Thread: Friday lunch prattle

Good to talk as always. It keeps us sane (nearly).

This is the link I mentioned. In brief the bloke takes an old Oak log, cuts it up with a chainsaw, surface with just a router, makes it into a table and along the way creates his own brass alloy:

Стол из бревна.DIY A table made of logs. Oak 133 years old. Дуб 133 года - YouTube

I appreciate some of you have already seen this.

Regards
Paul

Another week has passed us by, Tune in today, same bat time, same bat channel.....

Sane is a relative term with reference to Paul's post above

Reminder for the Friday prattle and a call out to anyone with time to join in


This weeks topic is: .........my mind is blank, the topic is up for grabs this week.

As always it is great to catch regardless.


Friday: Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEST - or better Midday on the east coast, 11:30AM SA/NT, 10AM in WA, 2AM UTC and 9PM US Central (i think)
Yep that's lunchtime for some of us so bring a coffee and donut.


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Cheers
Phil

I'll see you there. Topic could be what size do i cut pen blanks?

When Bob raised the issue of his small diameter Elm cuttings in todays hook up, we almost immediately digressed into Walnut with indecent haste . I mentioned that a certain type of hand saw featured Walnut almost exclusively.

This thread identifies the specific use and I make mention of it at the end of post #2. It is also visible in the catalogue descriptions if you enlarge them.

It was a good discussion today, a little philo- sophical at the start, but what do we expect with inspiration from chairman "Phil."



Regards
Paul

Ps: Walnut was occasionally used for other saws too. Disston sometimes used Walnut for their early D8 saws and during the WW2 they used it for their Victory saws (D-15s which were marketed as D42 and D43) instead of Rosewood, which became unobtainable.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

we almost immediately digressed into Walnut with indecent haste .

.......as per standard prattle procedure .

I've only just noticed Pagie's post about pen blanks and that may be another use for smallish diameter branches. Not being a wood turner though I'm not really sure.

Another week has passed us by, so in a nod to the topic ..... I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine


Reminder for the Friday prattle and a call out to anyone with time to join in


This weeks topic is: Vices

As always it is great to catch up regardless.

Friday: Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEST - or better Midday on the east coast, 11:30AM SA/NT, 10AM in WA, 2AM UTC and 9PM US Central (i think)
Yep that's lunchtime for some of us so bring a coffee and donut.


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Phil

For those that have got this far, I'm not going to make this week so feel free to adopt or ignore the topic

Originally Posted by Aussiephil

This weeks topic is: Vices

Let's just be clear here before anyone makes a fool of themselves; you mean vices like smoking, drinking, gambling and the pursuit of women of easy virtue, right?

Or will it be vises like shoulder vise, tail vise, leg vise, saw vise, wagon vise, moxon vise?

visevice.jpg

Lets not start about English and American spellings; I already know.

Perhaps it is just as well I can't make today with such an ambiguous subject.

I think it is a good one. As my absentee contribution have a look as this bloke.

Making A Big 16” Vise from Tube and Plate. - YouTube

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by doug3030

Let's just be clear here before anyone makes a fool of themselves; you mean vices like smoking, drinking, gambling and the pursuit of women of easy virtue, right?

Or will it be vises like shoulder vise, tail vise, leg vise, saw vise, wagon vise, moxon vise?

visevice.jpg

Lets not start about English and American spellings; I already know.

Doug,
Are you saying you can’t be in both groups at once.

Cheers Matt[emoji6].

For Yvan,

Link to my workbench build. Long-overdue workbench build

Plans can be bought here Woodworker's Journal A Traditional European Workbench Plan | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware or see The Workbench Book by Scott Landis.

Doug, very much appreciated!

Cheers,
Yvan

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Doug, very much appreciated!

Cheers,
Yvan

Another week has passed us by, like a rolling stone on a steep hill


Reminder for the Friday prattle and a call out to anyone with time to join in


This weeks topic is: Mallets

As always it is great to catch up regardless.

Friday: Time: 12:00 - 12:40 AEST - or better Midday on the east coast, 11:30AM SA/NT, 10AM in WA, 2AM UTC and 9PM US Central (i think)
Yep that's lunchtime for some of us so bring a coffee and donut.


Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 789 4886 9892
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Cheers
Phil

Originally Posted by Aussiephil

This weeks topic is: Mallets

So it's BYO mallet - have a smashing time?

Hopefully I will be there with a mallet or two.

Ooooh!

Hitting things hard. Sounds great. I will see what I can do. I just have to fit the Prattle in between concreting. I have a little beauty included in the line up courtesy of IanW.

Regards
Paul