...and a good time was had by all. We yacked like a bunch of old hens; looked at
many chisels handles for inspiration; turned a few handles; and played at lathe
tool sharpening issues. Then someone brought up saw nibs and everyone else
ducked and ran.

Present were John White, Gary Caron, Steve Reynolds, Charlie Driggs, Tom Dugan,
Tom Price, Ed Minch, Sam Pickens and yours truly. Charlie brought a half dozen
chisels and burnishers that had been re-handled by Jim Thompson and we all got
to see what a talented turner Jim was. I don’t think any we turned came out
nearly as well. We did both socketed and tanged chisels and demonstrated (at
least for me) the superiority of burning the tang in as opposed to step
drilling. Gary brought his treadle jig saw for us to try. I am one who could
never dance and my footworks skills were similarly deficient in getting that
durn saw to dance. Gary, on the other hand, could really make her swing.

It was a good day, but you will have to take my word for it ‘cause I forgot to
pull out my camera and I don’t think anybody else did either.

Bill

> On Nov 22, 2015, at 2:42 PM, William Ghio  wrote:
> 
> ...and a good time was had by all. We yacked like a bunch of old hens; looked
at many chisels handles for inspiration; turned a few handles; and played at
lathe tool sharpening issues. Then someone brought up saw nibs and everyone else
ducked and ran.
> 

	I had a great time, too.  Thanks to you and Joanne for your hospitality.

        I want to get back with information on the floorjack with the enormous
nut.  Charlie Driggs took one look at it and said he had a hexagonal pipe wrench
that would do the job. So I showed up at his house a couple of days later and he
produced a pipe wrench that looked like a slip-jaw pliers.  I was quietly
skeptical.  I was thinking that this was a job for a loooong handled tool.  A
minute later I was elated, it worked like a charm.  I can report now that the
project was an enormous success.  All the seals have been replaced and my
oldtool hydraulic floor jack is again as strong as bull, and does not leak.

Regards, 
Steve