GGs, Acting on the assumption of "better late than never", here's a little story about one particularly galootish weekend this spring. No names have been...
Tad
tja@...
Jul 10, 2001 9:26 pm
81758
I'd say none are beyond repair, if one knows how to repair them. Better to make something else into plane blades than repairable chisels. A lot of folks seem...
Bob Rackers
rackersr@...
Jul 10, 2001 10:12 pm
81759
In a message dated 07/10/2001 10:49:58 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I have used camellia oil for 10 years or so, and I haven't had any problem with rust, even...
BruceRenfro@...
Jul 10, 2001 10:35 pm
81760
To be read only by RAS owners, all others stop here! I know, I know, this list is for hand tools only but in the interest of public safety I'm passing on the...
Don Stern
donstern@...
Jul 10, 2001 10:47 pm
81761
... I have one or two user-made items, including a baby router which looks manufactured, it's so nicely made. As I recall, Todd Hughes likes to acquire ...
William K. Taggart
ILikeRust@...
Jul 10, 2001 10:54 pm
81762
... On the ones I've seen, and catalog pages I've seen, the shaft could take a couple different items: - a drill chuck for horizontal boring - an emery wheel...
William K. Taggart
ILikeRust@...
Jul 10, 2001 10:54 pm
81763
In the mail when I got home yesterday was, surprise, surprise, the side plate to my 140 (stanley skewed block/rabbet (rebate) plane Jeff). I had ordered it...
NickNaylo@...
Jul 10, 2001 11:47 pm
81764
In a message dated 7/10/01 5:14:10 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Your comment is noted, but consider this: The few folks that are talented enough to...
WANDERSO@...
Jul 10, 2001 11:57 pm
81765
Question? Short of burying the whole plane in a manure pile for a year, is there a technique to rush the patina on that shiny new side plate? Nick, I...
WANDERSO@...
Jul 11, 2001 12:05 am
81766
... is there a technique to “rush” the patina on that shiny new side plate? In one of his books, St Roy suggests the following gallootish scheme...
Nichael Cramer
nichael@...
Jul 11, 2001 12:20 am
81767
BugBear replied to my not being able to measure a saw blade...." ... I guess I have a couple of micrometers floating around somewhere,[ by the way I always...
Todd and Betty Hughes
dedhorse@...
Jul 11, 2001 12:54 am
81768
Several years ago I spotted a mitre jack sitting on a table at the local antiques swap. Dealer told me it was a "clamp." Since a Galoot can't have too many...
Ghio Bill
bghio@...
Jul 11, 2001 1:00 am
81769
Gary asked about a bench for 2 year olds: In my experience, the special kiddy bench thing doesn't work. I'm an engineer and stuff like this isn't always as...
Adam
cherubini@...
Jul 11, 2001 1:08 am
81770
GGs-- I rehandled a small one hand 6 lb. sledge today, one that' been in the family as long as I can remember. As i was cleaning it up for the job, I noticed...
John L. Odom
jlodom@...
Jul 11, 2001 1:19 am
81771
Wayne - I'm willing to spend the time, when I have it. Matter of fact, I have no reservation picking up those very chisels to repair them. If so many good ones...
Bob Rackers
rackersr@...
Jul 11, 2001 1:46 am
81772
... This has just been my week for taking abuse. My family and coworkers are already making fun of me for Harpering[1] my finger and now this. How come Tod...
Scott Post
sepost@...
Jul 11, 2001 1:49 am
81773
Those unfortunate galoots who have been following my travails in cuckoo clockmaking can find the last installment on my web page at: ...
Ralph Brendler
ralph@...
Jul 11, 2001 2:01 am
81774
... I'm glad that others are having good experiences with the hand cranked grinder. I really don't want any credit for the method that I wrote about, as it was...
Moses and Meg
myoder@...
Jul 11, 2001 2:37 am
81775
great job. I always wanted to make a clock. You did it better then I ever could. -- Knight-Toolworks & Custom Planes Custom made wooden planes at reasonable...
Steve Knight
stevek@...
Jul 11, 2001 2:54 am
81776
GG One of my auction buddies is an older gentleman who always manages to have a #1 (tiny smoother jeff) or other interesting thing in his pocket. Well today he...
Minch
ruby@...
Jul 11, 2001 3:01 am
81777
Hey, c'mon Bob! I see saws every weekend that are never going to find a home. They are new or late model saws that nobody will ever use or resharpen....
Jim Thompson
jimbono@...
Jul 11, 2001 3:35 am
81778
Hi All: Several weeks ago I came across a number of boxlots of 1950s & 1960s Popular Mechanics magazines. At a $1 a box it was hard to resist. In their 50th...
L. Schmidt
millhollow@...
Jul 11, 2001 3:40 am
81779
Cool, very nice looking clock. Has the cucooing driven you crazy yet? :) Pam ... -- Pamela G. Niedermayer Pinehill Softworks Inc. 600 W. 28th St., Suite 103 ...
Pam Niedermayer
pam_pine@...
Jul 11, 2001 3:56 am
81780
Nick asked..." Question? Short of burying the whole plane in a manure pile for a year, is there a technique to “rush” the patina on that shiny new...
Todd and Betty Hughes
dedhorse@...
Jul 11, 2001 4:00 am
81781
Wayne wrote ... beyond repair). I'm looking for long straight sided (not bevel edged) chisels over 1/2"...wider the better. I will be reshaping to make plane ...
Bill - Craftsman Studio
bill@...
Jul 11, 2001 4:17 am
81782
I have a small closed throat router that I made from a bronze casting (St. James Bay Tool Co.). It was copied from one that a patternmaker made and he even...
BUCKNER, BRIAN
BBUCKNER@...
Jul 11, 2001 4:19 am
81783
... I've had good luck (so far) with "Bullfrog" VCI that I found at Highland Hardware in Atlanta. The VCI emits some sort of gas that prevents rust quite well....
BUCKNER, BRIAN
BBUCKNER@...
Jul 11, 2001 4:59 am
81784
I need something better then wax on my steel sided infill's the finger prints rust so bad. the wax does not seem to last any time at all. any idea's? it can't ...
Steve Knight
stevek@...
Jul 11, 2001 5:26 am
81785
Nick asked ... To which Todd provided all sorts of arcane and exotic methods of artificially adding "age" to metal. Another possibility not yet mentioned this...
holloway@...
Jul 11, 2001 6:43 am
81786
Galoots far and wide (but mostly in the western parts of the USA): The Bay Area Galoots will gather at my place just to the north of Vacaville, CA. on...
