Cold Winter Days #1: I Think Punxsutawney Phil is a Genious!
My family awoke, early last week, to -30C with a -40C windchill. I was choked. Somebody told me that The groundhog, aka Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators, didn’t see his shadow. I thought, “This...
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35 comments so far
PanamaJack
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posted 927 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy your stay and be sure to ask questions should you have any.
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
WayneC
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posted 927 days ago
Welcome. I’m looking forward to reading your posts.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
mot
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posted 927 days ago
Hi Folks!
I just read about this on Marc’s site. I have a little blog at http://kandtwoodworking.blogspot.com and a projects and shop album at http://picasaweb.google.com/kandtwoodworking. The name, K and T Woodworking is just for the initials of my kids.
Cheers! I’ll post some stuff here. This is a great idea! I’m also going to work on the shop tour video in the next few days!
Tom in Alberta, Canada
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Karson
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posted 926 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. My father and mother had a farm in Ribstone. They left in 1940 when the farming went to crap.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Mark
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posted 926 days ago
Great to have you with us.
-- Mark
oscorner
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posted 923 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks! Let’s see some woodworking.
-- Jesus is Lord!
Steffen
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posted 918 days ago
Hey thanks for the comment on my shaker box. I don’t know what the LV flyer is…
-- Steffen
Martin Sojka
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posted 904 days ago
hey spid-ato, how are you doing? ;)
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Sawhorse
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posted 904 days ago
Nice shop mot, and some excellent craftsmanship on your posted projects…
-- Sawhorse - Sulphur Springs, TX - www.sawhorseworkshop.com
Douglas Bordner
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posted 844 days ago
Say it ain’t so! You went over to the dark side as Darth Tater!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
mot
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posted 844 days ago
We had our house broken into while we slept and had a new truck stolen in the process. I’m feeling a little dark. LOL
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Douglas Bordner
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posted 844 days ago
Sorry to hear about that. I hope the perps are brought to justice, or you get the truck back at least.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 814 days ago
Nice picture Mot !!
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
WayneC
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posted 814 days ago
So that is what he looks like without his potato suit. : ^ )
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
MsDebbieP
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posted 814 days ago
well lookie there.. isn’t that a great little pix … where did you get that?
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
WayneC
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posted 814 days ago
I was wondering who the good looking guy was that he got to pose for the drawing…
oh and how much he had to pay. If it is not too much, I might have to get a make over….lol
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
mot
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posted 814 days ago
Hey folks, I had it done by an online company called Dimpleart. http://www.dimpleart.com I had a picture that was uploaded to their site and asked them to do a woodworking theme. Et viola. I like it. It made my daughter laugh which made the entire process worthwhile. It made my wife roll her eyes, also making the entire process worthwhile.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
scottb
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posted 813 days ago
Ah yes, our wifes are a good barometer on the comedy scale. Love the caracature. Thanks for answering my question before I got to ask it.
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
Douglas Bordner
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posted 813 days ago
ROTFLMAO re: Made my wife roll her eyes. Yep, Tom your work here is done!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
woodgrain411
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posted 730 days ago
I’m going to be doing the holiday shop (santa’s work shop) for a few of the local schools in my area ! I’m looking for ideas for fast , easy projects with little cost to make , so I can donate them for the under privileged childeren to give to their parents for the holidays (x-mas & such) . Childern of all walks of life also find joy in giving to their parents and other family members on the holidays , It gives them a sense of pride,and happyness! The school asks that I make sure that it would be something of a non-religious background to all cultures !If anyone has any plans or ideas please send them to me soon december 17th is my deadline. Thank you everyone that took the time to read this !Happy thanks giving!!!!!
woodgrain411
(note: I have access to lots of scrap 2×4 2×6 2×8 2×10 2×12 all less than 24” long free , also kids have be able to carry it ,Thanks again! )
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ckip
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posted 725 days ago
Thanks for the welcome!
Kip
-- Kip, Shasta County, California "The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up."--Ogden's Law
TreeBones
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posted 692 days ago
Just checked out your projects and you have some great work. My favorites are the burl bows. Of coarse any burl will catch my eye.
-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/
suliman
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posted 691 days ago
Thanks for the welcome!
-- Suliman , Syria, jablah ,
arkydave
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posted 691 days ago
Hi Tom. Thanks for your interest in my basement workshop. I’m afraid there’s not much to see. I have a shopsmith that I roll out to use it as tablesaw, jointer, bandsaw, drillpress, and disk sander. It’s a pretty decent lathe too, but I don’t do any turning. Besides that, I have a DeWalt 12” planer on a wheeled stand, a router table, and a few hand tools, like Kreg jig, buscuit joiner, jigsaw, etc. I have a nearly unusable workbench with no vice, and no decent assembly table. I have plans to build the last two items, but nearly all my time (and all my money) is taken up by finishing my home. One day, though, look out. Thanks again for your comment.
-- Dave, North Arkansas
Tomcat1066
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posted 682 days ago
Thanks for the Welcome Tom!
-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!
Festool4
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posted 667 days ago
That is good to hear… Thanks for the warm welcome…
Frank
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 592 days ago
Miss you, Tom. We don’t have enough jocks that quote Plato in their signature line. I hope your vacation was good.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Grumpy
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posted 592 days ago
Take care Mot. See you soon.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
gizmodyne
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posted 543 days ago
Mot! Mot! Mot! Mot!
(Just got excited to see you posting today).
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
WayneC
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posted 542 days ago
Does this signal the return of a key contributor? Whip out the shop cam.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
mot
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posted 541 days ago
I’m around more than I was, yes. Nice to see such great projects being posted.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
WayneC
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posted 541 days ago
Hey! Fire up the web cam.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Bureaucrat
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posted 202 days ago
Happy Anniversary. In a few days you will have been a Lumber Jock for 2 years! Thanks for your participation.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
Bureaucrat
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posted 181 days ago
Happy Anniversary! By my calculations, you will have been a Lumber Jock for 2 years on May 27. Thanks for being a part of this.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
Dustmite97
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posted 108 days ago
Hey Tom, just to let you know, I added you as a buddy
-- Remember, measure twice, cut once