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Thread: The best use for a fridge....
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31st July 2006, 01:55 PM #1
The best use for a fridge....
My personal favourite is the bottom shelf above the crisper...
General rule of thumb, every time I take the timber out to weigh them, I've gotta have a beer (just to keep the thought processes sharp you understand....)
Luckily SWMBO isn't complaining (well, not yet anyway, I hope she doesn't intend to ask for fridge space back!) This Tiger Myrtle's for stuff for her, so I can get away with it.
You should see the visitors faces when they go to the kitchen to get themselves a beer!!!
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31st July 2006, 02:33 PM #2
But you haven't managed to get the fridge located in the workshop yet! Do you keep your firewood in the washing machine?
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31st July 2006, 06:00 PM #3
Nice One Timbernut!
I used to keep my (new and unused $10 planer) in the pantry - the looks on people's faces was the best
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31st July 2006, 06:39 PM #4
Yeah right... I could just see her bloody highness's face if I tried that!!... I mean shes a patient wee thing lettin me cut and shape my canoe moulds in the living room no worries lettin me make half models and scale models at the kitchen table no worries lettin me lay the timber for a rudder mark and cut it in the family room no worries... but put the timber in the fridge?? NOT A RUDDY CHANCE!! gawd strewth Id better have me bed made up in the shed if I tried that one
And if she didnt chuck a wobbly one the flamin kids would!!
aahh you lucky buggar TimbernutBelieve me there IS life beyond marriage!!! Relax breathe and smile learn to laugh again from the heart so it reaches the eyes!!
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31st July 2006, 07:01 PM #5
And wood butcher thaught I was kidding when I said a jett mini lathe would fit just fine in the cupboard under the sink.
Any thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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31st July 2006, 07:02 PM #6Originally Posted by Wild Dingo
PS Father's Day is only a month or so away.....Cheers
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31st July 2006, 07:10 PM #7
Now actually... speakin of fridges I actually have two out in the seatainer mind one belongs to daughter number 3 but she doesnt need 3 fridges and I do need a bar fridge... the others been in there since the flood of May 18 2005 and Ive no idea if it works still or not but I do need a nice big bar fridge to go alongside the nice small bar fridge in the shed... mmm wonder if anyone will get me a fridge for the timber?
Believe me there IS life beyond marriage!!! Relax breathe and smile learn to laugh again from the heart so it reaches the eyes!!
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31st July 2006, 07:13 PM #8
i used to keep my live fishing bait in the crisper (wattle grubs and gents) till some clown told swmbo thats gents were really maggots
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31st July 2006, 08:32 PM #9
Hey Wild Dingo, I hope you're storing those fridges with the doors open, otherwise phew - hold your nose when you open them.
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31st July 2006, 09:25 PM #10
Well I'll go he! Looks like I had better start wood turning so I can get a fridge in the shed. By the way, why do you need to keep your wood in the fridge? I need this info to explain to SWMBO.
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31st July 2006, 11:12 PM #11Originally Posted by Wild DingoTerry B
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1st August 2006, 03:40 AM #12
I have a fridge in my Shop (Shed) where I keeps me Beer and Worms but not wood.... Why are you keeping the wood in the fridge? Slow drying? :confused:
Is this one of those secret recipe things that everyone know about but me?
I have a freezer in my Shop as well and have good news as well as bad news. Bad news is that it has gone Toes up and must be replaced. Good news is that the compressor still runs and will be converted to a vacuum pump as soon as the new fellow arrives. Wild Dingo, If one of those storred fridges is Kerput!, save the compressor and make a vacuum pump as well.
There was a site with directions on making such... anybody remember seeing that?
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1st August 2006, 07:20 AM #13Woodturner
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We bought a new 'fridge for the house, and the old (but still working) 'fridge is now in my shop. It serves as a place to put stuff that does not fit in the new one, plus I am testing freeze-drying chunks of green wood in the freezer [So far, so good; no cracks in four months]. Plenty of room for ale in the shop 'fridge too.
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1st August 2006, 11:23 AM #14
The answer is....
hey Guys, Gil's on the money! Greenie for him!
I had these pieces in the freezer for a week (interesting to see them nestled amongst steaks and snags...) to freeze dry, and now in the fridge for 2.
I'm hoping to speed up the drying process. It was either microwave, meths, dishwashing liquid, or freezing. They seemed the best options, so as I'm 'under instruction' not to wreck 'her' Tiger Myrtle I'm hoping this will speed things along, without checking (or fridge privelidges will be revoked by SWMBO ).
That's what the paper is stuck to them for - I'm weighing once or twice a week and recording on the paper. I have some other pieces in the shed that didn't get frozen so I can compare if there is any improvement. They are all waxed on the ends, so I've no idea if this is helping or not.... but it's a conversation starter anyway.
If I have any positive results, I'll post them here.
If there are negatives, better consume beer, and run like hell, cause she'll kill me!!
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1st August 2006, 12:13 PM #15
For what it's worth, I have an old fridge in the shop. I drilled a row of 1/2" holes across the bottom of each side, and a row in the top of each side. I keep my waxed wood inside to slow the drying process. Some of it spalts in there, but so far, no cracking. )
Some folks put a 40 watt light bulb in the bottom, and dry roughouts inside theirs.
Just thought I'd throw this out there....Al
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