On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 01:38:49 -0500, [email protected] (Jerry -
OHIO) wrote:
>Been there did that !! I have a peanut butter jar full of pencils
>screwed to my work bench ,by the time a project is done the jar is
>empty. They make a funny noise going up the shop vac hose.
So get a chip clip and clip it to your pocket or collar. Run a string
from it to the pencil so it never gets too far from you.
OR
Clip the pencil to a key chain retractor and mount that on the bench
or machine you use it with. It'll always stay put.
OR
Put pencils in the tablesaw fence trough. Press on the tip to bring
the eraser up enough to get it out for use.
OR
Epoxy a pencil holder to the top of the fence, the side of the
bandsaw, the side of the bench, and wherever else you use them. Better
yet, epoxy a cheapie plastic pencil sharpener on next to it.
Happy New Year, All!
--
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins
when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in
order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
-- Peter Minard
On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:44:38 -0600, -MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 1/1/11 12:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> I buy cheap (50 for $50) mechanical pencils and flood the work area with them.
>> There's always one in sight.
>>
>
>That's cheap?
Sorry, that should be 50 for $5.
On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 21:32:39 -0800 (PST), TwoGuns <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I buy cheap (50 for $50) mechanical pencils and flood the work area with them.
>> There's always one in sight.
>********************************************************************************************
>And it never fails the one you pick up to use has no lead in it.
Don't usually have that problem. If one runs out I either refill or pitch it.
Do you put empty paint cans back on the shelf?
On 1/1/11 12:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> I buy cheap (50 for $50) mechanical pencils and flood the work area with them.
> There's always one in sight.
>
That's cheap?
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On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:27:30 -0800, Larry Jaques
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 01:38:49 -0500, [email protected] (Jerry -
>OHIO) wrote:
>
>>Been there did that !! I have a peanut butter jar full of pencils
>>screwed to my work bench ,by the time a project is done the jar is
>>empty. They make a funny noise going up the shop vac hose.
>
>So get a chip clip and clip it to your pocket or collar. Run a string
>from it to the pencil so it never gets too far from you.
>OR
>Clip the pencil to a key chain retractor and mount that on the bench
>or machine you use it with. It'll always stay put.
>OR
>Put pencils in the tablesaw fence trough. Press on the tip to bring
>the eraser up enough to get it out for use.
>OR
>Epoxy a pencil holder to the top of the fence, the side of the
>bandsaw, the side of the bench, and wherever else you use them. Better
>yet, epoxy a cheapie plastic pencil sharpener on next to it.
I buy cheap (50 for $50) mechanical pencils and flood the work area with them.
There's always one in sight.
>Happy New Year, All!
My this be better than the last.