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The Coffee Shop / Re: Great news, I got a job today.

« on: March 09, 2012, 09:32:52 am »

Congratulations Chief!  It's really great when the job finds you.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: another can't fix stupid

« on: March 07, 2012, 10:19:34 am »

You would think we would be accustomed by now, but I'm always amazed.

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The Coffee Shop / Gabby is communicating again

« on: March 07, 2012, 10:18:13 am »

I got a response to an email this morning from our old buddy Gabby.  He is on the mend and should be posting again soon.  He asked me to say hello and to tell everyone he would be bugging them soon.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Hurrah--back on again

« on: March 07, 2012, 12:58:08 am »

I try and make a modest donation a couple of times per year.  This was just one of those times.  I couldn't afford to pay an amount commensurate with what I have received from Steve and his sites.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Table Saw decision forced!

« on: March 04, 2012, 09:20:46 pm »

Hope you enjoy it Ed!

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The Coffee Shop / Re: The sky is falling

« on: March 02, 2012, 10:58:39 am »

We had to turn on the A/C for a while last night.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: What frustrated and PO-D me the most!!!!!

« on: February 29, 2012, 10:16:46 pm »

Welcome home Gabby!  Hasn't been the same without you.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Help me win a contest

« on: February 29, 2012, 12:50:21 am »

Thanks to everybody who took the time to look and vote!  Tonight is the end of the contest, and if I have calculated correctly I will come in as the runner Up and qualify for a $75 gift card.  Your help is appreciated.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Adhering Pattern to Wood.... :+}

« on: February 25, 2012, 06:35:44 pm »

I use the same as Newfie.  I take in the empty ink cartridges from my office (instead of throwing them out) and each month get a few bucks in "Rewards" dollars.  Last month I got enough that a box of 100 sheets of self stick 8 1/2 by 11 cost me $10.  That should last a good while.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: burned some wood ....

« on: February 25, 2012, 06:32:49 pm »

Here on the Gulf Coast we have a termite which doesn't require contact with the soil.  It's called the drywood termite and spends its entire life inside wood except when it swarms to create a new colony.  I got out of woodworking for a few years, and when I started again I found that the handles of most of my lathe chisels had been consumed from the inside.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: wood thickness

« on: February 23, 2012, 03:04:31 pm »

That very thing gave me a problem last night Dan.  I took a piece of 7/8 (actual) cherry, resawed it, and no matter how many times I put it through the planer, I couldn't get two 1/2 inch pieces.   

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Sometimes it does take a "Rocket Scientist"!

« on: February 23, 2012, 09:43:44 am »

Now that was a "fowl" story Russ!

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The Coffee Shop / Re: The Chef

« on: February 22, 2012, 02:40:13 pm »

Good to see this thread come back up.  I cook on my Big Green Egg year round.  Sometimes I'm grilling like Gabby described, sometimes I'm smoking like Chief.  I like to use scraps of my cherry wood from projects as "smoking" material, and strictly "lump" charcoal.  Maple works good for flavoring also.  We did rib eye steaks last night for our youngest son's birthday.

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Computer questions / Re: My Pattern Bin c.d.

« on: February 22, 2012, 12:18:00 am »

Now make a backup copy of it before it quits working again.  CD's are optical devices and the film layer can break down.

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Well Ya;ll have been a little premature

« on: February 22, 2012, 12:15:28 am »

I told everybody you were just trying to give us a scare!  and you did.