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2897
... ===================== The new Walter book has a type study for the 71. I had one that is not in the study which was a wartime in the box, unused (so I...
John Marshall
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Feb 1, 1997
11:48 am
2898
... G.G.'s Another advantage to using your PC to make your own labels/clockface/appliques/whatever is that if you buy a pre-printed face it won't have printed...
John J. Pesut
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Feb 1, 1997
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2899
... Amen. And I hope he meets up with my Father-in-law. They will have a great time. -- John J. Pesut I speak for me ; A whole bunch of lawyers speak for...
John J. Pesut
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Feb 1, 1997
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2900
... <comments about "violin goop" snipped> You should contact Warren May in Berea (KY). He makes bunches of dulcimers. The last time I visited, he was using...
Keith Mealy
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Feb 1, 1997
11:52 am
2901
Genteel Galoots, It was good that I got a two-year head start on thsi project, or I'd still be in the theory stage. My top is curly maple. The skirt (I calls...
Patrick Olguin
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Feb 1, 1997
11:53 am
2902
Genteel Galoots, It never fails that as soon as I close the window to order the Galoot Caps, someone tries to get in late. Well, this is the last chance. I'm...
Patrick Olguin
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Feb 1, 1997
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2903
... Wood is still probably more hygenic than glass. In the study the innoculated the wood cutting board with bacteria--they did NOT clean it off. In the...
Paul Houtz
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Feb 1, 1997
11:53 am
2904
I found this passage in Ambrose Bierce's classic "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911): "OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word...
Dave Wolverton
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Feb 1, 1997
11:53 am
2905
... Not to get overly philosophical but this is an issue I've spent a lot of time thinking about, both in my work life (I'm self employed) and my hobby (guitar...
Dave Weisbord
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Feb 1, 1997
11:53 am
2906
Philip Hastings wrote: Hello Joe - I don't have the name in front of me at this point, but Roy Underhill showed it in his trip to Alsace, and calls it the...
Steven Johnson (DEV)
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Feb 1, 1997
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2907
... The "astronaut" gear is a matter of degree. I have polycarbonate eyeglasses which serve as my "goggles", and I have to wear them all the time anyway. ...
Paul Houtz
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Feb 1, 1997
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2908
... How does one cut dovetails with only these two tools? I'm curious. Carl ... Private replies: ledzep@... Public replies:...
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Feb 1, 1997
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2909
I'm interested in taking part in the group project, although I don't think I'll be able to start until after the weekend. I've got a couple of normite projects...
Douglas Bailey
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Feb 1, 1997
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2910
... Cost ... I think you are absolutely correct. It is the amateur who gets all bent out of shape over the " correctness of technique" The amateur is much...
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Feb 1, 1997
11:54 am
2911
A small package arrived today from the MofA and my new Routah is here> It is a Miller Falls 77 and it looks like it has had almost no use at all. I am a happy...
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Feb 1, 1997
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2912
It appears that I will be in Seattle next Friday, and have several hours to kill waiting on my flight out. Can anyone recommend places to hunt down some...
David Hegedusich
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Feb 1, 1997
11:56 am
2913
You can see this idea published more recently in The Toolbox Book. I was looking for good ways to store my planes, possibly in a cabinet i would like to build....
Robert Ibach
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Feb 1, 1997
11:57 am
2914
Don Stern wrote: ~ Think you're right. Seems that, a while back, I saw a report that compared ~ wood (maple?) cutting surfaces to plastic cutting boards. The...
Jeff Gorman
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Feb 1, 1997
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2915
** Reply to note from 100042.512@... Tue, 28 Jan 1997 03:21:27 -0500 ... Bob had a Bristol Design casting but he also had a couple of borrowed...
Ernie Fisch
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Feb 1, 1997
11:58 am
2916
Karl... One of the reasons I don't have a whole lot to do with the tool organizations is their refusal to put matters to a general vote. If you are not able...
Gary Roberts
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Feb 1, 1997
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2917
Thanks to all the fellows that sent private e-mail on the age of my Dad's old Stanley #8. The hard rubber adjustment knob seems to narrow it down to a Type...
George Sinos
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Feb 1, 1997
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2918
Don't mean to steal Paul's thunder, but the ten tools Paul Sellers uses for joinery are pictured in Woodwork No. 42 (Dec 96) on page 36: utility knife,...
Robert Ibach
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Feb 1, 1997
11:58 am
2919
Greetings esteemed Galoots! (Say, didja ever notice that if you misspell Galoot it ends up looking like shallot? Call me an onion-head...) Anyways, there's...
Steve Pugh
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Feb 1, 1997
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2920
I'm somewhat perplexed as to how to go about involved assembly jobs while faced with the limited working life of good old fashioned hide glue. My understanding...
Mike Davies
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Feb 1, 1997
11:58 am
2921
Hope this subject line isn't beating a dead horse into the ground, but having just acquired my own old tool chest, I'm curious as to whether there are...
Mike Davies
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Feb 1, 1997
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2922
Greetings fellow denizens of the porch, The recent thread on beveled panels once again reminded me of a bit of puzzlement I've experienced since my...
Don McConnell
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Feb 1, 1997
11:59 am
2923
As much as I've enjoyed lurking here, and as informative as it has been, and as much as I wish I were even half as knowledgeable as even the worst of you, I...
Mike Glennon
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Feb 1, 1997
12:00 pm
2924
... I'm curious too. However, my SWMBO would be expected to eye the list and snort something like "That's _all_ the tools this guy needs? What's all that other...
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Feb 1, 1997
12:00 pm
2925
If I may, before departing this group (see my previous message). Approaching the old timer stage myself I find that in may cases the old things are best. I do...
Mike Glennon
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Feb 1, 1997
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2926
... I have a couple of Krenov's books and in at least one of them (The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking?) he rhapsodizes about his tablesaw and beeeeeg honkin' ...
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