In reference to what Bob said about all the off topic postings: Amen brother!!! I can't believe how long this stuff has went on after I get immediately...
Frank Jordan
frankie@...
Jul 1, 2000 8:57 am
66985
GGGs (Guys, Guys, Guys) This whole thread started out with a ..."measure twice, cut once..." and an innocent query for more---clearly some of the stories and...
garyallan may
garyallanmay@...
Jul 1, 2000 9:25 am
66986
Friends, I was down at the market this morning talking to Malcolm my friendly tool dealer at his stall when a guy walks up with a box of old bits and pieces ...
Tony Blanks
tonyb@...
Jul 1, 2000 9:31 am
66987
Galoots, Since the sawtill project went over so well, I thought it might be time for Galoot project #3. Visitors to our home really like a hanging mail/key...
Peterson, Samuel L.
PetersonS@...
Jul 1, 2000 2:06 pm
66988
I have to agree that the witticisms thread went on too long and was totally off topic. But you have to admit that it was popular. Jim -- ...
James Thompson
jimbono@...
Jul 1, 2000 3:03 pm
66989
GG Has anyone else noticed a reduction in the number of rescueable (good shape, good price Jeff) tools at their usual haunts?? I have come across only 1 #4...
Minch
ruby@...
Jul 1, 2000 4:33 pm
66990
... 'squeeze' type models and is said to be superior in preventing spring back of the teeth. Something about the shock of the sudden deformation reducing or...
TomPrice@...
Jul 1, 2000 4:38 pm
66991
... Salaman has a piece on table saws in his "Dictionary of Woodworking Tools" and says: "As to the purpose of the Saw, Holtzapffel (London 1847) writes that...
TomPrice@...
Jul 1, 2000 4:48 pm
66992
... by ... Personal experience suggests this to be true. My most recent ex-employee just couldn't seem to get the idea that tools and their proper care were ...
Generations Furniture
genfurn@...
Jul 1, 2000 5:08 pm
66993
Galoots, I got up early this morning to hit a couple of yard sales before I went to work. I never expect to find much, but there's always that chance. Well, ...
S.L. U.
shaughn_u@...
Jul 1, 2000 5:43 pm
66994
I'm still "old school" when it comes to personal tools myself. I don't want to hire anyone who doesn't provide their own anymore. "Want the job? Show me your...
scott grandstaff
scottg@...
Jul 1, 2000 5:54 pm
66995
In a message dated 6/30/00 11:17:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cherubini@... writes: << Somebody wrote about leg vises. I hope this finds you. I...
JPagona@...
Jul 1, 2000 6:10 pm
66996
Adventures with Leg Vices On my homemade quickly bench (plywood, solid core door, masonite) I installed a leg vice. The layout was copied form The Workbench...
Dan Hogan
dhhogan@...
Jul 1, 2000 6:25 pm
66997
... Well, let's see... My main local source of tools has been the local flea market and the tag sale place. Four, five years ago, I appeared to have the local...
TomPrice@...
Jul 1, 2000 6:33 pm
66998
GGs. I'm know Stanley lever caps have the logo background red Stanley chrome are Yellow -- Millers Falls are red But I've never seen or found...
Tom Thornton
tomthornton@...
Jul 1, 2000 6:40 pm
66999
I have found that polyurethane glue, such as Gorilla Glue keeps my loose wooden tool handles on quite well. -- ...
James Thompson
jimbono@...
Jul 1, 2000 7:21 pm
67000
GGs, Along with saws, bench planes present me with more storage problems in my small shop than other tools. Jointers defy most drawers, and they can sure take...
Sanford Moss
smoss@...
Jul 1, 2000 7:22 pm
67001
... Actually the Stanley's are mostly orange. I think I see some black in some of the earliest ones, and the "S" series of steel planes are red - I believe to...
Minch
ruby@...
Jul 1, 2000 7:27 pm
67002
... Its the same way with me, only I have not been accumulating that long. I remember when dealers could not give the stuff away...I watched all kinds of ...
Champ Herren
cch394s@...
Jul 1, 2000 7:48 pm
67003
From: Minch <ruby@...> To: Old Tools <oldtools@...> Date: Saturday, July 01, 2000 11:51 AM Subject: Dry Spell?? ... shape, ... ...
Frank Jordan
frankie@...
Jul 1, 2000 8:02 pm
67004
... Pretty neat. The only thing that bothers me is: I can't quite tell from the pictures, but I sure hope the bottom is open. Otherwise, if it's anything...
Nichael Cramer
nichael@...
Jul 1, 2000 8:16 pm
67005
... Dry Spell...not here in Central Texas...why just last weekend, I found a good #7C in an antique shop that didn't even have a broken tote! I felt so lucky...
Stan
sfml@...
Jul 1, 2000 8:28 pm
67006
Sandy that is a neat job!!! I agree with Nichael too...I do admire efficient people... I don't want to be a chatty cathy but, FWIW Andy Sargent has a neat...
Champ Herren
cch394s@...
Jul 1, 2000 8:42 pm
67007
Greetings, Anybody know how Crabapple is as a lumber? I have a friend that recently cut a rather large tree down. There are two pieces about 5 to 6 foot long...
Keith Rucker
krucker@...
Jul 1, 2000 9:28 pm
67008
... (and one of the few Saturday ... Tom is right on about this, it used to be that there were only a couple of us true tool men here locally that was looking...
Todd or Betty Hughes
dedhorse@...
Jul 1, 2000 9:44 pm
67009
... rather easily. ... I take it that this is a tang chisel? I have had good luck with ones like this to take out the blade take a small wood shaving and put...
Todd or Betty Hughes
dedhorse@...
Jul 1, 2000 10:17 pm
67010
Todd wrote: I never like to see a chisel with a glued in blade but that is just ... And to that I reply: No, Todd, it isn't just you. The shop I grew up in, ...
Generations Furniture
genfurn@...
Jul 1, 2000 10:42 pm
67011
Figured that not a lot of people would be around on Monday, so I just decided to cut this bad boy loose today and see what happens. I am sending this out and...
Anthony Seo
tonyseo@...
Jul 1, 2000 11:15 pm
67012
... that engineers should ... learning ain't squat in the ... As one of the relatively small number of engineering graduates who went through a "co-op"...
Charles Driggs
cdinde@...
Jul 1, 2000 11:58 pm
67013
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