patrick conroy wrote:
>six or sixty?
6" X 169" belt to be exactual. Here's a picture of one the
same vintage.
http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=1929
Mine is the same down to the horse anna half single phase
motor. Condition of mine is a wee bit less than Louis' but
it's still plug 'n play.
>Nice score.
>Think you'll keep her? :)
Cha? I've been hunting for one for the past two years. For
now it sits in the shop of a friend in Omaha. I just need
to set aside a couple of days for the "out 'n back".
UA100
"Gary" <[email protected]> wrote in
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<snip>
>
> Oh, and from the Governor, a life time pension, I retired December 17!
> (Age 55).
>
Why do I suspect you earned that pension honestly?
Enjoy your new life!
Patriarch
Mark & Juanita wrote:
> Wow, that's a serious hunk of iron. How much does that puppy weigh?
Allegedly (from the catalog pages/circa 1980) it's 450ish
lbs. but I think that's crated. I'm figuring 350ish lbs.
once it's all set up.
>[I'm thinking that must be one stable piece in operation].
Currently it resides at a friends shop in Omaha (it was
bought at auction in central Neb.) He reports good things.
Another owner (via the OWWM) also says nice things about the
model.
Me? I'm tickled, just that I have to figure out how to get
it from there to here without it costing me the entire
purchase price all over again.
sigh...
UA100, who knows now how the dog who chased cars all his
life feels after one day catching one...
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:55:06 GMT, Patriarch
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I _think_ that I need to soften the corners of the
>scraper blade, so that they don't dig in.
first stone the edge and roll the burr. then take it back to the stone
and clean up the end of the scraper. the burr will push out past the
end just a little bit, where it's just waiting for a chance to dig in.
>
>My challenges seem related to a life long search for patience.
this work requires patience. I want patience, and I want it now!
Bob G. wrote:
>
> Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better...
> call me "pickly" or whatever but the family knows
> This old boy will do his own tool shopping...
>
> Enjoy Guys... & Gals.... wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year
>
> Bob Griffiths
>
I know what you mean. A few years back I was hinting for this set of
chisels (leaving catalogues with things circled in different parts of
the house). On Christmas morning SWMBO was so proud because of the
money she saved in getting me the chisels I wanted at WalMart rather
than those over-priced ones in the catalogue.
I didn't have the heart to tell her. I later ordered the set I wanted
and had them shipped to me at work.
Glen
=20
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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| A Boice-Crane No. 1227 6" Belt Stroke Sander.
|=20
| sigh...
|=20
| UA100
A complete set of 1/ inch router bits for creating raised panel doors =
and a crying towel for when I am on the golf course.
--=20
PDQ
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
the best gift this year or any was the photo of the kids jimmy the
oldest is 24 lives in san deigo next his brother danny 23 lives here in
town but never get to see we both work way to much and then theres
christy my 21 year old girl and grand dughter sabrina whos 2 and that
live about 45 min away but always seem to be busy then there little
bother micheal whos 7 months its the best gift I could have ask for.
Jim
A MAN WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS CAN SURE SCREW THINGS UP
No hugs from the pooch, just kisses!
Greg
"BillyBob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Greg O" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I got hugs! Nothing else mattered!
>
> You got your priorities right there fella. What's your dog's name anyway?
> :-)
>
> Bob
>
>
I'm a newbie, and we have a limited budget. I've been looking at table saws
& my wife wanted to get me one for Christmas. I was looking at the lower
end Deltas, but nobody seemed all that happy about them. When I Googled
this newsgroup about them a while back, I ran across a suggestion for the
Ryobi BT3100. I Googled that & liked what I saw. It was a bit more than we
wanted to spend, but the wife ok'd it. It's now sitting in my entry way,
waiting for me to clean out the garage. :-) Thanks to those who
recommended it. Now to get a router, a joiner, a bunch of clamps, a biscuit
joiner, a planer, etc., etc., etc....
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
My parents have had a Boston mounted in the shed off the kitchen for as long
as I can remember. Best pencil sharpener I've ever used.
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"Michael Baglio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
> shop) this Christmas.
>
> I wanted one particular tool.
> A tool that isn't commonly available any longer.
> A tool that has been so cheapened over the years that using one is, at
> best, a singularly unpleasant experience.
> A tool that, (if they only made them like they used to), the using of
> which would be everything using a great tool is _supposed_ to be.
>
> When she asked what I _really_ wanted, I looked her straight in the
> eye and said:
>
> "Alice, I want a pencil sharpener."
>
> Her eyebrows went up.
>
> "Honey, I want a pencil sharpener like we used as kids. The kind that
> are all metal, and when you turn the crank you can feel finely
> machined solid cutting edges shearing shavings off of wood, producing
> a perfect point on the lead."
>
> Her eyebrows were still up.
>
> "Honey, you need to understand this. Pencil sharpeners today are
> crap. They're plastic. They don't cut for squat. They don't hold
> the pencil firmly at all, so as you just start to get a really good
> point, the pencil shifts in the crappy plastic holder part and the
> point snaps off. The electric ones are okay, but weird as this sounds
> there's something just _wrong_ about sharpening pencils electrically."
>
> Her eyebrows went down and she got a puzzled look on her face.
> "Why don't you just go to the office supply store and buy one?"
>
> I laughed out loud.
> "Go 'head, Santa. Try to find one."
>
> She did. She couldn't. She asked at the stores. She asked friends.
> Her friends told her her husband was strange. :)
>
> God bless her, she finally found one. A _real_ one.
> A Boston 55, just like they used to have on the wall in 4th grade,
> complete with the dial on the face with the different sized holes.
>
> It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last
> forever.
>
> Restoration Hardware. I don't know whether I'm more happy that RH
> carried them or sad that an item as cool (in it's own way) as this has
> to be sold in a "retro" Yuppie "hardware" store. <sigh>
>
> I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall.
> I'm the happiest kid on the block.
>
> Michael Baglio
>
A Bosch sliding compound miter saw. After using a Delta compound miter
saw for several years, I am ecstatic about having a quiet, accurate saw
to throw sawdust all over the gara... er, shop. I sold the Delta to a
co-worker who insists on telling people it is a radial arm saw.
One of these days I am going to invent a really good miter saw dust
collection system and get fabulously rich in the process.
Dick Durbin
Back in the 80s I sang at church with a beautiful redhead who was a
great singer and picker. She headed off to Nashville to make her
fortune, but was back in a couple of months.
"Dick," she said, "I'm good, but there are two thousand waitresses in
Nashville that are better than me." We were glad to have her back
singing with us on Sunday morning.
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:30:47 -0800, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:55:21 -0700, [email protected] calmly ranted:
>
>>On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:24:28 -0500, Silvan
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm not a big electric guy. Not a big guitar guy either. I've been playing
>>>15 years, and I suck. People say "Play something" and I can't play much of
>>>anything anybody recognizes. I've just never really tried to learn popular
>>>songs. I just fiddle with the thing.
>>>
>>>eg.:
>>>
>>>http://users.adelphia.net/~silvan/10ambulation.ogg
>>>
>>>(I'm playing flute and didgeridoo too, and yes, the flute does sound like
>>>shit, thanks for noticing. :)
>>
>>
>>damn. no vorbis player on this box. and I wanted to hear it, too...
>
>Google WinAmp, Bridgy.
<whiny voice>
but I don't wanna run winamp....
</whiny voice>
On the actual day:
Delta OSS
Shop Apron
Set of 3 glue bottles
Incra miter slider
piece of 20x30 - 7ply 3/8 inch Finland
birch ply (to make a new/better sled)
From Dec 26 of last year to Dec 24 of 2004:
Jet 9/48 disc belt sander
Delta mortising machine
PC pin nailer
A set of Bessey 24/40 clamps
-------
2005 might be the year to replace my 15+ year
old imported TS w/cheapo fence with something
more in keeping with my now "advanced" skills -
at least, that's the line I'm using on SWMBO!
Have a great, safe holiday everyone!
Lou
In article <[email protected]>, Unisaw A100
<[email protected]> wrote:
> UA100, who thinks Lee Valley ought to maybe carry the pencil
> sharpener in it's catalog...
They do.
djb (who got nothing wooddorking-related for Christmas)
A recent vintage (ie nothin' special) Stanley block plane
A Veritas Scraping 101 outfit with the burnisher, jointer and other gadgetry
A brass three-in-one marking gauge
A box of blanks to make totes and knobs for hand planes
(from Dave in Fairfax)
An acousto-electric guitar
A guitar stand
Trumpet music
One each of: shoes, jeans, shirt
Laid. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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My big new tool was the compleat Scraping 101 deal from LV. Sure, I could
have made a jointer easy enough, and I could have burnished with a
screwdriver, and I could have bought some cheap saws at yardsales to cut
into scrapers... It's all a bit of a silly extravegance, really, and not
something someone who is on a paper thin Christmas budget ought to have
invested in, but...
Me likey! Good, wholesome gadgetry all around. The only toy I had to take
to grandma's house today was this set of stuff and a little scrap of walnut
that was rough on two sides, and had wild grain on two sides.
Now I have a scrap of walnut that's smooooooooth. I'm hooked on scraping,
and don't think I will ever sand anything again. I want to get some really
wild and crazy grain to play with, and see if this will actually tame it.
I had some wild maple in that big chess box project I did. Those squares
are outstanding for their beauty, but also for their fudginess. I never
did get them tamed to my satisfaction, with a super ultra finely tuned #4.
If I could use grain like that often, instead of sparingly, it would be a
most awesome thing. I have some scraps of that with the same kind of
figure, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do with them tomorrow.
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LRod wrote:
> beyond his years, unbeknownst to me, said, "don't worry. We both know
> you're far too picky about your tools to buy anything without checking
> first."
You suck. Can we say "gator grip" boys and girls? The one socket that
replaces all these sixteen dozen sockets and wrenches with one oversized,
useless socket that's too big to fit anywhere and doesn't turn bolts where
it does fit worth a damn.
At least it wasn't a tie.
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Michael Baglio wrote:
> point snaps off. The electric ones are okay, but weird as this sounds
> there's something just _wrong_ about sharpening pencils electrically."
No, they're not. They're just as crappy as the plastic ones. One of the
biggest problems they all have is they only have one cutter instead of two.
I feel your pain, brother. I sharpen pencils on my belt sander.
> It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last
> forever.
Cool gloat. You suck!
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Larry Jaques wrote:
> Atta Girl! And congrats on the gloat. Now you can tell all your
> friends your wife bought you a wood planer with spiral-cutter heads
> for Christmas and watch their eyes pop out when you show it to 'em.
> <g>
ROTFL! Thank you for that, Monsieur Jacques. That made my day.
> in the shop, only nicely sharpened standard pencils. And that scent
> when you open it to empty the pencil shavings has such memories...
Yeah, if you can find real pencils. It's possible, but increasingly
difficult. Most pencils are made out of some incredibly lame plastic foam
crap these days. No wonder you can get 500 pencils for $2.36. They're not
worth two cents for the whole lot of them.
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BillyBob wrote:
> - Norris A5 smoother plane, circa 1925
You ssssssssssssssssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Buddy Matlosz wrote:
>> An acousto-electric guitar
>> A guitar stand
>> Trumpet music
>
> Ain't it kinda tough to play trumpet music on the guitar?
Yahwul duhhhh... You just lower it two frets and it comes out perfectly
fine.
'Cept it sounds better on a trumpet. Which I got in October or November or
something, and couldn't count as an Xmas present without upsetting the
budgetary juggling that allowed me the LV order without having to commit an
equal and opposite amount for SWMBO. :)
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Patriarch wrote:
>> Laid. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
>>
>
> Glad to hear she's feeling a bit better!
Me too, and for much more than the obvious, superficial, hedonistic reason
too. It's good to have her back, though she goes under the knife Monday,
and we ain't out of the woods yet. Monday. Tomorrow. Bleah.
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Glen wrote:
> money she saved in getting me the chisels I wanted at WalMart rather
> than those over-priced ones in the catalogue.
>
> I didn't have the heart to tell her. I later ordered the set I wanted
> and had them shipped to me at work.
Ugh. I would have told her. I've even made her take things back. We just
don't have enough money floating around to waste it on something completely
useless. Fortunately, she listens. She was going to buy me some flummy or
other at Wal-Mart, but wanted me to look it over first. I pointed out that
it just wouldn't be very useful at all, and was a bad value. She knows I
*use* these things, so she doesn't get too snitty about it in situations
like this.
So I wound up doing my own Christmas shopping this year, and padded the bank
account of that evil Kanukistani tool pimp a bit in the process. Why, I
even found gifts for SWMBO among the tool pimp's pages.
The look on her face when she saw "Lee Valley" on one of her packages was
actually pretty priceless.
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Larry Jaques wrote:
> I get my pencils from Wally World; Real incense cedar wood, too.
I don't know where SWMBO got mine. They're green. She had bought a whole
pile of them for some silly Girl Scout craft project, where they were going
to be sacrificed. I noticed they were real pencils, so I pulled the ol'
switcharoo on her and gave her a bunch of crappy plastic foam pencils that
I bought by mistake (because the package gave the false impression that
they were real pencils). Add a little green spray paint, and everybody
wins.
> LVT shopping spree: piano hinges, CD racks (6 sets), Chinese scissor
> set, router inlay bushing kit, set of rubber sanding block shapes,
> magnets/cups/washers, brass screen door spring hinge sets (2 pair)
Routah parts, sanding parts? Who's doing unthinkable things to perfectly
good hardwoods now, Bunky?
I guess the worst part and the best part of the Non-Specific Post-Solstice
Everything's Closed Today Day this year was my guitar. It's an Epiphone,
which is a brand that got absorbed by Conglom-O years ago, and has been
used to market second rate, just-a-cut-above-schlock for years. This one
was made in the Land of Highest Quality Craftmanship and Burgeoning
Personal Liberty As Long As You Don't Offend the Government Too Much. Good
ol' Red China.
I'd really like to hate this guitar, but damn, I can't complain at all.
It's a beautiful instrument made out of some very pretty wood. Looks like
some kind of mahogany, or mahogany-esque wood for the back and sides.
Darker on the finish side, so it's probably been toned, but the grain isn't
obscured at all. The top is spruce with a subtle, yet striking wavy
figure. It has a compensated saddle, all manner of little (probably faux)
mother-of-pearl in lay stuff. Wow.
I've been playing the same el-cheapo $130 Korean plywood top Martin knockoff
for going on 15 years now. It's been a hell of a good instrument, and
clearly the best $130 I *ever* spent on anything, but it's definitely a no
frills beast. They put the sound hole decal on top of the finish, and 90%
of it is gone. I've dug divots into the top on the bottom side of the
sound hole. It's got button scratches galore, and the satin finish on the
top is mostly glossy now from sleeve wear. Not pretty at all, and it
sounds kind of thin since I've been putting extra light strings on it
(because the bridge has been working on coming off for the last 13 years.)
That little el-cheapo has been a good friend, but it sure is a whole
different world having an instrument that's decidedly pretty. Not to
mention it sounds a lot better too, has a cutaway, and the electroflummy
pickup under the top so I can plug it in. It doesn't sound quite like a
mic'ed acoustic plugged in, but it sounds more like an acoustic than the
"ACOUSTIC" patch on my guitar FX box.
It's pretty cool all around. Not the greatest craftsmanship, but I've seen
a hell of a lot worse. I can't believe this thing came out of China.
Anyway, it has been sort of an unexpected surprise. I sent Mom and SWMBO a
link to the cheapest electro-acoustic with cutaway I could find online, as
an example of what to look for. I was looking for something strictly
utilitarian, for studio work in my home. It turns out this *is* the same
guitar, a rock bottom cheapo. If this is the bottom, I think this must be
a good time to buy guitars. The last time I went shopping, something like
this, of this quality, with these materials, would have cost the best part
of a grand. And it still would have been made in Asia even a decade ago.
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LRod wrote:
> since you seem to know something about gi-tars AND you're a wrecker,
> maybe you won't laugh at me too hard.
>
> Have you seen the infomercials for Estaban's ax? What are your
> thoughts?
Nope. I don't have a clue what you're talking about, sorry. I don't watch
much TV.
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Larry Jaques wrote:
>>I bought by mistake (because the package gave the false impression that
>>they were real pencils). Add a little green spray paint, and everybody
>>wins.
>
> You even had to paint them for her? Oh, GS project. Green it is.
Right-o.
>>Routah parts, sanding parts? Who's doing unthinkable things to perfectly
>>good hardwoods now, Bunky?
>
> Hey, don't lay that line on me, man. They're few and far between, but
> some things are better done with powah tools. And how do you smooth
> those deep crevices in wood without a rubber doodad, huh, huh, huh?
> Scrape when you can, sand the rest if necessary.
Those deep crevices in wood are usually put there with routahs. :)
>>sounds kind of thin since I've been putting extra light strings on it
>>(because the bridge has been working on coming off for the last 13 years.)
>
> So warm it, remove it, and reglue it, son. Piece o' cake duck soup.
I don't have suitable clamps. Plus it hasn't come off yet. I'm waiting.
I've been waiting for at least 12 years. I can get a pick under it now.
I'm tempted to put it in the shop and get it worked over good. New frets,
fix the bridge, come up with a new saddle. It's definitely not worth it
from a purely economic standpoint. I could fix it myself, probably, but
let's face it. It ain't gonna get done if it waits for me to get around to
tackling it.
>>mention it sounds a lot better too, has a cutaway, and the electroflummy
>>pickup under the top so I can plug it in. It doesn't sound quite like a
>>mic'ed acoustic plugged in, but it sounds more like an acoustic than the
>>"ACOUSTIC" patch on my guitar FX box.
>
> Erectionfrummy? Whassat?
I'm not really sure. The instructions suck, and I can't see inside it
enough to guess quite how the pickup works. I think it's under the bridge,
and it picks up vibrations in the top. It has a little red LED on it, and
I have no idea what that means. I have some vague idea you're supposed to
put a 9V battery in there, but I can't figure out how to get it open, and
it seems to work just fine without it.
> According to an ex-Wrecker part-time instrument mechanic friend, 90%
> of all guitars come from either Korea or (lesser) China. I looked at
> the importation stats and we get over 300,000 Chinese violins and over
> a million units of other stringed instruments annually. That amazed
> me.
Wow. You'd think more guitars would come out of Mexico. There are lots of
little old men in Mexico who can make a guitar with nothing more than a
hatchet and some horse hide.
> Sure you wouldn't settle for an import electric guitar with the
> speaker built into the body? Tres chic, wot?
Um. :)
Actually, I might not mind having something like that to really irritate
people on camping trips, unless it sounded completely lame.
I'm not a big electric guy. Not a big guitar guy either. I've been playing
15 years, and I suck. People say "Play something" and I can't play much of
anything anybody recognizes. I've just never really tried to learn popular
songs. I just fiddle with the thing.
eg.:
http://users.adelphia.net/~silvan/10ambulation.ogg
(I'm playing flute and didgeridoo too, and yes, the flute does sound like
shit, thanks for noticing. :)
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Tim Douglass wrote:
> but I'm not going to get worked up over a degree here or there. It is
> fascinating to see how the temp will rise for an hour or so, then dip
> down 3-4 degrees before rising again, then falling etc. I was trying
> to plot the cloud cover by watching it warm up after dark when the
> clouds moved in.
I have one of those things on the mirror of my truck. It's fascinating to
see how the temperature varies from one spot to another. There's a parking
lot I sleep in regularly that's almost always 10 degrees warmer than the
street in front of it. Even at night. Really black asphalt. I'm always
getting up, taking off most of my clothes, thinking it's going to be a
really warm day, then freezing my butt off when I get down the road a
little ways and realize I was far too hasty ditching the long johns.
One of these days I want to get one of those laser flummies I've heard
about. You're supposed to be able to shoot them at the road and measure
the temperature difference between the black road and the white stripes as
you fly by. Whee.
Are we a coupla dorks or what? :)
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Mark & Juanita wrote:
>>Me likey! Good, wholesome gadgetry all around. The only toy I had to
> Cool stuff, isn't it
Yup.
> least my arm is not going numb on me anymore. Does the LV scraping deal
> include a card holder so you don't have to flex the tool by hand? I've
Yes. I haven't really used it yet. Didn't get a chance to play with it
today. It looks like the disadvantage of the flexy holder thing is that
you have to use scrapers that are cut to a size that fits it. Since the
big daddy everything for 20% off scraper combo deal has a scraper with the
scraper holder and a scraper with the burnisher and four scrapers in a
different package, I probably have it covered for a long time anyway.
The burnisher flummy is pretty cool. I had experimented with burnishing the
iron from a defunct block plane, so I had some idea what the business was
all about. It could be just because the carbide rod is really *hard*, or
it could be the way it lets you set the angle precisely, but it seems to
definitely be a better way to burnish than the ol' screwdriver. By which I
mean, easy, consistent, good results. It's a good piece of gadgetry.
> found that aspirin seems to good for these kinds of aches and pains, but I
> sure don't want to fight this every time I do finishing work. I'm
> thinking a scraper plane may be in my future.
On my someday list too, but it's a long and expensive someday list. My LV
basket that isn't my basket is up to $3,500. Urk.
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[email protected] wrote:
>>http://users.adelphia.net/~silvan/10ambulation.ogg
>>
>>(I'm playing flute and didgeridoo too, and yes, the flute does sound like
>>shit, thanks for noticing. :)
>
>
> damn. no vorbis player on this box. and I wanted to hear it, too...
It's not worth much trouble, really. If you're that desperate, I'll mail
you a CD. I don't have an MP3 encoder handy, and the 28 MB .wav file is a
bit more than my 10 MB free web space will accommooddaattee. Whoops, too
many doubled letters. accommoddate. accommodate. Yeah, that last one.
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Larry Jaques wrote:
> I saw those "electroacoustic" references on Ebay and wondered WTF they
> were. I guess the amp powers the electronics.
I think vibration powers the electronics. It must be a similar principle to
an electric guitar. Plug it in, and it works, little red light or not.
The EQ and whatnot work too.
It would be nice to get some instructions for the thing, but I didn't turn
up anything.
Though I did discover that those POS "First Act" axes they're selling at
Wal-Mart use exactly the same little black dongle inside. I suspect
they're probably off the same assembly line. Whee. Oh well.
>>Wow. You'd think more guitars would come out of Mexico. There are lots
>>of little old men in Mexico who can make a guitar with nothing more than a
>>hatchet and some horse hide.
>
> I'm sure some do, but they're cheaper from Chiwan.
Doesn't make sense. Wages in Mexico obviously must not be very good, and it
would surely be cheaper to ship something from there than from all the way
on the other side of the planet.
>>Actually, I might not mind having something like that to really irritate
>>people on camping trips, unless it sounded completely lame.
>
> How could it sound otherwise?
:)
>>(I'm playing flute and didgeridoo too, and yes, the flute does sound like
>>shit, thanks for noticing. :)
>
> Hmmm, the flute sounds somehow flat, and the playing, well, you said
> it best. <dg&r>
No, no, you're supposed to suck it up and say something encouraging while
giving everyone standing around you a knowing look. :)
> My next wooden instrument (I should say "first") will
> be a bamboo flute. I'm looking around the area for free bamboo now.
> Then I'll be able to compete with you for any errant flautist awards.
Let me know how it goes. I've never been able to figure out where to put
the tone holes, or how big to make them. Things like that are tricky to
tune because you can change the pitch a good bit by varying your
embouchure, so it's easy to chase the needle a different way for each hole,
and wind up with a mess. I didn't get as far as bamboo. None of my PVC
prototypes came out right at all.
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[email protected] wrote:
> <whiny voice>
> but I don't wanna run winamp....
> </whiny voice>
I hated winamp too. FWIW.
Sorry it's not a more mainstream format, but I live in a Linux world, and I
forget people are running something that doesn't support this (very common
in our world) format out of the box.
But hey, now you know how I feel when Mom asks me to try to get the Windows
Media Player 9 format videos on the stupid Survivor TV show web site to
work. :) But I don't wannnnnna run Windows (or WINE)....
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Norman D. Crow wrote:
> Has it warned you about the black ice in time to get off the road?
Not really. It helps me know when it's time to be thinking about it, but
the variables that make a road freeze or not freeze are more complicated
than the temperature of a probe taped to my mirror. It can be way below
freezing with puddles standing on the road, or it can be above freezing
with sheets of ice everywhere.
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Tim Douglass wrote:
> I'm glad I'm not the only one. I think I love guitars because they are
> beautiful woodworking and serve a practical purpose (or could,
> theoretically, if I had either skill or talent). For Christmas I blew
> a big wad on a nice acoustic/electric for my 15 yo son, who has both
> skill and talent and a very good ear. Now he won't play my guitar,
> (that I can't play) and will hopefully continue getting better.
I've always figured no matter how good I get there are always at least
500,000 other guitar players who can whoop my ass. Same thing for flute
and trumpet too. So I don't compete. I just have fun, and if anybody
doesn't like my playing, I have a left cheek and a right cheek, and they
can kiss either one they want. :)
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Tim Douglass wrote:
>>Are we a coupla dorks or what? :)
> the ID and watch it all work. Never that easy for EIDE stuff.
Not only a dork, but a scuzzy dork.
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Larry Jaques wrote:
>>I've always figured no matter how good I get there are always at least
>>500,000 other guitar players who can whoop my ass. Same thing for flute
>>and trumpet too. So I don't compete.
>
> Good attitude. That means there are probably a million better than me.
If you want to get better, just veneer your guitar with jummywood.
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:49:13 -0500, "Upscale" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>It may not seem like much, but I got one of those digital meat thermometers
>that Lee Valley Tools sells. Being the technology geek that I am, I got a
>great charge from using it on the roast beef dinner I had for Christmas. The
>meat was cooked to perfection. I must have run into the kitchen at least two
>dozen times to see the temperature climb in the digital read out sitting on
>the stove. I watched the last ten minutes as the temperature matched the
>adjustable alarm and the buzzer went off.
>
>Small things amuse small minds I guess. Just another toy I guess, but I
>liked it.
Heh. I got one of those indoor/outdoor thermometers with the wireless
remote for outside. I spent most of Christmas day watching the
temperature go up by two tenths of a degree then drop again. I'm *way*
to easily amused by anything involving technology.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:16:27 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
>Mark & Juanita wrote:
>> Believe it or not, I know exactly what you mean. My FIL was a
>>maintenance person for a school district until he retired; he provided me
>>with one of those Boston 55's
>
>You dawg! Those are/were the best. Gray, right?
Mine's more of a brown color.
>
>>I'll eventually figure out a good, solid, out
>>of the way place (for its safety) on which to mount it.
>
>Somewhere by the shoppe phone. That would be my location.
>
That might be a good location, I don't *think* I swing a lot of heavy
stuff right around there.
>UA100, who still uses his Bostich B8 stapler from a hunnert
>years ago onna 'count of it works...
Michael Baglio wrote:
> I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
> shop) this Christmas.
>
> I wanted one particular tool.
> A tool that isn't commonly available any longer.
> A tool that has been so cheapened over the years that using one is, at
> best, a singularly unpleasant experience.
> A tool that, (if they only made them like they used to), the using of
> which would be everything using a great tool is _supposed_ to be.
>
> When she asked what I _really_ wanted, I looked her straight in the
> eye and said:
>
> "Alice, I want a pencil sharpener."
Oh, I thought you were going to ask for Viagra. ;-)
--
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Buffalo, NY - USA
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 06:16:45 -0700, [email protected] wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
Hee, hee!
The big Milwaukee router for a future table
Penn State remote for the cyclone
Performax 16-32 sander
-Bruce
"Bob G." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better...
> call me "pickly" or whatever but the family knows
> This old boy will do his own tool shopping...
>
That's what the "wish list" at Lee Valley is for. Between the two turning
gouges, hold-down and calipers I got, plus the Veritas smooth plane I got
for the big kid, they should have a Merry Christmas.
[email protected] wrote:
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
snip
Anyone know how to build a display case for a lump of coal?
She KNEW I had electric heat in the shop!
--
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Cochran, GA
I am a mental tourist. My mind wanders.
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >
> >Yikes! Mark, friend, buddy, pal, scraping isn't supposed to be that
> >painful.
> >
> >How far are you bending that po' thang? If you're bending it far
> >enough to string it and shoot arrows, I think I see your problem. :)
> >Bend only as far as absolutely necessary to avoid gouging the wood
> >with the corners. (Meaning if you're scraping something narrower than
> >the card itself, you don't bend it _at_all._) No more thumb pain.
> >
>
> I certainly was exerting less pressure as time went on :-( I don't
> think I was over-bending, but that may have been part of the problem. I
> know that a couple of the scrapers I have are fairly thick, so required a
> bit more pressure. In the future, I'll have to see whether I can get by
> with less pressure.
>
Get one of the many scraper holders sold commercially and take the tape off
your thumbs. I refused for years, then used the one in the "set" I got my
kid from Lee Valley. Ordered one within a week.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:06:29 -0600, Prometheus
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:54:53 -0800, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:32:11 -0500, "Buddy Matlosz"
>><[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>>
>>>"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>>>> An acousto-electric guitar
>>>> A guitar stand
>>>> Trumpet music
>>>
>>>Ain't it kinda tough to play trumpet music on the guitar?
>>
>>Ackshully, it should sound -much- better on guitar than trumpet.
>
>Shame on you. Haven't you ever listened to Miles Davis?
Yes, and on some songs, he's hot as hell. Some other stuff (and
all Al Hirt stuff I remember hearing) is just as endearing as
an automobile horn. I guess my ears are sensitive to horns. I
like most trumpet if it's muted and not too showy.
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:19:02 GMT, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>Maggy and I generally buy what we need/want when the need/price break is
>the greatest and wish each other a happy birthday/Christmas/Guy Fawkes
>Day or whatever may be coming up. That takes the pressure off finding
>the "perfect gift" for the holiday and allows us to buy/make something
>"off the cuff". Works for us. We haven't exchanged gifts for the
>wedding anniversary (she had to ask me whether it was June 20 or 21 a
>few years ago) since the wedding.
Several years ago a friend told me that, "it's Christmas for me all
year 'round."
By that he meant that whenever he needed/wanted something he just went
out and bought it. Of course they were DINKs, so that helped. But we
weren't doing too badly either, so I've generally been able to do
pretty much the same since we kicked the kids out. Not Unisaws or
other big iron without a conference first, but I've doubled my router
collection that way, as well as several, several other tools over the
years.
- -
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Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:06:38 GMT, Michael Baglio <[email protected]>
calmly ranted:
>On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:03:13 -0500, Nova <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Michael Baglio wrote:
>>
>>> I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
>>> shop) this Christmas.
>>> I wanted one particular tool.
>>
>>Oh, I thought you were going to ask for Viagra. ;-)
>
>Jesus, Jack. Warn a guy!
>Do you _know_ how hard it is to clean the keyboard on a laptop?
As an old timer here, Mikey, you should know that the first rule
of Wrecking is "Swallow first, -then- read."
>Michael "Gummy" Baglio
Uh, I won't ask.
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:38:36 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
Forgive me for asking this, because I'm almost sure of the answer, but
since you seem to know something about gi-tars AND you're a wrecker,
maybe you won't laugh at me too hard.
Have you seen the infomercials for Estaban's ax? What are your
thoughts?
I'm not even in the market for one, but my curiosity was piqued.
Thanks.
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:55:21 -0700, [email protected] calmly ranted:
>On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:24:28 -0500, Silvan
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I'm not a big electric guy. Not a big guitar guy either. I've been playing
>>15 years, and I suck. People say "Play something" and I can't play much of
>>anything anybody recognizes. I've just never really tried to learn popular
>>songs. I just fiddle with the thing.
>>
>>eg.:
>>
>>http://users.adelphia.net/~silvan/10ambulation.ogg
>>
>>(I'm playing flute and didgeridoo too, and yes, the flute does sound like
>>shit, thanks for noticing. :)
>
>
>damn. no vorbis player on this box. and I wanted to hear it, too...
Google WinAmp, Bridgy.
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:55:06 GMT, Patriarch
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>| Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads
>>| dry |
>
>Missed that subtle detail...
>
After several years of going sig-less, decided to try something subtle,
yet twisted. :-)
... snip
>
>The other thing I'm learning is that these tools work very differently with
>different wood species. I did another small project last week for my
>youngest son, using cherry. After maple, red oak and some tropicals,
>working in cherry seemed almost to be cheating. It's no wonder woodworkers
>love it so much.
>
>I promised to make a replacement table leaf for a family friend this week.
>I'll try the 85 on that, or on the offcuts, at least, and try to remember
>to get back to you.
>
Thanks, I'd appreciate it. Just put together next year's tool
budget/wish list -- a scraper plane is one of the things on that list.
>Patriarch
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
A Freud FT2000EP router.
Five days off work to spend making a router table.
$100 worth of convertible tool steel futures.
- Owen -
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> A Boice-Crane No. 1227 6" Belt Stroke Sander.
six or sixty?
Nice score.
Think you'll keep her? :)
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
>shop) this Christmas.
>
>I wanted one particular tool.
>A tool that isn't commonly available any longer.
>A tool that has been so cheapened over the years that using one is, at
>best, a singularly unpleasant experience.
>A tool that, (if they only made them like they used to), the using of
>which would be everything using a great tool is _supposed_ to be.
>
>When she asked what I _really_ wanted, I looked her straight in the
>eye and said:
>
>"Alice, I want a pencil sharpener."
Good on ya. I remember those old sharpeners- and they are pretty
nice!
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:31:52 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>One of these days I want to get one of those laser flummies I've heard
>about. You're supposed to be able to shoot them at the road and measure
>the temperature difference between the black road and the white stripes as
>you fly by. Whee.
That should tell you whether or not to expect black ice.
>Are we a coupla dorks or what? :)
Weeellllll.... Could be, I suppose. Does the fact that I just added an
18GB SCSI drive to my tower (drive #6 in that box) just because I
found a very fast drive for under $15 tell you anything? Maybe add the
data that I am actually phasing out that machine and moving everything
to a faster box, so I really need *less* storage on it than it
currently has. I buy SCSI stuff just because it is so much fun to set
the ID and watch it all work. Never that easy for EIDE stuff.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
Gary wrote:
> I got:
> A Dewalt 12" SCMS from my daughter (big bucks, thanks)
>
> From SWMBO:
> A PC 16" Omnijig (sweeeet)
> A PC ROS
> 2 late Stanley block planes
> One of the laser level things
> Several small hand tools
>
> Gary
>
> Oh, and from the Governor, a life time pension, I retired December 17! (Age
> 55).
>
Ahhhh, to be young again...
j4
"Michael Baglio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Honey, you need to understand this. Pencil sharpeners today are
> crap. They're plastic. They don't cut for squat. They don't hold
> the pencil firmly at all, so as you just start to get a really good
> point, the pencil shifts in the crappy plastic holder part and the
> point snaps off. The electric ones are okay, but weird as this sounds
> there's something just _wrong_ about sharpening pencils electrically."
Heh. I can appreciate that. My kids wondered why I thought getting a Boston
pencil sharpener at a garage sale was such a big deal. Way better than
anything else. Even electric. You have *control* with these babies. Quickly
take down the dull or broken (or new) point, then back off the pressure on
the pencil and get a nice fine point.
6 hp shop vac
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>I'll start:
>>
>>A delta "Shopmaster" planer
>>A dremel & kit
>>An overhead cord reel
>>A Stanley block plane
>>A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>>
>>And the suprise...
>>
>>2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
>>on a clamp)
>
> Replacement stereo for the shop (the CD player on the existing one had
> died, no amount of dust blowing would bring it back)
>
> Flannel shirts for these chilly AZ days
>
> Mom and Dad in town from Denver to spend time with the family
>
> The enjoyment of watching my son enjoy Christmas, both the true meaning
> of Christmas and sharing that during the Christmas program, and also the
> joy of giving and receiving presents with/from relatives and friends.
>
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Patriarch wrote:
>>I thought that was why Al Gore* gave us Post-its to go in Robin's
>>catalogues?
>
>>Patriarch
>
>>* An homage to KB's favorite tongue-in-cheek...
>
>
> Ditto.
>
> UA100, who thinks Lee Valley should be nice enough to supply
> a small stack of Post-Its with every catalog...
>
Land's End, or maybe it was LL Bean, used to do just that. Made it SO
much easier, when browsing in the primary reading room. ;-)
Patriarch
"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A recent vintage (ie nothin' special) Stanley block plane
> A Veritas Scraping 101 outfit with the burnisher, jointer and other
gadgetry
> A brass three-in-one marking gauge
> A box of blanks to make totes and knobs for hand planes
> (from Dave in Fairfax)
>
> An acousto-electric guitar
> A guitar stand
> Trumpet music
Ain't it kinda tough to play trumpet music on the guitar?
> One each of: shoes, jeans, shirt
>
Expecting the other shoe next Christmas?
B.
It may not seem like much, but I got one of those digital meat thermometers
that Lee Valley Tools sells. Being the technology geek that I am, I got a
great charge from using it on the roast beef dinner I had for Christmas. The
meat was cooked to perfection. I must have run into the kitchen at least two
dozen times to see the temperature climb in the digital read out sitting on
the stove. I watched the last ten minutes as the temperature matched the
adjustable alarm and the buzzer went off.
Small things amuse small minds I guess. Just another toy I guess, but I
liked it.
[email protected] wrote:
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
Maggy and I generally buy what we need/want when the need/price break is
the greatest and wish each other a happy birthday/Christmas/Guy Fawkes
Day or whatever may be coming up. That takes the pressure off finding
the "perfect gift" for the holiday and allows us to buy/make something
"off the cuff". Works for us. We haven't exchanged gifts for the
wedding anniversary (she had to ask me whether it was June 20 or 21 a
few years ago) since the wedding.
My present was the Griz jointer; hers was the Olympus digital.
Actually, I bought her a watch (lost hers last spring) and she bought me
some Jensen noise cancelling ear muffs. Love that lady.
The best part is having mine and my younger brother's family all in one
place. I love pointing out that grandchildren are God's reward for not
having murdered your own children. :-)
mahalo,
jo4hn
"Greg O" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I got hugs! Nothing else mattered!
You got your priorities right there fella. What's your dog's name anyway?
:-)
Bob
I got 2 40" bessey clamps and a XBox with 3 games. Something to do with
subzero temps and a empty karosene heater.
--
Mike S.
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
[email protected]
http://members.tripod.com/n0yii/woodworking.htm
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
rllipham <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Sony 5 megapixel camera
> Leigh D-4 To be here next week from the Rockler orgy
> HVLP sprayer from HF
>
> And the most important A JOB!! I have been out of work for 6 months
> and the unemployment ended the first week of Dec. Got conformation of
> the job on 12/22
Congratulations! I know that was really weighing on you.
Patriarch
Assorted goodies from lee valley and woodcraft! SWMBO really knew what i
wanted! I expect a thread on reviews from everyone on their new tools soon!
Happy holidays. --dave
"Bruce" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 06:16:45 -0700, [email protected] wrote
> (in article <[email protected]>):
>
>> I'll start:
>>
>> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
>> A dremel & kit
>> An overhead cord reel
>> A Stanley block plane
>> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>>
>> And the suprise...
>>
>> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
>> on a clamp)
>>
>
> Hee, hee!
>
> The big Milwaukee router for a future table
> Penn State remote for the cyclone
> Performax 16-32 sander
>
>
> -Bruce
>
Have you ordered a Starrett temperature gauge calibrator yet?
David
Tim Douglass wrote:
>
> Heh. I got one of those indoor/outdoor thermometers with the wireless
> remote for outside. I spent most of Christmas day watching the
> temperature go up by two tenths of a degree then drop again. I'm *way*
> to easily amused by anything involving technology.
>
> Tim Douglass
>
> http://www.DouglassClan.com
A Hirsch crooked neck chisel
A leather tool roll to keep it in.
A joiner's mallet
The new LV brass marking gauge.
The LV 24" aluminium straight edge, and feeler gauge.
A new fire extinguisher.
I'm counting the Padauk high angle coffin smoother and plane hammer
Steve sent as well, since my wife saw it when it came, and said "Well,
there's part of your present."
And a replacement computer for the old one that died painfully two weeks
ago.
More importantly, we had all the kids, their wives, the grandson and my
dad here for the celebration and dinner, and then got to go to my
sister-in-law's home, where we celebrated with everyone from her side of
the family.
We have an abundance of family and friends, a sufficiency of faith, and
more than enough material possesions to share a little. We are blessed.
Patriarch
Silvan <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> A recent vintage (ie nothin' special) Stanley block plane
> A Veritas Scraping 101 outfit with the burnisher, jointer and other
> gadgetry A brass three-in-one marking gauge
> A box of blanks to make totes and knobs for hand planes
> (from Dave in Fairfax)
>
> An acousto-electric guitar
> A guitar stand
> Trumpet music
>
> One each of: shoes, jeans, shirt
>
> Laid. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
>
Glad to hear she's feeling a bit better!
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:30:13 GMT, "Keith Carlson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Michael Baglio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Honey, you need to understand this. Pencil sharpeners today are
>> crap. They're plastic. They don't cut for squat. They don't hold
>> the pencil firmly at all, so as you just start to get a really good
>> point, the pencil shifts in the crappy plastic holder part and the
>> point snaps off. The electric ones are okay, but weird as this sounds
>> there's something just _wrong_ about sharpening pencils electrically."
>
>Heh. I can appreciate that. My kids wondered why I thought getting a Boston
>pencil sharpener at a garage sale was such a big deal. Way better than
>anything else. Even electric. You have *control* with these babies. Quickly
>take down the dull or broken (or new) point, then back off the pressure on
>the pencil and get a nice fine point.
>
I have a metal Boston pencil sharpener in the shop. It is very
useful. My sister gave it to me for a Christmas present about 40
years ago. What a wonderful gift!
"Tim Douglass" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Only tool-type thing was the Ryobi 5 pc. 18V. cordless tool kit. It's
> a bit of a long story, but last Christmas I got a $50 gift card for
> the orange borg. Over the course of the year I got 3 $25 cards as
> rebates when I insulated the shop. Got a $100 one in October for
> Pastor appreciation Sunday. Suddenly realized I had enough to buy the
> kit, so Thursday afternoon my wife and I went up to the borg and
> picked it up - added bonus, it was on sale for only $135! <meep, meep>
> Today it is back to $169 for the post-Christmas "sale". Glad I got it
> before rather than waiting until after. LOML says it is my Christmas
> present, so I guess it counts.
>
> Recipro saw
> Drill
> 5 1/2" circ. saw
> mini vacuum (really sucks)
> flashlight
> 2 batteries & charger
Makita 12V impact driver.
Non wooddorking, but my kids all got together and got "Papa" a $100 Advance
Auto gift card to be used for a new gas tank for "rusty red", my '89 F-150,
including a promise from 2 of them to install it for me before it self
destructs.
--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:40:09 -0500, "Norman D. Crow"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Non wooddorking, but my kids all got together and got "Papa" a $100
Advance
> >Auto gift card to be used for a new gas tank for "rusty red", my '89
F-150,
> >including a promise from 2 of them to install it for me before it self
> >destructs.
>
> Will they be doing that on the lift in Gerry?
'Fraid not. That particular space is pretty well occupied with bicycles,
leftover stuff from remodel, etc., etc. However, we still have the option of
2 garages with room & wood heat, good jacks and frame stands.
--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.
"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
<snip>
> I have one of those things on the mirror of my truck. It's fascinating to
> see how the temperature varies from one spot to another. There's a
parking
> lot I sleep in regularly that's almost always 10 degrees warmer than the
> street in front of it. Even at night. Really black asphalt. I'm always
> getting up, taking off most of my clothes, thinking it's going to be a
> really warm day, then freezing my butt off when I get down the road a
> little ways and realize I was far too hasty ditching the long johns.
Has it warned you about the black ice in time to get off the road?
--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.
"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Norman D. Crow wrote:
>
> > Has it warned you about the black ice in time to get off the road?
>
> Not really. It helps me know when it's time to be thinking about it, but
> the variables that make a road freeze or not freeze are more complicated
> than the temperature of a probe taped to my mirror. It can be way below
> freezing with puddles standing on the road, or it can be above freezing
> with sheets of ice everywhere.
Yeah, but it at least lets you *think* about it. Buddy & I running I80 east,
closed down somewhere between foot of Snow Shoe & Buckhorn, so we detoured
up around Williamsport by 220 and I180(?), back on I80, watching the mirrors
for spray. About 2 mi. before Buckhorn the spray quit! He was about 1/2mi.
ahead, jacked it and put front end up on a guard rail. I was a little more
fortunate, got it to the side where there was a little roughness and got it
stopped, then sat there waiting to get clobbered, but didn't.
--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:24:28 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm not a big electric guy. Not a big guitar guy either. I've been playing
>15 years, and I suck. People say "Play something" and I can't play much of
>anything anybody recognizes. I've just never really tried to learn popular
>songs. I just fiddle with the thing.
There's your problem. I mean what do you use for a bow?
- -
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:13:17 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> Atta Girl! And congrats on the gloat. Now you can tell all your
>> friends your wife bought you a wood planer with spiral-cutter heads
>> for Christmas and watch their eyes pop out when you show it to 'em.
>> <g>
>
>ROTFL! Thank you for that, Monsieur Jacques. That made my day.
I try harder, Silvie!
>> in the shop, only nicely sharpened standard pencils. And that scent
>> when you open it to empty the pencil shavings has such memories...
>
>Yeah, if you can find real pencils. It's possible, but increasingly
>difficult. Most pencils are made out of some incredibly lame plastic foam
>crap these days. No wonder you can get 500 pencils for $2.36. They're not
>worth two cents for the whole lot of them.
I get my pencils from Wally World; Real incense cedar wood, too.
On the xmas topic thread:
"Circular Work in Carpentry and Joinery" book by Collings
LVT shopping spree: piano hinges, CD racks (6 sets), Chinese scissor
set, router inlay bushing kit, set of rubber sanding block shapes,
magnets/cups/washers, brass screen door spring hinge sets (2 pair)
Amazon.com shopping spree: "Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlay" book by
Lang, NEW 2004 release!
HF shopping spree: 4 more 24" bar clamps, emergency lantern (very
cool), magnifier headset with lights, 3/8" impact wrench.
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> UA100, who thinks Lee Valley ought to maybe carry the pencil
> sharpener in it's catalog...
Hey, take your choice.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=32542&category=1,42936,42452
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=32281&category=1,42936,42452
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=46686&category=1,42936,42452
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=10254&category=2,42706,40719
I'm coming in late to this thread, but decided to start the new year
off by rejoining the wreck after a several year hiatus.
I received the two extremes: From my dad I received a Milwaukee
driver/flashlight combo set (12v). From my BIL I got a Harbor Freight
miter clamp (on sale for $1.50 I believe).
~Pike~
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:16:36 -0700, Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> wrote:
> One word of warning as someone who just finished finish scraping the
>sides and bottoms for 12 (yes that's an even dozen) drawers for an
>entertainment center -- that scraper can become a serious problem for the
>hands. My thumbs are still not back to 100% even after 3 days, but at
>least my arm is not going numb on me anymore.
Yikes! Mark, friend, buddy, pal, scraping isn't supposed to be that
painful.
How far are you bending that po' thang? If you're bending it far
enough to string it and shoot arrows, I think I see your problem. :)
Bend only as far as absolutely necessary to avoid gouging the wood
with the corners. (Meaning if you're scraping something narrower than
the card itself, you don't bend it _at_all._) No more thumb pain.
As for the arm going numb: That's usually a sign of
pinched/constricted nerves in the neck/shoulder. Are you
(unintentionally perhaps) hunching down over your workpiece as you
scrape? (I'm asking because if #1, above, is true, you're probably
having to hunch up to exert all that force.)
Of couse, these are just a couple of wild-assed guesses. (1)
Michael Baglio
Who's card scrapers have moved to _second_ favorite tool, since Santa
brought me my neat-o Boston Ranger 55 pencil sharpener.
(1) Disclaimer: Since _I've_ never scraped a dozen drawer bottoms in
one shot, this entire post could be full of sh*t. Feel free to
inform me of same if'n its so. I'll get over it. :O
A 2" blue steel Japanese bench plane from the Japan Woodworker.
-jbb
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:28:07 GMT, Patriarch
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
><snippage>
>> One word of warning as someone who just finished finish scraping the
>> sides and bottoms for 12 (yes that's an even dozen) drawers for an
>> entertainment center -- that scraper can become a serious problem for
>> the hands. My thumbs are still not back to 100% even after 3 days,
>> but at least my arm is not going numb on me anymore.
>
>The power sander(s) did that to me. Particularly that 1/3 sheet monster
>that I bought sometime back in the Nixon adminstration, when Sear
>allegedly sold good tools. The 'it was supposed to be a prototype'
>entertainment center for the bedroom pretty much blew out my golf game
>with the tendonitis. I changed to projects and finishes that were
>easier on my no longer young body.
>
Unfortunately, the projects that I'm needing right now are not that
small: entertainment center, bed and desk combination for son, kitchen
cabinets in about that order. After that, I'll be wanting to get back into
some smaller, more meticulous projects.
>Smaller projects. And delegate the sanding to the person who asked me
>to build the piece for them in the first place, if possible.
>
Unfortunately I did. [Hey, I can make one of those while I'm drafting
out the son's bed plans. Yeah, and instead of shelves in the bottom, how
about I put in drawers for video and game storage? Shouldn't be too big a
deal to add a few drawers. Doh, what was I thinking?]
>I haven't mastered the LN 85 yet, but it certainly looks beautiful on
>the bench!
>
What kinds of things are you encountering in trying to master the 85?
That certainly is one of the candidates that I'm looking at; as much time
and effort as scraping looks to save over sanding, I want something that
will provide good results.
>Patriarch
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On 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>I'll start:
>
>A delta "Shopmaster" planer
>A dremel & kit
>An overhead cord reel
>A Stanley block plane
>A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
>And the suprise...
>
>2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
>on a clamp)
===================
It is now almost 11:15 AM and all the gifts still sit under the Tree
None will be opened until the Kids arrive sometime much later this
afternoon... Christmas morning is not anywhere like it was when the
rug rats were still at home...
Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better...
call me "pickly" or whatever but the family knows
This old boy will do his own tool shopping...
Enjoy Guys... & Gals.... wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year
Bob Griffiths
Bob G. <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
<snip>
>
> Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better...
> call me "pickly" or whatever but the family knows
> This old boy will do his own tool shopping...
I thought that was why Al Gore* gave us Post-its to go in Robin's
catalogues?
Patriarch
* An homage to KB's favorite tongue-in-cheek...
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:54:53 -0800, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:32:11 -0500, "Buddy Matlosz"
><[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>
>>"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>>> An acousto-electric guitar
>>> A guitar stand
>>> Trumpet music
>>
>>Ain't it kinda tough to play trumpet music on the guitar?
>
>Ackshully, it should sound -much- better on guitar than trumpet.
Shame on you. Haven't you ever listened to Miles Davis?
>>> One each of: shoes, jeans, shirt
>>>
>>Expecting the other shoe next Christmas?
>
>Bless you for the insight here, Buddy.
>
>
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:15:37 GMT, Tom Quackenbush
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tim Douglass wrote:
><snip>
>>Heh. I got one of those indoor/outdoor thermometers with the wireless
>>remote for outside. I spent most of Christmas day watching the
>>temperature go up by two tenths of a degree then drop again. I'm *way*
>>to easily amused by anything involving technology.
>
> When you get bored with watching the one you have, get one or two
>others and set the displays side-by-side. Try to guess which of them
>is correct. <g>
>
> The two that I have now consistently read 1.5 to 2.5 degrees
>apart. I do have a third (that I can calibrate) to check the first
>two, but I haven't become sufficiently motivated/irritated to do so,
>yet.
The remote shows about 1.2 degrees cooler than the inside unit, which
makes it about in agreement with the thermostat, which I suspect is a
bit high, so I think the wall unit may be pretty close to accurate,
but I'm not going to get worked up over a degree here or there. It is
fascinating to see how the temp will rise for an hour or so, then dip
down 3-4 degrees before rising again, then falling etc. I was trying
to plot the cloud cover by watching it warm up after dark when the
clouds moved in.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
>
Wow, she's a keeper.
OTOH, I did get two 18" Uniclamps and a box of goodies from Lee Valley
Digital caliper
Apron
Bench Pups
Wonder pup
Metal detector
Apron
7" vice
Flush cutting saw
And the usual assortment of shirts, etc.
I'm going to rebuild my bench to accommodate the vice and bench pups as well
as fit its space better.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:05:33 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>My big new tool was the compleat Scraping 101 deal from LV. Sure, I could
>have made a jointer easy enough, and I could have burnished with a
>screwdriver, and I could have bought some cheap saws at yardsales to cut
>into scrapers... It's all a bit of a silly extravegance, really, and not
>something someone who is on a paper thin Christmas budget ought to have
>invested in, but...
>
>Me likey! Good, wholesome gadgetry all around. The only toy I had to take
>to grandma's house today was this set of stuff and a little scrap of walnut
>that was rough on two sides, and had wild grain on two sides.
>
>Now I have a scrap of walnut that's smooooooooth. I'm hooked on scraping,
>and don't think I will ever sand anything again. I want to get some really
>wild and crazy grain to play with, and see if this will actually tame it.
well... it is possible to get tearout with a scraper.
Ya gotta try, though.
>I had some wild maple in that big chess box project I did. Those squares
>are outstanding for their beauty, but also for their fudginess. I never
>did get them tamed to my satisfaction, with a super ultra finely tuned #4.
>If I could use grain like that often, instead of sparingly, it would be a
>most awesome thing. I have some scraps of that with the same kind of
>figure, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do with them tomorrow.
Tim Douglass wrote:
<snip>
>Heh. I got one of those indoor/outdoor thermometers with the wireless
>remote for outside. I spent most of Christmas day watching the
>temperature go up by two tenths of a degree then drop again. I'm *way*
>to easily amused by anything involving technology.
When you get bored with watching the one you have, get one or two
others and set the displays side-by-side. Try to guess which of them
is correct. <g>
The two that I have now consistently read 1.5 to 2.5 degrees
apart. I do have a third (that I can calibrate) to check the first
two, but I haven't become sufficiently motivated/irritated to do so,
yet.
R,
Tom Q.
Remove bogusinfo to reply.
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:03:13 -0500, Nova <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Michael Baglio wrote:
>
>> I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
>> shop) this Christmas.
>> I wanted one particular tool.
>
>Oh, I thought you were going to ask for Viagra. ;-)
Jesus, Jack. Warn a guy!
Do you _know_ how hard it is to clean the keyboard on a laptop?
Michael "Gummy" Baglio
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:00:15 GMT, Michael Baglio <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:16:36 -0700, Mark & Juanita
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> One word of warning as someone who just finished finish scraping the
>>sides and bottoms for 12 (yes that's an even dozen) drawers for an
>>entertainment center -- that scraper can become a serious problem for the
>>hands. My thumbs are still not back to 100% even after 3 days, but at
>>least my arm is not going numb on me anymore.
>
>Yikes! Mark, friend, buddy, pal, scraping isn't supposed to be that
>painful.
>
>How far are you bending that po' thang? If you're bending it far
>enough to string it and shoot arrows, I think I see your problem. :)
>Bend only as far as absolutely necessary to avoid gouging the wood
>with the corners. (Meaning if you're scraping something narrower than
>the card itself, you don't bend it _at_all._) No more thumb pain.
>
I certainly was exerting less pressure as time went on :-( I don't
think I was over-bending, but that may have been part of the problem. I
know that a couple of the scrapers I have are fairly thick, so required a
bit more pressure. In the future, I'll have to see whether I can get by
with less pressure.
>As for the arm going numb: That's usually a sign of
>pinched/constricted nerves in the neck/shoulder.
Well, I certainly had some neck pain on one side.
> Are you
>(unintentionally perhaps) hunching down over your workpiece as you
>scrape? (I'm asking because if #1, above, is true, you're probably
>having to hunch up to exert all that force.)
>
May have been the opposite actually, my bench may be a bit higher than it
should be (or I'm too low).
>Of couse, these are just a couple of wild-assed guesses. (1)
>
Thanks for the ideas -- I really like using the scrapers, I just need to
get to the point of being able to use them without inducing tendonitis or
joint damage.
>Michael Baglio
>Who's card scrapers have moved to _second_ favorite tool, since Santa
>brought me my neat-o Boston Ranger 55 pencil sharpener.
>
:-)
>(1) Disclaimer: Since _I've_ never scraped a dozen drawer bottoms in
>one shot, this entire post could be full of sh*t. Feel free to
>inform me of same if'n its so. I'll get over it. :O
The sheer number of pieces to be finished certainly contributed to this,
basically 48 sides and fronts, inside and out => 96 surfaces, 4 drawers
were 4 1/2" tall, the remaining 5 3/4" tall, plus 12 drawer bottoms (cherry
ply, but still needed scraping on top side) for another 12 surfaces. All
in all a pretty substantial number of surfaces. I was doing this for about
4 1/2 to 5 hours a day over a period of 3 days (some of the drawers had a
lot of nasty grain that resulted in having to spend some time dealing with
tear-out, thus the 3 days instead of just a couple of days). I know I
would have spent more time if I had been sanding these pieces.
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:31:12 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
>patrick conroy wrote:
>>six or sixty?
>
>6" X 169" belt to be exactual. Here's a picture of one the
>same vintage.
>
>http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=1929
>
>Mine is the same down to the horse anna half single phase
>motor. Condition of mine is a wee bit less than Louis' but
>it's still plug 'n play.
>
>>Nice score.
>>Think you'll keep her? :)
>
>Cha? I've been hunting for one for the past two years. For
>now it sits in the shop of a friend in Omaha. I just need
>to set aside a couple of days for the "out 'n back".
>
>UA100
Wow, that's a serious hunk of iron. How much does that puppy weigh?
[I'm thinking that must be one stable piece in operation].
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:37:03 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> I saw those "electroacoustic" references on Ebay and wondered WTF they
>> were. I guess the amp powers the electronics.
>
>I think vibration powers the electronics. It must be a similar principle to
>an electric guitar. Plug it in, and it works, little red light or not.
>The EQ and whatnot work too.
In an electric, the amp powers the pickup coils which react
to the moving string in its magnetic field.
>It would be nice to get some instructions for the thing, but I didn't turn
>up anything.
>
>Though I did discover that those POS "First Act" axes they're selling at
>Wal-Mart use exactly the same little black dongle inside. I suspect
>they're probably off the same assembly line. Whee. Oh well.
Yes, they very probably are.
>> I'm sure some do, but they're cheaper from Chiwan.
>
>Doesn't make sense. Wages in Mexico obviously must not be very good, and it
>would surely be cheaper to ship something from there than from all the way
>on the other side of the planet.
Wages in Mexico are probably ten times that of most of China. And the
Chinese have their own VERY large container ships run by Chinese at
better than Chinese wages (but surely well below the American or
Mexican sailor's wages.)
>> Hmmm, the flute sounds somehow flat, and the playing, well, you said
>> it best. <dg&r>
>
>No, no, you're supposed to suck it up and say something encouraging while
>giving everyone standing around you a knowing look. :)
Oh. Mebbe next time, huh, fella?
>> My next wooden instrument (I should say "first") will
>> be a bamboo flute. I'm looking around the area for free bamboo now.
>> Then I'll be able to compete with you for any errant flautist awards.
>
>Let me know how it goes. I've never been able to figure out where to put
>the tone holes, or how big to make them. Things like that are tricky to
>tune because you can change the pitch a good bit by varying your
>embouchure, so it's easy to chase the needle a different way for each hole,
>and wind up with a mess. I didn't get as far as bamboo. None of my PVC
>prototypes came out right at all.
I bought the book. It's about 400 words and lots of pictures made into
a little 44 page book, but it has the right info. "Simple Flutes" by
Mark Shepherd. $8 amazon, $7 Ebay.
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"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
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> >
> In an electric, the amp powers the pickup coils which react
> to the moving string in its magnetic field.
Ummmmm... nope. In an electric, the pickups are coils and the movement of
the string through the magnetic poles creates a current in the pickup which
is transmitted to the amp. The amp doesn't provide any power to the guitar.
>
>
>
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[email protected]
On 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>I'll start:
>
>A delta "Shopmaster" planer
>A dremel & kit
>An overhead cord reel
>A Stanley block plane
>A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
>And the suprise...
>
>2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
>on a clamp)
A Delta Midi Lathe
One of those laser levels that make an x on the wall mounted on a
tripod.
A reciprocating saw
Yet another multi-purpose folding pliers and knife set (still haven't
opened the last two I got!)
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:40:09 -0500, "Norman D. Crow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Non wooddorking, but my kids all got together and got "Papa" a $100 Advance
>Auto gift card to be used for a new gas tank for "rusty red", my '89 F-150,
>including a promise from 2 of them to install it for me before it self
>destructs.
Will they be doing that on the lift in Gerry?
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Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:49:13 -0500, "Upscale" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I watched the last ten minutes as the temperature matched the
>adjustable alarm and the buzzer went off.
>
>Small things amuse small minds I guess. Just another toy I guess, but I
>liked it.
When I bought and installed our Duet front loading washing machine, I
sat and watched the entire 34 minute cycle the first time I ran it. It
was a lot more interesting than you might think. This ain't your
mama's washer.
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Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>I'll start:
>
>A delta "Shopmaster" planer
>A dremel & kit
>An overhead cord reel
>A Stanley block plane
>A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
>And the suprise...
>
>2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
>on a clamp)
hmmmm.... nice haul! i got a 25" dual drum sander. a set of senco nail
guns. 1finnish 1 brad and 1 stapler. also a new delta 16 1/2 " drill
press to replace the chiwanees POS i been using for years. dust
collecter. and a hitachi m12v to add to the collection. WHAT A
SWMBO!!!!!!!! guess i'll have to get around to them thar cabinet doors
to finnish the kitchen now. SHOP TIME!!!! lol... :-]>
skeez
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:22:38 -0700, [email protected] calmly ranted:
>On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:30:47 -0800, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>>Google WinAmp, Bridgy.
>
><whiny voice>
>but I don't wanna run winamp....
></whiny voice>
Neither did I, but two other progs wouldn't work in Vinders.
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:32:11 -0500, "Buddy Matlosz"
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> An acousto-electric guitar
>> A guitar stand
>> Trumpet music
>
>Ain't it kinda tough to play trumpet music on the guitar?
Ackshully, it should sound -much- better on guitar than trumpet.
>> One each of: shoes, jeans, shirt
>>
>Expecting the other shoe next Christmas?
Bless you for the insight here, Buddy.
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:23:54 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>Tim Douglass wrote:
>
>> I'm glad I'm not the only one. I think I love guitars because they are
>> beautiful woodworking and serve a practical purpose (or could,
>> theoretically, if I had either skill or talent). For Christmas I blew
>> a big wad on a nice acoustic/electric for my 15 yo son, who has both
>> skill and talent and a very good ear. Now he won't play my guitar,
>> (that I can't play) and will hopefully continue getting better.
>
>I've always figured no matter how good I get there are always at least
>500,000 other guitar players who can whoop my ass. Same thing for flute
>and trumpet too. So I don't compete.
Good attitude. That means there are probably a million better than me.
>I just have fun, and if anybody
>doesn't like my playing, I have a left cheek and a right cheek, and they
>can kiss either one they want. :)
Right, just don't put it to them that way. They might whup it instead.
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:38:36 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> I get my pencils from Wally World; Real incense cedar wood, too.
>
>I don't know where SWMBO got mine. They're green. She had bought a whole
>pile of them for some silly Girl Scout craft project, where they were going
>to be sacrificed. I noticed they were real pencils, so I pulled the ol'
>switcharoo on her and gave her a bunch of crappy plastic foam pencils that
>I bought by mistake (because the package gave the false impression that
>they were real pencils). Add a little green spray paint, and everybody
>wins.
You even had to paint them for her? Oh, GS project. Green it is.
>> LVT shopping spree: piano hinges, CD racks (6 sets), Chinese scissor
>> set, router inlay bushing kit, set of rubber sanding block shapes,
>> magnets/cups/washers, brass screen door spring hinge sets (2 pair)
>
>Routah parts, sanding parts? Who's doing unthinkable things to perfectly
>good hardwoods now, Bunky?
Hey, don't lay that line on me, man. They're few and far between, but
some things are better done with powah tools. And how do you smooth
those deep crevices in wood without a rubber doodad, huh, huh, huh?
Scrape when you can, sand the rest if necessary.
>I guess the worst part and the best part of the Non-Specific Post-Solstice
>Everything's Closed Today Day this year was my guitar. It's an Epiphone,
>which is a brand that got absorbed by Conglom-O years ago, and has been
>used to market second rate, just-a-cut-above-schlock for years. This one
>was made in the Land of Highest Quality Craftmanship and Burgeoning
>Personal Liberty As Long As You Don't Offend the Government Too Much. Good
>ol' Red China.
The one I'm selling is from Over There 2, too. It's a no-name
acoustic.
>I'd really like to hate this guitar, but damn, I can't complain at all.
>It's a beautiful instrument made out of some very pretty wood. Looks like
>some kind of mahogany, or mahogany-esque wood for the back and sides.
>Darker on the finish side, so it's probably been toned, but the grain isn't
>obscured at all. The top is spruce with a subtle, yet striking wavy
>figure. It has a compensated saddle, all manner of little (probably faux)
>mother-of-pearl in lay stuff. Wow.
Same here 'cept for the inlay.
>I've been playing the same el-cheapo $130 Korean plywood top Martin knockoff
>for going on 15 years now. It's been a hell of a good instrument, and
>clearly the best $130 I *ever* spent on anything, but it's definitely a no
>frills beast. They put the sound hole decal on top of the finish, and 90%
>of it is gone. I've dug divots into the top on the bottom side of the
>sound hole. It's got button scratches galore, and the satin finish on the
>top is mostly glossy now from sleeve wear. Not pretty at all, and it
>sounds kind of thin since I've been putting extra light strings on it
>(because the bridge has been working on coming off for the last 13 years.)
So warm it, remove it, and reglue it, son. Piece o' cake duck soup.
>That little el-cheapo has been a good friend, but it sure is a whole
>different world having an instrument that's decidedly pretty. Not to
>mention it sounds a lot better too, has a cutaway, and the electroflummy
>pickup under the top so I can plug it in. It doesn't sound quite like a
>mic'ed acoustic plugged in, but it sounds more like an acoustic than the
>"ACOUSTIC" patch on my guitar FX box.
Erectionfrummy? Whassat?
>It's pretty cool all around. Not the greatest craftsmanship, but I've seen
>a hell of a lot worse. I can't believe this thing came out of China.
According to an ex-Wrecker part-time instrument mechanic friend, 90%
of all guitars come from either Korea or (lesser) China. I looked at
the importation stats and we get over 300,000 Chinese violins and over
a million units of other stringed instruments annually. That amazed
me.
>Anyway, it has been sort of an unexpected surprise. I sent Mom and SWMBO a
>link to the cheapest electro-acoustic with cutaway I could find online, as
>an example of what to look for. I was looking for something strictly
>utilitarian, for studio work in my home. It turns out this *is* the same
>guitar, a rock bottom cheapo. If this is the bottom, I think this must be
>a good time to buy guitars. The last time I went shopping, something like
>this, of this quality, with these materials, would have cost the best part
>of a grand. And it still would have been made in Asia even a decade ago.
Sure you wouldn't settle for an import electric guitar with the
speaker built into the body? Tres chic, wot?
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio <[email protected]>
wrote:
Congratulations Michael! I sounds like you've got a keeper! Not sure
how Alice found time to do all that hunting with her school work but
it sure is clear she cares for you - even if you are strange.
Best wishes to you and Alice.
TWS
"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio <[email protected]>
> calmly ranted:
>
--------snip----------
>>I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall.
>>I'm the happiest kid on the block.
>
> I'm wit chu, Mikey. I have one of those on my shop door jamb.
> Mine's a newer chrome and rust plated Swingline job, one size
> only, which is fine with me. I don't use those carpenter's pencils
> in the shop, only nicely sharpened standard pencils. And that scent
> when you open it to empty the pencil shavings has such memories...
>
> For anyone else who wants one, look on Ebay
I got a nice one for a quarter at a yard sale. It's a Apsco V-10T with a
vacuum base. It's screwed to the wall, however, and has the added utility
of holding my ear muffs so I can find them. I use those fat kindergarten
pencils and this sharpener handles them very well.
Larry
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:24:28 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm not a big electric guy. Not a big guitar guy either. I've been playing
>15 years, and I suck. People say "Play something" and I can't play much of
>anything anybody recognizes. I've just never really tried to learn popular
>songs. I just fiddle with the thing.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I think I love guitars because they are
beautiful woodworking and serve a practical purpose (or could,
theoretically, if I had either skill or talent). For Christmas I blew
a big wad on a nice acoustic/electric for my 15 yo son, who has both
skill and talent and a very good ear. Now he won't play my guitar,
(that I can't play) and will hopefully continue getting better.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:23:54 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tim Douglass wrote:
>
>> I'm glad I'm not the only one. I think I love guitars because they are
>> beautiful woodworking and serve a practical purpose (or could,
>> theoretically, if I had either skill or talent). For Christmas I blew
>> a big wad on a nice acoustic/electric for my 15 yo son, who has both
>> skill and talent and a very good ear. Now he won't play my guitar,
>> (that I can't play) and will hopefully continue getting better.
>
>I've always figured no matter how good I get there are always at least
>500,000 other guitar players who can whoop my ass. Same thing for flute
>and trumpet too. So I don't compete. I just have fun, and if anybody
>doesn't like my playing, I have a left cheek and a right cheek, and they
>can kiss either one they want. :)
I think I *Know* 500,000 guitar players who are better than me ;-)
I've always been a musician "wannabe", in High School and college
years I was a drummer, now I attempt to make guitar-like sounds.
Generally I don't play in public out of deference to the delicate
sensibilities of any real musicians around. I keep telling myself that
if I could just make more time to practice...
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
On 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, [email protected] vaguely proposed a
theory
......and in reply I say!:
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nothing
nada
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bugger all
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:24:28 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm not a big electric guy. Not a big guitar guy either. I've been playing
>15 years, and I suck. People say "Play something" and I can't play much of
>anything anybody recognizes. I've just never really tried to learn popular
>songs. I just fiddle with the thing.
>
>eg.:
>
>http://users.adelphia.net/~silvan/10ambulation.ogg
>
>(I'm playing flute and didgeridoo too, and yes, the flute does sound like
>shit, thanks for noticing. :)
damn. no vorbis player on this box. and I wanted to hear it, too...
I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
shop) this Christmas.
I wanted one particular tool.
A tool that isn't commonly available any longer.
A tool that has been so cheapened over the years that using one is, at
best, a singularly unpleasant experience.
A tool that, (if they only made them like they used to), the using of
which would be everything using a great tool is _supposed_ to be.
When she asked what I _really_ wanted, I looked her straight in the
eye and said:
"Alice, I want a pencil sharpener."
Her eyebrows went up.
"Honey, I want a pencil sharpener like we used as kids. The kind that
are all metal, and when you turn the crank you can feel finely
machined solid cutting edges shearing shavings off of wood, producing
a perfect point on the lead."
Her eyebrows were still up.
"Honey, you need to understand this. Pencil sharpeners today are
crap. They're plastic. They don't cut for squat. They don't hold
the pencil firmly at all, so as you just start to get a really good
point, the pencil shifts in the crappy plastic holder part and the
point snaps off. The electric ones are okay, but weird as this sounds
there's something just _wrong_ about sharpening pencils electrically."
Her eyebrows went down and she got a puzzled look on her face.
"Why don't you just go to the office supply store and buy one?"
I laughed out loud.
"Go 'head, Santa. Try to find one."
She did. She couldn't. She asked at the stores. She asked friends.
Her friends told her her husband was strange. :)
God bless her, she finally found one. A _real_ one.
A Boston 55, just like they used to have on the wall in 4th grade,
complete with the dial on the face with the different sized holes.
It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last
forever.
Restoration Hardware. I don't know whether I'm more happy that RH
carried them or sad that an item as cool (in it's own way) as this has
to be sold in a "retro" Yuppie "hardware" store. <sigh>
I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall.
I'm the happiest kid on the block.
Michael Baglio
Larry Jaques wrote:
> So, how do those Erectionflummys work in the hybrid guitars without
> a pickup coil??
It looks like they're usually piezoelectric. Like the starter button on a
gas grill. Push the button, and it takes advantage of some electrical
property of quartz (I think) to generate an electric current. The strings
vibrating generate an electric current in this stuff, so it works in a
similar principle to the magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. The
pickup element is either a thin wafer on the inside, right under the
bridge, or sometimes it's actually in the saddle itself.
I think this one has the pickup in the saddle. I've confirmed that it does
have a factory-installed battery. These things have a pre-amp because the
electrical signal they produce is considerably weaker than that produced by
a magnetic pickup. I still haven't figure out how to get the damn battery
door open without breaking anything. I guess I'm SOL when the battery
wears out.
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"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:37:47 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
> <[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>
> >"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> >
> >> In an electric, the amp powers the pickup coils which react
> >> to the moving string in its magnetic field.
> >
> >Ummmmm... nope. In an electric, the pickups are coils and the movement
of
> >the string through the magnetic poles creates a current in the pickup
which
> >is transmitted to the amp. The amp doesn't provide any power to the
guitar.
>
> Oops, you're right. Those pickups -are- magnetic, aren't they?
> I sit corrected. (Too lazy to stand.)
>
> So, how do those Erectionflummys work in the hybrid guitars without
> a pickup coil??
>
Coupla ways. Most acoustic guitars with a pickup have one under the saddle
(bridge), and it's pizeo-electric. Little crystals that generate current
when caused to vibrate. Higher end guitars like Taylors and some others use
this and a condenser microphone located inside the body of the guitar.
These typically have a mixer that enables the player to balance between the
two pickup sources, since pizeos and condenser mics provide much different
sounds.
--
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[email protected]
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:37:47 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> In an electric, the amp powers the pickup coils which react
>> to the moving string in its magnetic field.
>
>Ummmmm... nope. In an electric, the pickups are coils and the movement of
>the string through the magnetic poles creates a current in the pickup which
>is transmitted to the amp. The amp doesn't provide any power to the guitar.
Oops, you're right. Those pickups -are- magnetic, aren't they?
I sit corrected. (Too lazy to stand.)
So, how do those Erectionflummys work in the hybrid guitars without
a pickup coil??
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:24:28 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> calmly ranted:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>> You even had to paint them for her? Oh, GS project. Green it is.
>
>Right-o.
Felix the Cat said "Rightio!" in a voice that would stand the hair
up on the back of your neck.
>>>Routah parts, sanding parts? Who's doing unthinkable things to perfectly
>>>good hardwoods now, Bunky?
>>
>> Hey, don't lay that line on me, man. They're few and far between, but
>> some things are better done with powah tools. And how do you smooth
>> those deep crevices in wood without a rubber doodad, huh, huh, huh?
>> Scrape when you can, sand the rest if necessary.
>
>Those deep crevices in wood are usually put there with routahs. :)
Silly Wrecker, Kicks are for Trids.
>I'm not really sure. The instructions suck, and I can't see inside it
>enough to guess quite how the pickup works. I think it's under the bridge,
>and it picks up vibrations in the top. It has a little red LED on it, and
>I have no idea what that means. I have some vague idea you're supposed to
>put a 9V battery in there, but I can't figure out how to get it open, and
>it seems to work just fine without it.
I saw those "electroacoustic" references on Ebay and wondered WTF they
were. I guess the amp powers the electronics.
>Wow. You'd think more guitars would come out of Mexico. There are lots of
>little old men in Mexico who can make a guitar with nothing more than a
>hatchet and some horse hide.
I'm sure some do, but they're cheaper from Chiwan.
>> Sure you wouldn't settle for an import electric guitar with the
>> speaker built into the body? Tres chic, wot?
>
>Um. :)
>
>Actually, I might not mind having something like that to really irritate
>people on camping trips, unless it sounded completely lame.
How could it sound otherwise?
>I'm not a big electric guy. Not a big guitar guy either. I've been playing
>15 years, and I suck. People say "Play something" and I can't play much of
>anything anybody recognizes. I've just never really tried to learn popular
>songs. I just fiddle with the thing.
Ditto here. I gave up on the fiddle. It hurt my neck and had a nearly
vertical learning curve.
>eg.:
>
>http://users.adelphia.net/~silvan/10ambulation.ogg
WTF is an "ogg" file?!? (Googling, finding Vorbis...)
Downloading WinAmp...
>(I'm playing flute and didgeridoo too, and yes, the flute does sound like
>shit, thanks for noticing. :)
Hmmm, the flute sounds somehow flat, and the playing, well, you said
it best. <dg&r> My next wooden instrument (I should say "first") will
be a bamboo flute. I'm looking around the area for free bamboo now.
Then I'll be able to compete with you for any errant flautist awards.
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
>shop) this Christmas.
>
>I wanted one particular tool.
>A tool that isn't commonly available any longer.
>A tool that has been so cheapened over the years that using one is, at
>best, a singularly unpleasant experience.
>A tool that, (if they only made them like they used to), the using of
>which would be everything using a great tool is _supposed_ to be.
>
>When she asked what I _really_ wanted, I looked her straight in the
>eye and said:
>
>"Alice, I want a pencil sharpener."
>
>Her eyebrows went up.
>
>"Honey, I want a pencil sharpener like we used as kids. The kind that
>are all metal, and when you turn the crank you can feel finely
>machined solid cutting edges shearing shavings off of wood, producing
>a perfect point on the lead."
>
Believe it or not, I know exactly what you mean. My FIL was a
maintenance person for a school district until he retired; he provided me
with one of those Boston 55's that was going to be thrown away when they
were doing some remodeling. The finish is a little rough (probably why it
was going to be tossed -- it wasn't worthy of a spanky-new particle board
and laminate sparkling classroom), but it sharpens pencils just as I
remember from grade school. I haven't yet figured out where it best fits
in the reconfigured shop, so it's sitting on a window sill, being employed
by manually holding it down, I'll eventually figure out a good, solid, out
of the way place (for its safety) on which to mount it.
Mark & Juanita wrote:
> Believe it or not, I know exactly what you mean. My FIL was a
>maintenance person for a school district until he retired; he provided me
>with one of those Boston 55's
You dawg! Those are/were the best. Gray, right?
>I'll eventually figure out a good, solid, out
>of the way place (for its safety) on which to mount it.
Somewhere by the shoppe phone. That would be my location.
UA100, who still uses his Bostich B8 stapler from a hunnert
years ago onna 'count of it works...
Michael Baglio <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
> shop) this Christmas.
>
> "Alice, I want a pencil sharpener."
>
<snip>
The fellow from whom I bought this house some years ago left just such a
one here when he moved out, nailed to the door jamb in what is now my
shop, what with the automobiles having been suitibly evicted.
Best bit of handyman work he did on the place. I understand, however,
that he is one heck of an accountant.
Patriarch
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:35:37 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Patriarch wrote:
>
>>> Laid. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
>>>
>>
>> Glad to hear she's feeling a bit better!
>
>Me too, and for much more than the obvious, superficial, hedonistic reason
>too. It's good to have her back, though she goes under the knife Monday,
>and we ain't out of the woods yet. Monday. Tomorrow. Bleah.
We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers -- best wishes for a speedy
recovery.
Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
<snippage>
> One word of warning as someone who just finished finish scraping the
> sides and bottoms for 12 (yes that's an even dozen) drawers for an
> entertainment center -- that scraper can become a serious problem for
> the hands. My thumbs are still not back to 100% even after 3 days,
> but at least my arm is not going numb on me anymore.
The power sander(s) did that to me. Particularly that 1/3 sheet monster
that I bought sometime back in the Nixon adminstration, when Sear
allegedly sold good tools. The 'it was supposed to be a prototype'
entertainment center for the bedroom pretty much blew out my golf game
with the tendonitis. I changed to projects and finishes that were
easier on my no longer young body.
Smaller projects. And delegate the sanding to the person who asked me
to build the piece for them in the first place, if possible.
I haven't mastered the LN 85 yet, but it certainly looks beautiful on
the bench!
Patriarch
Sony 5 megapixel camera
Leigh D-4 To be here next week from the Rockler orgy
HVLP sprayer from HF
And the most important A JOB!! I have been out of work for 6 months
and the unemployment ended the first week of Dec. Got conformation of
the job on 12/22
On 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>I'll start:
>
>A delta "Shopmaster" planer
>A dremel & kit
>An overhead cord reel
>A Stanley block plane
>A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
>And the suprise...
>
>2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
>on a clamp)
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:46:59 GMT, Michael Baglio <[email protected]>
calmly ranted:
>I told my bride that there was only one thing I really wanted (for the
>shop) this Christmas.
--snip of typical yet tragic tool obsolescence--
>God bless her, she finally found one. A _real_ one.
>A Boston 55, just like they used to have on the wall in 4th grade,
>complete with the dial on the face with the different sized holes.
Atta Girl! And congrats on the gloat. Now you can tell all your
friends your wife bought you a wood planer with spiral-cutter heads
for Christmas and watch their eyes pop out when you show it to 'em.
<g>
>It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last
>forever.
>
>Restoration Hardware. I don't know whether I'm more happy that RH
>carried them or sad that an item as cool (in it's own way) as this has
>to be sold in a "retro" Yuppie "hardware" store. <sigh>
>
>I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall.
>I'm the happiest kid on the block.
I'm wit chu, Mikey. I have one of those on my shop door jamb.
Mine's a newer chrome and rust plated Swingline job, one size
only, which is fine with me. I don't use those carpenter's pencils
in the shop, only nicely sharpened standard pencils. And that scent
when you open it to empty the pencil shavings has such memories...
For anyone else who wants one, look on Ebay for "crank pencil
sharpener" or "Sanford sharpener" and ye shall find it. $8.66
+ $7.66 shipping (? Those leaches.)
--
The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that
accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity
towards one that accrues to its own advantage; nor does it ever move
towards social purposes on its own initiative, but only under heavy
pressure, while its motion towards anti-social purposes is self-sprung.
- Albert Jay Nock
- http://diversify.com Web Programming for curmudgeons and others. -
Only tool-type thing was the Ryobi 5 pc. 18V. cordless tool kit. It's
a bit of a long story, but last Christmas I got a $50 gift card for
the orange borg. Over the course of the year I got 3 $25 cards as
rebates when I insulated the shop. Got a $100 one in October for
Pastor appreciation Sunday. Suddenly realized I had enough to buy the
kit, so Thursday afternoon my wife and I went up to the borg and
picked it up - added bonus, it was on sale for only $135! <meep, meep>
Today it is back to $169 for the post-Christmas "sale". Glad I got it
before rather than waiting until after. LOML says it is my Christmas
present, so I guess it counts.
Recipro saw
Drill
5 1/2" circ. saw
mini vacuum (really sucks)
flashlight
2 batteries & charger
It'll definitely get used!
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
On 25 Dec 2004 05:16:45 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>I'll start:
>
>A delta "Shopmaster" planer
>A dremel & kit
>An overhead cord reel
>A Stanley block plane
>A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
>And the suprise...
>
>2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
>on a clamp)
Replacement stereo for the shop (the CD player on the existing one had
died, no amount of dust blowing would bring it back)
Flannel shirts for these chilly AZ days
Mom and Dad in town from Denver to spend time with the family
The enjoyment of watching my son enjoy Christmas, both the true meaning
of Christmas and sharing that during the Christmas program, and also the
joy of giving and receiving presents with/from relatives and friends.
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:05:33 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>My big new tool was the compleat Scraping 101 deal from LV. Sure, I could
>have made a jointer easy enough, and I could have burnished with a
>screwdriver, and I could have bought some cheap saws at yardsales to cut
>into scrapers... It's all a bit of a silly extravegance, really, and not
>something someone who is on a paper thin Christmas budget ought to have
>invested in, but...
>
>Me likey! Good, wholesome gadgetry all around. The only toy I had to take
>to grandma's house today was this set of stuff and a little scrap of walnut
>that was rough on two sides, and had wild grain on two sides.
>
Cool stuff, isn't it
>Now I have a scrap of walnut that's smooooooooth. I'm hooked on scraping,
>and don't think I will ever sand anything again.
I certainly have similar feelings. It also seems to me that scraping is
a whole lot faster than stepping through 5 grits of sandpaper. I found my
biggest problem is getting the wood ready for scraping. On the
entertainment center drawers I'm working, the Ash seems to have some wild
grain in places, I've had trouble with tearout even with my Knight smoother
and an LN block plane set for wispy-thin shavings.
One word of warning as someone who just finished finish scraping the
sides and bottoms for 12 (yes that's an even dozen) drawers for an
entertainment center -- that scraper can become a serious problem for the
hands. My thumbs are still not back to 100% even after 3 days, but at
least my arm is not going numb on me anymore. Does the LV scraping deal
include a card holder so you don't have to flex the tool by hand? I've
found that aspirin seems to good for these kinds of aches and pains, but I
sure don't want to fight this every time I do finishing work. I'm thinking
a scraper plane may be in my future.
> I want to get some really
>wild and crazy grain to play with, and see if this will actually tame it.
>I had some wild maple in that big chess box project I did. Those squares
>are outstanding for their beauty, but also for their fudginess. I never
>did get them tamed to my satisfaction, with a super ultra finely tuned #4.
>If I could use grain like that often, instead of sparingly, it would be a
>most awesome thing. I have some scraps of that with the same kind of
>figure, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do with them tomorrow.
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:19:30 -0500, Bob G.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better...
> call me "pickly" or whatever but the family knows
> This old boy will do his own tool shopping...
A few years ago I was surfing the TV and ran across an infomercial for
some stupid hammer thingee with a nail dispenser. As a gen-u-wine tool
ex-purt I of course immediately recognized it for the gimmicky junque
that it was.
Then I had a horrible thought; what if some uninitiated tool newby saw
that and thought, "gee, what a great gift idea for Dad."? I would feel
horrible having to feign appreciation for and disguise the disposal of
such a gift.
I immediately called both my son and daughter and warned them that if
they saw the infomercial to ignore it and don't buy it. My son, wise
beyond his years, unbeknownst to me, said, "don't worry. We both know
you're far too picky about your tools to buy anything without checking
first."
Who said he'd never amount to anything?
- -
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:19:30 -0500, Bob G.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Anyway... I will not be getting any tools. everyone knows better...
Yer not the only one, Bob. ;>
Michael Baglio
>| Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads
>| dry |
Missed that subtle detail...
>>I haven't mastered the LN 85 yet, but it certainly looks beautiful on
>>the bench!
>>
>
> What kinds of things are you encountering in trying to master the
> 85?
> That certainly is one of the candidates that I'm looking at; as much
> time and effort as scraping looks to save over sanding, I want
> something that will provide good results.
I think I was trying too hard to use it to flatten, rather than put a
smooth finish on it. I _think_ that I need to soften the corners of the
scraper blade, so that they don't dig in.
My challenges seem related to a life long search for patience.
The other thing I'm learning is that these tools work very differently with
different wood species. I did another small project last week for my
youngest son, using cherry. After maple, red oak and some tropicals,
working in cherry seemed almost to be cheating. It's no wonder woodworkers
love it so much.
I promised to make a replacement table leaf for a family friend this week.
I'll try the 85 on that, or on the offcuts, at least, and try to remember
to get back to you.
Patriarch
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:09:30 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Michael Baglio wrote:
>> It [Boston Ranger 55 pencil sharpener] weighs _pounds._
>> You can just tell, this thing is going to last forever.
>
>Cool gloat. You suck!
Hey! I had a gloat!
"May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim
observed, God Bless Us, Every One!"
Michael Baglio
My daughter arrived Wednesday afternoon to spend the week. My son arrived,
unexpectedly, last night around 11. Christmas came early. It has been
quite a while since everyone was home.
"My Old Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My 17 year old daughter is here. What more could I want?
>
> --
> Ross
> www.myoldtools.com
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'll start:
> >
> > A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> > A dremel & kit
> > An overhead cord reel
> > A Stanley block plane
> > A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
> >
> > And the suprise...
> >
> > 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> > on a clamp)
> >
>
>
>My daughter arrived Wednesday afternoon to spend the week. My son arrived,
>unexpectedly, last night around 11. Christmas came early. It has been
>quite a while since everyone was home.
- a Bosch 1590 jigsaw
- a 2/10/50 automatic battery charger
- a 23,000 BTU kerosense heater for the gar....uh shop
3 days with my mom, my daughter, my son and my two grandsons(at Mom's house)
along with visits from all 3 of my siblings, their spouses and neices and
nephews galore.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'll start:
>
> A delta "Shopmaster" planer
> A dremel & kit
> An overhead cord reel
> A Stanley block plane
> A Green Curt Schilling Jersey
>
> And the suprise...
>
> 2 30" Besseys!! (Never thought the wife would spend that kind of money
> on a clamp)
The wife and I have a deal going...I don't try to buy her scrapbook stuff
and she doesn't buy tools. ;-) I pulled the trigger a week or so ago when
Amazon offered the Jet Mini Lathe for $175 shipped, so I told the little
woman that was my Christmas gift. She responded by buying $100 of paper.
For today, she gave me "The New Best Recipe" from the folks at Cook's
Illustrated.
todd
> God bless her, she finally found one. A _real_ one.
> A Boston 55, just like they used to have on the wall in 4th grade,
> complete with the dial on the face with the different sized holes.
>
> It weighs _pounds._ You can just tell, this thing is going to last
> forever.
>
> Restoration Hardware. I don't know whether I'm more happy that RH
> carried them or sad that an item as cool (in it's own way) as this has
> to be sold in a "retro" Yuppie "hardware" store. <sigh>
>
> I can't wait to go out to the shop and mount this thing on the wall.
> I'm the happiest kid on the block.
>
> Michael Baglio
FWIW, Office Depot carries it online for $26. I might have to make an
order. Staples carries it, too, but they want $40.
http://www.officedepot.com/txtSearchPOC.do?uniqueSearchFlag=true&Ntt=908988&x=8&y=9
todd