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75810
At 8:44 PM -0500 1/31/01, Stephen Reynolds wrote: [about table buttons] ... I've made a couple of sets with a profile something like: ... And as I stare at my...
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Feb 1, 2001
8:46 am
75811
... Not by Todd I suspect. Paging Stan Faullin... BugBear -- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Private replies:...
paul womack
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Feb 1, 2001
10:24 am
75812
... From: Keith Mealy <kmealy@...> To: List for users and collectors of antique tools <oldtools@...> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001...
Ryan McNabb
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Feb 1, 2001
10:29 am
75813
Except for the manufacturer, you're plane sounds like this one, http://www.supertool.com/etcetera/deadends/hardy.htm made by the Boston Metallic Plane Company....
Robert Arthur
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Feb 1, 2001
2:06 pm
75814
Thanks to Christopher Schwartz for pointing out the following link: http://www.supertool.com/etcetera/deadends/hardy.htm This plane looks quite similar, the...
Frank Jordan
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Feb 1, 2001
2:16 pm
75815
Steve, I tried to reply to your e-mail but got bounced (2X). Thanks for your reply...will order pronto! -- Paul ...
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Feb 1, 2001
2:33 pm
75816
Galoots, First, I thought I would post a shot of a red oak end table that I just completed for my sister ( I finished it with linseed oil, but don't have a ...
underwv
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Feb 1, 2001
2:43 pm
75817
... Gosh, Steve - you and I must have different sensibilities when it comes to buttons. ;-) I just went and looked at the ones I made for an Arts n Crafts...
Johnny Johnson
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Feb 1, 2001
2:48 pm
75818
Todd, Thanks for the great info on how Disston made saws. It made me go take a look at my coll...oops, ...assortment of Disstons and appreciate them even more!...
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Feb 1, 2001
2:53 pm
75819
Hi, Will; You'll probably get reminded by the List Moms that you shouldn't attach files to your OldTools posts... But, that is a nice table! Good job. I'm in...
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Feb 1, 2001
3:03 pm
75820
Hi, Tom and Others Tom's table top fasteners are just like mine, but I prefer to use a round head screw rather than countersinking a flat head -- seems like...
Trevor Robinson
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Feb 1, 2001
3:25 pm
75821
Ryan wrote, ... For years I have used Tru-Oil to refinish gunstocks and I agree that it is very easy to apply and to manipulate to any desired appearance. I ...
Jeff Schmidt
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Feb 1, 2001
3:27 pm
75822
... Nice thought. May I add (perhaps you already do this) that it would be nice to recess the heads (sort of a parallel sided countersink AKA a hole) to avoid...
paul womack
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Feb 1, 2001
3:58 pm
75823
Hi Jeff & All, Jeff S. asked if linspeed oil is still around and how it differs from boiled linseed oil. A bit of web searching led me to Lin-Speed.Com where ...
Robert Nelson
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Feb 1, 2001
5:09 pm
75824
G'day Galoots, I was asked by some to keep you up to date on the performance of my STW infill. Here it goes... My plane has changed ever so slightly, I added...
vladimir spehar
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Feb 1, 2001
6:04 pm
75825
... Hi Chris, In my search experiences the official archive hasn't worked too well either. Have you tried using the search in Egroups (now Yahoo Groups)?...
Johnny Johnson
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Feb 1, 2001
7:09 pm
75826
... From: Ken Greenberg <ken@...> To: <longrifles@...> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:43 AM Subject: Re: Clarifying Linseed Oil ... all ...
Ryan McNabb
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Feb 1, 2001
7:43 pm
75827
Todd shared a great description of how Disston saws were made in the 19 oughts: ... Anyway it was very interesting reading about how the handsaws where ...
Flowers, Curt
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Feb 1, 2001
7:53 pm
75828
... Try to find a modern handsaw with a taper ground... I've seen a Sandvik in a local hardware with "Taper Ground" printed on the paper sleeve. Took a caliper...
Louis Michaud
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Feb 1, 2001
8:20 pm
75829
Hello- I'm thinking of making a beading tool and I've got a bunch of questions that I hope someone can help me with. In case it's unclear, by beading tool I...
Ezra Herman
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Feb 1, 2001
9:03 pm
75830
Wise Angle-dividing Galoots, I recently picked up a #30 angle divider gauge at my local flea market. I knew when I bought it that it wasn't complete but the...
BUCKNER, BRIAN
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Feb 1, 2001
9:52 pm
75831
GGs, I just recently picked up a Stanley 42X saw set at a flea market. It is missing the lower adjustment screw (the one that adjusts the ramp). Actually, it...
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Feb 1, 2001
10:06 pm
75832
Galoots, Sorry about the attachments to my earlier message. Hope I didn't cause too much trouble. Back under the porch. Will Underwood -- ...
underwv
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Feb 1, 2001
10:11 pm
75833
... Brian, According to the manual, "Used with the T-blade, it makes an accurate try square"...maybe there are other uses as well. Cheers, Stan Visit my...
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Feb 1, 2001
10:19 pm
75834
Hi, Last summer at the flea market was a guy selling cheap saws with "Disston" painted on them. He said they made them where he worked in Deerfield, MA. Not...
Paul Pflumm
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Feb 1, 2001
10:22 pm
75835
... I have used it for years. It works great!!!! I do Find the MIN WAX antique oil finish to be very similar. and it may build just a tad quicker Ron -- ...
Ron Harper
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Feb 1, 2001
10:44 pm
75836
... I suspect it is commercial competition that would concern them. Imagine wave after wave of cheap, foreign-produced linseed oil products engulfing your...
C. McArdle
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Feb 1, 2001
10:46 pm
75837
Curt Flowers wrote: ...And since the number one priority of our society seems to be "low cost", I figured the expensive, quality, tools were never sold in the ...
Erik von Sneidern
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Feb 1, 2001
11:10 pm
75838
... Can't buy that, as a one-time chemical analysis by a competent lab will give you exact formulations. Such labs exist overseas. [Chemists, set me...
Kirk Hays
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Feb 1, 2001
11:20 pm
75839
... GG My bro took wood shop in late grade school, and mid-way through the course the teacher gave them an assignment - produce a cube with sides of 1" with ...
Minch
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Feb 1, 2001
11:36 pm
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