Hey, there's a new site out there called Rules of Thumb (http://
www.rulesofthumb.org/) that centralizes common and uncommon sense on
all manner of subjects. There isn't a category for woodworking, but
there should be one. I think the rec.woodworking community might want
to put some of our wisdom up there.

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:32:56 -0800 (PST), Bobthepenguy
wrote:

Hey, there's a new site out there called Rules of Thumb (http://
www.rulesofthumb.org/) that centralizes common and uncommon sense on
all manner of subjects. There isn't a category for woodworking, but
there should be one. I think the rec.woodworking community might want
to put some of our wisdom up there.

Best one is to still have two..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

"Bobthepenguy" wrote in message
...
Hey, there's a new site out there called Rules of Thumb (http://
www.rulesofthumb.org/) that centralizes common and uncommon sense on
all manner of subjects. There isn't a category for woodworking, but
there should be one. I think the rec.woodworking community might want
to put some of our wisdom up there.


Keep rules (especially metal ones) and thumbs away from the sharp spinny
things.

:-)

jc

Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at Texas
A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires. "Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide the
entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."

DonkeyHody
"There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right
things."

"DonkeyHody" wrote in message
...

Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at Texas
A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires. "Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide the
entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."


That works well for telling your wife that you just bought a new tool also.
;~)

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:04:25 -0800 (PST), DonkeyHody
wrote:


Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at Texas
A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires. "Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide the
entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."


Makes sense to me.. could be applied to manual labor, also..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:37:46 GMT, "Leon" wrote:


"DonkeyHody" wrote in message
...

Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at Texas
A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires. "Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide the
entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."


That works well for telling your wife that you just bought a new tool also.
;~)

Unless she's a good shot..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Woodworking Rules of Thumb

Rule #1
Keep your thumb(s) and other parts of your body safely
away from sharp things, spinning or not.

"charlieb" wrote:

Woodworking Rules of Thumb

Rule #1
Keep your thumb(s) and other parts of your body safely
away from sharp things, spinning or not.

Rule #2

If in doubt, refer to Rule #1.

Lew

mac davis wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:37:46 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:


"DonkeyHody" wrote in message
...

Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at Texas
A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires. "Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide the
entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."


That works well for telling your wife that you just bought a new tool
also. ;~)

Unless she's a good shot..


Yeah, there is that. LOL

--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:04:25 -0800 (PST), DonkeyHody

wrote:


Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at Texas
A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires. "Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide the
entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."


Makes sense to me.. could be applied to manual labor, also..


Is he a neighbor down there in Baja?

Keep your thumbs on the outside of any piece you're resawing with the
bandsaw, just as if you were bricking a camel.

mac davis wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:37:46 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:


"DonkeyHody" wrote in message
...

Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at
Texas A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding
Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires.
"Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide
the entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."


That works well for telling your wife that you just bought a new
tool also. ;~)

Unless she's a good shot..

Flashing on Lyudmila Pavlichenko.

--
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--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:37:46 GMT, "Leon"
wrote:


"DonkeyHody" wrote in message
...

Many years ago I had two weeks of marine firefighter training at Texas
A&M. When we studied BLEVE's, (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor
Explosions) he told us a good rule of thumb about such fires. "Hold
your thumb up at arms length and close one eye. When you can hide the
entire event behind your thumb, you are far enough away."


That works well for telling your wife that you just bought a new tool
also.
;~)

Unless she's a good shot..

Being from Texas I practically grew up with a gun in my hands. She on the
other hand does not even want to look at one. Her looks could kill though.
;~)

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
...

"charlieb" wrote:

Woodworking Rules of Thumb

Rule #1
Keep your thumb(s) and other parts of your body safely
away from sharp things, spinning or not.

Rule #2

If in doubt, refer to Rule #1.

Lew




Ok, you just caused a loop, you fix it. ;~)

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:16:31 GMT, "George" wrote:


Makes sense to me.. could be applied to manual labor, also..


Is he a neighbor down there in Baja?

Nope, he stands around at the cantina looking for odd jobs..
He did a great job on our patio pavers.....*g*


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On 25 Jan 2008 10:27:57 -0500, Maxwell Lol wrote:

charlieb writes:

Woodworking Rules of Thumb

Rule #1
Keep your thumb(s) and other parts of your body safely
away from sharp things, spinning or not.

No no no. That's not rule #1. The first rule of thumb I learned was:

Do not hit a thumb nail with the same force as you would use
to hit a wood nail.

Basic law of nature is that we have thumbs and cats don't..
That's why they have US open doors for them..


mac

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Woodworkers rule of thumb... try to keep them attached if at all
possible.

On Jan 24, 6:32*am, Bobthepenguy wrote:
Hey, there's a new site out there called Rules of Thumb (http://www.rulesofthumb.org/) that centralizes common and uncommon sense on
all manner of subjects. There isn't a category for woodworking, but
there should be one. I think the rec.woodworking community might want
to put some of our wisdom up there.

mac davis wrote:
On 25 Jan 2008 10:27:57 -0500, Maxwell Lol
wrote:

charlieb writes:

Woodworking Rules of Thumb

Rule #1
Keep your thumb(s) and other parts of your body safely
away from sharp things, spinning or not.

No no no. That's not rule #1. The first rule of thumb I learned
was:

Do not hit a thumb nail with the same force as you would use
to hit a wood nail.

Basic law of nature is that we have thumbs and cats don't..
That's why they have US open doors for them..

Nahh, that's just exercising dominance over the lesser race. Cats are
quite capable of opening their own doors.

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

J. Clarke wrote:
mac davis wrote:
On 25 Jan 2008 10:27:57 -0500, Maxwell Lol
wrote:

Basic law of nature is that we have thumbs and cats don't..
That's why they have US open doors for them..

Nahh, that's just exercising dominance over the lesser race. Cats are
quite capable of opening their own doors.


As the old saying goes, dogs think they're human, cats think they're
gods :-).

Saw a neat rule today - Never play leapfrog with a unicorn :-).

My first high school biology teacher had "laws":

Niwa's Law No. 1: Sharp things cut.
Niwa's Law No. 2: Hot things burn.

&tc.

I've tought my daughters Niwa's Laws. They grock.

-Zz


On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:32:56 -0800 (PST), Bobthepenguy
wrote:

Hey, there's a new site out there called Rules of Thumb (http://
www.rulesofthumb.org/) that centralizes common and uncommon sense on
all manner of subjects. There isn't a category for woodworking, but
there should be one. I think the rec.woodworking community might want
to put some of our wisdom up there.

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:23:04 -0800, Larry Blanchard
wrote:

J. Clarke wrote:
mac davis wrote:
On 25 Jan 2008 10:27:57 -0500, Maxwell Lol
wrote:

Basic law of nature is that we have thumbs and cats don't..
That's why they have US open doors for them..

Nahh, that's just exercising dominance over the lesser race. Cats are
quite capable of opening their own doors.

As the old saying goes, dogs think they're human, cats think they're
gods :-).

On my regular email sig:
To a dog you're family; to a cat you're staff.


--
LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net
http://www.normstools.com

Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997

email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month.
If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:57:03 +0000, LRod
wrote:

To a dog you're family; to a cat you're staff.


Have any of you cat and/or dog owners with a sense of humor seen "Cats
and Dogs"?

http://catsanddogsmovie.warnerbros.com/cmp/main.html

It explains a lot. G