a little tool porn to make your day. (pics)

bad boy!

Marion R.

>Steve,

Those pictures are cruel. I'm wiping the droll off my keyboard as I type.

However beautiful the planes are, I enjoy seeing a workbench that looks like mine. ;)

Re: Bench?

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>What bench? I don't see no bench!

It looks a lot like mine too. A neat bench is a sure sign of a sick mind.

I wish it were as easy to straighten up the bench as to fix a misposted message or two.

What exactly does "(G)" mean?

woodburnbob

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G-grin, VBG-very big grin, BEG-Big evil grin etc

Greg Sloop, Portland Oregon

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Re: Bench?

John in Kerrville TX

>Or if a cluttered bench is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is an empty bench the sign of?

;0)

Ah! Well, in that case, who...

woodburnbob

>decides that it is grin and not giggle or growl or gasp or gag, or some other facial expression starting with the letter "g"? I mean is there a cypher book somewhere on line so I won't have to ask these kinds of questions, tie up bandwidth, and keep exposing my ignorance?

I know there's a lot of this sort of secret fraternity in-the-know stuff that leaked out into the wider culture from the oldtools group. So I did check the list on their FAQ before demonstrating my dorkiness here, which actually reminds me of being in grade school and asking an upper classman to explain the meaning of some term or phrase that inevitably I learned referenced one or another mysterious aspect of female anatomy. (G).

In fact, it makes me wonder if this abbreviated stuff is now actually an expected fashion of internet use, or merely an example of the dumbing down of American culture, or a cute cover-up for those who can't spell. (G).

Anyway, Greg, thanks for a simple straight answer. (no-G).

Re: Thank you

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>Steve, your high angle coffin smoothers are just some of the most desirable planes out there. Not only do they offer superb performance (at least the ones that have crossed my bench) but as these photos show, they are such a wonderful canvas on which to display the glories of highly figured wood. I remember back to when you first started making planes, and had no idea at that time how lucky us hand tool users would be for you choosing that path in life.

Re: Ah! Well, in that case, who...

Dan Donaldson

>Just do a search on internet acronyms and you will find more than you ever wanted;-) I am not sure, but I think that a good part of it stems from the early days of the internet prior to the graphical interface browsers when everything was text based. The shortcuts just made it easier to type and they just carried over. There are also the emoticons like the smiley :-) or the frown :-( the wink ;-) and others. (look at the sideways)

Re: a little tool porn to make your day. (pics)

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Steve,

Those are the most beautiful wooden planes I have ever seen!!! YOu could charge 2 ouble the price for those and I hope you did.

You are a talented hard working man I am proud to have corresponded with over the years.

Cheers

Dan Clermont

"A neat bench is a sure sign of a sick mind" Uh Oh

David Barnett - Venice, Florida

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Re: a little tool porn to make your day. (pics)

Steve knight

>I wish I had charged double (G) acutally the fellow sent me the wood to build planes from.

Sweet looking planes Steve...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>I realy like the look of that jointer best but, their all lovely.