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Thanks. It is sturdy. That was one thing I paid attention to, regarding t he mortises' size and alignment, maintaining the squareness of my carving t hem. I had a mock tenon, I used as a test piece/guide. The through teno ns were easy enough, to make, and are a perfect match for the mortises. T he tenons slide in fairly easily, when nudged by hand and knee, yet lock ni ce and tight, when the keys are inserted. The issue with the extra tight k eys, on one end, may be there is a drip/run of finish (that I missed seeing ), inside the key holes.
Electric Comet wrote in news:mt6vsd$rkg$1 @dont-email.me:
Sometimes higher prices do improve the appeal. They did studies with wines, and found the high priced wines were perceived to taste better when they told the people it was a high priced wine, but worse when not told.
Coors beer was marketed out west as a cheap beer. They were on the verge of bankruptcy when they re-labled the beer as a premium, raised the price and the exact same beer became popular, and was soon marketed across the country.
I call this the Coors effect, and I think for this group, you could call it the Festool effect.
Seagrams did it first. They raised the price and it became a common holiday gift. No one gives cheap booze.
You missed the biggest part of the Coors story. They refused to ship East of the Big Muddy. What people couldn't get, people wanted. The same deal as Krispy Kreme (both horrible facsimiles of the intended product, hyped to the max).
VO is about 3/4 the price of Crown. For me, VO had a unsavory bite, to it . I much prefer Crown, it's smoother, has a more mellow taste, doesn't ha ve that unsavory bite. If price is not an issue, then I recommend the Cro wn, should you decide to try a bourbon.... and for entertaining.
Jack Daniels is pretty good, priced and tastes about the same as VO, a litt le smoother than VO. For gatherings at the camp, I bring VO or Jack Danie ls for visitors. By the third, fourth drink, those drunk fools don't know any difference. By the third or fourth drink, I try to hide the Crown fr om most of them, though some bring their own.
*OT, maybe? .... there IS a "Whittlin" title! Speaking of Jack Daniels: Long ago, I acquired a record album, "Voices of Lynchburg". Recordings of different folks (singly and in groups) from Ly nchburg, TN. Listening, as if you're visiting, hanging out with the local s, as they tell different stories, occurences, events. It's different and pretty good (average, okay) entertainment. The fishing stories are the b est.... "Everyone knows the first liar doesn't have a chance!"
I recall VO not being wonderful so I never bought it. Crown is good but my favorite is a Texas whiskey, Rebecca Creek. Produced about 15 minutes from where Nailshooter lives. About $35 for .75l, and $49 for 1.75L. Guess which one I buy. ;~)
Rowans Creek is good too. I prefer sipp'n whiskeys.
I have not bought Jack in years, I would not buy it for sipp'n.
Maybe....;~) I normally drink about 2, 750ml bottles a year, at the most. My dad has had medical issues most of this year and I have gone through about 4.5L since mid May. Hoping to scale back soon.
Yeah! I had a neighbor introduce me to Willett. It was 128 proof. Good tasting jet fuel.
Either you're really a sipper or plan to have a very short retirement. ;-)
Your post hit pretty close to home. My plan is to WW my way though retirement. Meanwhile, I no longer drink so have plenty of money for toys. ;-) ...but no time to play with them yet. :-(
I've been in "forced" retirement since age 49, since 2002, because of a mil d stroke, and subsequently 3 heart attacks. I drink occassionally, more s o social drinking. Even at the camp, my limit is usually two hard drinks an evening. Liquor affects the effectiveness of my medications. I drink lots of Kool-Aid when working, mostly the lemon-lime flavor, but I will ha ve a beer now and then, also.
Don't depend on a quantity of tools to enjoy your woodworking.... or retire ment. My last two projects didn't require my having a cache of major tool s. The only specialty tool, I needed, was a wider planer, than I have, so I had Lafayette Woodworks plane those boards for me.... the fee was $30, I think, I gave them $50.... economy on multiple fronts. Oh, and as Lew all uded to, there were times when a forklift would have been handy, too.
In my (retirement) shop, it's not the speed of production that counts, it's how many visitors and beers it takes to complete a project.... *and I've d iscovered, the more beneficial a project is, its subsequent usefulness (or inherent value?), to those visitors, the more they are apt to come over and help with the heavy lifting.... sometimes, maybe (chagrinned!). Hmmm!? It's nice to have enough money to woodwork and drink! :-)
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