Leon wrote:
"Greg G." wrote in message
news snip

Not to stick my nose in, but I'd remove those two triangular towers of
wood at the cut so that they don't shift and jam the blade.
OK - I'm paranoid. ;-)
.

What fun would that be?? LOL

Maybe just slide the jig down an inch or so and make a new cut.

Relax, guys ... they're not going anywhere.

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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:34:16 -0500, the infamous FrozenNorth
scrawled the following:

Swingman wrote:
diggerop wrote:

Therein, lies the joy of wookwork for me, - the challenge and
satisfaction of creating something that reflects my own (lack of)
skills, experience and free will, - not what some plan requires of me.
Sounds artistic, but I'm certainly no artist.

So what's your approach?

In a nutshell ... from this:
http://www.e-woodshop.net/images/WideCherryS2S1E.JPG
and this:
http://www.e-woodshop.net/images/HC2.JPG
to this:
http://www.e-woodshop.net/images/Hc251.jpg

... the smile says it all!

So do the pictures of you on the wall above her bed.
:-)

Hey, how'd we get back to the Deliverance thread from here?

--
You know, in about 40 years, we'll have literally thousands of
OLD LADIES running around with TATTOOS, and Rap Music will be
the Golden Oldies. Now that's SCARY! --Maxine

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:17:12 +0800, "diggerop" toobusy@themoment
wrote:


So what's your approach?



Woodworking helps the economy. I used to live in an apartment with
sawdust embedded into the carpet. I had to wait until the neighbor's
cars were gone so I could fire up my router. I was forced into buying
a house with a huge walkout basement and the addiction was the cause.
I use pine, fir, oak, cherry, maple, butternut, dogwood, walnut and
the list goes on. I never bought maghogany, either because I did not
see it or did not have enough money to buy it.

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:53:31 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"StephenM" wrote in message
news
I see alot of those themes in my own approach.

I have zero interest in (other people's) plans. Half the fun is designing
something to meet my own personally weighted fiscal, functional and
aesthetic criteria.

I try not to buy wood per project. But I will is a ver specific need
arises.

When the opportunity presents itself I buy wood in volmume in the cheap.
For me, I want to be able to go out to the barn, pull some stock off the
pile and start making sawdust without fiscal remorse.

That's a whole lot easier when I know that I paid $1/bdft on craigs list.

I know have an inventory approaching 2K bd ft. which includes Oak, Maple,
Cherry, Ash, and Poplar. I always try to use smallest lowest grade stick
that will do the job.

-Steve


A kindred soul. Nice to know I'm not alone in the world. : )

Smallest stick for the job, good. But always the lowest grade? When
will you ever use any of the best grade? That 2kbf will outlast you
guys through your great grandsons, even if you have several.

I don't understand that thinking. My 93 y/o neighbor won't wear his
suit or any of his decent shirts anywhere because "they're only for
something special." He has 40 y/o shirts which have never been worn
(or worn only once) for that reason.

Ah doona unnerstan it.

--
You know, in about 40 years, we'll have literally thousands of
OLD LADIES running around with TATTOOS, and Rap Music will be
the Golden Oldies. Now that's SCARY! --Maxine

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:16:49 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
certainly no artist.

Pineywood Pukey Ducks do it for ya, do they? OK.

Nah. Pukey Ducks are for you Seppo's. Emu's mate, emu's.

OK, Pineywood Pukey Emus. The bird with the single digit IQ.
[Comparison of Aussies to Emus deleted out of compassion.]


We even used to use them in place of plaster ducks on the wall in the 60's,
although they're a bit hard to nail to the wall because the buggers struggle
so much.

That's half the fun, wot?

--
You know, in about 40 years, we'll have literally thousands of
OLD LADIES running around with TATTOOS, and Rap Music will be
the Golden Oldies. Now that's SCARY! --Maxine

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:53:31 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"StephenM" wrote in message
news
I see alot of those themes in my own approach.

I have zero interest in (other people's) plans. Half the fun is
designing
something to meet my own personally weighted fiscal, functional and
aesthetic criteria.

I try not to buy wood per project. But I will is a ver specific need
arises.

When the opportunity presents itself I buy wood in volmume in the
cheap.
For me, I want to be able to go out to the barn, pull some stock off the
pile and start making sawdust without fiscal remorse.

That's a whole lot easier when I know that I paid $1/bdft on craigs
list.

I know have an inventory approaching 2K bd ft. which includes Oak,
Maple,
Cherry, Ash, and Poplar. I always try to use smallest lowest grade stick
that will do the job.

-Steve


A kindred soul. Nice to know I'm not alone in the world. : )

Smallest stick for the job, good. But always the lowest grade? When
will you ever use any of the best grade? That 2kbf will outlast you
guys through your great grandsons, even if you have several.

Lowest grade that will do the job makes sense to to me. Any high grade
timber that is still there for the grandsons will have appreciated in value
better than cash in the bank. If there is any left, they'll pay homage to
his foresight every time they use some of it.

I don't understand that thinking. My 93 y/o neighbor won't wear his
suit or any of his decent shirts anywhere because "they're only for
something special." He has 40 y/o shirts which have never been worn
(or worn only once) for that reason.

Ah doona unnerstan it.

Aye, then ye will nae ken the canny Scot, laddie. Never spend a penny when a
ha'penny will do.
Every mickle makes a muckle. : )

diggerop

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:16:49 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
. ..
certainly no artist.

Pineywood Pukey Ducks do it for ya, do they? OK.

Nah. Pukey Ducks are for you Seppo's. Emu's mate, emu's.

OK, Pineywood Pukey Emus. The bird with the single digit IQ.
[Comparison of Aussies to Emus deleted out of compassion.]


Heh. That's OK, mate.

Reliable research has established that after you left our shores, the
average IQ in Austalia went up dramatically.

diggerop
diggerop

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
I don't understand that thinking. My 93 y/o neighbor won't wear his
suit or any of his decent shirts anywhere because "they're only for
something special." He has 40 y/o shirts which have never been worn
(or worn only once) for that reason.

Ah doona unnerstan it.


That reminds me of a 9x year old person I knew who would put on a coat and a
tie
even if you were just stopping buy to say hello. It left you with the
impression that
your visit was the big event of the day, at least. He was a retired dentist
who collected
antique dental tools--they were in boxes, like those used for silverware,
and extended ALL the way
around his living room. In some ways, reminds me of some of the people here.
Bury me with my Stanley #7... : )

Bill

"diggerop" toobusy@themoment writes:

Lowest grade that will do the job makes sense to to me. Any high grade
timber that is still there for the grandsons will have appreciated in value
better than cash in the bank. If there is any left, they'll pay homage to
his foresight every time they use some of it.

Like the 25bf of Dalbergia Nigra (pre-cites) I've been saving for the right
project?

s

"diggerop" toobusy@themoment wrote in message
...
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:53:31 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"StephenM" wrote in message
news I see alot of those themes in my own approach.

I have zero interest in (other people's) plans. Half the fun is
designing
something to meet my own personally weighted fiscal, functional and
aesthetic criteria.

I try not to buy wood per project. But I will is a ver specific need
arises.

When the opportunity presents itself I buy wood in volmume in the
cheap.
For me, I want to be able to go out to the barn, pull some stock off
the
pile and start making sawdust without fiscal remorse.

That's a whole lot easier when I know that I paid $1/bdft on craigs
list.

I know have an inventory approaching 2K bd ft. which includes Oak,
Maple,
Cherry, Ash, and Poplar. I always try to use smallest lowest grade
stick
that will do the job.

-Steve


A kindred soul. Nice to know I'm not alone in the world. : )

Smallest stick for the job, good. But always the lowest grade? When
will you ever use any of the best grade? That 2kbf will outlast you
guys through your great grandsons, even if you have several.

It's been my experience with having a big pile of wood that it looks like a
big pile until you try to do something.... I had about 5-600 bf of white
oak, all sawn from the same tree that I thought would makes a lot of nice
projects. The reality is that I have had problems on a couple projects with
grain and color matching. I handled every one of those boards repeatedly and
skip-planed many of them in an attempt to get the look I was after. Ran
into the same thing recently with my walnut... it was sawn to various
thicknesses and orientations but trying to get the right combinations of
thickness, figure, etc., proved very difficult. The only way I pulled off a
quilt rack was to resaw a 6"x8"x6' piece. The 4/4, 5/4 and 6/4 boards didn't
work out either due to thickness, sawing orientation, figure or color.

One of the reasons I picked up a 36" Crescent bandsaw off Craig's List was
so that I could saw short logs into whatever boards I wanted... flat,
quarter, rift of whatever thickness. I think this saw will let me tap into
the seemingly endless supply of free trees that are available. Recently
someone listed a free cherry tree that was sawn to log lengths. Couldn't
move fast enough and someone else snapped it up (probably for firewood!).

More wood is always better than less wood!

John

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:44:27 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:53:31 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"StephenM" wrote in message
news I see alot of those themes in my own approach.

I have zero interest in (other people's) plans. Half the fun is
designing
something to meet my own personally weighted fiscal, functional and
aesthetic criteria.

I try not to buy wood per project. But I will is a ver specific need
arises.

When the opportunity presents itself I buy wood in volmume in the
cheap.
For me, I want to be able to go out to the barn, pull some stock off the
pile and start making sawdust without fiscal remorse.

That's a whole lot easier when I know that I paid $1/bdft on craigs
list.

I know have an inventory approaching 2K bd ft. which includes Oak,
Maple,
Cherry, Ash, and Poplar. I always try to use smallest lowest grade stick
that will do the job.

-Steve


A kindred soul. Nice to know I'm not alone in the world. : )

Smallest stick for the job, good. But always the lowest grade? When
will you ever use any of the best grade? That 2kbf will outlast you
guys through your great grandsons, even if you have several.

Lowest grade that will do the job makes sense to to me. Any high grade
timber that is still there for the grandsons will have appreciated in value
better than cash in the bank. If there is any left, they'll pay homage to
his foresight every time they use some of it.

You spent the money for the wood, so why shouldn't you use at least
_some_ of the GOOD STUFF? That's what I don't understand.


I don't understand that thinking. My 93 y/o neighbor won't wear his
suit or any of his decent shirts anywhere because "they're only for
something special." He has 40 y/o shirts which have never been worn
(or worn only once) for that reason.

Ah doona unnerstan it.

Aye, then ye will nae ken the canny Scot, laddie. Never spend a penny when a
ha'penny will do.
Every mickle makes a muckle. : )

The heard that the Scots invented the velcro wallet so they could hear
it SCREAM every time it was opened up.

--
You know, in about 40 years, we'll have literally thousands of
OLD LADIES running around with TATTOOS, and Rap Music will be
the Golden Oldies. Now that's SCARY! --Maxine

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:44:27 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:
Ah doona unnerstan it.

Aye, then ye will nae ken the canny Scot, laddie. Never spend a penny when
a
ha'penny will do.
Every mickle makes a muckle. : )

The heard that the Scots invented the velcro wallet so they could hear
it SCREAM every time it was opened up.


True I'm sure.

My Scottish grandfather maintained that the definition of perpetual motion,
was two Scots chasing each other around in a circle, each trying to present
the other with a bill.

diggerop

Somebody wrote:

The heard that the Scots invented the velcro wallet so they could
hear
it SCREAM every time it was opened up.

Had an uncle, German not Scot, who was so tight that he squeaked so
bad you could hear him coming from 5 miles away.

Lew

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:57:52 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:44:27 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:
Ah doona unnerstan it.

Aye, then ye will nae ken the canny Scot, laddie. Never spend a penny when
a
ha'penny will do.
Every mickle makes a muckle. : )

The heard that the Scots invented the velcro wallet so they could hear
it SCREAM every time it was opened up.


True I'm sure.

My Scottish grandfather maintained that the definition of perpetual motion,
was two Scots chasing each other around in a circle, each trying to present
the other with a bill.

Har! OK, now let's do Irish jokes!

--
When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...

Har! OK, now let's do Irish jokes!



You're on, Sport.

A lesser known branch of our family tree is the O'Foolery's, - at least we
like to keep it that way.
My Uncle, Seamus O'Foolery emigrated to Oz and right away got a job digging
ditches for sewers. His workmates were good enough to straightaway let him
in on the secret that he could keep any gold he found for himself as a
bonus. So he set to with a will. After ten years he began to suspect that
perhaps the boys might have been having a lend of him. So he began scanning
the employment ads, where he came across an ad for a job as a university
professor. Begorrah, that's the job for me, he thought and the following
day, he fronted up to the Dean of the university and he informed him that he
was there for the job of professor.
Now the Dean was a kind sort of a soul, and thought hard about how to tell
Seamus he couldn't be a professor, but at the same time he had no wish to
offend him. He decided to have him sit an IQ test and when he tallied up the
results, he informed Seamus, that it showed that he wouldn't have the
necessary abilities to be a professor, close but not quite, but he shouldn't
take it as a reflection of his worth. Seamus took it with good grace and
just as he was leaving, he asked, "This OiQ test, it measures your ability
to do things , does it?
"That's correct, said the Dean. You need an IQ of over 140 to be a
professor."
"Ah well, oi wuz just wontherin, what sort of OiQ you'd be needin' to tie
your bootlaces."
"Not much," said the Dean. 'About twenty would be enough."
"Ah well, I thought as much. That explains it all."
Mystified, the dean asked him what he meant.
Seamus explained, "Now I now why so many Aussies wear thongs."

nb
For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece of
Aussie footwear.
A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs may
not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

diggerop

diggerop wrote:


For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece
of Aussie footwear.

We call'em thongs here also, or AKA "flip flops".

A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs
may not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Au contraire, mon ami! A group of Sheila's on the beach is guaranteed to
be exciting, or something has drastically changed.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)

"Swingman" wrote in message
...
diggerop wrote:


For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece of
Aussie footwear.

We call'em thongs here also, or AKA "flip flops".

A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs
may not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Au contraire, mon ami! A group of Sheila's on the beach is guaranteed to
be exciting, or something has drastically changed.



Regardless of which spot Sheila is wearing her thong on the beach.

"Leon" wrote in message
...

"Swingman" wrote in message
...
diggerop wrote:


For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece
of Aussie footwear.

We call'em thongs here also, or AKA "flip flops".

A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs
may not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Au contraire, mon ami! A group of Sheila's on the beach is guaranteed to
be exciting, or something has drastically changed.



Regardless of which spot Sheila is wearing her thong on the beach.



Spoiled for choice we are. Lovely animal, the Aussie sheila. Friendly, too.
: )

diggerop

Leon said:

"Swingman" wrote in message
...
diggerop wrote:


For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece of
Aussie footwear.

We call'em thongs here also, or AKA "flip flops".

A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs
may not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Au contraire, mon ami! A group of Sheila's on the beach is guaranteed to
be exciting, or something has drastically changed.


Regardless of which spot Sheila is wearing her thong on the beach.

Are you absolutely sure about that...

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=6287



Greg G.

"Swingman" wrote in message
...

A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs
may not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Au contraire, mon ami! A group of Sheila's on the beach is guaranteed to
be exciting, or something has drastically changed.


Heh. In reply, a little bush poetry ...........


There's a bloke who's known as Swingman,

Works with wood and and plays the bass,

I feel as though I've met him,

Though I've never seen his face.



I chanced upon him in the wreck,

Whilst trawling through the net,

He seemed a man of character,

with strong opinions set.



I soon discovered that he'd been,

While youthful he still was,

A visitor to our fair shores,

This mighty land of Oz.



It seems that while in northern climes,

On warm and moonlight nights

He took the chance to sample,

Our fair female delights.



Now while I don't begrudge him this,

(I'm fair as I can be,)

I'm glad he went back to the States,

....... and left the rest for me.



diggerop

diggerop wrote:
"Swingman" wrote in message
...

A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs
may not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Au contraire, mon ami! A group of Sheila's on the beach is guaranteed to
be exciting, or something has drastically changed.


Heh. In reply, a little bush poetry ...........


There's a bloke who's known as Swingman,

Works with wood and and plays the bass,

I feel as though I've met him,

Though I've never seen his face.



I chanced upon him in the wreck,

Whilst trawling through the net,

He seemed a man of character,

with strong opinions set.



I soon discovered that he'd been,

While youthful he still was,

A visitor to our fair shores,

This mighty land of Oz.



It seems that while in northern climes,

On warm and moonlight nights

He took the chance to sample,

Our fair female delights.



Now while I don't begrudge him this,

(I'm fair as I can be,)

I'm glad he went back to the States,

...... and left the rest for me.

Priceless!! ROFL ...

Actually, met my first wife, and still very good friend, somewhere
between Alice Springs and Darwin, but she's a POME!

.... another story worth telling sometime (just as you think you're he
man brave hitchhiking the bitumen between Alice and Darwin, you meet a
couple of British cuties just ahead of you doing the same ...)

--
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Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:08:57 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .

Har! OK, now let's do Irish jokes!



You're on, Sport.

A lesser known branch of our family tree is the O'Foolery's, - at least we
like to keep it that way.
My Uncle, Seamus O'Foolery emigrated to Oz and right away got a job digging
ditches for sewers. His workmates were good enough to straightaway let him
in on the secret that he could keep any gold he found for himself as a
bonus. So he set to with a will. After ten years he began to suspect that
perhaps the boys might have been having a lend of him. So he began scanning
the employment ads, where he came across an ad for a job as a university
professor. Begorrah, that's the job for me, he thought and the following
day, he fronted up to the Dean of the university and he informed him that he
was there for the job of professor.
Now the Dean was a kind sort of a soul, and thought hard about how to tell
Seamus he couldn't be a professor, but at the same time he had no wish to
offend him. He decided to have him sit an IQ test and when he tallied up the
results, he informed Seamus, that it showed that he wouldn't have the
necessary abilities to be a professor, close but not quite, but he shouldn't
take it as a reflection of his worth. Seamus took it with good grace and
just as he was leaving, he asked, "This OiQ test, it measures your ability
to do things , does it?
"That's correct, said the Dean. You need an IQ of over 140 to be a
professor."
"Ah well, oi wuz just wontherin, what sort of OiQ you'd be needin' to tie
your bootlaces."
"Not much," said the Dean. 'About twenty would be enough."
"Ah well, I thought as much. That explains it all."
Mystified, the dean asked him what he meant.
Seamus explained, "Now I now why so many Aussies wear thongs."

nb
For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece of
Aussie footwear.
A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs may
not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Oi get it. Cute! kaff, kaff

--
When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:34:43 -0600, the infamous Swingman
scrawled the following:

diggerop wrote:


For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece
of Aussie footwear.

We call'em thongs here also, or AKA "flip flops".

A group of attractive young women on a beach wearing black rubber thongs
may not be as anywhere near as exciting as you may have thought.

Au contraire, mon ami! A group of Sheila's on the beach is guaranteed to
be exciting, or something has drastically changed.

Especially if they're wearing only -foot- thongs, huh?

--
When we are planning for posterity,
we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
...
Contact me off list.

Lew


Lew,

If you would like to contact me off list, you can get my email address by
following this link (until I remove it in few days)

http://web.newsguy.com/MySite/

Bill

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:08:57 +0800, the infamous "diggerop"
toobusy@themoment scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
. ..

Har! OK, now let's do Irish jokes!



You're on, Sport.

A lesser known branch of our family tree is the O'Foolery's, - at least we
like to keep it that way.
My Uncle, Seamus O'Foolery emigrated to Oz and right away got a job
digging
ditches for sewers. His workmates were good enough to straightaway let him
in on the secret that he could keep any gold he found for himself as a
bonus. So he set to with a will. After ten years he began to suspect that
perhaps the boys might have been having a lend of him. So he began
scanning
the employment ads, where he came across an ad for a job as a university
professor. Begorrah, that's the job for me, he thought and the following
day, he fronted up to the Dean of the university and he informed him that
he
was there for the job of professor.
Now the Dean was a kind sort of a soul, and thought hard about how to tell
Seamus he couldn't be a professor, but at the same time he had no wish to
offend him. He decided to have him sit an IQ test and when he tallied up
the
results, he informed Seamus, that it showed that he wouldn't have the
necessary abilities to be a professor, close but not quite, but he
shouldn't
take it as a reflection of his worth. Seamus took it with good grace and
just as he was leaving, he asked, "This OiQ test, it measures your ability
to do things , does it?
"That's correct, said the Dean. You need an IQ of over 140 to be a
professor."
"Ah well, oi wuz just wontherin, what sort of OiQ you'd be needin' to tie
your bootlaces."
"Not much," said the Dean. 'About twenty would be enough."
"Ah well, I thought as much. That explains it all."
Mystified, the dean asked him what he meant.
Seamus explained, "Now I now why so many Aussies wear thongs."

nb
For the uninformed, a thong, (unlike in the US,) is an ingenious piece of
Aussie footwear.

Used to mean the same thing here. Somewhere along tthe line, the word got
hijacked.

"Bill" wrote:
If you would like to contact me off list, you can get my email address
by
following this link (until I remove it in few days)

http://web.newsguy.com/MySite/

Round and round the Mulberry bush.

Seems you're down and I back up.

Want to try again?

Lew

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
...

Seems you're down and I back up.
Want to try again?

Here you go Lew,

http://web.newsguy.com/MySite/

Thanks,
Bill




Lew