Learning Something New Every Time

Oct 07, 2009 7 Replies
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I like to think that I learn something new every time I spend a few hours in the shop.



For example, many years ago I learned that it's not a good idea to fine tune a close fitting joint by hitting it with a hammer. It can very easily mess things up by scaring the wood being hit. Ever since then I have used either a deadblow hammer or big orange rubber mallet.



Yesterday's learning experience taught me that hitting your fingernail with a big orange mallet hurts just a much as hitting it with a hammer.


Joe aka 10x


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I think 10x meant scared, right? (Smiley-face) You could try a double- blind test by having someone whack your fingernail while you were blindfolded, using either the hammer or mallet. I recently learned that the torture technique of having a sliver of plywood jammed up under your fingernail doesn't hurt nearly as much as I'd been led to believe. Good news! Tom

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L

How does scared wood react? It usually doesn't cooperate when I try scaring it with a hammer, unlike my computer.

:-)

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How does scared wood react? It usually doesn't cooperate when I try scaring it with a hammer, unlike my computer.

:-)

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Geez, sapient pearwood? I'd rather try to walk tom's rattlesnake on a leash.

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On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:38:38 -0400, the infamous 10x scrawled the following:

I tried that ploy on September 5th with a 2' diameter flagstone. It fractured the distal phalanx on my right finger. (broken fingertip) Then the day after I took the splint off, I slipped on a mossy slope while raking and sprained my left wrist. It has b een a hell of a transition from Summer to Fall this year, lemme tell ya...

Condolences on your owie.

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On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:37:31 -0400, the infamous "J. Clarke" scrawled the following:

Pinnochio (re)incarnate?

Sounds like a slow and leisurely walk to me.

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