Working with pine instead of hardwood?

[jimmymac]

Mahalo Jo4hn! WOW . . . this is like taking a trip back in time! I actually went to Oahu a year ago and was amazed at some of the tropical woods I saw in some of the furniture in the local shops. What a treat that was. As you can tell . . . I'm not making a lot of sawdust right now . . . the economy out here is the nation's worst when it comes to real estate and since Las Vegas is a tourist town - the airline fares are taking their toll. I did finally put together the best country show band this town has seen in many years. We only perform at the major casino showrooms now and it's a lot of fun. I'm just about finished building the redwood furniture in the backyard and since we only get about 4: of rain here a year and the humidity is usually below 6% - you can build anything out here. I'm going to try and archive the old "Jummywood" story and see how long things stay around here! LOL!

Good to hear from you bro . . .

Jums

[Robatoy]

Why.... of course!! Jummywood!! Why didn't you say so? Jummywood good stuff.

(There are some people who are afraid to ask wtf a certain kind of wood is.... at the risk of sounding stoopid.)

My guess is wood from the Jummy tree?.

[jimmymac]

JUMMYWOOD TREES? LOL! Take a look at the latest post concerning Jummywood, Robatoy . . . the truth may be too much to handle! LOL!

Jums

[Robatoy]

I guess you have been away for a long time. Jummywood trees are found all over. The best of them all is Jum Arabica. Other varieties of the species are (as opposed to the sugar maple) Sugarless Jum, Wintergreen Jum and Spearmint Jum, the latter being a favourite amongst hunters.

[skeez]

wellcome back to the greatest politcal bullshit g....er um I mean.... woodwoking group on the usenet highway! :-]

skeez

[Jimmy Mac]

Yup . . . some stuff never changes! LOL! Does Dave Fleming still tell his tales around here anymore? I lost touch with him. He was the first guy on the wreck to flame me and we became the best of friends after that. Quite the history to tell that man does . . . I've been surfin' around a bit and it looks like a lot of the oldies are still goodies. LOL! What about the Black Sheep? Is Sy Kaplan still hanging around? I tried to Google his site but it ain't showing up anywhere. I got a lot of help from my old buddy Harvey Klene moving out here after the divorce. Harvey is one great guy and is having some major health problems. He built a beautiful wood shop .....one is the envy of many. I got here just in time to help him deck over the concrete floor, hang cabinets on the walls, etc. A spectacular place but his health issues keep him out of it. He's been a great friend so keep him in your prayers for me if you would.

I'm gonna float around a while and check out some of the topics. Remind me where to post some pics . . . it's been a while! :-)

Jums

[Jimmy Mac]

Now that's funny! I don't care who ya are right there . . . that's funny! LOL!

Jums

[skeez]

alt binaries pictures woodworking [I think!] heres some more pics

enjoy...

skeez

[skeez]

most of the gooduns are gone! who knows where???? even ol JOAT skipped out on us.

skeez

[Greg O]

Jums (aka Jim McNamara - not the one with the stains . . . the one with the Pine!)

Sitting back, waiting for the newbie's to say, What the hell they talking about? Greg

[Greg O]

Jums

Many of the "old" regulars are gone, time, spam, and other assorted BS chased many people off. This place ain't what it used to be a few years ago! Greg

[Tom Veatch]

All those responses and nobody answered your question???

The miter angle is 22.5 degrees independent of diameter.

Assuming the measured "diameter" is the distance from side to side across the center of an octagon, the length of the outside edge of the border is:

Length =tan(22.5) X "diameter" = 0.414 X "diameter"

Assuming the "diameter" is the distance from corner to corner across the center of an octagon, the length of an outside edge is:

Length = tan(22.5) X "diameter" = 0.383 X "diameter"

Tom Veatch Wichita, KS USA

[Tom Veatch]

OOPS!!

The numbers are right, but the function should be "sin(22.5)".

Tom Veatch Wichita, KS USA

[Jimmy Mac]

Got it Tom and thanks! I've completed the top - now going to work on the pedestal base. Came out great!

Jim (aka Jummy)