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262681 | "Frank Filippone" <red735il@g...> | 2017‑07‑17 | Winding sticks |
Since we are in the throes of Winding Stick building...... I thought I might ask.... I have always seen these as 2 pieces of identical species wood, with sometimes and inlay of lighter wood ( or ivory) on one of them..... Has anyone tried to make a set from 2 species of wood with different colors? As in Maple and walnut ..... one light , the other dark?.. rather than the inlay ...? Was it a successful set? Frank Filippone Red735il@g... |
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262682 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2017‑07‑17 | Re: Winding sticks |
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Frank Filippone |
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262683 | Nichael Cramer <nichael@s...> | 2017‑07‑17 | Re: Winding sticks |
Frank Filippone wrote: >[...] >I thought I might ask.... >I have always seen these as 2 pieces of identical species wood, with >sometimes and inlay of lighter wood ( or ivory) on one of them... >Has anyone tried to make a set from 2 species of wood with different >colors? As in Maple and walnut ..... one light , the other dark?.. >rather than the inlay ...? That's how I made mine (maple and mahogany). >Was it a successful set? I've always been pretty happy with it. A few more notes: 1] I find the contrast in colors really helpful (i.e. the contrast helps in detecting any tiny mismatches). 2] I trusted my ability to make a more precise set from two solid pieces (even if from different species) than by trying to attach an inlay. 3] Concerning using different species, I reasoned as follows: -- Presumably the advantage of making both sticks from the same species is that they could better handle any humidity-caused shrinkage, etc in "similar" ways. But I figured if either stick was that out of whack, then they had worse problems than anything caused by simply being made from different species. -- Likewise, I assume that any humidity-based instability is going to manifest itself in each stick's width (i.e. perpendicular to the long-side of the sticks) So unless the grain was really wonky, this shouldn't affect the accuracy of the sticks (i.e. the "top" and "bottom" edges should tend to remain parallel.) N |
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262687 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑07‑17 | Re: Winding sticks |
My set is cherry and pine, with two dowels that hold them together so they don’t get lost or mistaken fro scrap and thrown away. I find they work just find, but am intrihied by the half-moon idea: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/35991846775/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/35602998300/in/dateposted-public/ Ed Minch |
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262688 | Tony Zaffuto <tzmti@c...> | 2017‑07‑17 | Re: Winding sticks |
Mine are scrap pieces of cherry, beveled, but without any contrasting inlay. I too, am intrigued by the half moon design and will make a set when I find time. T. Anthony M. Zaffuto, President Metaltech, Inc. 3547 Watson, Hwy. DuBois, PA (814) 375-9399 |
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262689 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2017‑07‑18 | Re: Winding sticks |
On 2017-07-17 5:31 PM, Tony Zaffuto wrote: > Mine are scrap pieces of cherry, beveled, but without any contrasting inlay. I too, am intrigued by the half moon design and will make a set when I find time. The half-moons look cool. But I wonder if whatever is in the background (within the half-moons) would intefere with their utility. I will make a more traditional pair with inlaid piano key & ebony bits when IGART and a nice straight-grained piece of mahogany. In the interim, I use a pair of aluminum angles , one of which I blackened with a Sharpie. I place the black one closer to my viewing position. From the samples I've seen, most vintage pairs are about 16-18 inches. I wonder why? FWIW Don -- On Jan. 26, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ruled that the Government of Canada racially discriminates against 165,000 First Nations children. “Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.” - Rosemary Brown, the first Black woman elected to a Canadian legislature |
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262690 | William Ghio <bghio@m...> | 2017‑07‑18 | Re: Winding sticks |
> On Jul 17, 2017, at 8:21 PM, Don Schwartz |
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262691 | Mark Pfeifer <markpfeifer@i...> | 2017‑07‑18 | Re: Winding sticks |
Mine are high contrast, and it does seem to help. One is an ancient Stanley Model 0 that I think was made of walnut or something like that, with nice solid heavy brass. Its partner is a 10 year old Stanley made from the common yellow species of polystyreneus plastitackyus. But I read Schwarz’ blog post about half moon winding sticks and it’s convinced me to make a pair, partly because some of the design features are very subtle and useful, and especially since the ones that prompted the article are from Charleston SC. MPf. |
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262692 | "Maddex, Peter" <peter.maddex@n...> | 2017‑07‑18 | Re: Winding sticks |
I have. Mine are ABW and Beech, with a ABW dowel as a centre marker in the beech one and a beech dowel in the ABW one. They work well for me nice and visible results. Pete -----Original Message----- From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-bounces@s...] On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: 17 July 2017 18:01 To: 'OldTools List' |
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262693 | gary may | 2017‑07‑18 | Re: Winding sticks |
Hi Frank: Consider converting a couple of beyond-reasonable-repair wooden levels---- there's a lot of good wood in them--bleach the lightest one and ebonize the other.---they're dirt cheap around here. I mean at my house. Bring a dime, I'll get you half a dozen. Hope this helps--- gam in OlyWA/USA How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one cares for none of them! Jane Austen From: Frank Filippone |
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262694 | Michael Parrish <michaelparrish@o...> | 2017‑07‑19 | Re: Winding sticks |
Well, my one and only attempt at making winding sticks was a disaster. I had slightly thin walnut stock to begin with. When I resawed it into two sticks, it immediately warped beyond recovery. I will have to get motivated and try again one day. I can't imagine why two sticks of different species wouldn't work. Unless I was the one making them, then I could see a reason it wouldn't work. Lol. --- Michael Parrish michael-parrish.com -------- Original message -------- From: gary may via OldTools |
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262696 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2017‑07‑19 | Re: Winding sticks |
On 2017-07-18 6:12 PM, Michael Parrish wrote: > Well, my one and only attempt at making winding sticks was a disaster. I had slightly thin walnut stock to begin with. When I resawed it into two sticks, it immediately warped beyond recovery. I will have to get motivated and try again one day. I feel your pain. Same thing happened to me with some mahogany which apparently wasn't straight-grained enough... Don, who finally mostly finished restoring interior doors and spent some time today wondering if he should have bought that piece of cherry with so much twist in it... -- On Jan. 26, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ruled that the Government of Canada racially discriminates against 165,000 First Nations children. “Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.” - Rosemary Brown, the first Black woman elected to a Canadian legislature |
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262697 | Nichael Cramer <nichael@s...> | 2017‑07‑19 | Re: Winding sticks |
Don Schwartz wrote: >[...] >Don, who finally mostly finished restoring interior doors and spent >some time today wondering if he should have bought that piece of >cherry with so much twist in it... Surely you mean "so much wind in it"? D&Ring N |
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