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265365 | William Ghio <bghio@m...> | 2018‑03‑11 | Wooden boxes for sharpening stones |
Tony shared an inspiring hinged box for a sharpening stone: >> >> I have never seen a box like that either, but I am digging it! Tony, can you take some close ups of the box? > > Here it is > > http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/miscpics/sharpeningstone0302a.jpg > http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/miscpics/sharpeningstone0302b.jpg > http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/miscpics/sharpeningstone0302c.jpg > http://oldetoolshop.com/jointer/miscpics/sharpeningstone0302d.jpg It is oriented on edge, apparently for sharpening carving tools. I have a stone sunk into a box in a similar manner. The stone appears to be a full size 3” x 8” and it is sunk so only about 1/2” is above the box. A vary deep recess and it won’t come out with out destroying the box, which I would be loth to do as the box is so shapely. Last week I picked up a translucent stone in the 3” x8” size which desperately needed a box to protect it. Last night I rough cut the material and finished it up today, using the shapely antique box as a model. I have left the wood raw as it is an oil stone so will patina quickly. Four photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../sets/7215 7688695894330/with/26883550868/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../set s/72157688695894330/with/26883550868/ Bill |
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265368 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑03‑11 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones |
Beautiful Ed Minch |
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265383 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑03‑12 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
Looks great - how about an egg and dart on the lower bead? Ed Minch |
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265384 | John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> | 2018‑03‑12 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
GG’s I’m not sure if Ed was kidding when he suggested adding Egg&Dart, though it surely would look good, raising a prosaic object to a higher level. My suggestion would be signing and dating it with incised Roman letters. A century from now, future Galoots will be researching your name! And, they might be your great grandchildren . Maybe get really fancy and add “Ars , longa, vita brevis.” Make it an heirloom. John Ruth |
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265385 | Brent A Kinsey <brentpmed@c...> | 2018‑03‑12 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
Bill sent pics of his "Tarted up" whetstone box. Bill, The beads really did the trick! It turned that attractive box into something special. Good idea and good work! Brent A Kinsey |
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265387 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑03‑12 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
And add the type of stone! How about “ne plus ultra”. Ed Minch |
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265389 | Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> | 2018‑03‑12 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
agreed. on the side/bottom/end of the stone... "ne plus ultra" should be what you engrave on the side of the box after engraving "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne" on the other side, and "carpe lapis" on the lid. bill felton, ca |
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265391 | John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> | 2018‑03‑12 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
Bill, "Carpe Lapis" - just another example of the intellectual banter that makes this Porch such a special place to hang out! I actually did that. Was walking around the famous Englishtown NJ Flea Market with an old buddy when I happened to be the first one to peer into a particular box. Out came a translucent white Arkansas stone, which the vendor quoted me at $2. Somebody on this list once said there are no friends at a Flea Market or an Auction. When visiting a Flea together, I tell my friends that if they see something they like, they must not put it down until they've definitely decided not to buy it, because I'm RIGHT BEHIND YOU and it will be gone into my kill bag. There have been "second thoughts" situations where somebody grabbed up what I procrastinated over. Those memories burn like hot coals. "Non-buyer's remorse" is even worse than Buyer's Remorse! So, yeah SIEZE THE STONE! Most people selling them have no idea what they are really worth, and underprice them. John R. ________________________________ From: Dragon List |
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265393 | Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> | 2018‑03‑12 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
john, see interspersed. On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 3:55 PM, John Ruth |
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265408 | Thomas Conroy | 2018‑03‑13 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
Bill Kasper wrote: "oh, hell yes. just ask eppler or nicknaylo or other fleabags about "the kasper fade". it's yielded me some nice alameda kit (loot, paddy), not least a $25 miter jack in fine fettle, a $2 stanley 4 1/2, type 9 (wide smoothing plane, jeff), and a $125 7" columbian blacksmith's post vise, all of which were paid for before anyone else knew i'd even disappeared.... my last pike lily white washita came out of a box of various that other fleabags had handled, but i grabbed it first...." Its all very well to crow on your dunghill, Bill, but as I remember it you were back in the ruck with the rest of us when Joe Jerkins cut through an aisle to one ahead and picked up an infill smoother without issues for $75. And I'd be willing to bet you joined the rest of us in congratulating him----without rancor. While we're on the subject....Didn't that lilywhite Washita come out of the same box where I got my third translucent white Arkansas, before you went grubbing at the leavings? Just sayin'... Tom Conroy (The one that stirs my rue is the fine, though dirty, 8" brace Joe got at about the same time as the infill. I saw it before him, too, but didn't realize how big it was. I haven't seen one since. And, by the way, I did miss the Washita, and paid more than $2 for the translucent Arkansas, though still nowhere near its value.) |
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265411 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑03‑13 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
8” brace!!!! I couldn't sell the 2 6” I had at Patina last weekend. 8” brace!!!! They are as common as dirt here. I even have a 5” Millers Falls 32 down there somewhere. How many can I send out to you?? 8” brace!!!! (Did you mean 16” sweep with an 8” throw??) Ed Minch |
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265413 | Thomas Conroy | 2018‑03‑13 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
Ed Minch wrote: >8” brace!!!! I couldn't sell the 2 6” I had at Patina last weekend. 8” brace!!!! They are as common as dirt here. I even have a 5” Millers>Falls 32 down there somewhere. How many can I send out to you?? 8” brace!!!! >(Did you mean 16” sweep with an 8” throw??)< 8" throw, 16" sweep. I should have said, but I couldn't remember which was which. Tom |
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265414 | Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> | 2018‑03‑13 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Thomas Conroy |
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265418 | Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> | 2018‑03‑14 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
That’s what I was looking for all last summer! Boring 2” holes in hard Ash slabs with a 10 in brace was hopeless. I’ve since sharpened up a barn auger for round two this summer. Claudio On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 2:33 PM Thomas Conroy via OldTools < oldtools@s...> wrote: |
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265428 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2018‑03‑14 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
> i do remember that brace. it was a big bastahd (bastard, jeff). The last 16" brace I saw, was on Ebay. It was listed in a screwy category hardly anyone was going to find. It had a day to go, 1 page view, and one bid. $5 The bidder was GLangford................ I bit my lip and let George have it yours Scott |
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265433 | paul womack <pwomack@p...> | 2018‑03‑15 | Re: Wooden boxes for sharpening stones II |
scott grandstaff wrote: > >> i do remember that brace. it was a big bastahd (bastard, jeff). > > The last 16" brace I saw, was on Ebay. > It was listed in a screwy category hardly anyone was going to find. > It had a day to go, 1 page view, and one bid. $5 > > The bidder was GLangford................ > I bit my lip and let George have it That must have been a long time ago; eBay has been hiding bidder names for years... BugBear |
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