Good tool rest is must, also a angle protractor I use the Lee Valley rest that has a carrage for the work. Comes with a gauge to help set the angle. Set the...
Tom Thornton
tomthornton@...
Apr 1, 2001 11:25 am
78093
In a message dated 4/1/01 3:45:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... How do you go about becoming a saw type expert? Especially Disston and Sons saws. It's easy to...
Curiousart@...
Apr 1, 2001 11:49 am
78094
Courtesy of Paul Womack who found it in the Net at a local antique book dealer and I snatched straight away, I have now been pouring over the 1909 Preston ...
Nuno Souto
nsouto@...
Apr 1, 2001 12:17 pm
78095
Lesse if this one works... (don't ask!) Courtesy of Paul Womack who found it in the Net at a local antique book dealer and I snatched straight away, I have...
Nuno Souto
nsouto@...
Apr 1, 2001 12:25 pm
78096
Tool Haunting Friends, I picked up a couple of items Saturday and may go back on a third. First I picked up a 1/8 unknown maker mortising chisel in great...
TURFF49@...
Apr 1, 2001 12:50 pm
78097
... I'll hazard a guess: it's 23shillings/6pence. 12pence to the shilling 20shillings to the pound So it's almost a pound sterling. Which is about 1.70$ or so...
Dirk and Carla Wright
wright@...
Apr 1, 2001 2:02 pm
78098
... Uh, belay my last. 23s/6d is a little over a pound. I'm a recovering javaholic, so my mind is fuddled at the moment.... I'll take a wild *ss guess that a...
Dirk and Carla Wright
wright@...
Apr 1, 2001 2:18 pm
78099
Brian and Galoots, I believe The C-S Co. is The Chapin-Stevens Co, if I am not mistaken. I picked something up a while back - I believe it was an old level...
Dave Strommen
dave@...
Apr 1, 2001 2:37 pm
78100
Hi Brian & All, Brian M. asked about a C-S who made a #36 rule and about a #54 4-fold 12" ivory rule. As he's already been told, C-S is Chapin Stephens who ...
Robert Nelson
reeinelson@...
Apr 1, 2001 4:53 pm
78101
At 8:15 AM -0400 4/1/01, Nuno Souto wrote: [snip] ... I b'lieve that "shute" is a spelling variant of "chute", which my dictionary defines as "an inclined...
holloway@...
Apr 1, 2001 4:56 pm
78102
Dave wrote...." ... . They both have four screws in the ... and a 95 (with a bright etching). The question ... Can't quite picture what you are talking about...
Todd and Betty Hughes
dedhorse@...
Apr 1, 2001 5:11 pm
78103
GG: Friday afternoon I actually got out to one of our first flea-market event of the season (pretty darn impressive, if you recall that most places up here...
Nichael Cramer
nichael@...
Apr 1, 2001 6:08 pm
78104
GG's, A few days ago someone wrote about buying spoon bits from H-H. I recall Esther suggesting Fred Emhoff's bits. I've been playing with my spoons and ...
Adam
cherubini@...
Apr 1, 2001 7:25 pm
78105
Good Morning Galoots, A voicemail from my auctioneer's "office" informs me that he has received my signed contract, and that I am free to chirp. So, here's the...
Bretton Wade
brettonw@...
Apr 1, 2001 7:45 pm
78106
Here are the pics I promised: Plane on my desk: http://bretton_wade.home.mindspring.com/Bretton_Wade/wood/tools/falconer /falconer1.gif Closeup of graduated...
Bretton Wade
brettonw@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:05 pm
78107
New pictures are up. 10.00 off any plane All planes now are hand lapped so they are very flat. Wood choices are now European Beech air-dried White oak quarter...
Steve Knight
stevek@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:28 pm
78108
I give good deals on trades for things I need. Right now I need about 350.00 in computer stuff. I need someone to modify my access 2000 database too. email me...
Steve Knight
stevek@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:38 pm
78109
ahhh, he**, and all my precious bodily fluids drooling away... why didn't I see this coming?! John mopping up in Santa Rosa ... -- ...
John Quinn
johnmq@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:47 pm
78110
... do I have to be told to pay attention to the FACE SIDE and the FACE EDGE of my stock?!?! You'd think I'd have *learned* by now, wouldn't you? Nope. Not...
Darrell & Kathy
larchmont@...
Apr 1, 2001 9:15 pm
78111
I have found in my stuff 41 copies of Fine Woodworking that are duplicates for me. I am in a small town in Canada with no potential for sale here and wonder if...
Jim Ketcheson
jim.ketcheson@...
Apr 1, 2001 9:26 pm
78112
Count me in with the suckers... Hook line and sinker! Well done Bretton! Wes Too bad though. ... -- ...
Wesley Groot
wesg@...
Apr 1, 2001 9:37 pm
78113
Hi All! The other day in my travels I came across an old sharpening stone of a fine grit about 2" wide, 5-1/2" long, 1/2" thick. On the top of it are engraved...
lgs15716@...
Apr 1, 2001 9:58 pm
78114
... Mike Dunbar clearly recommends Fred Emhoff's bits and clearly states to avoid the other brands stocked in various mail order houses. When asked why by a...
Tim Swihart
tswihart@...
Apr 1, 2001 10:12 pm
78115
OK Bretton, I read, I bit, I waited, and chuckled. (Also learned a bit too.) It sure was a lot of effort to shoot fish in a barrel. Thanks, Jack in Endwell,...
Jack Kamishlian
kamishlianj@...
Apr 1, 2001 10:27 pm
78116
Bretton, And to think I saved your e-missives in anticipation of living vicariously through the good fortune of someone I (sort of) know. Rejoicing for your ...
Rick &Teri Kessler
jrkessler@...
Apr 2, 2001 12:58 am
78117
Hey Bretton, Great Gag, but I've got a better punishment. How about this. Any tool listed in your FS posts get a 50% discount if we mention the Falconer plane...
Matthew Groves
matthew.groves@...
Apr 2, 2001 1:02 am
78118
... Strictly speaking the counter-clockwise symbol (i.e. it looks like two overlapping Z's) is a "sauvastika". Both it and the "svastika" have been around...
Nichael Cramer
nichael@...
Apr 2, 2001 1:02 am
78119
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** ... Bretton you mangy, water-soaked cur! James jcanning@... -- ...
James R. Canning
jcanning@...
Apr 2, 2001 1:05 am
78120
... Yeah, you damn-well better lay low for a while, MISTER!!! ... Sheesh. - Bill Taggart - At home and I suspected as much yesterday - even mentioned the...
William K. Taggart
ILikeRust@...
Apr 2, 2001 1:06 am
78121
... It doesn't look like this, does it? http://www.supertool.com/etcetera/deadends/golds.htm - Bill Taggart -- ...
