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Bladite said:
in particular, the ultimate plane tray for stanley type [bailey type] #1s through 8...

i was thinking putting the #8 position top to bottom along the right edge of a rectangle, and then overall, the box would be wide enough to hold a #7, and the rest would nest in there.


same for chisels. some way to organize a lot of chisels by size, and type

not to mention lots of dumb stuff like gauges and rules and such...

ultimately, all of this should nest into a larger box/crate, carpenter's box supreme.

yeah. it'll be cool. need to source some nice maple ply and stuff. i got shit to make. so i can make shit...

new to me old book: making woodwork aids and devices : robert wearing : $4 :) :) :) :) :)
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Wearing wrote another book, "The Essential Woodworker" which is excellent for the basics and more. If you want, I can go through my bookmarks this weekend and PM you some links for plane tills and chisel racks. I lean toward simplicity so I just have a sawtill on the wall that has some of my saws in it (about 15 crosscut and rip, 17 backsaws and 10 Japanese) and a chisel rack that has half of my chisels and gouges about 50 of them. A small corner cabinet with Japanese chisels and some block, bullnose and small infills is on the wall. My most used bench planes 3, 4, 4 1/2 (type 11 Stanleys of course), an infill smoother and an infill jack are on top of the workbench at one end with a small stand which holds a set of Stanley 750 and 720 chisels, some marking gauges and some marking knives. A set of Stanley planes- 3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, 5 1/2, 6, 7, and 8 are on a shelf under the workbench. Other planes are in a tool chest. A wall chest is is the works to hold my hollows and rounds, beading, reed and moulding planes. The Stanley 45s and 50s are in another tool chest with the wooden plow planes. Handtool collecting is as addictive as knife collecting.:D
 
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Ray Settanta said:
Only teasing you JT. Just using cutlery makes you more sophisicated and elegant than most Beckerheads. :D
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I would be concerned that I ticked someone off if y'all didn't tease me some :D And yeah, you can count me among the folks who have quite happily enjoyed an entire meal with no tableware at all, just my hands, more than once. Every food is finger-food, when you're hungry enough. Even soup... although at least using a bowl or cup does help reduce spillage ;)

But perhaps surprisingly, I do claim a very basic grasp of how to not completely humiliate myself when dining among civilized human beings, despite having very little practice. Something about keeping one's elbows off the table, the small fork is for salad, and not wiping one's greasy face on one's sleeve, as I recall...

james terrio said:
I just saw that there are now Oreo double-stuff cookies with real Reese's peanut butter filling instead of the white stuff! :eek: nomnomnom
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I was partly mistaken... at least at the grocery store nearest to me, the special new Oreos are regular-size, not double-stuffed, and the "new" filling is only half real Reese's "peanut butter concoction" and half chocolate flavor goop. Still pretty goldang good, though! :thumbup:

Also, there are both regular Chips Ahoy and Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies with Reese's stuff mixed in. Haven't tried those yet.
 
gmoneyluv said:
We find out on Wednesday if we get to bid on this place (blue storefront).

http://www.icx.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=15281811&PidKey=-2046444994

First floor has a ceiling height just under 11' - perfect for a home climbing wall.
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Good luck, but I'm a little confused. Bid? From the listing it looks like a "For Sale or Lease" listing. Why would there be any bidding? Don't you just sign a lease if you lease it or make an offer to buy and the seller accepts or counteroffers if you're buying? Or is this one of those "Canadian things"?
 
zzyzzogeton said:
Good luck, but I'm a little confused. Bid? From the listing it looks like a "For Sale or Lease" listing. Why would there be any bidding? Don't you just sign a lease if you lease it or make an offer to buy and the seller accepts or counteroffers if you're buying? Or is this one of those "Canadian things"?
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Bit of a Canadian thing. You place an offer on the property without knowing what others have bid for the place. It's a flawed (stupid?) system that tends to artificially inflate property values. It's the reason (one of the many) that rational economists believe there's a housing bubble in Canada.
 
Watching Taxi Driver. What an incredible film. Everyone fixates on De Niro's performance, but Scorsese's directing style is incredible. As is Bernard Herrman's haunting score.
 
Nice looking place Gus. Any plans for the store front if ya get it? If ya get that place you and Doc-Canada will be in the same hood (hes in the Hammer too)
 
TBL said:
Nice looking place Gus. Any plans for the store front if ya get it? If ya get that place you and Doc-Canada will be in the same hood (hes in the Hammer too)
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Hey Tim,

That first floor has a 10.5' ceiling height, which would be ideal for a climbing training facility. We've don't have kids, so the upper floor and basement provide plenty of living/storage space.
 
gmoneyluv said:
Hey Tim,

That first floor has a 10.5' ceiling height, which would be ideal for a climbing training facility. We've don't have kids, so the upper floor and basement provide plenty of living/storage space.
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Sweet Gus! sounds like a sweet set up.
 
Stupid question time. If Guyon's name is Guyon, why do people call him Gunyon?

I'm probably going to regret asking that.
 
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