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249751 | Frank Reid <wreid@t...> | 2014‑08‑06 | Quiet |
It is still very quiet on my end. Frank Reid |
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249752 | David Nighswander <wishingstarfarm663@m...> | 2014‑08‑06 | Re: Quiet |
Hello? Helllloooooo? Must be everyone is taking a nap. Sent from Windows Mail From: Frank Reid Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 9:52 PM To: oldtools@r... It is still very quiet on my end. Frank Reid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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249753 | Malcolm Thomas <idraconus@i...> | 2014‑08‑06 | Re: Quiet |
I wish ! .... Middle of a work day down here :-) Sent from my iPhone > On 6 Aug 2014, at 12:58 pm, David Nighswander |
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249754 | Champ Herren <champherren3@g...> | 2014‑08‑06 | Re: Quiet |
All's quiet, and hot in hill country. This guy is ready for fall. Currently there are no birds to shoot, the fish aren't biting (well), the garage/shop/whatever is a stifling 100 degrees and the woods are full of ticks. I have hope though, the other day a northerly breeze brought the smell of dead leaves to my nostrils. You know that smell? The one you remember from childhood as you played in a pile of them. I know not where the smell came from, could be up the road, could be way north or way way north; however it came. Fall is not far behind. CH |
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249756 | Michael Blair <branson2@s...> | 2014‑08‑06 | Re: Fwd: Re: Quiet |
Too quiet as they used to say in a hundred different cowboys and Indians movies. So I'll liven things up a bit with a bunch of videos. As some might remember, I'm researching Russian cooper's tools for the new room plan for the cooper's shop there. Trying to find more than I have up till now, I checked up Russian woodworking. This is what I found -- Russian carpenters using largely traditional tools to restore and/or reproduce old Russian structures. St. Roy would fall in love with these. http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- plah">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-plah http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- tyosa">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-tyosa http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/okorka- brevna">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/okorka-brevna http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/pricherchivanie- brevna">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/pricherchivanie-brevna http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- lemeha">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-lemeha http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- lemeha">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-lemeha (this one you can access from the one above) Making, then using an axe: http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- prichelin">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-prichelin I am reminded of one of the early episodes of the Woodwright's Shop, where Roy went to Scandinavia for a show on making log cabins. The ax work is simply incredible. In one part, the carpenter is explaining the design of the traditional Russian ax. Can't understand a word of Russian, but he is pointing out the triangular eye, which makes it OK to use the poll as a hammer, and the straightness of the sides of the blade, which pretty much turn it into an ambidextrous broad ax. Hollowing out the underside of a log to fit it snugly over the top of the log it will rest on is good. Carving a curve into a shingle to fit it over a curved surface using only an ax... The second video at http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- lemeha">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-lemeha (don't know why it has the same URL as the decorative shingle making video) shows them using a drawknife with straight handles -- straight out from the blade -- and it's pushed, not drawn toward you. A very different way of making shingles. Mike in Sacto |
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249757 | Champ Herren <champherren3@g...> | 2014‑08‑06 | Re: Quiet |
I'm not ready for fall yet. I get that...one persons wish is another's hindrance. My daddy once told a joke about a farming community in the midst of a drought. It seems during Sunday service the parson announced a special service that evening to gather and pray for rain. Everyone was nodding and murmuring in agreement when a little old man stood up in the back and said, "can you all hold off till I get the new roof on my barn finished?" CH |
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249767 | Philip Yarra <philip.yarra@i...> | 2014‑08‑07 | Re: Quiet |
On 07/08/14 02:03, Champ Herren wrote: > My daddy once told a joke about a farming community in the midst of a > drought. It seems during Sunday service the parson announced a special > service that evening to gather and pray for rain. Everyone was nodding and > murmuring in agreement when a little old man stood up in the back and said, > "can you all hold off till I get the new roof on my barn finished?" > Puts me in mind of the poem "Said Hanrahan": http://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Said_Hanrahan#The_Poem Every time I read this old poem, I can hear the voices of the cockies* dispensing the wisdom of the land. Cheers, Philip * farmer - see here: http://andc.anu.edu.au/australian-words/meanings- origins?field_alphabet_value=81">http://andc.anu.edu.au/australian-words /meanings-origins?field_alphabet_value=81 |
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249768 | Champ Herren <champherren3@g...> | 2014‑08‑07 | Re: Quiet |
Every time I read this old poem, I can hear the voices of the cockies* dispensing the wisdom of the land. Cheers, Philip I love that Philip. It is reminiscent of Burns. It also reminds me of the old New England verse, "The Ciders Gett'in Low"...any of the Yankee brethren know it? On topic, verse written on trades are common enough. In the Ozark region where men hacked ties for a living the verse is "Tie Hacking is Tiresome" CH |
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254442 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2015‑04‑21 | Re: Fwd: Re: Quiet |
Way back in August On 2014-08-06 9:22 AM, Michael Blair wrote: > As some might remember, I'm > researching Russian cooper's tools for the new room plan for the > cooper's shop there. > Trying to find more than I have up till now, I checked up Russian > woodworking. This > is what I found -- Russian carpenters using largely traditional tools > to restore > and/or reproduce old Russian structures. St. Roy would fall in love > with these. > > http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- plah">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-plah > http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- tyosa">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-tyosa > http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/okorka- brevna">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/okorka-brevna > http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/pricherchivanie- brevna">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/pricherchivanie-brevna > http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- lemeha">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-lemeha > http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- lemeha">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-lemeha (this one you > can access from > the one above) I finally watched these and found the axe work fascinating. I am very cautious wielding an axe, as I have so little experience with them, I was axe - errr awe struck. But I was also intrigued to see a drill bit I hadn't seen before: at 1:41 in to http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie- prichelin">http://kizhi.karelia.ru/crafts/en/izgotovlenie-prichelin It seems like a cross between a spade bit and a center bit, and I'm wondering if anyone knows about these, or can offer any insight into origin or benefits of this design? Don |
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254446 | Michael Blair <branson2@s...> | 2015‑04‑21 | Re: Fwd: Re: Quiet |
I hadn't noticed that bit. It looks like a modified spade bit (hard to be sure from its brief appearance) of the sort Scott G recommended making a while back. As for the ax work, I'm trying to do some like this, a bit at a time. The ax is a good deal more versatile than we commonly think. (I've seen photos of a Maine hunting guide whittling a canoe paddle using his ax.) I now have two Russian axes one at about a pound and another at about 3 1/2 pounds. They're interestingly balanced. Mike in Sacto |
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