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264167 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑12‑10 | Lignum Vitae |
Just remembered - a few years ago I picked this up for $4 (IIRC): https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/24093435807/in/dateposted-public/ It is a plumber’s lead dresser and still has a wax coating on the surface - unused. It is about the shape of a small mallet, but not quite right. I have thought of a couple of tool handles being in there. Modern ones are made of beech, and I have seen a couple of LV and even a boxwood one on the innerwebs Ed Minch |
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264169 | Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> | 2017‑12‑10 | Re: Lignum Vitae |
Hi Ed I thought that object you shared is a roofer’s lead sheet dresser, to smooth out lead sheet flashing (as around chimneys etc)? What would plumbers use this for? Claudio |
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264170 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑12‑10 | Re: Lignum Vitae |
Claudio I suppose, like most tools, it can cross disciplines, but I found it in numerous places on the innerwebs as a plumber's tool for working lead over oakum in setting cast iron and lead pipes. They have a whole kit of wooden tools, perhaps a dozen different shapes. Ed Minch |
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264173 | Peter Marquis-Kyle <peter@m...> | 2017‑12‑10 | Re: Lignum Vitae |
On 11/12/2017 3:13 AM, Claudio DeLorenzi wrote: > Hi Ed > I thought that object you shared is a roofer’s lead sheet dresser, to > smooth out lead sheet flashing (as around chimneys etc)? > What would plumbers use this for? > Claudio There is a clue in the name -- plumber -- which comes to us from the Latin 'plumbarius' (worker in lead). The first definition of 'plumber' in the Oxford English Dictionary says: "Originally: a person who deals with or works in lead. Subsequently: a person who fits or repairs the pipes (originally made of lead), fittings, and other apparatus relating to the water supply, sanitation, heating, etc., for a building." -- Peter Marquis-Kyle |
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264174 | Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> | 2017‑12‑11 | Re: Lignum Vitae |
That makes complete sense. An interesting example of domain dependence of knowledge (or more succinctly, as Homer says, "D'hoh" , like I just did while slapping my forehead). Cheers Claudio On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Peter Marquis-Kyle < peter@m...> wrote: |
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264175 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑12‑11 | Re: Lignum Vitae |
One step back - the latin name for lead is Plumbum Ed Minch |
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264176 | Michael Parrish <michaelparrish@o...> | 2017‑12‑11 | Re: Lignum Vitae |
Hence, the atomic symbol for lead, Pb. --- Michael Parrish michael-parrish.com -------- Original message -------- From: Ed Minch |
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264218 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2017‑12‑12 | Re: Lignum Vitae |
I picked this up for $4 (IIRC): > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/24093435807/in/dateposted-public/ For plumbing needs smaller ones were more common. This one was probably made for body work. Before bondo all auto repairs and customizing details were done with solder. As in lead sled, which we have all heard of. I know a guy who can wield one of these with great finesse. (ever try to get molten lead to stand on a vertical surface?) Last I saw a rare Jaguar XKE coupe was lookin like 2 million dollars. I found one at a yard sale too, and made him a couple more as a gift. Identical in size and shape, none were lignum, but they don't really need to be. yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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