"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
> seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
> go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
>
> Larry
>
>
Around here it's known as a smoke grinder. Used for clearing the air when I
do much thinking:-)
Actually if you lengthen the arm and attach a router to the end it can be
used to cut oval table tops. Yep I've done it. Or just stick aa pencil in
the end for drawing an oval.
D.Mo
"igor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:57:38 -0500, "D. Mo" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:T2vMd.17802$C24.7569@attbi_s52...
> >> I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I
can't
> >> seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little
sliders
> >> go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> >> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
> >>
> >> Larry
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Around here it's known as a smoke grinder. Used for clearing the air
when I
> >do much thinking:-)
> >
> >Actually if you lengthen the arm and attach a router to the end it can be
> >used to cut oval table tops. Yep I've done it. Or just stick aa pencil
in
> >the end for drawing an oval.
> >
> >D.Mo
>
> Any details on that? How big a table? Any problems/special design of the
> jig? What materails did you use? TIA. -- Igor
>
let's see think it was 24 x 40 inches. Used a piece of MDF about 14 inches
square and routed the dovetail channels in it. Handle was your basic router
trammel. To use Find bouth centerlines on your blank and attach base with
the corners on the centerlines basically centering it in the balnk. I used
carpet tape to hold it in place, but hot melt glue or some small nails would
work. Place one key at junction of the dovetail slots and position router
at the end of your major axis, 20" in my case as that's have of the forty.
We are talking center poit of the router bit. Run screw loosely through
trammel . move router to minor axis, 12 inches in my case and run screw
loosely through trammel into key at the junction. You've now set the size
of the oval to be cut. Now rout the oval out in shallow passes. Oh yeah
watch where your router cord is or you might lose power. DAMHIKT :-D
"Success with roouters: Techniques & Tips" From the Handymans Library has
two oval cutting machines in it on page 171. Yep I admit it Thaat's put out
by the Handyman Club of America. There are a few of us on the wreck.
D. Mo
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:36:19 GMT, Lawrence L'Hote <[email protected]> wrote:
> I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
> seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
> go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
It's a tool for describing an ellipse. Watch the track of the
handle and all will become clear. It does exactly what it's designed
to do.
Dave Hinz
Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:36:19 GMT, Lawrence L'Hote <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
>>seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
>>go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
>>http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
>
>
> It's a tool for describing an ellipse. Watch the track of the
> handle and all will become clear. It does exactly what it's designed
> to do.
>
> Dave Hinz
I've also heard it called a do nothing, as it was used to occupy a
child, or whoever, with nothing else to do.
http://www.toysfromtimespast.com/action2.htm
Joe
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:58:08 -0500, George <george@least> wrote:
>
> "Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:36:19 GMT, Lawrence L'Hote <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> >
>> >>I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I
> can't
>> >>seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little
> sliders
>> >>go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
>> >>http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
>> >
>> >
>> > Dave Hinz
>> I've also heard it called a do nothing, as it was used to occupy a
>> child, or whoever, with nothing else to do.
>> http://www.toysfromtimespast.com/action2.htm
>> Joe
>
> Yep. Got some regulars on our craft circuit that sell hundreds per year.
Looks pretty simple to make. What do they go for?
Dave
Dave Hinz wrote:
>> Yep. Got some regulars on our craft circuit that sell hundreds per year.
>
> Looks pretty simple to make. What do they go for?
At our shows, nothin'. We'd just pack'em up at the end of the day and stuff
them back into storage along with everything else. Nobody buys nothin'
around here. Buncha damn cheapskates. We've lost our ass on the last
three shows, but I still can't convince SWMBO to give it up and go get a
second job at Burger King if she wants a little extra money.
--
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"Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:36:19 GMT, Lawrence L'Hote <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >
> >>I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I
can't
> >>seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little
sliders
> >>go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> >>http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
> >
> >
> > Dave Hinz
> I've also heard it called a do nothing, as it was used to occupy a
> child, or whoever, with nothing else to do.
> http://www.toysfromtimespast.com/action2.htm
> Joe
Yep. Got some regulars on our craft circuit that sell hundreds per year.
Joe Gorman wrote:
>
> Dave Hinz wrote:
> > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:36:19 GMT, Lawrence L'Hote <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
> >>seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
> >>go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> >>http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
> >
> >
> > It's a tool for describing an ellipse. Watch the track of the
> > handle and all will become clear. It does exactly what it's designed
> > to do.
> >
> > Dave Hinz
> I've also heard it called a do nothing, as it was used to occupy a
> child, or whoever, with nothing else to do.
> http://www.toysfromtimespast.com/action2.htm
> Joe
Hasn't anybody seen a wham-a-dilly before? They're for
grinding smoke. And they do it really well. They're often
found accompanied by a left handed wind tester and
sometimes a left handed screw driver.
charlie b
"Dave Hinz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:58:08 -0500, George <george@least> wrote:
> >
> > "Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> > On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:36:19 GMT, Lawrence L'Hote <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I
> > can't
> >> >>seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little
> > sliders
> >> >>go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> >> >>http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Dave Hinz
> >> I've also heard it called a do nothing, as it was used to occupy a
> >> child, or whoever, with nothing else to do.
> >> http://www.toysfromtimespast.com/action2.htm
> >> Joe
> >
> > Yep. Got some regulars on our craft circuit that sell hundreds per
year.
>
> Looks pretty simple to make. What do they go for?
>
5 bucks it seems. He cuts with a dovetail bit for grooves and sliders.
Also sells Jacobs' ladders, little boats, climbing monkeys and other things
which make the parents feel good about dropping some dollars.
That's what it's called in the executive toy plastic versions.
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In a small town I used to live in, the local gunshop had one of these on
the
> counter. Said it was a bullshit grinder.
>
> "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:T2vMd.17802$C24.7569@attbi_s52...
> > I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I
can't
> > seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little
sliders
> > go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
>
>
Looks like the jigs you build to draw ovals.
max
> Looks like a toy to me. Kinda what Joe G. said.
> Joe S.
>
>
> Lawrence L'Hote wrote:
>
>> I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
>> seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
>> go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
>> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
max <[email protected]> wrote:
: Looks like the jigs you build to draw ovals.
: max
Except this one has no provision for varying the length of the x or y
axis.
I think it's a timeuserdoohickeythingamabob. Keps kids and wayward
adults amused for an unbounded period of time.
-- Andy Barss
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:36:19 GMT, the inscrutable "Lawrence L'Hote"
<[email protected]> spake:
>I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
>seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
>go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
>http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
That, sir, is a stirring blurfl.
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:57:38 -0500, "D. Mo" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:T2vMd.17802$C24.7569@attbi_s52...
>> I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
>> seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
>> go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
>> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>
>Around here it's known as a smoke grinder. Used for clearing the air when I
>do much thinking:-)
>
>Actually if you lengthen the arm and attach a router to the end it can be
>used to cut oval table tops. Yep I've done it. Or just stick aa pencil in
>the end for drawing an oval.
>
>D.Mo
Any details on that? How big a table? Any problems/special design of the
jig? What materails did you use? TIA. -- Igor
Looks like a toy to me. Kinda what Joe G. said.
Joe S.
Lawrence L'Hote wrote:
> I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
> seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
> go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
>
> Larry
>
>
In a small town I used to live in, the local gunshop had one of these on the
counter. Said it was a bullshit grinder.
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:T2vMd.17802$C24.7569@attbi_s52...
> I got this thingie at a yard sale this past summer for a quarter. I can't
> seem to figure out what it's for. Seems all it does is the little sliders
> go back and forth when ya crank the crank.
> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/whatsitbig.jpg
>
> Larry
>
>