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6th Sep 2016, 10:00 AM
Thread: Greetings from the Canadian Rockies
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Greetings from the Canadian Rockies
Hi all: Guess I registered and have not introduced meself. Retired Botany/Biology perfesser. Have been a wood carver for some years, mosty in the style of the Pacific Northwest native traditions...
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9th Dec 2014, 05:47 PM
Thread: Bronze Age Tools
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Bronze Age Tools
Do you know what you have accomplished?
I am now connected to a bladesmith, half a world away, who will
cast Bronze Age wood working edges for me to explore.
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3rd Jul 2014, 08:03 AM
Thread: Trouble typing on woodwork forum
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No, Mac is not the only boat in the water. All...
No, Mac is not the only boat in the water.
All ofa sudden, ths site sees essthan 100% of what Itype.
Never, ever appened bfore.
Andt the sae time, all other forum sites are normal/OK.
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15th Jan 2013, 03:57 AM
Thread: Editing Likes List
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Thanks DJ. Just some perverted sense of...
Thanks DJ. Just some perverted sense of housekeeping. You're right, though, I have no reasonable answer for "why?"
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14th Jan 2013, 02:39 PM
Thread: Editing Likes List
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Thank you. What do you mean by "going back to...
Thank you. What do you mean by "going back to the post?"
I see no evidence anywhere of an "unlikes" control. I clicked on 20 different things. Other than doing a Google search, I can't get there... -
14th Jan 2013, 11:23 AM
Thread: Editing Likes List
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Editing Likes List
Any way to edit/delete the ancient history?
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3rd Sep 2012, 03:04 AM
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IMPORTANT No spammers yet for me. I like your address...
No spammers yet for me.
I like your address "tagging" style. Once a year, I make up all new return address labels for my snail-mail. Slight changes to the Capitalization, Street address, PO box... -
18th May 2012, 11:50 AM
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I'd buy a fine s/s mesh strainer (food or...
I'd buy a fine s/s mesh strainer (food or smaller=tea) in a kitchen store and chop it up.
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22nd Feb 2012, 09:30 AM
Thread: $250 well spent - moving my mill
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I can see the smile on your face from up here....
I can see the smile on your face from up here.
$250-300 for a pro with all the gear = cheap.
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16th Feb 2012, 02:38 PM
Thread: Mud, Beets and Diesel
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Thank you all for all the wonderful pictures...
Thank you all for all the wonderful pictures which illustrate the evolving images of agricultural machinery.
Just for a snap, come and stay with me. You can watch 400Hp nitrous-boost,... -
16th Feb 2012, 02:27 PM
Thread: Advice for HSC Project
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Designer Dave: Well? What's happening? Nobody...
Designer Dave: Well? What's happening? Nobody on Planet Earth makes what I want for a knife rack. I'm not in love with the idera, I can get along without it.
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8th Feb 2012, 03:51 AM
Thread: Working in Copper
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Here's some rainbow cedar. The banding shows...
Here's some rainbow cedar. The banding shows only on the radial and transverse faces.
On the left side are some pieces of the ordinary western red cedar = white sapwood and brownish-red heartwood. ... -
6th Feb 2012, 10:40 AM
Thread: Working in Copper
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Very nice table and an encouraging palette of...
Very nice table and an encouraging palette of colors. Thanks for posting an example of how nice it can look. Sometimes, WRC has color bands/stripes in it, we call it rainbow cedar. I want to make...
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5th Feb 2012, 12:35 PM
Thread: Working in Copper
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Terrific. Thank you. I have some fairly large...
Terrific. Thank you. I have some fairly large pieces of 2cm slate for a bench top.
I guess I'll just start and play with the first pieces! I am really keen to work with the copper = the color... -
4th Feb 2012, 06:14 AM
Thread: Working in Copper
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Working in Copper
I have intentions of hammering out some bird beaks (for wood carvings) from 6mm copper rod. Probably some grinding/filing sanding also.
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29th Jan 2012, 03:50 PM
Thread: Science ideas
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Just as a small note added in proof. I am a...
Just as a small note added in proof.
I am a retired PhD biology prof, (LaTrobe '72, in fact.)
I have a 45yr =interest in wood anatomy with several hundred species in both my bulk collection and in... -
29th Jan 2012, 11:00 AM
Thread: Advice for HSC Project
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You know what I really want, what I really need...
You know what I really want, what I really need in my kitchen?
I need a knife rack in which the big knives lie on their sides _and_ the whole thing is attached to the underside of the wall... -
29th Jan 2012, 10:45 AM
Thread: Science ideas
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I'd still like to know the difference in soil...
I'd still like to know the difference in soil acidity beneath the canopy of different sorts of trees
1. Eucalyptus
2. Pinus radiata
3. Anything else but neither of the above two.
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27th Jan 2012, 01:59 PM
Thread: Cleaning an Oilstone?
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bollie7: no worries. This is a subject that...
bollie7: no worries. This is a subject that concerns anybody who works with edge tools.
I am just a wood carver, the only one apparently, of soft Western Red Cedar in my little village in the... -
26th Jan 2012, 03:28 AM
Thread: Cleaning an Oilstone?
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Woodlee: Thanks for some most useful...
Woodlee: Thanks for some most useful suggestions. I will pay more attention to old stones that nobody seems to want.
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25th Jan 2012, 02:50 PM
Thread: Cleaning an Oilstone?
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vk4 (VE7APC here) I agree that a long soak in...
vk4 (VE7APC here)
I agree that a long soak in kero will loosen any bunged up oil and dirt and swarf. I neglected to mention that in the flood of oil on my stones, they get wiped up with fresh oil... -
25th Jan 2012, 10:04 AM
Thread: Cleaning an Oilstone?
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I sharpen a bunch of different things. For...
I sharpen a bunch of different things.
For each of my 3 grit grades of oil stones, I use automotive motor oil as it is non-drying.
I nearly flood the stones to keep the swarf moving.
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2nd Nov 2011, 01:21 PM
Thread: Beginner section
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Maj and anybody else: I started wood carving in...
Maj and anybody else:
I started wood carving in 1985 or thereabouts. At $35 - 70/tool, I am not about to buy new stuff. Largely by trial and error + advice from full-time professional carvers... -
11th Sep 2011, 03:02 AM
Thread: New server - REPORT PROBLEMS HERE
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IMPORTANT Not sure how we connect but everything is humming...
Not sure how we connect but everything is humming right along from 53N in Canada.