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112095 | Marvin Paisner <paisners@n...> | 2002‑12‑03 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
Welcome to the porch Adam, I have it on the best authority that the bottom of the slope is the territory of that most lamentable branch of Galootdom the saw hoarder. Some claim to be 'collectors' but alas it is in reality an evil and compulsive habit, an addiction with no relief. Be wary don't go there. Oh, by the way, have I mentioned the etched logo on the "ARROWHEAD" saw I cleaned up recently? It's an arrow head point down, with wings, like a bird. Go figure that! Honest, I don't have a problem, I just have a lot of saws. ;^) Marvin Paisner Kootenay Lake, BC Adam Haughey wrote: > > So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? > > Adam > |
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112092 | "YARROW, GARY" <GARY_YARROW@SDSTATE.EDU> | 2002‑12‑03 | RE: de-lurk and a short bio |
> So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? > No one knows for sure. Gary |
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112090 | "Adam Haughey" <adamjh@e...> | 2002‑12‑03 | de-lurk and a short bio |
Well, time for me to introduce myself. I have been lurking here for a short while now, and I really enjoy the peace and guiet here compared to the p*w*r t**l forums. I think like most people here I started out using a lot of tailed apprentices. Almost all of them I inherited from my dad, so I doubt I’ll ever part with them, but I find myself using them less and less. I purchased my first hand plane almost a year ago, and that was all it took. I didn’t really slide down the slope, I ran the whole way down (and enjoyed every step so far) I was one of those who thought that to do good work you had to have expensive jigs and p*w*r t**ls. But I realized this year that if you develop and apply a little skill, you can do work just as good, and get much more satisfaction from it. I cut my first practice dovetails this weekend, and the knowledge that I don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars to do joinery like this pretty much made my weekend. Especially since I was able to saw them out with the bowsaw I finished last month using stock that I prepared with nothing but hand planes (yeah, it was a fun weekend…) I think the excitement from hand tools for me is finding new was to dispense with p*w*r t**l usage where practical. Being able to do more with less.. So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? Adam |
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112093 | "Schwartz, Christopher N." <Schwartz@i...> | 2002‑12‑03 | RE: de-lurk and a short bio |
> So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? > Adam No one knows for sure. Gary Tell me about it... |
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112098 | Dean Chesterman <dean.chesterman@h...> | 2002‑12‑03 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
Hi Adam, Welcome! I think the slope is waxed Ultra High Density Polyethylene sprayed with cooking oil, and the slope is approximately the same as the slope in space near a monster black hole. I think you will be beyond the physics we know before the end of the slope is discovered. Dean Chesterman Hand tools don't wake the baby sleeping on the work bench. Adam Haughey wrote: >So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? > >Adam > >Archive: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive >To unsubscribe or change options, use the web interface: > http://galoots.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=oldtools > > > |
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112099 | "Adam Haughey" <adamjh@e...> | 2002‑12‑03 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
Well, glad to hear that I wont be hitting the bottom anytime soon, then.. :) Ive been racing down the slope for a while, and Ive picked up a bit of speed. |
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112103 | Bob & Margaret Johnson <margjohn@b...> | 2002‑12‑03 | RE: de-lurk and a short bio |
"YARROW, GARY" wrote: > > So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? > > > > No one knows for sure. > > Gary > But we suspect it goes all the way to Hell. Old toolers who make it that far get to spend eternity sharpening the Devil's pitchforks. :^) Bob |
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112104 | Anthony Seo <tonyseo@m...> | 2002‑12‑03 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
At 01:40 PM 12/3/02 -0700, Dean Chesterman wrote: >I think the slope is waxed Ultra High Density Polyethylene sprayed with >cooking oil, and the slope is approximately the same as the slope in space >near a monster black hole. > >I think you will be beyond the physics we know before the end of the >slope is discovered. Boy ain't that the truth. Although with one exception my collecting fetishes have gotten a lot more selective these days. >Hand tools don't wake the baby sleeping on the work bench. Lucky man...I ain't room for a mouse sleeping on the workbench these days......much less a kid. Matter of fact..I keep a piece of 2ft long 2x4 laying around that I can clamp the wide side in the vice in case I need some additional workspace... Tony ___________________________________________________________________ Parental Woodworking 101--- NO, SWORDFIGHTING WITH MY MARKING AWLS ISN'T COOL! ___________________________________________________________________ |
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112105 | "John North" <John.North@v...> | 2002‑12‑03 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
Adam - You asked: > So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? Down? That's just a figure of speech. Actually the path takes you up a series of ascending steps. Think of a grand staircase. JN |
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112107 | "John J Black" <jjblack@w...> | 2002‑12‑03 | RE: de-lurk and a short bio |
Adam asked: |
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112111 | "Schwartz, Christopher N." <Schwartz@i...> | 2002‑12‑04 | RE: de-lurk and a short bio |
-----Original Message----- From: John J Black [mailto:jjblack@w...] Adam asked: |
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112112 | Nichael Cramer <nichael@s...> | 2002‑12‑04 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
paul womack wrote: >John North wrote: >>>So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? >> Down? That's just a figure of speech. Actually the path takes you up a >> series of ascending steps. Think of a grand staircase. >Like the one in "A Matter of Life and Death"? Actually, M. C. Escher comes to mind: http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/AscendingDescendingLg.html N |
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112109 | paul womack <pwomack@e...> | 2002‑12‑04 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
John North wrote: > Adam - > > You asked: > >>So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? > > > Down? That's just a figure of speech. Actually the path takes you up a > series of ascending steps. Think of a grand staircase. Like the one in "A Matter of Life and Death"? BugBear |
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112113 | paul womack <pwomack@e...> | 2002‑12‑04 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
Nichael Cramer wrote: > paul womack wrote: > >>John North wrote: >> >>>>So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? >>> >>>Down? That's just a figure of speech. Actually the path takes you up a >>>series of ascending steps. Think of a grand staircase. >> >>Like the one in "A Matter of Life and Death"? > > > Actually, M. C. Escher comes to mind: > > http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/AscendingDescendingLg.html > "The slope goes ever on" (quite topical, I feel) BugBear |
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112120 | "Michael D. Myjak" <mmyjak@v...> | 2002‑12‑04 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
Marvin Paisner wrote: > |
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112131 | Jim Nelson <jgn@c...> | 2002‑12‑05 | Re: de-lurk and a short bio |
At 09:00 AM 12/4/2002 +0000, BugBear wrote: >John North wrote: >>Adam - >>You asked: >> >>>So, umm, just how far down does this slope go anyway?? >> >>Down? That's just a figure of speech. Actually the path takes you up a >>series of ascending steps. Think of a grand staircase. > >Like the one in "A Matter of Life and Death"? Or the famous cross-linked staircases of M. C. Escher |
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