I realized the idea that I had on Friday morning when I posted the questions
about the knife block. As promised, here are a couple of pictures. Sorry
for the absurdly low quality of the pictures. I borrowed my son's digital
camera and clearly I don't know how to operate it.

http://www.manyirons.com/Puker/image...older_open.JPG
http://www.manyirons.com/Puker/image...der_closed.JPG

Scrap ash, knife profile routed out freehand, tang accomodated by chisel,
and rare-earth magnets epoxied in place.
After I took the pictures I decided to go back and cut off the corners and
apply a few coats of varathane. If I can figure out the camera a little
better I'll upgrade the pictures. But I'm pleased enough with the result.
It's extremely rare for me to take a project from conception to finish in a
single weekend. (Heck, anything less than a year is an improvement!)

- Owen -

Oops. Sorry, this was supposed to go to rec.woodworking.

- Owen -

"Owen Lawrence" wrote in message
...
I realized the idea that I had on Friday morning when I posted the
questions about the knife block. As promised, here are a couple of
pictures. Sorry for the absurdly low quality of the pictures. I borrowed
my son's digital camera and clearly I don't know how to operate it.

http://www.manyirons.com/Puker/image...older_open.JPG
http://www.manyirons.com/Puker/image...der_closed.JPG

Scrap ash, knife profile routed out freehand, tang accomodated by chisel,
and rare-earth magnets epoxied in place.
After I took the pictures I decided to go back and cut off the corners and
apply a few coats of varathane. If I can figure out the camera a little
better I'll upgrade the pictures. But I'm pleased enough with the result.
It's extremely rare for me to take a project from conception to finish in
a single weekend. (Heck, anything less than a year is an improvement!)

- Owen -

Hi Owen, I enjoyed your post and hope you feel welcome, lots of
'flatties' here. I don't remember if you also turn wood. If you do
forgive me, if not get a lathe. You can finish many nice projects in a
morning or you can take a year to turn your masterpiece.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:10:06 -0400, (Arch) wrote:

Hi Owen, I enjoyed your post and hope you feel welcome, lots of
'flatties' here. I don't remember if you also turn wood. If you do
forgive me, if not get a lathe. You can finish many nice projects in a
morning or you can take a year to turn your masterpiece.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings

I think Owen's one of those guys that only thinks "one way", isn't he?

Or maybe he has a stubby and won't admit it in public?
Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

In article ,
mac davis wrote:

I think Owen's one of those guys that only thinks "one way", isn't he?

Or maybe he has a stubby and won't admit it in public?

Mornin' Mac.

There's two of us Owens in here - as one who's lived with the name for a
number of years now, I can say I run into very few of us. It's weird
addressing someone else as Owen. It's unusual enough that when hearing
my name, folks will think I said Allen, Glen or some other name. I also
get some folks, if they're old enough, saying, "Like Owen Marshal,
Counselor at Law?" Or the jokers who spontaneously burst into the
mother's raspy "Owen!" "Owen!" from Throw Mama from the Train. To make
matters worse, Owen Lawrence just happens to have the same first/last
initials as I do. (BTW, my middle name is Fredric...)

This Owen, does indeed, swing on a Oneway, since November of last year.
Not sure what Owen uses though - I don't recall reading about it.

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
___
Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.

"Owen Lowe" wrote in message
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In article ,
mac davis wrote:

I think Owen's one of those guys that only thinks "one way", isn't he?

Or maybe he has a stubby and won't admit it in public?

Mornin' Mac.

There's two of us Owens in here - as one who's lived with the name for a
number of years now, I can say I run into very few of us. It's weird
addressing someone else as Owen. It's unusual enough that when hearing
my name, folks will think I said Allen, Glen or some other name. I also
get some folks, if they're old enough, saying, "Like Owen Marshal,
Counselor at Law?" Or the jokers who spontaneously burst into the
mother's raspy "Owen!" "Owen!" from Throw Mama from the Train. To make
matters worse, Owen Lawrence just happens to have the same first/last
initials as I do. (BTW, my middle name is Fredric...)

This Owen, does indeed, swing on a Oneway, since November of last year.
Not sure what Owen uses though - I don't recall reading about it.

--
Owen Lowe

Owen the OP here. As a matter of fact, I do own a lathe, and it swings a
OneWay chuck.
I'm pleasantly amused that I got a bigger response here than at
rec.woodworking. One guy over there told me he turned a knife block, a six
inch cylinder, slicing longitudinal slots for the knives, and closing them
in again with glued in sticks. He returned it to the lathe to finish it,
and I'm considering doing the same. Of course I'm considering lots of
things, but it never hurts to stay on topic.

I usually get "Owen! How's it goin'?"

After hearing it for over 35 years, it's still tiring.

- Owen -

(P.S. My middle name is "Eldon". I once took swimming lessons with a
friend whose name is Lawrence Owen Kelly. He dropped the "Kelly" for that
class and we had a blast watching the instructor try to keep us straight.)

Hi op Owen, I like your knife holder the way you made it. Make another
with the sticks closing the slots & turned. A pic?

Hey our Owen, You think you get tiresome variations on your good name.
Cheer up, it's not 'Archie'. There's no 'bald' attached and I'm no
bigot, but it lingers on. I'm a junior, but Lorraine made sure our
David wasn't a III.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter


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