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17th June 2005, 11:45 AM #1
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What do you call your whatchamacallit?
OK, this is the definitive poll on what you call that machine that has two parallel tables on either side of a spinning cutter head that you use to flatten edges and sometimes faces of boards. This wont prove anything other than what is the most common name for it and might help people who are floundering about wondering what to call it.
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17th June 2005, 12:04 PM #2
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I call it The Mother Farcquar because it's loud, ugly and objectionable!
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17th June 2005, 12:20 PM #3
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It said jointer on the box, it's a jointer!
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17th June 2005, 12:26 PM #4
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Isn't it a thingamejig?
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17th June 2005, 01:05 PM #5
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Sigh
Once again a serious thread has been totally derailed by silly, flippant comments. You should hang your heads in shame...
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17th June 2005, 01:10 PM #6
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Originally Posted by silentC
Sigh Once again a serious thread has been totally derailed by silly, flippant comments. You should hang your heads in shame...
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17th June 2005, 01:12 PM #7
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shame shame shame
It's a jointer.
For once I gave a serious answer to the question. SilentC you still made me feel guilty however.
Boy its hard to type with my head hanging in shame.Specializing in O positive timber stains
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17th June 2005, 01:50 PM #8
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Another thread that I'm not allowed to reply to, cos my answer will be construed as crap.
Life gets dull sometimes, don't it?Boring signature time again!
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17th June 2005, 03:30 PM #9
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That was a crap answer outback, do it again & this time try harder....
Jointer or planer.
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17th June 2005, 04:26 PM #10
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Heh heh, you silly bugger Cliff.
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17th June 2005, 05:00 PM #11
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I never though I would see the day when this forum became americanized.
Latest polling results 60% jointer and 20% buzzer.
How sad, another Australian icon gone down the tube. Buzzer, buzzer, buzzer, buzzer.
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17th June 2005, 05:21 PM #12
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Nah, the seppos call it a planer. My Grandad had one of those old combo tablesaws which had what he called a buzzer on the side but I started calling it a jointer when I worked in a joinery in the 80's. No Americans there, I can assure you of that.
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17th June 2005, 05:51 PM #13
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The machines that I have used and still use for that matter are probably fifty plus years old. I don't use the machine in a commercial sense anymore even though it has a 12 inch wide bed.
I sure if I went into most joinery shops in Melbourne and asked them to run a piece of wood through the jointer they would look at me stupidly. Whereas if I said buzzer then it would be no worries. Buzzer is probably more of a trade name for the machine.
It may just be one of those marketing names that someone has dreamt up to sell this product more easily. Jointer sounds better than buzzer.
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17th June 2005, 06:08 PM #14
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But the Melbourne grip of the language has always been a bit off
A dinkey for example is a toy car or small bike but not in MELBOURNE
A pint is approx 600ml but not im MELBOURNE
A footy game requires skill but not in MELBOURNE
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17th June 2005, 06:11 PM #15
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Originally Posted by Ashore
Yeah, bluddy Melbourne Storm, detracting from the real footy.
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