To my British Friends,
The discussions about terms used both here and in your country made me
wonder about other differnces. Since you drive on the other side of
the road from the US, does your left tilt table saws go the opposite
direction of our left tilt saws? Perspiring minds want to know.

Marc (and most of my future
posts will be serious, I promise)

"marc rosen" wrote

To my British Friends,
The discussions about terms used both here and in your country made me
wonder about other differnces. Since you drive on the other side of
the road from the US, does your left tilt table saws go the opposite
direction of our left tilt saws? Perspiring minds want to know.

Marc (and most of my future
posts will be serious, I promise)

Nope, but (due to coriolis effect), the blades on table saws do spin in the
opposite direction south of the equator

Ditto for all rotary tools: NEVER try a northen-hemisphere router bit in a
southern-hemisphere router... It's ugly.

Drilling? Foget it....

Cheers!

Gary

Gary wrote:
"marc rosen" wrote

To my British Friends,
The discussions about terms used both here and in your country made me
wonder about other differnces. Since you drive on the other side of
the road from the US, does your left tilt table saws go the opposite
direction of our left tilt saws? Perspiring minds want to know.

Marc (and most of my future
posts will be serious, I promise)

Nope, but (due to coriolis effect), the blades on table saws do spin in the
opposite direction south of the equator

Ditto for all rotary tools: NEVER try a northen-hemisphere router bit in a
southern-hemisphere router... It's ugly.

Drilling? Foget it....

Cheers!

Gary



There is a simple fix for your problem with drilling: Start from beneath
the workpiece and drill upwards. Similarly, Coriolis Effects can
be mitigated by hanging upside down while working.

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So when did Britain end up south of the equator?? Just curious.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

"Gary" wrote in message
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"marc rosen" wrote

To my British Friends,
The discussions about terms used both here and in your country made me
wonder about other differnces. Since you drive on the other side of
the road from the US, does your left tilt table saws go the opposite
direction of our left tilt saws? Perspiring minds want to know.

Marc (and most of my future
posts will be serious, I promise)

Nope, but (due to coriolis effect), the blades on table saws do spin in
the opposite direction south of the equator

Ditto for all rotary tools: NEVER try a northen-hemisphere router bit in a
southern-hemisphere router... It's ugly.

Drilling? Foget it....

Cheers!

Gary

marc rosen wrote:
To my British Friends,
The discussions about terms used both here and in your country made me
wonder about other differnces. Since you drive on the other side of
the road from the US, does your left tilt table saws go the opposite
direction of our left tilt saws? Perspiring minds want to know.

Marc (and most of my future
posts will be serious, I promise)

To my American Friends...

Good Question...

Do your trees have boots (our's have trunks)
Do you sit on your homeless people (we sit on our bums)

and if we have a friend who's Randy, we generally try to avoid them!
(Unless their female)

Nowt to do with woodwork, but thought prevoking all the same!

"Ron Moore" writes:

That's not what he said. Top posted to make it harder to read.

So when did Britain end up south of the equator?? Just curious.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

"Gary" wrote in message
news
"marc rosen" wrote

To my British Friends,
The discussions about terms used both here and in your country made me
wonder about other differnces. Since you drive on the other side of
the road from the US, does your left tilt table saws go the opposite
direction of our left tilt saws? Perspiring minds want to know.

Marc (and most of my future
posts will be serious, I promise)

Nope, but (due to coriolis effect), the blades on table saws do spin in
the opposite direction south of the equator

Ditto for all rotary tools: NEVER try a northen-hemisphere router bit in a
southern-hemisphere router... It's ugly.

Drilling? Foget it....

Cheers!

Gary




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marc rosen wrote:
To my British Friends,
The discussions about terms used both here and in your country made me
wonder about other differnces. Since you drive on the other side of
the road from the US, does your left tilt table saws go the opposite
direction of our left tilt saws? Perspiring minds want to know.

Marc (and most of my future
posts will be serious, I promise)

Taking a holiday broadens the mind.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

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To my American Friends...

Good Question...

Do your trees have boots (our's have trunks)

We wear boots and put stuff in our trunks, unless we are going swimming,
then we wear our trunks!

Dave

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:08:39 -0500, Ron Moore wrote:

So when did Britain end up south of the equator?? Just curious.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

So what did you think the phrase "The sun never sets on the British
Empire" meant?

Definitely a historical statement. But at one time......
Ron

"Bill" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:08:39 -0500, Ron Moore wrote:

So when did Britain end up south of the equator?? Just curious.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

So what did you think the phrase "The sun never sets on the British
Empire" meant?

Bill wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:08:39 -0500, Ron Moore wrote:

So when did Britain end up south of the equator?? Just curious.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

So what did you think the phrase "The sun never sets on the British
Empire" meant?

God didn't trust the Brits in the dark?

FoggyTown

"foggytown" wrote in message
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Bill wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:08:39 -0500, Ron Moore wrote:

So when did Britain end up south of the equator?? Just curious.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

So what did you think the phrase "The sun never sets on the British
Empire" meant?

God didn't trust the Brits in the dark?


Who does?

"Tim Daneliuk" wrote

There is a simple fix for your problem with drilling: Start from beneath
the workpiece and drill upwards. Similarly, Coriolis Effects can
be mitigated by hanging upside down while working.

Now, you see: THAT is why I hang around here!

If there's something I can't figure out on my own, somebody here is bound to
have the answer.

Cheers!

Gary