Thread: Is this a misuse of my Bessey clamps

That just means.
You are now aloud to do any wood work activity in the kitchen area.
Ie using water stones over the kitchen sink to sharpen chisels.
Just say I said so [emoji13]

Originally Posted by Simplicity

That just means.
You are now aloud to do any wood work activity in the kitchen area.
Ie using water stones over the kitchen sink to sharpen chisels.
Just say I said so [emoji13]

I have one of those Veritas Waterstone ponds so no need to do it over the kitchen sink. When I do a sharpening day I set up at the dining room table. While I am there I usually do the kitchen knives as well.

I have prime pieces of timber stored in the lounge room because the temperature in the house is more stable than the temperature in the sheds.

I had my Triton workcentre 2000 with maxi extension table set up and in use in my dining room at my house in Queensland for over 12 months. I still own this house while I am in exile in Melbourne.

I understand that not every woodworker's partners are so accommodating and I have to wonder why. We help each other where we can and it works.

Cheers

Doug

Not Miss use but Mrs use.

Originally Posted by A Duke

Not Miss use but Mrs use.

Well not so in reality, She is my girlfriend, not my wife. In my experience girlfriends are less demanding and more fun than wives are.

Maybe Ms use

Cheers

Doug

Just be impressed that she knew where to look for the clamps in your shed.

Originally Posted by doug3030

I was out in the shed and I noticed that two of my Bessey DuoKlamps were missing from their usual spot.

I did not think too much of it. I use them for all sorts of things but I could not remember where I had left them. I just put it down to CRAFT disease and made a mental note to return them to the shed when I found them or remembered where they were.

I went into the house about half an hour later and I found them.

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Some may regard this as misuse of woodworking tools, and it probably is. But I will be eating well tonight

Nah -- just another example of why you can never have enough clamps

I broke the clamp that came with my Atlas pasta machine and got an aftermarket one shipped from Bake and Brew in Adelaide https://www.bakeandbrew.com.au/produ...machine-clamp/

Originally Posted by doug3030

When I do a sharpening day I set up at the dining room table. While I am there I usually do the kitchen knives as well.

That sounds reminiscent of the philosophy where when planning a rowdy party you invite the neighbours too.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by doug3030

Well not so in reality, She is my girlfriend, not my wife. In my experience girlfriends are less demanding and more fun than wives are.



Cheers

Doug

I was going to add a comment there, but realised I might be asked to vacate the Forums so I won't.

I would add that your partner, whatever her social/legal status sounds like a wonderful person. I am speaking here as somebody who is not allowed to even traipse a teeney weeney litttle bit of honestly won sawdust through the house on the way to the handbasin without the dagger (damascus style) look.

Regards
Paul

Doug, You can use your clamps anyways you please BUT for me personally the pasta machine would never make it into the house....Cheers, Peter

Originally Posted by NathanaelBC

I broke the clamp that came with my Atlas pasta machine and got an aftermarket one shipped from Bake and Brew in Adelaide https://www.bakeandbrew.com.au/produ...machine-clamp/

Thanks for the link Nathaniel, but she always had trouble with the old clamp anyway. I usually had to clamp it for her. This time she set it all up herself and she did it well. I could not move that pasta machine a millimeter with all my weight and what's left of my strength behind me. She can use the besseys for that purpose.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Originally Posted by doug3030

When I do a sharpening day I set up at the dining room table. While I am there I usually do the kitchen knives as well.

That sounds reminiscent of the philosophy where when planning a rowdy party you invite the neighbours too.

Not quite - we both have different dietary requirements due to medical reasons. As often as not we cook our own meals. We try to do a few dinners a week when we can both eat the same thing and we each have our own specialties that we cook for each other. So I probably use the kitchen knives as often as she does.

Originally Posted by cava

Just be impressed that she knew where to look for the clamps in your shed.

Her knowledge of where things in the shed are is no coincidence. If I need a hand on a complex glue-up she comes out and hands me clamps; she is pretty good on tailing out on the tablesaw, bandsaw etc on a big job.

But most important of all - How many of us have made sure that their partners and others living with them know how to turn off the power to the shed if you have an accident? She knows what to do if the need arises.

Thanks for the comments everyone

Doug