Milestone Day

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Dave, that's the beauty of having things organized and sorted out. Come time to move it's a much easier matter to pack stuff up and ski-daddle. Now that I have found a good way to stow the tools it'd be a piece of cake to re-do at a new locale.

I wouldn't even bother to bring my tablesaw, bandsaw, drillpress or lathe. I believe that I could have all the stuff I'd care to move with loaded up in a U-haul in less than two hours quite easily with a little hustle.

Give me an excuse and I'd be gone, tho for now, for the daughters sake it's best we stay. Coarse, next thing I know grandchildren will come along, and than I'll never get out of here. :~(

Perhaps the daughter will marry a military man and get stationed overseas, than for sure there'd be no reason to stay here.

T.O.

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Ernie miller Topeka ks

>You are either full of S&*T! or simple minded you make the choice? finished my shop? I have heard it all. where is your morticing bench? or shaving horse? or? after four four short years I finished my shop. Lets take a vote which is he? I think it is the first.

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Andy Lincoln,in Dearborn,MI

>Todd,

Congrats on reaching a milestone day in your retirement.I'm still about 14 years away from that but still enjoy going into work most days,afterall I have a waterjet that cuts out plane parts occasionally!!

And when you decide that LN#9 no longer fits your hand or your tool cabinet you can trade it in on a DIY Bedrock Scrub Plane Kit.When I get the LN in my mail I'll use the return address on the package to send out the plane parts via priority mail : )

Andy

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>Definately the latter Ernie,--simple minded. Now, that is not a self-degrogatory statement towards myself-just the opposite in fact. In my mind Simple is the way to keep it. I don't need, nor desire big dollar fancy smancy equipment, but that is not to say that I dislike well crafted, and sometimes big dollar handtools.

Paul so rightly stated:

"You never stop working on or improving your shop"

and with that I agree 100%, so in retrospect perhaps the word "finished" is in fact incorrect. What I should of said instead was functional as there will always be a new tool to find a home for, or a new thing to make--such as a shaving horse, or a new jig to make. Just yesterday I made a planing wedge out of a piece of scrap plywood, which took all of 10 minutes, but works terrificly. So, I now have a planing wedge,bench hook and shooting board, and with these three basic jigs I should be able to accomplish many many things. I will build new jigs as the need for them arises.

I have planes/spokeshaves for shaping wood in a cabinet, chisels for chopping, in another cabinet, and in the third cabinet saws for cutting, and braces for boring holes,a bench with a vise on it to work on and various stones for sharpening my edge tools. The only thing I lack to be completely functional is files to sharpen saws with, but that is easily rectified and is of little concern at the moment.

I was looking over my new setup the other night I thought to myself, "Hey, there's nothing to it", and that to me is the real beauty of it. It's so simple--just like me! :~)

T.O.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>afterall I have a waterjet that cuts out plane parts occasionally!!

Hey, hey, there Mr. Fancypants, I think you're rubbing it in now! ;~)

I found it interesting that you cut your pieces to be peened together versus welded. I really like that idea alot better, as that eliminates the need for a welder. If need be parts can be cut out and shaped by hand, than peened. coarse, you wouldn't want to go that route of commercial purposes, but for one's own wants/needs it'll do nicely IMO.

I bet you're sureenjoying having an having an alterior motive for going to work now eh? ;~)

T.O.

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Ernie Miller

>Fuctional Ok I can live with that. but it was functional before as you were able to build your jigs. We want a full blown shop tour. I also think you need a rust barn some place you can take all them flea market finds to give them the lovin they need to bring them back to life. I think one of the plastic rubbermaid storage shed things out under the carport would work good for theat. A grinder with a brass brush a couple plastic tubs and a battery charger and Todd's your man for rehabing tools.