>> Acoustic and Electric Guitars
>>>>>>> Bent Hardwood
>>>>>>> Conga Drums
>>>>>>> Pianos
>>>>>>> Just to name a few.
>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>> Ayup. LOML learned to knit a fridge out of steel wool. Boof. Actually
>>>>>> it's a great program.
>>>>>> smart ass,
>>>>>> jo4hn
>>>>> You should be ashamed of yourself telling tales like this. (Consider
>>>>> the joke stolen)
>>>>> On How It's Made, I want to see the episode that shows how checkered
>>>>> paint is made.
>>>>> spill,
>>>>> r
>>>> It's just 2 coats of striped paint at 90° to each other. Be sure to get
>>>> the angle right.
>>>> Joe
>>> That won't work. Tried it.
>> How long did you let it dry between coats?
>
> 11 hours and 44 minutes, just like it said on the can.
> I get either black squares with white blocks or white squares with
> black blocks. Doesn't look like a checker-board at all.
> Maybe I should try another brush?
>
You're using a brush? I sprayed mine on.

ZY

Zz Yzx

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

16/02/2007 5:28 PM

RE: Your sig.

I've always enjoyed the quip: "When in doubt, do what the doubters
do."


On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:47:34 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

> If you haven't seen the TV show How It's Made I'd say you should,
>if you can receive it. Besides being interesting, fairly often it
>covers things made of wood. Tonight's show included making caskets and
>glider rockers. Other shows have had segments on making bagpipes,
>recorders (the musical instruments), accordians, etc. Hmm, seems to me
>one of the shows had something on guitar making too.
>
> Tonight's show also had a segment on kitchen knives. They fiished
>them up by putting on a wooden handle, and then honing them on two,
>off-set, grinding wheels. So sharpening isn't as big a deal as a lot of
>you make it out to be. LOL
>
> Sure, the stuff is mass-produced. So what? It's fascinating to
>see some of the machines and set-ups they use. Plus you can maybe get a
>few idas for making a variation for you shop. Sharpening the knives
>gave me an idea for a older that would semi-automate sharpening my
>chisels - if I cared, and didn't sharpen them on a belt sander. Be
>nifty for plane irons tho - if I sharpened any plane irons.
>
> Neat show anyway.
>
>
>
>JOAT
>When in doubt, go to sleep.
>- Mully Small

Sk

"Swingman"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 12:47 PM


"Morris Dovey" wrote in message

> I've discovered that by using just the right amount of Flotrol I can
> produce fairly accurate tartans. You might need to clean your nozzles
> with a bit of thistle before spraying...

Use white heather for best results.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 2/07/07

BH

Brian Henderson

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

15/02/2007 11:54 PM

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:08:27 GMT, Gary Kemper
<[email protected]> wrote:

>It is a great show. I have almost all of them recorded.

They didn't redo them all for the US market. Canada did 4 seasons, I
don't think the US got past season 3. I've got all the Canadian
episodes.

BA

B A R R Y

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 13/02/2007 7:47 PM

14/02/2007 6:19 PM

GROVER wrote:
>
> I have watched "How Its Made" and find it interesting. The camera
> moves pretty fast and you don't get much time to see details.

Not with TiVo. <G>


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