Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4

On 6/25/2014 4:13 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4



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Precicely ROTFLMAO

On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:13:18 +0000, Spalted Walt
wrote:

Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4


Thank you so much, Walt. There's about 10 minutes of my life I'll
never get back. Yeah, I know, I could have stopped watching, but it
was kind of like watching an ugly woman bend over; you are compelled
to look down her blouse, right?

On 6/25/2014 5:28 PM, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:13:18 +0000, Spalted Walt
wrote:

Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4


Thank you so much, Walt. There's about 10 minutes of my life I'll
never get back. Yeah, I know, I could have stopped watching, but it
was kind of like watching an ugly woman bend over; you are compelled
to look down her blouse, right?

Yeah! It was like a courtesy sniff.

On 6/25/2014 3:13 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4

On the other hand ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW4PMlz9oao

On 6/25/2014 3:13 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4

Or you could do this:
http://twistedsifter.com/2010/08/dal...re-pencil-art/
or this:
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/02/pen...y-cerkahegyzo/
or even this:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/...ead-sculptures
or this:
http://www.wildlifewonders.com/asbat...FVJefgodTpkA6A

Reminds me of the instructor in my high school mechanical drawing class who was fixated on how well we deployed his technique in sharpening the lead in our mechanical pencils. We used small hand held sanding blocks and I wish I would have saved one of them.

Larry

On 6/25/2014 11:51 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Reminds me of the instructor in my high school mechanical drawing class who was fixated on how well we deployed his technique in sharpening the lead in our mechanical pencils. We used small hand held sanding blocks and I wish I would have saved one of them.

Dayum! Had one of those teachers also. Our pencil leads had to be wedge
shaped, with a very particular taper, and we were graded on how well we
effected the proper shape, as well as maintained it through use.

Occasionally he would confiscate a pencil from a student and test it.

Can't complain though, it was when I began to realize the importance of
"details" in getting things right(write).

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On 6/26/2014 7:23 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 6/25/2014 11:51 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Reminds me of the instructor in my high school mechanical drawing
class who was fixated on how well we deployed his technique in
sharpening the lead in our mechanical pencils. We used small hand
held sanding blocks and I wish I would have saved one of them.

Dayum! Had one of those teachers also. Our pencil leads had to be wedge
shaped, with a very particular taper, and we were graded on how well we
effected the proper shape, as well as maintained it through use.

Occasionally he would confiscate a pencil from a student and test it.

Can't complain though, it was when I began to realize the importance of
"details" in getting things right(write).


We had to sand a flat spot on the side of the lead for the bow compass
but used the large lead mechanical pencils. The sharpener for the
mechanical pencils had a cone shaped sand paper disk inside that you
would crank with the pencil.

ALL drawn lines had to shine including hidden lines, dimension and
extension lines, and lettering.

"Leon" lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote

We had to sand a flat spot on the side of the lead for the bow compass but
used the large lead mechanical pencils. The sharpener for the mechanical
pencils had a cone shaped sand paper disk inside that you would crank with
the pencil.

ALL drawn lines had to shine including hidden lines, dimension and
extension lines, and lettering.

Yep. Still have a couple sharpeners in a box, somewhere. I bet I will run
across them in the next couple weeks in my reorganization.
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On 6/26/2014 12:51 AM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Reminds me of the instructor in my high school mechanical drawing class who was fixated on how well we deployed his technique in sharpening the lead in our mechanical pencils. We used small hand held sanding blocks and I wish I would have saved one of them.

Larry

We used a little paddle with a pad of sandpaper strips on it. I still
have a couple. Although I don't remember the "wedge-shaped" tip rule. In
fact, we were taught to rotate the pencil as we drew a line.

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On 2014-06-25, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4

I watched about half of that. Was it serious or was it supposed to be
satire?

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On 6/26/2014 9:13 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2014-06-25, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4

I watched about half of that. Was it serious or was it supposed to be
satire?



It was text book SNL. LOL

.... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be



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On 6/26/2014 8:37 AM, Greg Guarino wrote:
On 6/26/2014 12:51 AM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Reminds me of the instructor in my high school mechanical drawing
class who was fixated on how well we deployed his technique in
sharpening the lead in our mechanical pencils. We used small hand
held sanding blocks and I wish I would have saved one of them.

Larry

We used a little paddle with a pad of sandpaper strips on it. I still
have a couple. Although I don't remember the "wedge-shaped" tip rule. In
fact, we were taught to rotate the pencil as we drew a line.

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Oh yeah.... The rotating the pencil became so second nature that I
think I still do that but did not realize it.

IIRC the wedge was to the extent of the needed width of the line.
Object, dimension/extension, cross section, hidden, center, border,
outline lines were all different widths.

Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC
http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4
Spalted Walt

Precicely ROTFLMAO
Leon

x2 on ROFLMAO. Hilarious! A great reminder of how we humans can get
when we start in on a hobby or craft.
`Casper

In rec.woodworking, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2014-06-25, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC
http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4
I watched about half of that. Was it serious or was it supposed to be
satire?

I strongly suspect it is a satire aimed squarely at the Artisanal Pencil
Sharpening guy. Who liked the video and then links to it from his site.

Note that this video recommends the same tubes for shipping pencils as
APS, but also that the pencil shown being sharpened does not end up
looking as good as APS, due to the carbon getting all over the wood
during sanding.

Elijah
------
a perfect cone point does not seem artistic at all

Eli the Bearded wrote:
In rec.woodworking, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2014-06-25, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC
http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4
I watched about half of that. Was it serious or was it supposed to be
satire?
I strongly suspect it is a satire aimed squarely at the Artisanal Pencil
Sharpening guy. Who liked the video and then links to it from his site.

Note that this video recommends the same tubes for shipping pencils as
APS, but also that the pencil shown being sharpened does not end up
looking as good as APS, due to the carbon getting all over the wood
during sanding.

Elijah
------
a perfect cone point does not seem artistic at all


I want my 10 minutes back!!!

"Bill" wrote

I want my 10 minutes back!!!

As wise Willie Nelson once said in song,

You gotta know when to fold em.

I folded after about 2 minutes. Perhaps less.

That humor bores me.
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Morgans wrote:


"Bill" wrote

I want my 10 minutes back!!!

As wise Willie Nelson once said in song,

You gotta know when to fold em.

That was Kenny Rogers. Willie Nelson sang On The Road Again.
Point taken anyway!
In the Texas Hold'em vernacular, "I made a bad call"! : )




I folded after about 2 minutes. Perhaps less.

That humor bores me.

"Greg Guarino" wrote in message
...
... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

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On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:49:00 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:



"Bill" wrote

I want my 10 minutes back!!!

As wise Willie Nelson once said in song,

You gotta know when to fold em.

I folded after about 2 minutes. Perhaps less.

That humor bores me.

I'm not a country and western fan, but I know that was not what Willie
Nelson said in a song -- it was Kenny Rogers.

Greg Guarino wrote in :

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

On 6/26/2014 11:22 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
Greg Guarino wrote in :

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

I'm pretty sure it came in the plastic tube that held the pencils. I
thought it was sort of funny but it did make short work of getting that
first sharpening on the 20 pencils. You have to be quick with the
trigger though; it'll grind the pencil down to the eraser before you
know it.

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Greg Guarino wrote in :

On 6/26/2014 11:22 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
Greg Guarino wrote in :

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

I'm pretty sure it came in the plastic tube that held the pencils.

This?
http://www.homedepot.com/p/C-H-Hanso...-Sharpener-15-
Pack-02015/202263665

I thought it was sort of funny but it did make short work of getting that
first sharpening on the 20 pencils. You have to be quick with the
trigger though; it'll grind the pencil down to the eraser before you
know it.

Thanks for the warning. Next time I'm at HD, I'm going to look for this, and it's going to
become a permanent addition to my tool bag.

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
...
Greg Guarino wrote in
:

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

My thought exactly! I keep misplacing pencil sharpeners, even big ones.
But I always have a drill around. That would be handy bit to have. I would
buy at least two or three of them. No more dull pencils!

On 6/26/2014 9:49 PM, Morgans wrote:


"Bill" wrote

I want my 10 minutes back!!!

As wise Willie Nelson once said in song,

You gotta know when to fold em.

I folded after about 2 minutes. Perhaps less.

That humor bores me.



It got much funnier near the last 3/4 and toward the end. You should
watch it again. Willie. ;~)

On 6/27/2014 9:23 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
Greg Guarino wrote in :

On 6/26/2014 11:22 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
Greg Guarino wrote in :

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

I'm pretty sure it came in the plastic tube that held the pencils.

This?
http://www.homedepot.com/p/C-H-Hanso...-Sharpener-15-
Pack-02015/202263665

I thought it was sort of funny but it did make short work of getting that
first sharpening on the 20 pencils. You have to be quick with the
trigger though; it'll grind the pencil down to the eraser before you
know it.

Thanks for the warning. Next time I'm at HD, I'm going to look for this, and it's going to
become a permanent addition to my tool bag.

That's it.

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On 6/26/2014 8:49 PM, Morgans wrote:

As wise Willie Nelson once said in song,
You gotta know when to fold em.

So Kenny Rogers infringed Willie Nelson's copyright when he sang "The
Gambler"?

On 6/25/2014 5:13 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC


http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4

Damn, I know people in Pittsboro. This explains a lot!



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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Greg Guarino wrote in
:

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

My thought exactly! I keep misplacing pencil sharpeners, even big
ones. But I always have a drill around. That would be handy bit to
have. I would buy at least two or three of them. No more dull
pencils!

Lowe's: http://tinyurl.com/k2xx42m
Home Depot: http://tinyurl.com/legq88l

Thank you sir. I had no idea that such a simple tool existed. I some
gadgets laying around that plug into a drill. I will add this to the
collection. Home depot even tells me what aisle it is on. I need to go
down that way today. I will pick one up. I will throw it in the drawer
with all my other drill related tools and bits.

On 6/27/2014 2:57 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:


"Baxter" wrote in message
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"Lee Michaels" leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net wrote in
b.com:



"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Greg Guarino wrote in
:

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

My thought exactly! I keep misplacing pencil sharpeners, even big
ones. But I always have a drill around. That would be handy bit to
have. I would buy at least two or three of them. No more dull
pencils!

Lowe's: http://tinyurl.com/k2xx42m
Home Depot: http://tinyurl.com/legq88l

Thank you sir. I had no idea that such a simple tool existed. I some
gadgets laying around that plug into a drill. I will add this to the
collection. Home depot even tells me what aisle it is on. I need to go
down that way today. I will pick one up. I will throw it in the drawer
with all my other drill related tools and bits.



FWIW almost all FastCap tape measures have a pretty darn good pencil
sharpener built in.

Lee Michaels wrote:


"Baxter" wrote in message
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"Lee Michaels" leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net wrote in
b.com:



"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Greg Guarino wrote in
:

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

My thought exactly! I keep misplacing pencil sharpeners, even big
ones. But I always have a drill around. That would be handy bit to
have. I would buy at least two or three of them. No more dull
pencils!

Lowe's: http://tinyurl.com/k2xx42m
Home Depot: http://tinyurl.com/legq88l

Thank you sir. I had no idea that such a simple tool existed. I some
gadgets laying around that plug into a drill. I will add this to the
collection. Home depot even tells me what aisle it is on. I need to
go down that way today. I will pick one up. I will throw it in the
drawer with all my other drill related tools and bits.



I've been using a box cutter for a while, without any problem. You can
create whatever shape tip that you want.

"Bill" wrote:

I've been using a box cutter for a while, without any problem. You
can create whatever shape tip that you want.
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http://tinyurl.com/lasxlyy

Worked for me.

Lew




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Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Bill" wrote:

I've been using a box cutter for a while, without any problem. You
can create whatever shape tip that you want.
----------------------------------------------------------
http://tinyurl.com/lasxlyy

Worked for me.

I have an electric X-Acto sharpener I use in the house. I have no plans
to buy an electric sharpener for the garage/shop.


Lew




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"Bill" wrote

I've been using a box cutter for a while, without any problem. You can
create whatever shape tip that you want.

With the popularity of a box cutter in form of a lock-back pocket knife, I
always have one in my pocket. I feel naked without it. Sharpens good for
me.

That said, I really like the looks of the drill sharpener. I may pick one
up!
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On 2014-06-26, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2014-06-25, Spalted Walt wrote:
Shot on location at The Woodwright's School, Pittsboro NC

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VkSmaFAuaH4

I watched about half of that. Was it serious or was it supposed to be
satire?

When I watched the first few minutes, it was at work without audio,
and it was baffling. I just watched the whole thing _with_ audio.

It's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

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In article ,
says...
So Kenny Rogers infringed Willie Nelson's copyright when he sang "The

Don Schlitz wrote 'The Gambler'.

On 6/29/14, 11:04 AM, phorbin wrote:
In article ,
says...
So Kenny Rogers infringed Willie Nelson's copyright when he sang
"The

Don Schlitz wrote 'The Gambler'.


Regardless of the writer, for the most part anyone can sing any song
once it's published. The writer gets the royalties, anyway, so most
welcome future recordings of their songs.


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On 6/27/2014 4:52 PM, Leon wrote:
On 6/27/2014 2:57 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:


"Baxter" wrote in message
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"Lee Michaels" leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net wrote in
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Greg Guarino wrote in
:

... if perhaps a little over-spec.

This video is ten seconds long, including commentary. I promise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y-X...ature=youtu.be

I want one! Where can I buy that???

My thought exactly! I keep misplacing pencil sharpeners, even big
ones. But I always have a drill around. That would be handy bit to
have. I would buy at least two or three of them. No more dull
pencils!

Lowe's: http://tinyurl.com/k2xx42m
Home Depot: http://tinyurl.com/legq88l

Thank you sir. I had no idea that such a simple tool existed. I some
gadgets laying around that plug into a drill. I will add this to the
collection. Home depot even tells me what aisle it is on. I need to go
down that way today. I will pick one up. I will throw it in the drawer
with all my other drill related tools and bits.



FWIW almost all FastCap tape measures have a pretty darn good pencil
sharpener built in.

That's what I use most of the time. I really posted that video as a gag.
To me (and to my daughter, who finds some of the things I do comical
enough to videotape) it seemed like swatting a fly with a hand sledge.

I'll say one thing; it did make very short work of sharpening all of the
pencils the first time. But I can't imagine using it to "touch-up"
pencils that have gotten dull, not if I want the package of pencils to
last for more than an afternoon, anyway.

Hey, maybe that's what HD throws in the sharpener for free; that
attachment can reduce a dozen pencils to a pile of shavings in no time
at all.

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