Now I am wondering if I should make my paint can openers with round, or
hexagonal, or octagonal handles? Perhaps even an oval shape? Domestic hardwood,
or exotic? I have a small stash of Brazilian Rosewood that I have been saving
for many years now, so maybe this is the occasion to use some of it. Ebony would
be cool. Egad! What would I give for a hunk of ivory?

This would be a good excuse to break out the carving tools and carve little
faces and stuff on the top of the handles.  The possibilities are endless, and
will require much study and discussion. I don't want to rush into this. With a
little patience I can make this last for years.


On May 23, 2014, at 9:41 AM, Michael Blair  wrote:

>> And I might add an excellent excuse/reason for creating a rack for
>> different sizes of paint can openers. Perhaps we can turn a series of
>> wooden handles for our various and sundry paint can openers. Then we
>> can proceed to discuss...
> 
> But first, should we use USA made screwdrivers because the materials are
> better, or should we use screwdrivers made in Sri Lanka because they aren't
> good enough for our purposes?  And doesn't LN make an optimum paint can
> opener? I have actually accumulated three different styles of paint can
> opener, and now that I have a cabinet for paints and such, I can find all
> of them.
> 
>> Retirement is awesome. On any other Friday, at this time, I would have
>> been sitting in another boring meeting discussing absolutely useless
>> ideas and creating meaningless reams of documents.
>> This is much better.
> 
> I had daily morning meetings as well as the Big meeting on Wednesdays.
> Management had a day long meeting every Thursday.  It's a great relief
> not to be bothered with any of them!  I can't quite call myself retired
> yet, but the only bosses are me and the customer.  Yay!
> 
> Mike in Sacto
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