Galoots,

Warning: rambling off topic message follows.

I haven't had much woodworking to report on lately, and what with doing
so much tinkering and prototype building at work, I want to do something
different on my days off. So I took a basic welding class at the local
Community College. It is about as far from galoot work as you can get!
Fire! Massive amounts of electricity! Rivers of sparks! Toxic fumes and
smoke! Sizzling and crackling! Danger! Light brighter than the surface of
the sun! I loved it! Can't weld worth a d**n yet, though. I'd reckon
about 10 miles of bead to go before there's a chance of that happening.

Sorry for the OT (the other OT: Off Topic), but I'm just stoked! Note:
I'll never leave woodworking behind. This is just a skill expansion. And
maybe I can learn to repair some old tools.

Phil E., Asheville, NC where the leaves are still pretty but past the
peak.
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On Nov 2, 2006, at 5:16 AM, pedger66@j... wrote: Snip

>  Can't weld worth a d**n yet, though. I'd reckon
> about 10 miles of bead to go before there's a chance of that  
> happening.
>
> Sorry for the OT (the other OT: Off Topic), but I'm just stoked! Note:
> I'll never leave woodworking behind. This is just a skill  
> expansion. And
> maybe I can learn to repair some old tools.

Like so many other things, you learn to weld by repetition. You learn  
to ski by skiing, you learn to weld by welding. It is a fairly long  
learning curve, but you will get better.

Being able to do a little welding will allow you to make counterfeit  
Perfect Handle tools. Now, is that a worthy goal, or what?  :>)

Something to strive for. :>)

Jim Thompson, the old millrat in Riverside, CA.

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Hi, Phil E
	Being a self taught welder I find the ability to fix two pieces
of metal together with just slag and remove my finger prints at the same
time is very useful.
What about making a welded infill plane or scraper plane like this.

http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=1685

	pete

Peter Michael Maddex
Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know
Systems Operational Support
Nottingham Trent University
 

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On Nov 2, 2006, at 5:16 AM, pedger66@j... wrote: Snip

>  Can't weld worth a d**n yet, though. I'd reckon
> about 10 miles of bead to go before there's a chance of that  
> happening.
>
> Sorry for the OT (the other OT: Off Topic), but I'm just stoked! Note:
> I'll never leave woodworking behind. This is just a skill  
> expansion. And
> maybe I can learn to repair some old tools.

Like so many other things, you learn to weld by repetition. You learn  
to ski by skiing, you learn to weld by welding. It is a fairly long  
learning curve, but you will get better.

Being able to do a little welding will allow you to make counterfeit  
Perfect Handle tools. Now, is that a worthy goal, or what?  :>)

Something to strive for. :>)

Jim Thompson, the old millrat in Riverside, CA.

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Tool Porn Alert!  Tool Porn Alert!
Talk about driveby's.....
That's beautiful, Peter.  What kind of wood is that? 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maddex, Peter" <peter.maddex@n...>
> What about making a welded infill plane or scraper plane like this.
> 
> http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id 
> 
> pete
> 
> Peter Michael Maddex

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GG's

Phil E is learning to weld steel, and is... <....Sorry for the OT (the
other OT: Off Topic), but I'm just stoked! Note: <I'll never leave
woodworking behind. This is just a skill expansion. And <maybe I can
learn to repair some old tools.

Not OT (off topic) at all !! You are very privileged to be able to join
a VERY elite bunch of plane makers that includes none other than Stewart
Spiers, well at least his company, after his death in 1899. This Spiers
"Plane - O - Ayr" plane has all the features noted in Nigel Lampert's
book that place it as made during WW1, beech handle morticed into the
solid wooden frog, beech front bun, cast iron lever cap, but something
not noted by Lampert is that the base and sides are welded.
www.petermcbride.com/temp/spiers_ww1a.jpg
www.petermcbride.com/temp/spiers_ww1b.jpg
www.petermcbride.com/temp/spiers_ww1c.jpg

I've seen three of the WW1 planes, and all of them had welded bodies,
including this one I should've bought before Hans bought and sold it.

www.hansbrunnertools.gil.com.au/imagesGallery/Spierslaterjointer.jpg

Regards, Peter, In Melbourne Australia Where the press, politics and
interest rates have depressed the jewellery market....so plane making /
restoring has taken over the workshop...OH what joy
!!
And where Galootaclaus won't be such a rush this year!

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