Hello everybody. I just signed up to the list again after almost two years away 
from it. My SWMBO finally gave in and let me use half of the garage as a shop. S
o out went the car and in came all my hand tools and a big list of projects. I l
eft a full bio before so I won't bore you with leaving one again. 


Current projects are a doll cradle (Christmas present for my 2 year old) and a w
orkbench. The finish on the cradle is drying so it I can chuck the workmate and 
finish my real workbench. A 3 1/2 inch thick top which is waiting for the legs. 


The treadle lathe topic is of keen interest to me because I have designed one on
 paper using Roy Underhill's as a starting point. Has anybody built a spring pol
e lathe? I've been toying with that idea too. 


I don't have any Christmas gloats except for the extra cutters for my Stanley #2
50 which I should be getting from my SWMBO. That gives me all 25 cutters for thi
s plane. 


Look forward to being a part of the list

Kurt McCullum
Glendale, CA 

When you get that treadle lathe built...turn a few mildly tapered spindles
and fit them to assorted grinding stones.  Friction is sufficient to keep
them from slipping.  Also...you might consider turning a 4"-6" diameter
cylinder and glueing a rectangular piece of boot leather to it.  Works
great for polishing.

If you want to get "really" neanderthal.....save up that iron oxide you
generate from de-rusting, and use it as a polishing compound.  I rub a tiny
amount of vaseline on the leather first...to act as a binder.

Nice to see another treadle lathe enthusiast on the list.

Larry
>
>The treadle lathe topic is of keen interest to me because I have designed
>one on paper using Roy Underhill's as a starting point. Has anybody built
>a spring pole lathe? I've been toying with that idea too.
>
>I don't have any Christmas gloats except for the extra cutters for my
>Stanley #250 which I should be getting from my SWMBO. That gives me all 25
>cutters for this plane.
>
>Look forward to being a part of the list
>
>Kurt McCullum
>Glendale, CA

Larry Holland
estuary@w...

Bill Nonnemacher wrote:
>

Hi Bill, 

Welcome to the porch. At least today was not your first day. It's not
always so noisy around here.

> the next step when I'm working on something. I believe I once heard a
> boatbuilder say that everyone needs a chair in the boat shop for
> contemplation and to merely sit back and appreciate what they've
> accomplished at the end of the day.
>

True,  I believe it's called a moaning chair.  Definately a required
fixture in a boatshop. Probably should have one on the porch too.

John.

West Milford, NJ   (up north, also a nice part of the state :-)

>the next step when I'm working on something. I believe I once heard a 
>boatbuilder say that everyone needs a chair in the boat shop for 
>contemplation and to merely sit back and appreciate what they've 
>accomplished at the end of the day.

Mmmm, yep. Also known as a "moaning chair", which everyone needs
for those days when you realize that what you did today will now
require you to undo what you did over the last three days...

Cheers,
Dan
---
Daniel Miller - Five Lakes Wooden Boat Center
dmiller@g...
http://www.paddlin.com/fivelakes/canoe.htm
So many boats, so little time....

Billy

Welcome. I too am a Texas newbie. Since you must buy more tools, you
need to go the the First Monday Sales in Canton. Weatherford has a small
but sometimes very fruitful First Monday Sale. I wish I were closer so I
could go more often. You are also lucky to have some very knowledgeable
galoots in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area. 

Tom - "No, honey, I didn't buy any more old rusty tools. They just
followed me home on their own."

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 12:07:17 -0600 Billy Patton bpatton@a...
writes:
>After lurking and posting a couple of fauxpas I'll finally do 
>something of a bio.
> My name is Billy Patton. Married 19.5 years. 2 kids . B9 G5
>I'm a software developer at Texas Instruments. I live in Ennis Texas 
>which
>is @ 25M south of Dallas.
>Like many others I started as a normite. Home improvement! Thats 
>what I
>wanted to do! Then I caught a few episodes of Roy. This planted a 
>seed.
>A galoot here at work let me make a few curls with one of his planes.
>HOOK SET!! Reel him in. I don't intend to give up my normite tools
>but just last week I got rid of a lot of scrap particle board and 
>plywood.
>I talked to the local vocational school that has a timber mill that 
>will cut on the halves.
>This raises all sort of possibilities.
> SWMBO wants someof the furnature and tables replaced. Told her I 
>must buy more tools.
>Se said OK but not all at once.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------

Robert

I think the technical term used on this list is "newbie", which is my
current rank. Welcome. As you succumb to the "Dark Side" you will find
that rather than spending money, you will spend time in searching for
tools, restoring/repairing /resurrecting tools, mastering the intricacies
and idiosyncracies of tools and if the collec... acquisition bug doesn't
bite too hard, actually making something of substance with tools.

Tom - "No, honey, I didn't buy any more old rusty tools. They just
followed me home on their own."

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 17:55:14 EST RSamp44 RSamp44@a... writes:
>My name is Robert Sampson. I am 31 years old, married and have 2 
>daughters. I
>live in Salt Lake City, Utah. 
>I have been lurking for approximately 3 weeks. Over the past few days 
>I have
>even posted a couple of questions.
>I am a novice, a rookie, or what some would call "new meat" when it 
>comes to
>woodworking. Over the years I have watched that bearded guy on PBS do 
>his
>thing with P*w*r tools and was under the impression that this was the 
>only way
>to work with wood. I had almost resigned myself to purchasing ear 
>plugs, dust
>masks and venalation systems.
>Then I happened across this site and knew it was for me. I no longer 
>have an
>interest in spending several thousand dollars on p*w*r tools only to 
>turn
>around and spend several hours developing jigs to make them work. Nor 
>do I....
>Forgive me, I am preaching to the choir. 
>Prepare yourselves, I am full of questions that are probably very 
>basic to
>most of you. Please be kind to the new meat.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------

Bill Nonnemacher wrote:
 a bio, which is snipped.

Hello Bill,
I'm probably newer on this list than you are, but I'll say welcome
nonetheless.  My main interest in tools is to help me build boats, so we have
that kinda thing in common.  I live up in Westchester County NY.  I used to
hang out a bit around Monmouth NJ, and I do know that the Southern part of
the State can be really beautiful.  In fact, so can the Northern, and the
Western.....  the Meadowlands you can keep.  If you're ever up this way, let
me know, and I'll take you over to the boatshed and show you the project that
is consuming my life.  And BTW, I am definitely going to get one of those
"moaning chairs."  Never heard it put that way, but what a perfect idea.  I
usually just sit in the cockpit, but you don't get as much perspective that
way.
See ya,
Mark

J. Mark Lane [SMTP:jmlane@e...] wrote:
	 let me know, and I'll take you over to the boatshed and show you
the project that
is consuming my life. 

Aww come-on Mark let us in on the project.  We dig boats too.  What is it?

                       Lanny Russell
     A New Orleans boat wannabuilder 

Russell, Lanny J wrote:

>         J. Mark Lane [SMTP:jmlane@e...] wrote:
>          let me know, and I'll take you over to the boatshed and show you
> the project that
> is consuming my life.
>
> Aww come-on Mark let us in on the project.  We dig boats too.  What is it?
>
>                        Lanny Russell
>      A New Orleans boat wannabuilder

Well, OK.  I restore old boats.  I used to mess with wooden boats, but have
acquired an interest in fiberglass boats of the period from about 1960 to
about 1976 or so.  These were heavily constructed, and often had classic
lines, as the fiberglass revolution was not complete.  They last, but many
need cosmetic and systems rennovations.  The present project is a 1975 Bristol
32.  It's a beautiful boat, although in its present completley disassembled
condition it's kinda hard to tell that.  I am also setting up to build a
dinghy in the shop -- wood, but mostly plyw**d.  Oldtools content...uh, well,
I am rebuilding the interior with some nice woods, and hope to do a fair
amount of it with old handtools.  For me, tools are things to use.  I just
happen to like the look and feel of old ones...  Thanks for asking.
Mark