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83476 | Steve Harding sharding@h... | 2000‑09‑13 | Bio |
Greetings, Galooterati. My name is Steve Harding and I hail from Seattle, Washington. I'm a self-employed mechanical engineer with two nearly grown up daughters, two less grown up cats, and a SWMBO who, ... well, more of her later. I have no formal training in woodworking but a fair amount of experience gained through low-intensity fooling around over about twenty years. My preference for hand tools is not due to any neo-Luddite philosophical bent, but because I do woodworking for pleasure and listening to the dentist-drill whine of p*wer tools and vacuum dust collection through eye, ear, and lung protection isn't my idea of pleasure. One of my brothers earned his journeyman's papers as a cabinetmaker in Germany and now works here in Seattle. When he tells me that he hasn't hand cut a dovetail since his apprenticeship days, I feel sorry for him. I will probably never be in a position to gloat about a tool find, because I'm hopelessly incompetent when it comes to wheeling and dealing, as some members of this list can attest since they've sold to and bought from me. They must be rubbing their palms together whenever they see me coming now. The only gloat I can claim is that nine years ago, I found a SWMBO who never (well, almost never) raises so much as an eyebrow when a new tool shows up. Just the other day, as I got home she called to me, "Honey, look what came in the mail. Looks like something good for you!" And that when she knows how many I already have. What a find! I look forward to learning from all of you, Steve |
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83542 | esther.heller@k... | 2000‑09‑14 | Re: Bio |
From: Esther Heller Bugbear tells Steve: > The only gloat I can claim is that nine years ago, I found a SWMBO who > never (well, almost never) raises so much as an eyebrow when a new tool > shows up. Just the other day, as I got home she called to me, "Honey, look > what came in the mail. Looks like something good for you!" And that when > she knows how many I already have. What a find! Can I be the first to say: "you suck!" No, rather, obviously Steve is a gentleman with discerning taste. The only question is does he have a single brother or cousin in the 45-55 age range.... ;-) ;-) ;-) |
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83540 | bugbear@c... (Paul Womack) | 2000‑09‑14 | Re: Bio |
Stave Harding tentatively pulled up a rocker and said: > Greetings, Galooterati. My name is Steve Harding and I hail from Seattle, > Washington. I'm a self-employed mechanical engineer So you can fix beat up tools. That's good. > The only gloat I can claim is that nine years ago, I found a SWMBO who > never (well, almost never) raises so much as an eyebrow when a new tool > shows up. Just the other day, as I got home she called to me, "Honey, look > what came in the mail. Looks like something good for you!" And that when > she knows how many I already have. What a find! Can I be the first to say: "you suck!" BugBear |
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83563 | Minch ruby@m... | 2000‑09‑14 | Re: Bio |
on 9/14/00 9:08 PM, esther.heller@k... at esther.heller@k... wrote: > > No, rather, obviously Steve is a gentleman with discerning taste. The > only question is does he have a single brother or cousin in the 45-55 > age range.... ;-) ;-) ;-) > Do you mean with a Stanley plane in the 45-55 range?? Ed Minch |
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84303 | "J.David Wachnicki" shaves@n... | 2000‑09‑29 | Re:Bio |
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator ="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Croxton Gordon wrote: I've enjoyed lurking for several months, but afterreading a recent reference to *pond scum*, I thought I'dbetter introduce myself to The Porch. Which "L" word does the "pond scum" refer to? Fellow chairmaker and "lurker" , Dave Wachniski |
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84304 | Conan The Librarian CV01@s... | 2000‑09‑29 | Re: Bio |
Croxton wrote: > [snip of interesting bio] > > At the end of the > day I often clamp a piece of scrap in the > dogs > and take a few shavings off with each plane, > just to shake hands and say good night. I don't really have much to add to that, but it was so well put that I had to quote it. I sometimes find myself wandering out to the garage (shop) before bed, just to look at progress on a particular project. I might just run my hands over a freshly planed surface, or I might pick up a couple of planes and give them a few passes on scrap just to see some fresh curlies. Indeed it's like shaking hands and making sure they are safe and ready to go when I need them next. > I'm sliding down the slippery slope of > amassing > a User Arsenal, thanks to MofA, Dave > Wachnicki, > Ray Larsen, The Rev Ron, and others on > the list. So far, I use (or plan to use, I > promise!) whatever > tools I buy. Oh yes, I tell that to SWMBO all the time. (But I'm starting to think that she doesn't believe me.) That was a fine introduction, Croxton. Welcome to the porch. Chuck Vance (firmly in the user camp ... sort of) |
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84312 | Mark van Roojen msv@u... | 2000‑09‑29 | Re: Bio |
Welcome Charlie, And I'd love to hear some more about this: At 12:25 PM 9/29/00, Charles Sharp wrote: > I do all kinds of woven seats & teach the craft.I have taught several >people what I could on the furntiture building trade.I am presently teaching >my oldest daughter & she loves it. I recently picked up a nice chair that looks quite old with a damaged woven seat that looks like it is made of woven wood. What sorts of species did people use and is there any way to tell by looking what I've got? The chair has a slat back which is pegged together so I'm guessing it is from the mid to late 1800s. If I were to want to do a repair is there anything to watch out for? I'm not actually ready to get to this project yet, but the chair was six bucks at a garage sale and obviously a nice bit of work. Thanks and welcome again! Mark Mark van Roojen Department of Philosophy University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1010 Oldfather Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0321 (402) 472-2428 (w) Home: POB 83836 Lincoln, NE 68501-3836 (402) 4383724 (h) Webpage: www.geocities.com/~mvr1/ or www.mvr1.com |
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84598 | garyallan may garyallanmay@y... | 2000‑10‑04 | Re: BIO |
Hi Stacey; and welcome up to the Porch. Look for me and Bretton, and probably Brandon at the PNTC meeting in a couple of weeks, and Steve Johnson, of course. If you meet a fellow named Birky, he's using that name in a witness protection program and is the longest time lurker of all, I believe. Yes, we SHOULD do a galoot get-together in the PacNW, but not right away, please. There's too much on my plate to even consider such a good time...anyhow, get yourself some sun and keep your eye out for an empty rocker; best---GAM --- Stacey_Darrington@l... wrote: > > > Ok, so like a number of others, I feel like I > need to finally introduce > myself. I have been here on* the porch since a few weeks after it began...snip *shouldn't that read "UNDER?" |
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95383 | jimbono@w... (Jim Thompson) | 2001‑07‑19 | Re: Bio |
Welcome aboard! Some of us are in the process of getting the material for blades to use in framesaws. That might be one option for you if this is to be a one man operation. Sounds like a big job to me though. Jim Thompson |
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95384 | "Marc@l..." <Marc@listmoms.net> | 2001‑07‑19 | Re: Bio |
At 06:29 AM 7/19/01 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: >Welcome aboard! Thanks. Good to be here. The wreck's OK, but I don't really have time to go through it all. My newsreader doesn't support filtering very well, other than the obligatory kill-file. Also as I said I'm leaning more towards the Neander side these days. >Some of us are in the process of getting the material >for blades to use in framesaws. That might be one option for you if >this is to be a one man operation. Sounds like a big job to me though. Are those the steroidal band-saw blades? Hmmm, building a pit-type frame might be an option, or were you thinking an oversize frame-saw? Unrelated to this timber-harvesting my current projects are a couple of boxes - This-end-up type toy box and a storage box for Sam's Thomas the Tank Engine set. Come to think of it, does anyone know how to make a storage box that expands? He's not finished collecting the set and Brio keeps introducing new pieces . . . ;-) Marc@l... |
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95386 | esther.heller@k... | 2001‑07‑19 | Re: Bio |
From: Esther Heller Marc asked: Unrelated to this timber-harvesting my current projects are a couple of boxes - This-end-up type toy box and a storage box for Sam's Thomas the Tank Engine set. Come to think of it, does anyone know how to make a storage box that expands? He's not finished collecting the set and Brio keeps introducing new pieces . . . ;-) When you figure out the expanding box problem, publish it!!! Plenty of adult galoots have exactly the same problem.. ;-) The timber harvesting might be helped if you knew what you wanted to make out of it (how thick). Commercial bandsaws do a nice job (I think Woodmiser is the best known, and they supposedly have some sort of referral system to find a local operator) Of course their squirrels get lashed pretty hard to run it, but the waste isn't much and they can go through an awful lot of wood in an hour. I watched a local galoot getting some trees downed in a huge storm at his mom's sawn, went pretty fast. Smaller parts of the trees make perfectly fine turning stock, be sure to at least split them in half and coat the ends ASAP after you drop them so they don't check. Welcome! Esther |
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95398 | "Steve Lindell" <steveli@m...> | 2001‑07‑19 | RE: Bio |
If you want an expandable box just go up. Build an expander that sits on top of the existing box with an inner lip going into the base box. It can be left loose or screwed on for a more permanent extension. Start with a large low box (casters have helped the mobility of the toy boxes in our house) then hope the kids grow faster than the box rises. 1x6 with a 1x6 inner lip offset half the depth is a reasonable size. Unfortunately the growth of most of the list members is likely to be out (reducing net reach) rather than up (increased reach). Unless you have lots of time and a willing pittee (is that where the word comes from?) - it seems like the logs are likely to dry and split before you could rip them with a pit or frame saw. I would vote for hiring an ancient animal and plant powered (petrol Jeff) woodmizer mill as Ester suggested. Then use the time in less brutish pursuits. Steve (Maybe still sore from bucking up a 2' diameter cedar log with a 1 man crosscut saw) -----Original Message----- From: Marc@l... [mailto:Marc@listmoms.net] At 06:29 AM 7/19/01 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: >Welcome aboard! >Some of us are in the process of getting the material >for blades to use in framesaws. That might be one option for you if >this is to be a one man operation. Sounds like a big job to me though. Are those the steroidal band-saw blades? Hmmm, building a pit-type frame might be an option, or were you thinking an oversize frame-saw? Unrelated to this timber-harvesting my current projects are a couple of boxes - This-end-up type toy box and a storage box for Sam's Thomas the Tank Engine set. Come to think of it, does anyone know how to make a storage box that expands? He's not finished collecting the set and Brio keeps introducing new pieces . . . ;-) |
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95401 | "Flowers, Curt" <cjflower@u...> | 2001‑07‑19 | RE: Bio |
-----Original Message----- From: Marc@l... < verbage planed away > I've pretty much priced all the powered stuff and can't really justify it (there's this 80 ft oak in the back yard whose first branch is around 35 ft up . . .) unless I go into the business myself, P-T (pension due in 11 years, yay). As for the referral system I tried and it appears that the closest one is in E-B-F, WV (apologies to WV-ites, I think the state is very nice and the people the same as anywhere else). ---------------------------------------- "P-T", "E-B-F", "WV" Wazzat den? -Curt, applying the " ,Jeff principle" to acronyms. |
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95397 | "Marc@l..." <Marc@listmoms.net> | 2001‑07‑19 | Re: Bio |
At 10:25 AM 7/19/01 -0400, esther.heller@k... wrote: >From: Esther Heller > >Marc asked: > > >Unrelated to this timber-harvesting my current projects are a couple of > >boxes - This-end-up type toy box and a storage box for Sam's Thomas the > >Tank Engine set. Come to think of it, does anyone know how to make a > >storage box that expands? He's not finished collecting the set and Brio > >keeps introducing new pieces . . . ;-) > > >When you figure out the expanding box problem, publish it!!! >Plenty of adult galoots have exactly the same problem.. ;-) Hey, I resemble that. I'm just a kid at heart. |
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95406 | Kirk Eppler <keppler@g...COM> | 2001‑07‑19 | Re: Bio |
Saw this somewhere, a box where the bottom layer, neatly divided for whatever they held, latched onto another layer, also neatly divided, latched onto another layer, also neatly divided, latched onto another layer, also neatly divided, (you get the picture, I can stop pasting). The latches were like tool box latches, giving it a very old time look. To open, just undo four latches, lift off the layer above, until all layers are on the floor as 6" (or whatever) high boxes. No jumble of stuff in a large box, no loss of space due to drawer slides. This was done with about a 16"x 20" x 6" set of boxes. Forget where I saw it or what was in it, but it was a few years ago. I've been contemplating it for a tool box, with BIG latches. Steve Lindell wrote: > If you want an expandable box just go up. Build an expander that sits > on top of the existing box with an inner lip going into the base box. > Marc Wrote > my current projects are a couple of boxes - This-end-up type toy box and > a storage box for Sam's Thomas the > Tank Engine set. Come to think of it, does anyone know how to make a > storage box that expands? He's not finished collecting the set and Brio > keeps introducing new pieces . . . ;-) > Kirk Eppler (650) 225-3911 Eppler.Kirk@g... |
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95388 | paul womack <pwomack@e...> | 2001‑07‑19 | Re: Bio |
"Marc@l..." wrote: > storage box that expands? He's not finished collecting the set and Brio > keeps introducing new pieces . . . ;-) > No one ever finishes collecting the set. There's always one more "must have" Oh, you're talking about BRIO! Sorry, my mistake. |
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95403 | "Marc@l..." <Marc@listmoms.net> | 2001‑07‑19 | RE: Bio |
At 02:19 PM 7/19/01 -0500, Flowers, Curt wrote: >-----Original Message----- From: Marc@l... >< verbage planed away > > >I've pretty much priced all the powered stuff and can't really justify it >(there's this 80 ft oak in the back yard whose first branch is around 35 ft >up . . .) unless I go into the business myself, P-T (pension due in 11 >years, yay). As for the referral system I tried and it appears that the >closest one is in E-B-F, WV (apologies to WV-ites, I think the state is >very nice and the people the same as anywhere else). >--------------------------------------- > > Wazzat den? >"P-T" Part-Time. >, "E-B-F" East Bug- . . .er . . rhymes with fornication. >, "WV" West Virginia, butt of too many jokes. E-B-F, WV, = *severely* unsophisticated locale. Given your location, think some place in rural Ohio. > -Curt, applying the " ,Jeff principle" to acronyms. Marc, who has an unfortunate affinity for acronyms |
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95412 | "Marc@l..." <Marc@listmoms.net> | 2001‑07‑19 | re: Bio |
At 09:16 PM 7/19/01 +0000, you wrote: >From: "Steve Lindell" |
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