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131824 | Stephen Andrews <hearts-of-oak@f...> | 2004‑04‑07 | Introduction |
Hello all. My name is Stephen Andrews I live in Reading in the UK and I have been lurking on the list for about a year and a half. I started collecting user tools about 3 years ago and started woodwork about 1 1/2 years ago. I use handtools because I don't like noise, I don't like dust, I dont like spending money if I dont have to and I only have a small workshop. Many hours have been spent searching through the archives. There's a time warp thing in that archive and I got sucked in. Having searched through the archives for all your opinions on the best wood to make a workbench with I came to the conclusion that the best wood is free wood or cheap wood. Well to cut a long story short I got hold of some cheep sapele wood and built a workbench out of that. Ok its not as hard as rock maple but its harder than deal. It's taken me a year of spare time to make the thing and I have just completed it. Here is the web site for any who are interested: http://uk.geocities.com/sapele_bench/ The site was designed by me using Publisher but a friend of mine striped out all the rubbish (well started again really I think). The bench has not been finished yet. I have to wait until the end of summer before applying a few good coats of blonde de-waxed shellac. Thanks to all the list members for a great archive. Regards to all, Stephen. Join the UK's number one for the internet www.freeserve.com/time |
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131830 | "Kaye, Danny" <danny.kaye@n...> | 2004‑04‑07 | RE: Introduction |
welcome, its nice to have more Brits here :) Danny -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Andrews [mailto:hearts-of-oak@f...] Sent: 07 April 2004 08:35 To: oldtools Subject: [oldtools] Introduction Hello all.=20 My name is Stephen Andrews I live in Reading in the UK=20 and I have been lurking on the list for about a year and a=20 half. I started collecting user tools about 3 years ago and started woodwork about 1 1/2 years ago. I use handtools because I don't like noise, I don't like dust, I dont like spending money if I dont have to and I only have a small workshop. Many hours have been spent searching through the=20 archives. There's a time warp thing in that archive=20 and I got sucked in.=20 Having searched through the archives for all your opinions on the best=20 wood to make a workbench with I came to the conclusion that the best=20 wood is free wood or cheap wood.=20 Well to cut a long story short I got hold of some cheep sapele wood and=20 built a workbench out of that. Ok its not as hard as rock maple but its=20 harder than deal.=20 It's taken me a year of spare time to make the thing and I have just=20 completed it. Here is the web site for any who are interested:=20 http://uk.geocities.com/sapele_bench/=20 The site was designed by me using Publisher but a friend of mine=20 striped out all the rubbish (well started again really I think).=20 The bench has not been finished yet. I have to wait until the end of=20 summer before applying a few good coats of blonde de-waxed shellac.=20 Thanks to all the list members for a great archive.=20 Regards to all,=20 Stephen. Join the UK's number one for the internet=20 www.freeserve.com/time |
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131832 | "A Frampton" <oldrusthunter@h...> | 2004‑04‑07 | RE: Introduction |
Stephen Andrews wrote: >Hello all. > >My name is Stephen Andrews I live in Reading in the UK etc Hello Stephen! Another Brit Galoot steps onto The Porch. Is it me, or are we comfortably into double figures now? >I dont like spending money if I dont have to Erm, are you sure you're on the right list...? >Here is the web site for any who are interested: > >http://uk.geocities.com/sapele_bench/ > >The site was designed by me using Publisher but a friend of mine >striped out all the rubbish (well started again really I think). Nice. I've not read it all yet, but I look forward to it. The usual guilt complex kicked in - yes, I'm a bench *buyer*. Oh the shame... >Thanks to all the list members for a great archive. I'll second that. Cheers, Alf In sunny Cornwall, UK with an unofficial Galoot hat on her head. Is that a spittoon-polishing offence? Or can I count it as rare, one of a kind and get MJD to sell it accordingly? ;~) _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger |
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131861 | T&J Holloway <holloway@n...> | 2004‑04‑07 | Re: Introduction |
Welcome to the Porch, Andrew. I hope you don't mind us rummaging around in your nice website. =20= That's the price of coming our fron under and sitting among us ;-) =20 =46rom that public document, http://uk.geocities.com/sapele_bench/ at=20= the "About Me" link, I came across this text: "Incidentally trying to build things out of wood working in millimetres=20= is just silly. It=92s too easy to make a mistake when marking up and = wood=20 sizes are stupid in metric. Who wants to order a piece of 25.4 x 25.4=20 millimetre wood when you can simply say =93inch square=94. Until I = learnt=20 how to deal with the fractions (I do it all on a piece of paper my head=20= is not very reliable even for simple calculations), I always thought=20 that the metric system was great. It probably would be if sizes of=20 items were changed to suit the metric system ie 25 x 25 mm. Problem is=20= they metric-ized (is that a word? It is now) the imperial dimensions so=20= that sizes for wood are just silly. "I hate plastic and loathe chipboard. You can=92t repair plastic once it=20= breaks and more and more load bearing components seem to be made out of=20= plastic. They always break just outside the warranty. Plastic has been=20= the main force of un-empowerment of people in the world today. Its=20 beyond the reach of ordinary people to make and repair plastics. As for=20= chipboard its just awful. It falls apart at the sight of a drop of=20 water. It cuts terribly, looks foul, and has virtually no strength for=20= holding fixings." Andrew me man: You are in the Right Place! Tom Holloway= |
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131859 | Ken Pendergrass <kenp794@c...> | 2004‑04‑07 | Re: Introduction |
Stephen, Nice bench. I 'm interested in benches at the moment too because I'm ready to rebuild the bench I built about 4 years ago. That is more than long enough to discover the mistakes and misconceptions I had when I built it. I intend to go traditional with tail and shoulder vices and tool cabinet built into the base. I like the "Traditional Workbench" design in "Woodsmith" #50. Which has the internal type tail vise but I will modify it by adding a shoulder vise because don't like to deal with the racking of my Lee Valley vices. Nor do I like the Record with which I replaced the Lee Valley. This is project # 1273 on my personal want to do list. Best regards and welcome to the list, Ken Stephen Andrews wrote: >Hello all. > >My name is Stephen Andrews I live in Reading in the UK >and I have been lurking on the list for about a year and a >half. I started collecting user tools about 3 years ago >and started woodwork about 1 1/2 years ago. I use >handtools because I don't like noise, I don't like dust, I dont >like spending money if I dont have to and I only have a >small workshop. > >Many hours have been spent searching through the >archives. There's a time warp thing in that archive >and I got sucked in. > >Having searched through the archives for all your opinions on the best >wood to make a workbench with I came to the conclusion that the best >wood is free wood or cheap wood. > >Well to cut a long story short I got hold of some cheep sapele wood and >built a workbench out of that. Ok its not as hard as rock maple but its >harder than deal. > >It's taken me a year of spare time to make the thing and I have just >completed it. Here is the web site for any who are interested: > >http://uk.geocities.com/sapele_bench/ > >The site was designed by me using Publisher but a friend of mine >striped out all the rubbish (well started again really I think). > >The bench has not been finished yet. I have to wait until the end of >summer before applying a few good coats of blonde de-waxed shellac. > >Thanks to all the list members for a great archive. > >Regards to all, > >Stephen. >Join the UK's number one for the internet >www.freeserve.com/time > >Archive: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/ >To unsubscribe or change options, use the web interface: > http://galoots.law.cornell.edu:81/read/?forum=oldtools > > > |
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