... Those cylinders-with-threads-though-the-sides have always worried me. Surely (speculation alert!) if you pull on 'em hard enough (with a big 'ol spanner on...
Paul Womack
bugbear@...
Feb 1, 2000 9:27 am
60849
I don't know how much to read into this, since many "shed" tools have been abused by ignorant owners. However. I am just in the throes of rendering functional ...
Paul Womack
bugbear@...
Feb 1, 2000 9:32 am
60850
Thanks to Doc Langford for posting the pictures of Todd Hugh's shop and the hatchet demo. I really enjoyed them, and showed printouts of the pictures around...
Phil and Debbie Koontz
pdknz@...
Feb 1, 2000 12:01 pm
60851
Careful, galoots, we are treading on the boundaries of the charter here-- I recently made a really odd looking floor-standing wooden shop light for my son, who...
Phil and Debbie Koontz
pdknz@...
Feb 1, 2000 12:02 pm
60852
Hello all, <snip> 1. How are your workspaces lit, both general lighting and task lighting?</snip> Just finished some overhaul in the new basement shop. It was...
Schwartz, Christopher...
schwartz@...
Feb 1, 2000 12:43 pm
60853
... as ... is ... more ... flatsawn ... (snip of Most of Don's reply) ... Just to add a little to what Don has already said: While David's billet has about the...
Larry Williams
williams@...
Feb 1, 2000 1:06 pm
60854
Galoots, On this subject, I was in a house helping to list the PATINA Spring Extravaganza auction when I witnessed this exchange: The "head" of the house (a...
Karl W. Sanger
sangerkw@...
Feb 1, 2000 1:42 pm
60855
Guys; You had better be hitting a cold chisel with a Ball Peen hammer, NOT a carpenter's claw hammer. Most quality carpenter's claw hammers have the face case...
Dan Hogan
dhhogan@...
Feb 1, 2000 2:14 pm
60856
... For those who have asked his last known snail mail address is Nathan Lindsey Home For Orphaned Saw Sets P.O. Box 270563 Corpus Christi, TX 78427 I think...
Daniel Indrigo
daniel.indrigo@...
Feb 1, 2000 2:59 pm
60857
Not only am I not a Professional wood worker, I'm not even much of an amateur one,[I'm a full time Blacksmith] so maybe I should keep out of this discussion,...
TODD HUGHES
dedhorse@...
Feb 1, 2000 3:06 pm
60858
... And the scrap block of maple was 4" thick also Tom? Later, Johnny ... Johnny Johnson Lilburn, GA mailto:jjohnso4@... -- ...
Johnny Johnson
jjohnso4@...
Feb 1, 2000 4:13 pm
60859
Gentle Ones: I want to agree with Clarke Greene, and add a little. I teach in a school that follows the Paideia Proposal of Mortimer Adler. (See the School...
John L. Odom
jlodom@...
Feb 1, 2000 4:48 pm
60860
... I have flourescents for general lighting. In a line over the bench I have three canister type fixtures made for suspended ceilings (I still have open...
James Foster
jaf@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:00 pm
60861
Gentle Galoots: Within the large variety of types and styles of incandescent bulbs currently on the market, there are a couple of lesser-known types that can...
John Ruth
johnrruth@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:01 pm
60862
... Oh boy, I man after my own heart! Hopping on soap box ... I've never understand why there exists in Western society this dichotomy where one can't be...
pfogal@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:27 pm
60863
From: Esther Heller The original question was a lament for the demise of "shop" classes, and seems to have veered a little towards attitudes about vocational...
esther.heller@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:29 pm
60864
... in ... fluff. There are some encouraging things happening with apprentice programs for high-schoolers elsewhere in the country. Unfortunately in New York...
Thomas R. Bruce
trb2@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:54 pm
60865
Just so that we know this is within the charter, we are talking about a tool which appears to no longer be made. Just because we don't fondle it on a daily...
Bob Rackers
rackersr@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:59 pm
60866
... Best, Tb. OLDTOOLS content: just stop thinking what you're thinking, OK? -- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Private...
Thomas R. Bruce
trb2@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:06 pm
60867
Hugh: First of all, I think you have a terrific idea. As to how to do it, you should get lots of suggestions from the porch, but here's my 2 cents worth: I...
Rodgers Charles
rodgers_charles@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:06 pm
60868
One of my goals this year is to finally get my post drill operational. It's sort of operational now just so long as you don't need round holes ;^). The chuck...
Daniel Indrigo
daniel.indrigo@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:23 pm
60869
All planes come pre tuned and the iron with the back flat and sharp. And with test shavings. The planes have ¼" thick irons that have been cryogenic frozen ...
Steve Knight
stevek@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:43 pm
60870
... Good for you. Post drills are neat and fun to use, and handy too. ... This could be play in the bearings that the shaft runs in, or have you ruled out...
Jim Erdman
jlerdman@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:49 pm
60871
... Nope the shaft has very little wobble. The problem is in the mounting of the chuck. It seems to have been jammed (possibly shrink fitted) into what could...
Daniel Indrigo
daniel.indrigo@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:06 pm
60872
Most Gentle and Project-completion-oriented Ones, I have been cursed ^H^H^H^H^H^H blessed with a price break from my devoted and generous export company, and I...
Patrick Olguin
odeen@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:06 pm
60873
... Cracks and splits are dangerous. I have a scar on my left arm from my childhood woodsplitting chores. A piece of a beat-up iron wedge broke off and lodged ...
Hans Frederickson [Em...
Hans.Frederickson@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:15 pm
60874
... I once had this exact same problem - chuck wobbling. Is seems that the problem on mine was that a previous owner had mounted a new style chuck onto the...
Keith S. Rucker
ksrucker@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:56 pm
60875
Bob, et al, I've been thinking about the same problem recently. Last week while looking for other stuff at Home Depot I noticed that they have some very...
Steve_Bussell@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:04 pm
60876
Pierre, I agree with you 100%. I've been trying to convince my kids, 13 year old daughter and 11 year old son, that dual avocations is the only way to go. If...
Steve_Bussell@...
Feb 1, 2000 8:08 pm
60877
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 Don McConnell <Don.McConnell@...> writes: Often the posts by Don contain so much information that I find myself leaving them in the...
