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Thread: Thompson turning tool bulk buy?
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12th July 2009, 10:45 PM #106Senior Member
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Hmm, just noticed in original post that Ern may be leaving Melbourne (periodically).
Just how much skiing does $2200 get you these days?
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12th July 2009, 10:46 PM #107Retired
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13th July 2009, 07:18 AM #108Hewer of wood
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Address any further correspondence to Messrs Shyster, Grimm and McConville, Nassau, the Bahamas
(Just joking).Cheers, Ern
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13th July 2009, 08:52 AM #109SENIOR MEMBER
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Dollars sent. Thanks to everyone involved
enjoy the snow
Phil
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13th July 2009, 10:17 AM #110
Transfer done Ern.
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Dave...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
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13th July 2009, 02:08 PM #111Senior Member
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Didn't realise you could ski in the Bahamas.
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13th July 2009, 02:12 PM #112Hewer of wood
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Dune skiing ;-}
Cheers, Ern
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13th July 2009, 02:17 PM #113
Ern,
money transferred as of today Monday 13th July 1.15pm
thanksInspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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13th July 2009, 08:24 PM #114Member
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Evening Ern,
Money transferred at 1921 hrs.
Many thanks for all your effort and considering others with your offer.
Cheers
Steve
P.S. Private email sent with postal details
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14th July 2009, 07:42 PM #115
Succeessffuullyy done battle with Netbanking.
Money transferred.6.30ish.
Looking forward to my new chisels. I've never had new real tools before.
wonder what wood I could use for the handles...... but I guess that is a whole 'nother thread.anne-maria.
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Follow my little workshop/gallery on facebook. things of clay and wood.
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14th July 2009, 08:47 PM #116
Went in a bit before Noon.
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14th July 2009, 09:24 PM #117Hewer of wood
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Thanks all.
Only one outstanding confirmation/payment remains.
TL, nothing less than ringed Gidgee will do for your handles.
FWIW I did a redgum handle for a tool last week and took extra effort to get the ferrule tight.
It dropped off today.
That's redgum for you.Cheers, Ern
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14th July 2009, 09:48 PM #119
I used some 50mm square garden stakes from bunnies for a handle. I think they were pretty cheap in apack of 6. I bought them as practice for making hardwood stuff that I wasn't too fussed about. Decided to use one as a handle for a P+N 16mm bowl gouge and it worked a treat, though I didn't drill the hole quite large enough so the chisel didn't go all the way in, and now it's so bloody tight I can't get it out again . Anyway, I'll take a photo and upload when I remember to Perhaps another thread is a good idea!
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14th July 2009, 10:42 PM #120Hewer of wood
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Well you can make a start on the handles.
From Doug's website:
First of all a shank is round like on a bowl gouge and a tang is flat on scrapers and skews.
Why is the shank on all bowl and spindle gouges are turned down to a common fractional size? This is because high quality tool steel is sold .015 oversize so the shank needs to be turned down to a common size to fit all the aftermarket handles and so a common drill bit can be used to bore a wood handle. Example; a 1/2 diameter tool will have a shank that measures .500
What is the shank length? On the 3/8 and ½ diameter tools the shank is 2 inches long. The 5/8 and ¾ diameter tools are 2-1/2 inches in length.
The 1” and 1-1/4” tools have a ¾ inch diameter shank that is 2-1/2 inches long.
All tangs are 2 inches long.
And an article on making the handles: http://www.thompsonlathetools.com/handles.aspCheers, Ern
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