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[Donn]

Consequently, it cannot be open or closed.

Please treat it accordingly; as if you've never seen it, because, you see, it cannot be seen.

[skuthorp]

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[MiddleAgesMan]

Thread?

What thread?

[RonW]

Donn is learning the fine art of liberal trickery.........good luck, but I don't think you will ever master it.....

[Y Bar Ranch]

Click here to understand the meaning of the universe.

[David G]

BARKEEP!!!

I want some of what Donn's drinking. And make it a double!

[The Bigfella]

Such a pretty petal

[pefjr]

Another Donn no information thread, at least it's not another , The Cleveland Indians lost another big lead thread.

[Peerie Maa]

Please don't pull this thread.















or the Universe might unravel.

[botebum]

It appears that a Colorado River toad has hopped into Donn's garden and was inadvertently licked by the gardener.

Doug

[Jim Ledger]

A stop chamfer done freehand with a belt sander.

[Peerie Maa]

A stop chamfer done freehand with a belt sander.

Looks a bit off in a couple of places. Perhaps you should have used a finer magic marker.

[Jim Ledger]

Or a jig.

[Peerie Maa]

Or a jig.

Irish?

[Jim Ledger]

Lee Valley.

[Mrleft8]

See?..... Now if you'd used a drill press and a century old hand forged slick, you could have achieved a fine lamb's tongue profile in less than twice the time.....

[Sam F]

That's a great picture of a Rafflesia - but why don't those two people have clothes pins over their noses?

[Jim Ledger]

See?..... Now if you'd used a drill press and a century old hand forged slick, you could have achieved a fine lamb's tongue profile in less than twice the time.....

Or...you could just use the Lee Valley Lambs Tongue belt sander template...

[Peerie Maa]

I think that I recognise that species of timber. Rots quicker that bread goes stale.

[Y Bar Ranch]

See?..... Now if you'd used a drill press and a century old hand forged slick, you could have achieved a fine lamb's tongue profile in less than twice the time.....

I'll be stealing that line, thank you very much.

[Donn]

[The Bigfella]

That's a great picture of a Rafflesia - but why don't those two people have clothes pins over their noses?

Hi Sam. I'l take your question as proof positive that you don't know everything.

They only stink when they are decomposing... and they have a similar odour (then) to a decomposing rat.

.... and btw... I'm one of those two people. You can use your deductive logic to work out which one.

[Jim Ledger]

Drawknife chamfers...you're on.

Back in five...

[John Smith]

I went to a deli counter the other day, and it had a special for 5.09 a pound, but there was nothing in the "what" was on special, so I asked for a pount of the 5.09 nothing. I wanted to see how much nothing it takes to make a pound.

[Sam F]

Hi Sam. I'l take your question as proof positive that you don't know everything.

You must be right... and I thought Rafflesia's were pollinated by elephants too. Maybe I had a touch of malaria that day...

They only stink when they are decomposing... and they have a similar odour (then) to a decomposing rat.

I'm not terribly familiar with decomposing rat - though I am with mouse. Perhaps they're similar. Since the plants are pollinated by flies I assumed that their odor was present earlier - like other fly pollinated blooms I know - Stapelias (nice if you fancy maggots in flowers) or the various species of Amorphophallus. I used to grow A. riveri and it put out the most appalling stink from the moment it opened. There was no way to stay in the same room with it! That plant's bloom was also the fast growing thing I have ever seen.

.... and btw... I'm one of those two people. You can use your deductive logic to work out which one.

I'm ahead of you on that one!

[The Bigfella]

..... snip....
I'm ahead of you on that one!

Excellent. Much better than having you behind me.

btw... these were in the mud on the way in. Big puddy tat footprints.

[Sam F]

Excellent. Much better than having you behind me.

Oh, so there are landmines out there, huh?

btw... these were in the mud on the way in. Big puddy tat footprints.

Heck, I've seen bear prints bigger than that in my front yard...

Come to think of it,
THAT's NOT A GOOD THING!!!

[Jim Ledger]

Would it not be simpler to just clamp the piece to the bench?

Here's a drawknife chamfer in a fairly rot-resistant species...

[The Bigfella]

Oh, so there are landmines out there, huh?



Heck, I've seen bear prints bigger than that in my front yard...

Come to think of it,
THAT's NOT A GOOD THING!!!

No landmines here... this is Malaysia... an ally of the British.

Wanna talk about who Laos and Cambodia sidled up next to?

[Donn]

Would it not be simpler to just clamp the piece to the bench?

The shaving pony is essentially a clamp. It's just a much faster-acting clamp. All I have to do to reposition the piece is release the foot pressure...turn the piece...reapply the pressure.

I don't have room for a shaving horse, so this is my substitute. I made it to be mounted at two different heights...sitting (~38") and standing (~44"). The photos above are at the sitting height. Here's the standing height, which I'll also use for longer pieces, since the vise swivels:

[Donn]

They only stink when they are decomposing...

They stink from the moment the blossom opens, and it has nothing to do with decomposition. The smell is exuded by tiny branched trichomes called ramentae, growing under the ring of petals.

[Sam F]

No landmines here... this is Malaysia... an ally of the British.

Wanna talk about who Laos and Cambodia sidled up next to?

Nope. I know about that. Not that I approve mind you...
I understand now, you just wanted the Big Kitty to get me first.

But we have our wildlife on Western Virginia too. This happened just a few miles from my house:



The cyclist made the mistake of carrying his lunch in one of those saddlebags. Must have smelled yummy. (I doubt it was the roller blades) The bear, a baby one really, next knocked over the bike.
The cyclist upon his return blamed the fellow who happened to be near by. Said chap just laughed and showed him the camera's photos.

Incidentally I ran off a much bigger bear that kept getting into the garbage. Given that I only had a 22 with me at the time - it wasn't exactly my brightest moment.
Poor thing was killed by a car a couple of days later - it probably didn't do the car much good either.

[Sam F]

They stink from the moment the blossom opens, and it has nothing to do with decomposition. The smell is exuded by tiny branched trichomes called ramentae, growing under the ring of petals.

Makes sense - and it fits the other fly pollinated plants I am very familiar with.

[Jim Ledger]

The shaving pony is essentially a clamp. It's just a much faster-acting clamp. All I have to do to reposition the piece is release the foot pressure...turn the piece...reapply the pressure.

I don't have room for a shaving horse, so this is my substitute. I made it to be mounted at two different heights...sitting (~38") and standing (~44"). The photo's above are at the sitting height. Here's the standing height, which I'll also use for longer pieces, since the vise swivels:

Once I saw a picture, drawing really, of a shaving horse. I imagine if you were making wooden spokes it might be a handy thing.

I see you subscribe to the Noyes/Bauer school of benchtop management.

[Sam F]

...

I see you subscribe to the Noyes/Bauer school of benchtop management.

Ha! The boy's an amateur. You should see my bench top. It has reached what geologists call an "angle of repose". Now that's a MESS!

[Donn]

Once I saw a picture, drawing really, of a shaving horse. I imagine if you were making wooden spokes it might be a handy thing.

They're useful for all sorts of things. I'll use it primarily for making tool handles, but now and again I'll clamp something else into it for other purposes.

I see you subscribe to the Noyes/Bauer school of benchtop management.

It's piled with a bunch of stuff I just moved out from the house, and is headed for the pegboard.

[Paul Girouard]

We'll just have to take that one on faith.

Faith is not allowed on WBF.

[Jim Ledger]

It's piled with a bunch of stuff I just moved out from the house, and is headed for the pegboard.

Of course it is.

[Katherine]

Faith is not allowed on WBF.

SA rules?

[Jim Ledger]

They're useful for all sorts of things. I'll use it primarily for making tool handles, but now and again I'll clamp something else into it for other purposes.

It must make short work of all your spokeshave needs...but I'm trying to imagine what else it might be used for.

[Peerie Maa]

It must make short work of all your spokeshave needs...but I'm trying to imagine what else it might be used for.

Oars, paddles, spars, tillers, anything needing held whilst you shave it.

[Paul Girouard]

Oars, paddles, spars, tillers, anything needing held whilst you shave it.

Any thing larger than a baseball bat will be to large for that shaving vice to hold, unless it's moved to a different space , then the problem becomes how to hold the vice firmly enough to make it work. It's a rich mans toy at best, a novelty item that will see little use.
But it sure is purty, well, if that bench top wasn't such a frickin mess!

[Peerie Maa]

Any thing larger than a baseball bat will be to large for that shaving vice to hold, unless it's moved to a different space , then the problem becomes how to hold the vice firmly enough to make it work. It's a rich mans toy at best, a novelty item that will see little use.
But it sure is purty, well, if that bench top wasn't such a frickin mess!

Just needs a cat flap in line with the vice. Easy peasy.

[Paul Girouard]

Just needs a cat flap in line with the vice. Easy peasy.

Ah ,,,,ya sure , just move the peg board on the wall , cut out and header off the stud that's right in line , cut out the siding and trim it off so it looks nice , hinge this new hatch , ya sure easy peasy.

I stand by my statement on the situation , it's damned near useless where it's located. For any thing of any larger sized item than baseball bat. YMMV and I'm sure Donn's mileage on this subject and possibly this thread does vary!!

The only question is , IMO, how much longer it will remain unlocked?

[Peerie Maa]

Grouch.

[Paul Girouard]

Grouch.

Maybe , that's what the project manager says as well, but then again the "think" is,,, "it'll be easy",, not how much will it cost , how long will it take , what really needs to be done,, for these "easy peasy" fixes to issues that where not thought thru properly in the first place.
I hear that almost daily , "It'll be easy" followed by " I've got to go, can you have it done before noon??" LOL, but it's a living!!

[Donn]

Any thing larger than a baseball bat will be to large for that shaving vice to hold, unless it's moved to a different space , then the problem becomes how to hold the vice firmly enough to make it work.

You have very little imagination.

It will hold anything up to 3 1/2" wide by 9" high. If I clamp it into the orange bench vise in the last photo, it's got a straight run out the front door, which is 16' away.

As far as holding something firmly, I can stand on the end of the base, and the clamp has several hundred pounds of hold, with high-friction material on both jaws. If I wanted to, I could use a draw knife on a huge chunk of Hornbeam, like this one, at 2.62" x 2.88" x 19"

And, since you brought it up, here's an Ash baseball bat blank, 2 7/8"D x 37"L:

It has more to do with the sharpness of the knife than the hold of the shaving vise.

Edit to add...All of my tools are rich man's toys, Paulie. I don't need them to make a living, and they exist for my pleasure alone. Put that fact in your tool belt and schlep it around at work all day.

[Jim Ledger]

You have very little imagination.

.

Oh, I know. Strangers often accost me on the sidewalk, knock off my hat and tell me that very thing.

Here's a few more chamfers...





...and some of the rest of the kitchen. They show me a picture in a magazine and say..."we'd like one like that, please..."

[Peerie Maa]

Maybe , that's what the project manager says as well, but then again the "think" is,,, "it'll be easy",, not how much will it cost , how long will it take , what really needs to be done,, for these "easy peasy" fixes to issues that where not thought thru properly in the first place.
I hear that almost daily , "It'll be easy" followed by " I've got to go, can you have it done before noon??" LOL, but it's a living!!

Lighten up Paul.
Its Sunday, the sun is warm, I've just poured a good beer.
"You cannot be serious!!!"

[Sam F]

It has more to do with the sharpness of the knife than the hold of the shaving vise...

So true. My drawknife (and spokeshaves) had better be very sharp or they're a royal pain to use and require a lot of tugging.