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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Thompson
Sent: 02 November 2006 14:34
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Subject: Re: [OldTools] Unmentionable mentioned

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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