All my tools are no good any more.

I planed some wood to 3/4" and it seemed OK.

I cut some strips to 1/8" and they seem to fit OK.

What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just found
out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size. Not only
does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

The 1/8" strips shrunk also. The first one I grabbed was a mere .123.

I've already tossed the defective wood into the wood stove and I'm setting
my tools out by the curb for trash day. Now that I have a digital readout
caliper, I'm going to buy all new tools that are accurate and start over.

Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock
says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment
Ed

What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just found
out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size. Not
only does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

Thanks for proving me wrong... I always tell people that when drilling
holes with my equipment, they don't need to worry about runout as much as
metal workers do because I'd never heard of someone using either a caliper
or micrometer on wood... You, my dear friend just erased that argument from
my answer book.
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V8013

Oh... And it sounds like the wood shrunk/dried and/or wasn't held tight to
the table as you worked it.

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"Joe" wrote in message
...
What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just
found out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size.
Not only does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

Thanks for proving me wrong... I always tell people that when drilling
holes with my equipment, they don't need to worry about runout as much as
metal workers do because I'd never heard of someone using either a caliper
or micrometer on wood... You, my dear friend just erased that argument
from my answer book.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
http://www.autodrill.com
http://www.multi-spindle-heads.com

V8013

"Joe" wrote in message
...
What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just
found
out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size. Not
only does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

Thanks for proving me wrong... I always tell people that when drilling
holes with my equipment, they don't need to worry about runout as much as
metal workers do because I'd never heard of someone using either a caliper
or micrometer on wood... You, my dear friend just erased that argument
from
my answer book.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
http://www.autodrill.com
http://www.multi-spindle-heads.com

V8013

I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be painful to
remove.

todd

Todd Fatheree wrote:
I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be painful to
remove.

From the responses, my guess is a harness with treble hooks. Well
cast indeed.
Dave in Fairfax
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Dave in Fairfax wrote in
:

Todd Fatheree wrote:
I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be
painful to remove.

From the responses, my guess is a harness with treble hooks. Well
cast indeed.
Dave in Fairfax

Doesn't your newsreader recognize the sarcasm flag?

Patriarch

OMG!
Sucker fish galore! I cannot believe they are still biting today!!!


V8013

I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be painful to
remove.

todd

"Todd Fatheree" wrote in message
I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be painful to
remove.

todd

I figured the time discrepancy comment would be enough to eliminate the
barb.

In reality, the caliper is probably not going to increase accuracy very
much, if any, but is easier than trying to see those little lines on the
ruler.

I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be painful to
remove.

It's Christmas... Everyone deserves a response today... Even the trolls.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
http://www.autodrill.com
http://www.multi-spindle-heads.com

V8013

"Joe" wrote in message
...
I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be painful
to
remove.

It's Christmas... Everyone deserves a response today... Even the trolls.

And the gullible.

todd

I use calipers when planing my wood.

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:58:11 -0600, John T
wrote:

I use calipers when planing my wood.

I use a plane. :-)

John T wrote in news:PAkzd.3917$Rg1.1224
@fe03.lga:

I use calipers when planing my wood.


How do you sharpen them? Waterstones?

Patriarch

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 07:19:07 GMT, Patriarch
calmly ranted:

John T wrote in news:PAkzd.3917$Rg1.1224
:

I use calipers when planing my wood.

How do you sharpen them? Waterstones?

Another Q for him: Brake, dial, electronic LCD, or vernier?


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Goodness - gracious,

Throw out the parts and try again. Off by 8/100's or more!!!!!!
There is a hundredths scale on my old frame square. I haven't
been able to read that scale without glasses and a magnifying
glass for over 20 years.

My dad is a retired tool and die maker. I always remember him
making a drawer for a stereo, no probably hi-fi cabinet when I was
a kid. We lived in arid Colorado and there were still plenty of
days that you couldn't make that drawer budge. Wait for a few low
humidity days and it would work just fine. His clearance
allowance would have been unconscionable in metal work.

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"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
...
All my tools are no good any more.

I planed some wood to 3/4" and it seemed OK.

I cut some strips to 1/8" and they seem to fit OK.

What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I
just found out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is
way under size. Not only does it measure .742, it has low
spots that measure .740

The 1/8" strips shrunk also. The first one I grabbed was a mere
.123.

I've already tossed the defective wood into the wood stove and
I'm setting my tools out by the curb for trash day. Now that I
have a digital readout caliper, I'm going to buy all new tools
that are accurate and start over.

Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the
digital clock says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an
appointment
Ed

"DanG" wrote in message
news:46hzd.3253$4h.2824@okepread03...


My dad is a retired tool and die maker. I always remember him
making a drawer for a stereo, no probably hi-fi cabinet when I was
a kid. We lived in arid Colorado and there were still plenty of
days that you couldn't make that drawer budge. Wait for a few low
humidity days and it would work just fine.

I sometimes wonder if houses would improve if the yahoos that work framing
tract houses would serve as an apprentice to a tool and die maker for 6
months or so.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

"Roger Shoaf" wrote in message
...

"DanG" wrote in message
news:46hzd.3253$4h.2824@okepread03...


My dad is a retired tool and die maker. I always remember him
making a drawer for a stereo, no probably hi-fi cabinet when I was
a kid. We lived in arid Colorado and there were still plenty of
days that you couldn't make that drawer budge. Wait for a few low
humidity days and it would work just fine.

I sometimes wonder if houses would improve if the yahoos that work framing
tract houses would serve as an apprentice to a tool and die maker for 6
months or so.


Hell... they'd improve if those yahoos were forced to work for six months
under a journeyman carpenter.
--

-Mike-

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 15:43:41 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

All my tools are no good any more.

I planed some wood to 3/4" and it seemed OK.

I cut some strips to 1/8" and they seem to fit OK.

What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just found
out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size. Not only
does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

The 1/8" strips shrunk also. The first one I grabbed was a mere .123.

I've already tossed the defective wood into the wood stove and I'm setting
my tools out by the curb for trash day. Now that I have a digital readout
caliper, I'm going to buy all new tools that are accurate and start over.

Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock
says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment
Ed

Cute.
TWS

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 15:43:41 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

All my tools are no good any more.

I planed some wood to 3/4" and it seemed OK.

I cut some strips to 1/8" and they seem to fit OK.

What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just found
out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size. Not only
does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

The 1/8" strips shrunk also. The first one I grabbed was a mere .123.

I've already tossed the defective wood into the wood stove and I'm setting
my tools out by the curb for trash day. Now that I have a digital readout
caliper, I'm going to buy all new tools that are accurate and start over.



Where do you live?





Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock
says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment
Ed

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
...


All my tools are no good any more.

Hmm - if you email me, vmail me or snail mail me, or call me at one of the
six phone numbers associated with me now - I'll walk you though fixing that
caliper. Clearly it needs the battery removed to work better.



Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock
says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment

NIST in Boulder is nearby. Hold on while I check their Cesium clock...

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 15:43:41 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock
says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment

Fortune cookie - "Man with two clocks never really sure what time it
is."

My wooddorking version - "Man with two measuring sticks never really
sure of size."

Barry

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:05:33 GMT, Ba r r y
wrote:

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 15:43:41 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock
says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment

Fortune cookie - "Man with two clocks never really sure what time it
is."

My wooddorking version - "Man with two measuring sticks never really
sure of size."

Barry
Corollary to the wooddorking version: "Man who has tool reading in ten
thousandths of an inch will never be satisfied with the result."

TWS

All my tools are no good any more.

I planed some wood to 3/4" and it seemed OK.

I cut some strips to 1/8" and they seem to fit OK.

What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just found
out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size. Not only
does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

The 1/8" strips shrunk also. The first one I grabbed was a mere .123.

I've already tossed the defective wood into the wood stove and I'm setting
my tools out by the curb for trash day. Now that I have a digital readout
caliper, I'm going to buy all new tools that are accurate and start over.

Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock
says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment
Ed



You really shouldn't be using a dial caliper for that - it isn't accurate
enough. Try a good set of vernier calipers instead.

And then, when you have finally become a fine woodworker and can hit the .750"
right on, buy a tenths micrometer so you can shoot for .7500".

John Martin