Hall and all, <!!> I'm no expert on ice tongs, having been born well into the the age of refrigeration, but I own several good log tongs, both old ones and...
Cougarjack@...
Mar 1, 1999 8:35 am
45139
... I think there's a wonderful chicken-egg thing here, applying to sharpening and use. Since HSS doesn't mind getting hot, you can let them get blunt, and...
Paul Womack
bugbear@...
Mar 1, 1999 9:25 am
45140
... A pile of 4's & 5's ???!!! ... Not heard that one - thanks! ... (tool info) Barnsley (AFAIK) was a specialist cobblers tool maker. Living as I do near one...
Paul Womack
bugbear@...
Mar 1, 1999 9:35 am
45141
Tom Price , mulling over hammer claw shapes wrote in part, ... (Snip) ... (Delete comment ondo-it-yourselfers) Well, I have two of my grandfather's hammers,...
Tony Blanks
tonyb@...
Mar 1, 1999 10:31 am
45142
Announcing the only known cure for Norris lust outside of truly owning one. I am pleased to present a series of performance upgrade products for the Stanley...
Rick Garza
rrgarza@...
Mar 1, 1999 11:24 am
45143
First: I dropped into Dunbar's shop last week and ran into Kevin Schott (did I spell that right?) who joins all you Windsor Institute graduates, having...
EFISHER.US.ORACLE.COM
EFISHER@...
Mar 1, 1999 1:07 pm
45144
I have a friend who makes exquisite wooden jewellry and boxes out of ultra-exotic woods (usually layered up, like inlay banding) He had never heard of 112's &...
Paul Womack
bugbear@...
Mar 1, 1999 1:14 pm
45145
Keith, I believe one of the recent FWW had a nice article on finishing maple to enhance the figure. It was either the Feb. 99 of the April '99 issue. Steve...
Steve_Bussell@...
Mar 1, 1999 1:22 pm
45146
Now I think that Cocabolo Can be difficult but I found it rather rewarding to work with. I use it on a regular basis and have found that if I use sharp tools...
Matthew Matheny
mmatheny@...
Mar 1, 1999 1:57 pm
45147
Gang: Tom Holloway asks the right question, I think, when (to grossly paraphrase him while maintaining his scholarly tone) he says "So how come them effin' rip...
Thomas R. Bruce
tom@...
Mar 1, 1999 2:33 pm
45148
GG's With all this talk about how to make things smooth, I thought I would mention a little finishing style that I have been playing with lately, texture. On...
David Carradine
dcarradi@...
Mar 1, 1999 2:59 pm
45149
Paul wrote about adapting an aluminum Stanley tote to replace the gawdawful plastic one that comes on the Record 050C... Not a bad approach, Paul! I went with...
Tim Fuss
timfuss@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:01 pm
45150
From: Esther Heller ... ~ Given that an Imperial gallon is ~ slightly larger than ~ a U.S. gallon, this would lead to slightly different ~ dilutions with...
eoh@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:02 pm
45151
Both live oak and osage are very tough and stable, either would work out just fine. Be sure you have real live oak and not water oak or other similar. Live...
Bruce Kantelis
northst@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:11 pm
45152
HI Rick ... WHat I find works the best is to take a block of wood and clamp it tightly to the side of the saw that the unslotted screw is on. I just use a...
Tom Johnson
thj@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:12 pm
45153
... This is also additional evidence that linseed oil finishes are not very good at sealing the surface. Charlie Rodgers Clinton, Maryland -- ...
Rodgers Charles
rodgers_charles@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:16 pm
45154
Hello GG's Went to an Antique Show on Sunday, not much to speak of the usual $50.oo Fultons and Greatecks, a pair of 71 routah planes for $100.00 each you...
Aaron R Ionta
aaron.ionta@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:37 pm
45155
Central Iowa, while not exactly old tool hell, is not exactly a hotbed of old tool activity either. That's why when there was an antique show scheduled at...
Tad
tja@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:49 pm
45156
... This is the Bartlett's (or is it Barett's? I can never remember...) patent gage, made by Leavitt Manufacturing Corporation. These were the forerunners of...
Ralph Brendler
ralph.brendler@...
Mar 1, 1999 3:52 pm
45157
I have a Japanese teacher with me for three weeks, so I'll not have time to read the list. He is very knowledgeable of Japanese antique tools. I'm going off...
John L. Odom
jlodom@...
Mar 1, 1999 4:25 pm
45158
I think I recall a web site with info on sharpening and use of a MF #1 spokeshave. I can't seem to find it though. Does anyone have a URL? Thanks. -- Regards,...
John H. Lederer
johnl@...
Mar 1, 1999 4:31 pm
45159
Well, there are oldtools out here, but there is also this little known regulation about tithing every second tool to galoots already living in Denver ;-). So,...
Pierre F. Fogal
pfogal@...
Mar 1, 1999 4:42 pm
45160
... I scanned the sheet that came w/ my KTW cigar shave.. theya re at: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/spokeshave/images/C_ShaveSM.gif Ralph Brendler's site has...
John A. Gunterman
spokeshave@...
Mar 1, 1999 4:45 pm
45161
... spokeshave. I can't seem to find it though. Does anyone have a URL? Hmm-- I seem to remember that site... ;-) ...
Ralph Brendler
ralph.brendler@...
Mar 1, 1999 4:47 pm
45162
Hello GG's This past weekend I picked up a 4 1/2 plane that I belive is of mixed parentage and I was hoping that you all might help me identify the...
Brian J Wilson
wilsonbrian@...
Mar 1, 1999 5:02 pm
45163
My in-laws are staying with us at present. As as result I've been permitted to do various things I've not had a chance to get to for months. "Oh, I could show...
David Boreham
davidb@...
Mar 1, 1999 5:09 pm
45164
Nostalgic Galoots: Feeling the sense of loss of FMM excitement lately I thought I'd offer this. We have a few sets of plane making floats available. Things...
Larry Williams
williams@...
Mar 1, 1999 5:12 pm
45165
If you have questions about what the Stanley numbers are, you can look the planes up on Blood&Gore: http://www.supertool.com/stanleybg/stan0.htm If there is...
Patrick Leach
leach@...
Mar 1, 1999 5:12 pm
45166
This weekend didn't go at all as it was planned to after Rob Stevens went and told me of an all tool auction in Schomberg Ontario. As I was the last of the...
Daniel Indrigo
daniel.indrigo@...
Mar 1, 1999 5:24 pm
45167
Okay, I try to use the archives so I won't use up bandwidth on chewed over subjects, and after I get the results from my search, *every* link I click on...
