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charlieb

08/03/2009 9:10 PM

Are There Any Galoots Still Around?

Just wondering.


This topic has 48 replies

Nn

Nova

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 12:19 PM

Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>
>>charlieb wrote:
>>
>>>Just wondering.
>>
>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>
>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>> creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>
>
> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
> that I recognize.
>
> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>
> ---
> A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
> because the experience of reading is not passive.
> --Erica Jong

LARRY, It's good to see you back. Maybe you'll start a trend.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]

Nn

Nova

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 12:20 PM

Mark & Juanita wrote:

> Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>
>>On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
>><[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
>>
>>>charlieb wrote:
>>>
>>>>Just wondering.
>>>
>>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>>
>>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>>>creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>>
>>Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
>>Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
>>that I recognize.
>>
>>OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>>
>>P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
>>I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
>>Swan, eat your heart out!)
>>
>
>
> Welcome back Larry. How's that bow saw coming? [just kidding].
>
>
>

... the spokeshave? ;-)

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]

LH

"Lew Hodgett"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

21/10/2009 10:13 PM


"Larry Jaques" wrote:

>>charlieb wrote:
>>> Just wondering.
>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the
>>old
>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>
>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand
>>tools
>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>> creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>
> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen
> names
> that I recognize.
>
> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>
> ---
> A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
> because the experience of reading is not passive.
> --Erica Jong


LH

"Lew Hodgett"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

21/10/2009 10:15 PM


"Larry Jaques" wrote:

> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen
> names
> that I recognize.
>
> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.

Looks like you have been sitting up and taking nourishment on a
regular basis.

Lew


LZ

Luigi Zanasi

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 9:26 PM

On Oct 22, 7:06=A0pm, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:19:06 -0400, the infamous Nova
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>
>
> >Larry Jaques wrote:
> >> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
> >> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
> >>>charlieb wrote:
>
> >>>>Just wondering.
>
> >>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the ol=
d
> >>>days of gainful employment. =A0Paddy, was that you?
>
> >>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand too=
ls
> >>>a bit now and again. =A0Guess I am a neandernorm.
> >>> =A0 =A0creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>
> >> Ditto here. =A0I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> >> Metalheads instead of youse guys. =A0I'm happy to see half a dozen nam=
es
> >> that I recognize.
>
> >> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
> >> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
> >> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
> >> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>
> >LARRY, It's good to see you back. =A0Maybe you'll start a trend.
>
> Thanks. Yeah, someone go scare up Phully and Paddy, wot?

Nice to see you Mr Jacques, oops, I meant Jaques. :-) How's it going
Larry? I might be down your way in a couple of weeks.

Luigi

Rc

Robatoy

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 9:35 AM

On Oct 22, 12:13=A0pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Larry Jaques wrote:
> > On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
> > <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
> >> charlieb wrote:
> >>> Just wondering.
> >> Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the ol=
d
> >> days of gainful employment. =A0Paddy, was that you?
>
> >> Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand too=
ls
> >> a bit now and again. =A0Guess I am a neandernorm.
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>
> > Ditto here. =A0I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> > Metalheads instead of youse guys. =A0I'm happy to see half a dozen name=
s
> > that I recognize.
>
> > OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
> > P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
> > I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
> > Swan, eat your heart out!)
>
> > ---
> > A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
> > because the experience of reading is not passive.
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
=A0 --Erica Jong
>
> Wow. =A0You've set a record (~7.5 months) for tardiest response to one of
> my posts. =A0Maybe I'll check rec.bimbo to see if, at long last, any body
> has responded...

After 11,644 tries, he finally logged on the net, dialup, via a party
line.

jj

jo4hn

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 9:13 AM

Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>> charlieb wrote:
>>> Just wondering.
>> Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>> days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>
>> Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>> a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>> creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>
> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
> that I recognize.
>
> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>
> ---
> A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
> because the experience of reading is not passive.
> --Erica Jong

Wow. You've set a record (~7.5 months) for tardiest response to one of
my posts. Maybe I'll check rec.bimbo to see if, at long last, any body
has responded...

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 7:07 PM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:51:22 GMT, the infamous "Joe" <[email protected]>
scrawled the following:

>
>"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
>>>charlieb wrote:
>>>> Just wondering.
>>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>>
>>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>>> creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>>
>> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
>> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
>> that I recognize.
>>
>> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>>
>> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
>> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
>> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>>
>> ---
>> A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
>> because the experience of reading is not passive.
>> --Erica Jong
>
>Wow, C-less. Good to 'c' you around again.

Thanks, Joe.

------
We're born hungry, wet, 'n naked, and it gets worse from there.

JG

"Jeff Gorman"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 9:05 AM


"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Noons makes ONE.
>
> More still around here?

Count me as #two.

I actually have red Galoot cap No 39.

--
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
email : Username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
www.amgron.clara.net


JG

"Jeff Gorman"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

10/03/2009 8:27 AM


"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote

> For the budding Galoots who haven't visited Jeff's website
> GO HERE - NOW! ( THE role model for gentleman galoots)
> http://www.amgron.clara.net/

Thanks for the kind words and recommendation.

I ought to apologise and say that at present it is but a shadow of its
former self.

Jeff

--
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
email : Username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
www.amgron.clara.net

JG

"Jeff Gorman"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

10/03/2009 8:29 AM


"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote
Ground)
>
> And speaking of O'Deen/Paddy, wonder where Dave Fleming
> (the Nautical), or Conan The Librarian, or Jummywood Jim
> have gone?

And Steve LaMantia?

Jeff

--
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
email : Username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
www.amgron.clara.net

sy

snufkin

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 8:07 AM

On Mar 9, 7:10=A0am, charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just wondering.

Very new to this.In my country (Israel),hand tools are hard to
find,actualy,next to impossible.Any good links to help me btw?

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 7:05 PM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:20:23 -0400, the infamous Nova
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>Mark & Juanita wrote:
>
>> Larry Jaques wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
>>><[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>>charlieb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Just wondering.
>>>>
>>>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>>>
>>>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>>>>creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>>>
>>>Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
>>>Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
>>>that I recognize.
>>>
>>>OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>>>
>>>P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
>>>I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
>>>Swan, eat your heart out!)
>>>
>>
>>
>> Welcome back Larry. How's that bow saw coming? [just kidding].
>>
>>
>>
>
>... the spokeshave? ;-)

Aw, that purkleheartless spokie was done long before I left, Yack.

------
We're born hungry, wet, 'n naked, and it gets worse from there.

an

alexy

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 9:35 AM

alexy <[email protected]> wrote:

>charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Just wondering.
>
>WIA in Berea provided a good answer to the question in general. If you
>mean "around here" (rec), I have to ask what qualifies as a galoot.
>Some people think they are a galoot if they use a chisel to square up
>the corners of a routed mortise, while some think you need to process
>felled timbers with a pit saw. I'm somewhere in between. <g> My
>"galootness"
>
>Stock prep: machine, followed by shooting board and hand planing for
>precision work. (And some hand work to aid the machines, such as
>cutting to rough length if too long for the table saw, or knocking off
>high corners of twisted stock with a jack plane)
>
>Joinery:
>Edge gluing: power jointer followed by #8
>M&T: mixed; hand for few "one-offs", machine for multiple.
>DT: hand (or band saw for large DT in heavy stock)
>Sliding DT, dado: machine
>
>Final surfaces: hand-planing.
>
>In general: Machines for heavy, rough, or sweat-inducing work, hand
>tools for precision or fine work.
>
>Caveat: As a hobbyist, I do what I WANT to do, not what makes sense
>efficiency-wise. I suspect a pro would do many of the things I do
>differently.

And one other thing: I am NOT trying to figure out how to convert my
lathe to a spring-pole mechanism. Is that disqualifying? ;-)
--
Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently.

DB

Dave Balderstone

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 7:26 AM

In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:

> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
> that I recognize.

Nice to see you again, c-less.

djb

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 7:06 PM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:19:06 -0400, the infamous Nova
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>Larry Jaques wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
>>
>>>charlieb wrote:
>>>
>>>>Just wondering.
>>>
>>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>>
>>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>>> creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>>
>>
>> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
>> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
>> that I recognize.
>>
>> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>>
>> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
>> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
>> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>
>LARRY, It's good to see you back. Maybe you'll start a trend.

Thanks. Yeah, someone go scare up Phully and Paddy, wot?

------
We're born hungry, wet, 'n naked, and it gets worse from there.

j

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

13/03/2009 7:08 AM

On Mar 9, 12:32=A0pm, charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm recalling a poem about Lord Nelson that has a line
> the goes something like
>
> Hang my drum
> on the old sea wall
> and should England need me
> beat the drum
> and I shall come
> even from
> the depths of the sea
> where I now lay.
>
> Boom! =A0 Boom! =A0 Boom!

Not aware of the Nelson poem, but there was a similar one about Drake,
some of the lines of which are:

Take my drum to England
Hang it by the shore
Strike it when your powder's running low
And if the Dons sight Devon
We'll quit the port of Heaven
And drum 'em up the Channel as we drummed 'em long ago

Drake he was a Devon man
He sailed the Seven Seas
Captain, art thou sleepin' there below....

..... as recalled from many hours spent in a New York pub named
Drake's Drum, about 40 years ago. Yes, I know I could Google it, but
I'll leave that to you. Goosing the memory cells is my way of
arresting the slide into senility.

John Martin

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charlieb

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

08/03/2009 11:53 PM

Noons makes ONE.

More still around here?

cc

charlieb

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 9:32 AM

To clarify, galootness seems to be attitudinal and not
a function of TOP-AG (Time On Planet- Above Ground)

And speaking of O'Deen/Paddy, wonder where Dave Fleming
(the Nautical), or Conan The Librarian, or Jummywood Jim
have gone?

As for sources of hand tools - hopefully available to folks
in Isreal

Lee Valley (Canada)
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/index.aspx?c=

Patrick Leech
http://www.supertool.com/

For the budding Galoots who haven't visited Jeff's website
GO HERE - NOW! ( THE role model for gentleman galoots)
http://www.amgron.clara.net/

I'm recalling a poem about Lord Nelson that has a line
the goes something like

Hang my drum
on the old sea wall
and should England need me
beat the drum
and I shall come
even from
the depths of the sea
where I now lay.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ld

LRod

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

10/03/2009 8:13 PM

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:29:37 -0000, "Jeff Gorman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote
>Ground)
>>
>> And speaking of O'Deen/Paddy, wonder where Dave Fleming
>> (the Nautical), or Conan The Librarian, or Jummywood Jim
>> have gone?
>
>And Steve LaMantia?

I had a correspondence with Steve in 2002 (still well after being MIA
here). He had moved to the Orlando, FL, area and was working with his
cousin's rock band. He had run across my website (the woodbutcher one)
and kindly remembered me from his wreck days.

No idea if he's still there (here--the place he mentioned is less than
50 miles from my house).


--
LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net
http://www.normstools.com

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month.
If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.

MJ

Mark & Juanita

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 9:52 PM

Larry Jaques wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:26:35 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
... snip
> Thanks, Mark. I think I got so much crap about the bow saw that I
> never did end up making it. I think I have some of the prototype pics
> around somewhere. Want me to scare one up for ya, for old time's sake?
>
> Jeeze, I just get back and...
>
> While I was gone, I started a handyman service. Even if I'm not doing
> fine woodworking, I'm doing _woodworking_ again.
>

Are you still up in Grants Pass?




--

There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage

Rob Leatham

MJ

Mark & Juanita

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

21/10/2009 11:26 PM

Larry Jaques wrote:

> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>>charlieb wrote:
>>> Just wondering.
>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>
>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>>creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>
> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
> that I recognize.
>
> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>

Welcome back Larry. How's that bow saw coming? [just kidding].



--

There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage

Rob Leatham

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 7:05 PM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:26:46 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:

>In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
>> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
>> that I recognize.
>
>Nice to see you again, c-less.

Ditto, Davey.

------
We're born hungry, wet, 'n naked, and it gets worse from there.

LA

Limp Arbor

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 6:00 AM

On Mar 9, 1:10=A0am, charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just wondering.

I'm not one yet but working on it.

just got this last night
http://store.taunton.com/onlinestore/item/working-with-handplanes-070810.ht=
ml

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

21/10/2009 9:43 PM

On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>charlieb wrote:
>> Just wondering.
>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>
>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
> creeeeeeaaaaakkk,

Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
that I recognize.

OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.

P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
Swan, eat your heart out!)

---
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
because the experience of reading is not passive.
--Erica Jong

Jn

"Joe"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 1:36 PM


"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just wondering.

Mindset is there. just waiting for a little aging.

jc
(wondering what, exactly, the min age req. is)

jj

jo4hn

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

12/03/2009 11:06 AM

New chip of old block wrote:
> "charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just wondering.
>
> Does this guy count?...
>
> This fellow is looking to buy a saw to cut down some trees in his backyard.
> He goes to a chainsaw shop and asks about various chainsaws.
> [snip] >
>
> I couldn't resist....
>
> Robert "New-to-Wreck"
>
>

Why are all the Roberts in this group kinda weird?

Oh and welcome Robert...

mahalo,
jo4hn the space king...

DW

Doug Winterburn

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 10:17 PM

Mark & Juanita wrote:
> Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:26:35 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
> ... snip
>> Thanks, Mark. I think I got so much crap about the bow saw that I
>> never did end up making it. I think I have some of the prototype pics
>> around somewhere. Want me to scare one up for ya, for old time's sake?
>>
>> Jeeze, I just get back and...
>>
>> While I was gone, I started a handyman service. Even if I'm not doing
>> fine woodworking, I'm doing _woodworking_ again.
>>
>
> Are you still up in Grants Pass?
>
>
>
>
That would be "Grass Pants" ;-)

- Doug

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 5:05 AM


"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:



Hey! I recall a poster from the past that uses the same name as you. ;~)

jj

jo4hn

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 1:39 PM

charlieb wrote:
> To clarify, galootness seems to be attitudinal and not
> a function of TOP-AG (Time On Planet- Above Ground)
>
> And speaking of O'Deen/Paddy, wonder where Dave Fleming
> (the Nautical), or Conan The Librarian, or Jummywood Jim
> have gone?
>
> As for sources of hand tools - hopefully available to folks
> in Isreal
>
> Lee Valley (Canada)
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/index.aspx?c=
>
> Patrick Leech
> http://www.supertool.com/
>
> For the budding Galoots who haven't visited Jeff's website
> GO HERE - NOW! ( THE role model for gentleman galoots)
> http://www.amgron.clara.net/
>
> I'm recalling a poem about Lord Nelson that has a line
> the goes something like
>
> Hang my drum
> on the old sea wall
> and should England need me
> beat the drum
> and I shall come
> even from
> the depths of the sea
> where I now lay.
>
> Boom! Boom! Boom!

Jums is back. He is jimmymac now. Probably hiding out as a member of
the Brazos River Band. He plays the organ or the flute. Can't remember
which.
:-)
j4

ST

Steve Turner

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 8:38 AM

charlieb wrote:
> Just wondering.

Whenever I fire up the barbecue (fueled with hardwood cutoffs, of
course) I always use plane shavings from my type 11 Baileys to get it
started.

--
Free bad advice available here.
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

Mb

"MikeWhy"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

12/03/2009 12:06 PM

"New chip of old block" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just wondering.
>
> Does this guy count?...
>
> This fellow is looking to buy a saw to cut down some trees in his
> backyard. He goes to a chainsaw shop and asks about various chainsaws.
...
>
> I couldn't resist....
>
> Robert "New-to-Wreck"

Welcome, Robert. The joke was awful, though. ;)

GR

Gerald Ross

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 7:16 AM

Jeff Gorman wrote:
> "charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Noons makes ONE.
>>
>> More still around here?
>
> Count me as #two.
>
> I actually have red Galoot cap No 39.
>
I have old #7.


--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Insert inevitable trivial witticism of
your choice.



an

alexy

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 9:11 AM

charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:

>Just wondering.

WIA in Berea provided a good answer to the question in general. If you
mean "around here" (rec), I have to ask what qualifies as a galoot.
Some people think they are a galoot if they use a chisel to square up
the corners of a routed mortise, while some think you need to process
felled timbers with a pit saw. I'm somewhere in between. <g> My
"galootness"

Stock prep: machine, followed by shooting board and hand planing for
precision work. (And some hand work to aid the machines, such as
cutting to rough length if too long for the table saw, or knocking off
high corners of twisted stock with a jack plane)

Joinery:
Edge gluing: power jointer followed by #8
M&T: mixed; hand for few "one-offs", machine for multiple.
DT: hand (or band saw for large DT in heavy stock)
Sliding DT, dado: machine

Final surfaces: hand-planing.

In general: Machines for heavy, rough, or sweat-inducing work, hand
tools for precision or fine work.

Caveat: As a hobbyist, I do what I WANT to do, not what makes sense
efficiency-wise. I suspect a pro would do many of the things I do
differently.
--
Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently.

r

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

12/03/2009 2:11 PM

On Mar 9, 12:32=A0pm, charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
> To clarify, galootness seems to be attitudinal and not
> a function of TOP-AG (Time On Planet- Above Ground)
>
> And speaking of O'Deen/Paddy, wonder where Dave Fleming
> (the Nautical), or Conan The Librarian, or Jummywood Jim
> have gone?
>

Charlie - Jummy is still around, just not posting a lot. He's popped
up a few times lately(hint - he's found something new. Redwood!)

Norm

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

23/10/2009 8:06 AM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:17:25 -0700, the infamous Doug Winterburn
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>Mark & Juanita wrote:
>> Larry Jaques wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:26:35 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
>>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>>
>> ... snip
>>> Thanks, Mark. I think I got so much crap about the bow saw that I
>>> never did end up making it. I think I have some of the prototype pics
>>> around somewhere. Want me to scare one up for ya, for old time's sake?
>>>
>>> Jeeze, I just get back and...
>>>
>>> While I was gone, I started a handyman service. Even if I'm not doing
>>> fine woodworking, I'm doing _woodworking_ again.
>>>
>>
>> Are you still up in Grants Pass?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>That would be "Grass Pants" ;-)

That, too. ;)

------
We're born hungry, wet, 'n naked, and it gets worse from there.

TW

Tom Watson

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 5:53 AM

good to C you.



Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 5:57 AM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:05:47 -0500, the infamous "Leon"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>
>"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>Hey! I recall a poster from the past that uses the same name as you. ;~)

How do, Leon, mon?

---
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
because the experience of reading is not passive.
--Erica Jong

Nw

Noons

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 5:24 PM

charlieb wrote,on my timestamp of 9/03/2009 4:10 PM:
> Just wondering.

Yup. Present.

Ll

"Leon"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 9:17 AM


"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:05:47 -0500, the infamous "Leon"
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>>
>>"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
>>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
>>Hey! I recall a poster from the past that uses the same name as you. ;~)
>
> How do, Leon, mon?


Hey Larry!

Jn

"Joe"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 5:53 PM


"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> To clarify, galootness seems to be attitudinal and not
> a function of TOP-AG (Time On Planet- Above Ground)
>

Ah, well then, present and accounted for.

jc

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 5:55 AM

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:26:35 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
>>>charlieb wrote:
>>>> Just wondering.
>>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>>
>>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>>>creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>>
>> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
>> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
>> that I recognize.
>>
>> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>>
>> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
>> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
>> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>>
>
> Welcome back Larry. How's that bow saw coming? [just kidding].

Thanks, Mark. I think I got so much crap about the bow saw that I
never did end up making it. I think I have some of the prototype pics
around somewhere. Want me to scare one up for ya, for old time's sake?

Jeeze, I just get back and...

While I was gone, I started a handyman service. Even if I'm not doing
fine woodworking, I'm doing _woodworking_ again.

P.S: the 421 hours the punk kid spent making an entertainment center
stand was really out there. I don't think I could have wasted more
than 100 hours on that thing, and that includes sanding the whole
thing with a lady's Diamond Deb fingernail file. It was purty, but
the kid did himself a disservice telling the time wasted on it. His
potential clients will ask "How much do you charge per hour?" and "How
many hours do you think this project will take?" and he'll be out of
business before he starts. =:0

---
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
because the experience of reading is not passive.
--Erica Jong

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

23/10/2009 7:47 AM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:52:48 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:26:35 -0700, the infamous Mark & Juanita
>> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>>
>... snip
>> Thanks, Mark. I think I got so much crap about the bow saw that I
>> never did end up making it. I think I have some of the prototype pics
>> around somewhere. Want me to scare one up for ya, for old time's sake?
>>
>> Jeeze, I just get back and...
>>
>> While I was gone, I started a handyman service. Even if I'm not doing
>> fine woodworking, I'm doing _woodworking_ again.
>>
>
> Are you still up in Grants Pass?

Yeah, I moved up here and am officially a Webfoot and
Ex-Californicator, though I visit CA annually for the family birthday
get-together. I-5 up here is 2 lanes each way, blacktop. Down in
Vista (Oceanside/Carlsbad) I-5 was 5 lanes each way, concrete. That
lower corridor gets more traffic one way in an hour than both lanes of
I-5 do up here in a week, I think. I don't miss it.

------
We're born hungry, wet, 'n naked, and it gets worse from there.

Nc

"New chip of old block"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

12/03/2009 5:46 AM


"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just wondering.

Does this guy count?...

This fellow is looking to buy a saw to cut down some trees in his backyard.
He goes to a chainsaw shop and asks about various chainsaws.

The dealer tells him, "Look, I have a lot of models, but why don't you save
yourself a lot of time and aggravation and get the top-of- the-line model.
This chainsaw will cut a hundred cords of wood for you in one day."

So, the man takes the chainsaw home and begins working on the trees. After
cutting for several hours and only cutting two cords, he decides to quit. He
thinks there is something wrong with the chainsaw. "How can I cut for hours
and only cut two cords?" the man asks himself. "I will begin first thing in
the morning and cut all day," the man tells himself.

So, the next morning the man gets up at 4 am in the morning and cuts and
cuts, and cuts till nightfall, and still he only manages to cut five cords.

The man is convinced this is a bad saw. "The dealer told me it would cut one
hundred cords of wood in a day, no problem. I will take this saw back to the
dealer," the man says to himself.

The very next day the man brings the saw back to the dealer and explains the
problem. The dealer, baffled by the man's claim, removes the chainsaw from
the case. The dealer says, "Hmm, it looks fine."

Then the dealer starts the chainsaw, to which the man responds, "What's that
noise?


I couldn't resist....

Robert "New-to-Wreck"

jj

jo4hn

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

09/03/2009 9:02 AM

charlieb wrote:
> Just wondering.
Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?

Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
jo4hn

Jn

"Joe"

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 5:51 PM


"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:02:26 -0700, the infamous jo4hn
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>>charlieb wrote:
>>> Just wondering.
>>Used to see a car with the license plate "galoot" around JPL in the old
>>days of gainful employment. Paddy, was that you?
>>
>>Personally, I've been a wRECker for 10 or 15 years and do use hand tools
>>a bit now and again. Guess I am a neandernorm.
>> creeeeeeaaaaakkk,
>
> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen names
> that I recognize.
>
> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
> P.S: I can't live without my #65-1/2 (w/ Hock iron) and my #4-1/2.
> I've recently been using the 4-1/2's iron as a mini slick. (James
> Swan, eat your heart out!)
>
> ---
> A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
> because the experience of reading is not passive.
> --Erica Jong

Wow, C-less. Good to 'c' you around again.

jc

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 5:56 AM

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:53:39 -0400, the infamous Tom Watson
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>good to C you.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tom Watson
>http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

What, the venerable TW is still aliv^H^H^Hround? Good to text ya,
sir.

---
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
because the experience of reading is not passive.
--Erica Jong

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to charlieb on 08/03/2009 9:10 PM

22/10/2009 5:47 AM

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:15:58 -0700, the infamous "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:

>
>"Larry Jaques" wrote:
>
>> Ditto here. I've been away for a long while, pestering the Wreck
>> Metalheads instead of youse guys. I'm happy to see half a dozen
>> names
>> that I recognize.
>>
>> OK, only 16,387 more posts to catch up.
>
>Looks like you have been sitting up and taking nourishment on a
>regular basis.

Nah, the server only had a year's worth on it. Otherwise I'd be really
inundated by the number of posts.

---
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way
because the experience of reading is not passive.
--Erica Jong


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