Hi Folks I have an older Disston backsaw (no sons, yet) that I would like to use (lightly) for cutting dovetails. Based upon recent discussions, some previous...
joe macak
jmacak@...
May 1, 2000 11:04 am
64576
Yup, Terry still has the freebie up in the site: http://www.woodart.com.au/a_gordon.htm Write in with your tip and it may be yours! PS: Nope, we aren't gonna...
Nuno Souto
nsouto@...
May 1, 2000 11:11 am
64577
Galooterati; Thanks for the opinions about the Veritas block plane. Looks like I'll have to add it to my list. I've been off-list for a few months - is Tom...
Steve Jones
stjones@...
May 1, 2000 12:10 pm
64578
My ten year old granddaughter wanted a small working model of a guillotine for an assignment she is working on about France. I worked it all out except for...
Bramel, Jim
jbram00@...
May 1, 2000 12:24 pm
64579
Goes to show that both the guillotine and the RAS are cruel and unusual punishment. Erik von Sneidern tailed demon story: . The carriage was hard to pull and...
Erik von Sneidern
enrico@...
May 1, 2000 12:35 pm
64580
... Let me note the two items I know as good for rust: For general removal of light rust, phosphoric acid in a weak solution available from body-shop suppliers...
William Harris
harris@...
May 1, 2000 12:54 pm
64581
Here are a few choice items, with items left over from last month reduced in price. OLDTOOL standard terms if I know you--if I don't, an e-mail message or...
Haney, Kevin (CIT)
HaneyK@...
May 1, 2000 1:00 pm
64582
From: Esther Heller Bret said: By most estimates I've seen, Stanley made enough tools in their heyday for just about every person in the USA to own one. I...
esther.heller@...
May 1, 2000 1:11 pm
64583
Hello, I'd be obliged if anybody out there with in-depth knowledge of Napier's Bones would contact me off list, or if anyone can point me towards good web...
Andy Tait
andy@...
May 1, 2000 1:31 pm
64584
The sideboard which I described in an earlier posting is finished now and I'm in the process of designing a china cabinet to go with it as part of a dining...
Ed_Balko@...
May 1, 2000 1:47 pm
64585
By any chance, is anyone else going to this weekend's class at Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe with Gene Landon? Queen Anne four shell armchair - almost exclusively...
Frederick Walker
walkerz@...
May 1, 2000 1:59 pm
64586
GGs: Rick went off the deep end re a comment I'd made about "user only snobs". It took an off-group message to alert me to the fact that he and others may have...
Robert Nelson
reeinelson@...
May 1, 2000 2:15 pm
64587
A caution to anyone considering purchase of Disston turning tools. Disston was falling apart as a business in the 1950's and engaged in a number of attempts at...
Ed_Balko@...
May 1, 2000 2:26 pm
64588
Tom Law seems never to be backlogged. Everyone I've spoken with (and my own experience) is amazed at how fast he turns saws around. His phone number is (301)...
Shannon Salb
ssalb@...
May 1, 2000 2:48 pm
64589
The first time I sent 3 saws to Tom, I mailed them (from California) priority mail on a Monday _after_ work. When I got home Friday afternoon they were waiting...
Roger Van Maren
vanmaren2@...
May 1, 2000 3:00 pm
64590
GG's, There was much plunder, as usual, at the meet. Check out: http://userdata.acd.net/chesbrog/mwtca/m1.jpg http://userdata.acd.net/chesbrog/mwtca/m2.jpg ...
Gil Chesbro
chesbrog@...
May 1, 2000 3:42 pm
64591
I don't read my e-mail for 1 weekEND and look what happens!! Sheesh! :) Now on to my tale: A couple of weeks ago SWMBO decides she wants a birdhouse for...
Bryan Carbonnell
carbonnb@...
May 1, 2000 3:55 pm
64592
... The oak floors in my house were stained and wax impregnated before installation (not by me). The theory being that the wood is more scratch resistant than...
Carl W Muhlhausen
ledzep@...
May 1, 2000 4:10 pm
64593
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@...
May 1, 2000 4:51 pm
64594
... <snip> ... Another option that I have mentioned is to use candle wax on the heated nut. Around my place there are ample bits of candle wax, no need to go...
matt
mattkat@...
May 1, 2000 4:58 pm
64595
... The longleaf pine floors of my grandmother's house were done just this way. She would wash them down with vinegar and water about 1-2 times a year and...
Aaron C. Davis
acd02@...
May 1, 2000 5:04 pm
64596
GG's, So what type of woods were available for barrel making in the Blakans during the 1700's? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ posted April 27th: GG's, ...
Gil Chesbro
chesbrog@...
May 1, 2000 5:09 pm
64597
Who made a 104 block plane that is like the Stanley 101? The 104 is easy to read but the plane is pretty rusty and the screw in the lever cap will not turn....
Bramel, Jim
jbram00@...
May 1, 2000 5:12 pm
64598
... From: Dave Harris <gvanman@...> To: Old Tool List (E-mail) <oldtools@...> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 7:09 PM Subject: Unusual...
Dave Harris
gvanman@...
May 1, 2000 5:32 pm
64599
... (snippage per FAQ) ... Ed and Galoots, If I run across this kind of fellow, I usually try to strike up a conversation about tools. I sometimes discover...
Jim Erdman
jlerdman@...
May 1, 2000 5:35 pm
64600
I'll be in Corvallis most of June and part of July, and am curious if any youse galoots out there would like company for part of the day. Final schedule is...
Gary Yarrow
Gary_Yarrow@...
May 1, 2000 5:40 pm
64601
I found two mondo-wide cherry boards that I'd like to use as a tabletop, 'cept one of them has a knothole about 2.5 inches across, right smack in the middle. I...
RayT.Smith@...
May 1, 2000 5:42 pm
64602
Gil reported on the MWTCA meet from last Saturday - There was much plunder, as usual, at the meet. Dave Harris, John Block, Gary Paine, Bruce Mosher, and...
Heyza, Dennis
DHeyza@...
May 1, 2000 5:46 pm
64603
... Leave it. It's a feature, not a bug. Mount some sort of reservoir underneath the table, and use the knot hole for flowers. I've got a similar knot hole in...
Patrick Olguin
paddyo@...
May 1, 2000 6:00 pm
64604
... Geez, parents just don't know anything about discipline these days. She left the job site to go play in the garden??? What's the deal with that? There's...
