I agree with everything that you say. Let's see, 1972 was 26 years ago,
so in 2024 I hope that I have picked up enough skills that I can look
back and say that I I can do almost anything more quickly with hand
tools if it's one off kinds of stuff. I certainly can see how that works
and keep working on my skills every time that I go into the shop. Not
only that, there is just nothing that like the pleasure of having nice
curly whisps coming out of a nicely tuned plane...not to the beautiful
surface of the wood that has been the object of the plane.

So, maybe I'll be looking for a few items to broaden my skill set on
FMM, like maybe a #78 and #71. BTW, I recieved that big, bad #8
yesterday. The blade can definitely use a little work, but I did get
some jollies out of running it over a scrap 2 x 4 that I had lying
around. What fun. Wait until I SS sucker and go at the bench top.
Whoo, BOY!

Joe

-----Original Message----- From: Rodney Myrvaagnes [SMTP:rodneym@i...]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 1998 11:44 AM To: oldtools Subject: Re: BIO

On Thu, 26 Feb 1998 15:50:56 -0800, Joe Nance wrote:

>I love hand tools, but using some electrons sure makes some things go a
>LOT faster.
>
Not everything. I made my first harpsichord in 1972 using a table saw
for almost everything. I took joined up bottm and soundboard out to a
thickness sanding machine several miles away.

If I had known how, I could have flattened both with a jack,
crosswise, and a smoother after. I had to use a smoother on the
soundboard anyway. 

Rodney Myrvaagnes

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