hey, joe, where you going with that...plane in your hand?  vacaville?

best,
bill
felton, ca

On Sep 9, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Joe Parker wrote:

> After lurking for much longer than is fashionable, it is about time I 
> came clean.

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 >>  Yes, I do tend to go a bit overboard in my projects.  As another example,
 >>  I have never made Shaker boxes, nor do I intend to, but I couldn?t resist
 >>  getting some copper flashing and making a boiling box
 >>  (http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2151 ).  This
 >>  is destined to be used to make bent oak ribs to complete a beamed,
 >>  coffered ceiling I am building for our library
 >>  (http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2152 ).  The
 >>  finish is, of course, shellac.

Do tell more on the ceiling, it is a project I have put on for my "office".

Alan

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Holy Cow, Joe! You certainly got a thing for fine finishing. Those are
beautiful. My advice is take the plunge and craft an infill or two. Start
with a Shepherd kit if you feel like it, but from what I see you could start
straight from scratch if you really wanted to. Wayne Anderson look out!

By the way, welcome up into the light. There have been quite a few bios just
lately.

(borrowing one of Jim's walking sticks, or is this a fish basher? I'll be
able to tell the difference one of these days. I HAVE to pay more
attention).

BANG! BANG! BANG! 

Anyone else down there want to come up and say a neighborly hello?

Rob in Peoria
1960 Anniversary Shopsmith Mk V Brownie
www.jlatech.com/rob/Woodworking/Knowledge%20Base.htm

Wood shavings on the floor! Wood shavings on the floor!

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> Over the years, I have begun to show increasing galootish 
> tendencies and have even been bitten by the toolmaking bug.  
> While I may never be qualified to be a full-fledged member of 
> the FOYBIPM, maybe theres room for me in the FOYBIASBM 
> (Fraternal Order of Yuppie Bastard Infill Adjustable Shooting 
> Board Makers) 
> (http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2149).  
> Please note the cocobolo stuffed knobs in the quadrant and the double
dovetailed brass quadrant sides.
> (http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2150 )  

Woo hoo!

Never thought a shoot board (shute? Chute?) could be sexy!  I'm in love.

> This is destined to be used to make bent oak ribs to complete a beamed,
coffered ceiling I am building for our library
> (http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2152 ).  

Oofta.

> Finally, for those of you on the upper level of the Porch, you would be
amazed at the improvements we have made down below.
> Its actually quite comfortable down here now.  

Reminds me of a joke about an engineer and a lawyer in hell...

He's right though - I was down there a long time and saw most of it begin
done - we have a flush toilet and everything now.

- Bill

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Joe, 

Glad to have you!  Is that shooting board all your work?

BTW, IMHO a PhD in Math from Caltech is nothing to sneer at.
Math is a truly galootish tool!

Gary K
Close to Buffalo NY
(who switched majors after a BS in Math)

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Joe, Nice Bio, I'd heard that the Under Porch had gotten some 
renovations, you guys must be kind of pale though.

Couple of questions if you don't mind, I was wondering if your  Barnes 
Scroll saw has some sort of blower mechanism to clear the sawdust from 
the cut. As a recent owner of a #2 Velocipede (still grinning, very 
happy galoot) I'd love to have some other method than hyperventilating 
myself while pedaling to clear the cut line.

and the boiling box,(gorgeous by the way)  what kind of joint did you 
use at the ends?   After 3 tries and folding the same type of flashing 
up and soldering it, I'm thinking of JB Weld to stop the slight but 
insistant drip.

Michael-San Francisco.

  After lurking for much longer than is fashionable, it is about time I 
came
clean.  I am Joe Parker. , I only  left with a sewing machine style 
treadle lathe and a virtually complete Barnes
No. 6 pedal scroll saw

Yes, I do tend to go a bit overboard in my projects.  As another 
example, I have
never made Shaker boxes, nor do I intend to, but I couldnt resist 
getting some
copper flashing and making a boiling box

Finally, for those of you on the upper level of the Porch, you would be 
amazed
at the improvements we have made down below.  Its actually quite 
comfortable
down here now.  The only major problem remaining is that rampaging 
termite
infestation.  Just be careful where you step.

Joe Parker
Los Gatos, CA

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Michael -

> Couple of questions if you don't mind, I was wondering if your  Barnes  

> Scroll saw has some sort of blower mechanism to clear the sawdust from  

> the cut. As a recent owner of a #2 Velocipede (still grinning, very  

> happy galoot) I'd love to have some other method than hyperventilating  

> myself while pedaling to clear the cut line.

It doesn't appear that the #6 had a blower.  It did have a hold down whic 
h is
missing on mine.

> and the boiling box,(gorgeous by the way)  what kind of joint did you  

> use at the ends?   After 3 tries and folding the same type of flashing  

> up and soldering it, I'm thinking of JB Weld to stop the slight but  

> insistant drip.

I must have gotten lucky.  I chose copper instead of aluminum because I w 
as
worried about fractures at the corners (and it looks nicer).  Hmm, how to 

describe folding copper?  To minimize the stretching, I pushed the corner 
s in
toward the middle.  This pulls up the sides.  The copper triangles which  
are
now inside were folded against the short ends.  Since I had folded an inc 
h
reinforcement on the top of the long sides, there were inch wide tabs at  
the
top of the triangles which are folded over the short ends, locking everyt 
hing
together.  Actually, the flashing I used was a heavy gauge and fairly
difficult to fold so these last steps were probably not needed.  If you a 
re
going to Vacaville tomorrow, I'll bring it along.

Joe Parker
Los Gatos, CA

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After lurking for much longer than is fashionable, it is about time I
came clean. I am Joe Parker. The LOML, Kathy, and I have been married
for 32 years and live in Los Gatos, CA (That’s California, not Canada,
Jeff). As a brief history, I grew up in Oklahoma showing no galootish
tendencies. I was one of those kids who didn’t take shop in school in
order to take Orchestra and more Math. This led to my getting a BS in
Math from Stanford and a PhD from Caltech. Galootish tendencies did
begin to emerge slightly during this period in the form of stained glass
classes from a studio in Pasadena. A Math PhD, of course, left me
totally unprepared to do anything useful. As a result, I ended up as a
Professor at a college in NE Penn.

I spent 7 years in Old Tool Heaven, but ended up with very little to
show for it. Oh sure, I did end up with tenure, but for the important
things, I only left with a sewing machine style treadle lathe and a
virtually complete Barnes No. 6 pedal scroll saw
(http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2148 ). In
true galoot fashion, I got these in 1976 and should be finishing the
restoration any day now. Yeah, right. With two very bright boys, I left
Old Tool Heaven in 1983 and headed West to the Promised Land (aka San
Francisco Bay area), the land of Options and Traffic (no milk, no honey
and no old tools). Actually, we did have a bee hive in our yard for
several years, so I have plenty of honey and, more importantly, rendered
beeswax. No longer in Academia, I have spent my career in a number of
high tech startups, rising to a level of total uselessness.

Over the years, I have begun to show increasing galootish tendencies and
have even been bitten by the toolmaking bug. While I may never be
qualified to be a full-fledged member of the FOYBIPM, maybe there’s room
for me in the FOYBIASBM (Fraternal Order of Yuppie Bastard Infill
Adjustable Shooting Board Makers)
(http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2149 ). Please
note the cocobolo stuffed knobs in the quadrant and the double
dovetailed brass quadrant sides.
(http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2150 ) No,
you’re not supposed to see the double dovetails; you have to trust me on
those. The finish is, of course, shellac.

Yes, I do tend to go a bit overboard in my projects. As another example,
I have never made Shaker boxes, nor do I intend to, but I couldn’t
resist getting some copper flashing and making a boiling box
(http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2151 ). This
is destined to be used to make bent oak ribs to complete a beamed,
coffered ceiling I am building for our library
(http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=2152 ). The
finish is, of course, shellac.

Finally, for those of you on the upper level of the Porch, you would be
amazed at the improvements we have made down below. It’s actually quite
comfortable down here now. The only major problem remaining is that
rampaging termite infestation. Just be careful where you step.

Joe Parker Los Gatos, CA

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