Pencil Gremlins . . . BUSTED!

7/6/19, 12:22 AM #1

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Pencil Gremlins . . . BUSTED!

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Started Phase 2 in Moving my shop out of the basement and into the new building. After removing all the air lines it was time to de-install the dust collection pipe system for re-use in the new space. I put the 6" PVC S&D together with HVAC aluminum tape rather than glue so it made it possible to take down the system without having to cut anything.

Spoke well for my system in that was very little dust in the ducting.

But

I've now discovered where the little %$#@*rs who've been stealing my pencils over the years have been stashing them.

Yup, no less than 6, nearly full length #2 Ticonderogas plus 3 lumber yard specials were sitting in the ductwork in several spots.

Ha Hah! He who laughs last . . .

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7/6/19, 12:37 AM #2

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This ain't over....

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You are already planing to use those pencils in your new shop. And you are moving the same Dust Collector. Those pencils are in terror of being eaten again.

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7/6/19, 12:44 AM #3

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You will regret using the aluminum tape, it is a fragrant peach to remove.

Flexible rubber couplings would have been my choice.

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7/6/19, 1:16 PM #4

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Are Ferncos sized for S&D?

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I’m a fairly spry 82-year-old who had been a reader/participant at WoodCentral since the demise of Badger Pond. I started visiting BP to learn something about finish for a project I’d completed and became hooked on internet forums as a way of increasing my knowledge about all sorts of topics. I have been a moderator for a couple other forums on subjects I enjoy. My interest in woodworking began in the early 1970’s when my wife and I had contractors add to our house near Traverse City, MI, and I ended up doing the trim work to reduce mounting costs. I had no tools. I bought a P-C skilsaw, hammer, screwdrivers and one of those wooden miter boxes with a backsaw. I made trim for windows and doors from one-by lumber and started my woodworking career. At the same time, I started a 50-year career as a ski instructor. I got onto the night shift at a mental hospital so I could ski days, and spent my 30s and 40s with that schedule. I eventually replaced the PC-upside-down-in-a-board with a real table saw and began the purchase of enough equipment to fill a jam-packed 40-foot shipping container we used after we sold our property in Michigan. The ski instructing had taken us to Colorado and we were spending too much on maintaining utilities for two homes. A couple years ago, the dozen years spent at 10,000 feet of elevation was making my body produce too many red blood cells, so we had to leave my “forever” home in the mountains and we moved back to Michigan. Now I have to find myself a shop space for all those tools in the container.

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7/6/19, 1:52 PM #5

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Yes

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7/6/19, 4:23 PM #6

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Re: Yes

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in that size they are pricey if you need very many.

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7/7/19, 1:51 PM #7

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Very True $$$

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I'll stay with tape.

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7/7/19, 7:14 PM #8

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Re: Yes

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The price of gas is going up again in the Montreal area, by about 5 Canadian cents per litre.

At my local gas station there were about $300,000 worth of cars waiting in line to save about $3.00.

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7/7/19, 7:25 PM #9

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And

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burning $5 worth of gas while waiting in the line!

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7/8/19, 11:54 PM #10

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Re: Gotta keep the A/C working

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I’m a fairly spry 82-year-old who had been a reader/participant at WoodCentral since the demise of Badger Pond. I started visiting BP to learn something about finish for a project I’d completed and became hooked on internet forums as a way of increasing my knowledge about all sorts of topics. I have been a moderator for a couple other forums on subjects I enjoy. My interest in woodworking began in the early 1970’s when my wife and I had contractors add to our house near Traverse City, MI, and I ended up doing the trim work to reduce mounting costs. I had no tools. I bought a P-C skilsaw, hammer, screwdrivers and one of those wooden miter boxes with a backsaw. I made trim for windows and doors from one-by lumber and started my woodworking career. At the same time, I started a 50-year career as a ski instructor. I got onto the night shift at a mental hospital so I could ski days, and spent my 30s and 40s with that schedule. I eventually replaced the PC-upside-down-in-a-board with a real table saw and began the purchase of enough equipment to fill a jam-packed 40-foot shipping container we used after we sold our property in Michigan. The ski instructing had taken us to Colorado and we were spending too much on maintaining utilities for two homes. A couple years ago, the dozen years spent at 10,000 feet of elevation was making my body produce too many red blood cells, so we had to leave my “forever” home in the mountains and we moved back to Michigan. Now I have to find myself a shop space for all those tools in the container.

Pencil Gremlins . . . BUSTED!

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