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266535 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2018‑09‑18 | Galoot Timeline Project |
Hey gang of gathered galoots. Found an interesting galoot timeline project, definitely beating anything I have done for drawn out timelines. I found this nifty wooden box, kind of unfinished, at a flea market for $2. Its nice QS white oak, lap joints at the corners, a bit of router work for the details. See far right here. https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Woodworking-Tools/i-cBh5sdq I spoke to the woman running the booth, she we pleased someone was taking it. It was her husband's high school woodworking project, and he never got around to putting the hinges on it. Hisname is scrawled in pencil on the bottom. They had been using it for various things, now was time to get rid of it. No big deal, except the husband was 70. It's been sitting unfinished for ~55 years. Now, not being one to foul up someone's project, I am not going to rush into this. But I do have a few pairs of Sargent NOS brass hinges hiding somewhere, and lots of NOS brass screws. Don't think I will go so far as to add a lock to this, but at least hinges will make it slightly more useful. Sometime in the next year or so seems appropriate and respectful. -- Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, who put away a lot of that stuff last night. |
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266536 | John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> | 2018‑09‑18 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
Kirk, and Schedule-Challenged Galoots: That was FUNNY! If OLDTOOLS had a "Like Button," I'd be clicking it for that one! (I've written the same thing to a handful of other posters, but VERY few.) 50 years...he, he, he. Galoot timeline for sure! Is that QS Oak box the right size to contain a Stanley 45 or 55 multiplane? If so, there's your use for it. Tell us about the really decrepit-looking piece of case-goods that you are using as a display table. Is this another "someday" restoration project? Something from which to salvage useable wood? Good find! Good post! John Ruth Metuchen, NJ |
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266537 | RH <rhhutchins@h...> | 2018‑09‑18 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
Kirk, I am 76 yo and want to see how that one turns out; so put your galoot timeline in high gear, please. Bob Hutchins Temple, TX (Southwestern state in the USA, Jeff) |
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266538 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2018‑09‑18 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 1:46 PM John Ruth |
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266539 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑09‑18 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
Kirk Write down what you know along with your thoughts on completing the project, put the paper in the box, and leave it for the next suck…er, woodworker Ed Minch |
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266540 | Claudio DeLorenzi <admin@d...> | 2018‑09‑18 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
> > 55 years unfinished. Just wondering if that makes it to any top Galoot list we've got? For example: -"Unfinished personal project" category There has to be one for - "Unfinished Project for Significant Other" Category To qualify, there has to be at least some of the dimensioned lumber, idk, for at least 50% of the project by either surface area or weight? It should be to the point where the project could conceivably be used for something, but it's obviously not finished. Because... there are simply too many projects that have never even been started at all, so that's like vapor-ware, ideas only, so I don't think those should count, right? Great story Cheers from Waterloo Claudio |
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266541 | Michael Blair <branson2@s...> | 2018‑09‑19 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
> Don't think I will go so far as to add a lock to this... Well, if you do go so far, I have a few NOS Corwin brass surface locks with keys that would work. Mike in Woodland |
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266542 | "yorkshireman@y..." <yorkshireman@y...> | 2018‑09‑19 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
Some snippage from this exchange - as per FAQ. Did anyone else notice that subtle delay excuse being built in? * > On 18 Sep 2018, at 22:17, Kirk Eppler |
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266545 | Ryan Mooney <rumwrks@g...> | 2018‑09‑19 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
I have a rather nice cherry captains desk that I built in high school, so around 87. It was to have turned front legs (decorative between some base feet and the desk top) which have yet to be done and the heavier/lower) drawers have yet to acquire glides but have been just sitting in the carcass floating free. Its been happily serving duty in my dads house the entire time though. That only puts me at 31years for that so not in the same league really. We won't talk about the stack of mostly dimensioned lumber that is to be the bed frame because its not even close to a decade old yet (over half way but we're trying not to count to closely). I'm sure more than a few of you can beat anything here so far ;) |
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266551 | Christopher Dunn <christopherdunn123@g...> | 2018‑09‑20 | Re: Galoot Timeline Project |
Kirk This is the best thing I've heard all week! Every time I look at my ten year old stack of lumber that's supposed to be my bench it brings me down. Now I realize that ten years is a blink of an eye in galoot project timelines.Maybe I'll let it sit for another ten years to let it acclimate a little more. Thanks, Chris |
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