Jeez Jim,

I was offended last night by plywood!  I had to make a spacer for mounting
an old Morgan bench vise, and a piece of 3/4" thick piece of plywood fit the
bill perfectly, however, I had to cut a 3" wide X 7-1/4" long X 3/16" deep
groove in it!

Now, do I offend my trusty old Richardson backsaw, and subject a favorite
old Shure-Kut chisel to removing the "less than wood" wood, or do I resort
to using a new old tool table saw(old because it hasn't been powered up in
several months).  A conundrum for sure!

Wisdom took over in the knick of time!  Took out a hacksaw and cut out the
metal brace (wasn't needed anyhow) that required the groove!  Bingo!  Didn't
have to clear the items off of the tablesaw bench (the cast iron makes a
perfect sharpening station) or raise the blade!

Vise is mounted and my lungs remain clear and I didn't add to any additional
ringing in the ears!

Life is good!

Tony Z.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Thompson" <jdthompsonca@s...>
To: "oldtools" <oldtools@c...>
Cc: "oldtools" <oldtools@c...>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [oldtools] seems to me

> I wasn't offended by the mention of plywood, and the discussion was
> brief. If it had gone on too long I might have joined you in
> complaining about it. But others may share your opinion.
>
> I don't want a rigidly controlled discussion forum. As long as we stay
> reasonably on topic, I can handle it.
> Plywood IS wood, and wood is fair game for discussion. At least for me.
> Other people's mileage may vary.
>
> Dissent is always welcome. I remember that Natalie didn't want to hear
> any more about it.
>
> On Jan 27, 2005, at 7:22 AM, Larry Marshall wrote:
>
> > On January 27, 2005 10:21 am, you wrote:
> >>> Were this list to revert to a "Tools Only" discussion, a lot of its
> >>> character would be lost. I thoroughly enjoy almost every topic
> >
> >  Civility is nice, Jim, but you've missed my point.  We used to
> > discuss the
> >  acquisition and USE of hand tools.  Now we're talking about whether
> > one
> >  should like (or not) furniture of one maker, whether plywood is good,
> > etc.
> >  Possibly the mandate of the list has changed; maybe not.  In any
> > case, at
> >  the moment, it's stated goal is:
> >
> >  "The purpose of this list is to provide an entertaining,
> >  not-quite-moderated, light-hearted, fun, jolly, happy, informative
> > forum to
> >  discuss the history, usage, value, location, availability,
> > collectibility,
> >  and restoration of traditional woodworking tools." -
> >  http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/oldtools.html
> >
> >  I fail to see how the virtues of plywood fit into this mandate.  More
> >  importantly, I see little, currently, in the list that relates to that
> >  stated purpose.  It's this second thing that is most bothersome, not
> > the
> >  occasional jaunt outside the bounds.
>
>
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