Tell it like it is Patrick... *LINK*

Tell it like it is...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA

>not just a song from the 70's...

Personaly, I really dig on Pat's discriptions!

Very funny and...

VTAndy3

>... is this Patrick putting a warning label on the product in a non-corporate version of CYA? I mean, what are the chances that someone's going to buy this and say "I can't wait to try it out!" after reading that description? Wild stuff.

-Andy

I like to use old tools

jim reed @ tallahassee

>but I think I will pass on this particular one and leave the barrelshaving to the newbies.

Re: Tell it like it is Patrick...

Ernie Miller

>I'm not so sure that it was used on a lathe. I'm betting the barrels were clamped on there side and the plane was pushed like any other.

Re: Tell it like it is Patrick...

Neal in San Jose

>I'm pretty sure it was. I've seen a drawing in a book of old techniques showing this operation. I don't remember where it was, but it didn't occur to me at the time that it would be dangerous or life threatening. Ah, those were the days! No cars, only local woods, no safety concerns....

Average life expectancy 42 years...

Bill Houghton, cold mornings, Sebastopol, CA

>dying from tetanus from minor cuts, spending incredible amounts of time on basic functions, very little social mobility, etc, etc.

LOML has spent more time than I have at literal survival levels (e.g., Alaska during her VISTA year), but we got pretty basic here in our early years, and there's a lot to be said for civilization. Tradeoffs, of course, but I'm less romantic about the olde days than I used to be.

Hmmm....

Rob Lee

>...I guess won't use it after all....

;)

Re: Hmmm....

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>Better not, you hear me?

Your job is to bring more tools to the market for all the tool junkies out there that depend on you for their sanity! Stay away from these killer tools...

Of course, I'm not one of those people :-)

DC

Drifting on a river in Egypt