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-------- Original message --------
From: Ed Minch 
Date: 5/8/19 12:39 (GMT-05:00)
To: John Ruth 
Cc: porch 
Subject: Re: [OldTools] todays quickie

Sorry

Here is the “after” picture

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/32197023420/in/album-72157671458169080/

Ed Minch

> On May 8, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Ed Minch  wrote:
>
> John
>
> A friend gave me this:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/31757826784/in/album-72157671458169080/
>
> and I turned it into this:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/31757826784/in/album-72157671458169080/
>
> But I still wish I were more creative in using the things around me - Scott is
a muse, and amusing.
>
> Ed Minch
>
>
>
>
>> On May 8, 2019, at 10:50 AM, John Ruth  wrote:
>>
>> Ed,
>>
>> Believe it or not, I learned the words “bricoleur” and “bricolage” right here
on the Porch!
>>
>> I will return the compliment by saying that I like your “bon mot.”
>>> Veni, Vidi, Velcro  -  I came, I saw, I stuck around
>>
>> We should all take a lesson from Scott.  Don’t make yourself sad by wishing
you could buy some “Nakashima-worthy” wood that you can’t afford.  Look around
you, at the broken sledge handles, the pallets, the firewood pile, tree
trimmings, etc.
>>
>> Recall some of Scott’s rehabilitations of Perfect Handle screwdrivers using
“wild” wood.  Recall The Old Millrat’s nicely-made chisel handles.
>>
>> Any old branch section can be a file handle that might save you from a
painful tang-stab.
>>
>> One of the handsomest plane totes I ever saw was carved out of a junction
between two tree limbs.  The grain flowed beautifully around the piece; there
was no cross-grain on any part. And, this was a replacement on a Bailey!
>>
>> Yesterday, I encountered a fellow with a beautiful walking cane made from a
tree limb.
>>
>> Don’t lament lack of project wood; scrounge it!
>>
>> John Ruth
>> “Some people see things as the are, and ask ‘Why?’
>> I see things as they could be, and say ‘Hi! How’s it going?’ “
>
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