Well, actually the S word, but the S word is part of the F word anyway…..............................????
I need all the help I can get…..I do have the Wood Spirit looking out for me…..or is it that fellow that sits on our shoulders….

Busy sanding a 4.1m long African mahogany top for a very long built in desk with drawers. 4.1m is about 161 inches for those who still prefer to measure with King George’s thumb……I think it was his thumb, I know it was some king’s thumb….what did King George have to do with woodworking anyway….

PS. The F word is Finishing if you didn’t figure it!!!!!!!!
-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."

















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Hacksaw007
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#1 posted 773 days ago
Funny! Now starting taking your medication please…....
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daltxguy
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#2 posted 773 days ago
We all know how much you like to F’n S!
If I were you, I’d press Wood Spirit into more service by handing him/her a sanding block. I’ts one thing to be looking out for you, it’s quite another to have an intern.
That’s one mighty big desk! Must be for a really busy person.
-- If you can't joint it, bead it!
Bertha
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#3 posted 773 days ago
Put that helper behind you to work!
-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
swirt
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#4 posted 773 days ago
LOL Good one Div. That is one long desk top! Hang in there.
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stefang
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#5 posted 773 days ago
I don’t need one of those. One dummy in the shop is enough for me, ha ha.
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Dan'um Style
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#6 posted 773 days ago
sometimes you feel like a nut … sometimes you don’t !!!
earworm
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patron
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#7 posted 773 days ago
if that’s the wife behind you
maybe you better take the weekend off
and spend some time with the family
she looks like she is getting board waiting
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
Schwieb
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#8 posted 773 days ago
Yes, I understand this F/S word very well. Rarely have i tackled it with ninja – like stealth, more like reluctant determination. How many times have I heard, ” a good finish is all in the surface preparation” ????
-- Dr. Ken, Florida - Durch harte arbeit werden Träume wahr.
Dennisgrosen
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#9 posted 773 days ago
:-) I think you have found the right photographer to take this awesome potrait of you
I hope the woodspirit gives a good splinefree massage
thank´s for sharing the tediuswork ….LOL
take care
Dennis
mafe
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#10 posted 772 days ago
Div!!!
You really need HELP I think it’s too late for medicine, too late for wood spirits, perhaps even too late for us here, so you need to go back to the house to that beautiful wife of yours, and ask for the final solution, the only way out! Love, plenty of love and then your wonderful daughters to make you a glass of something good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4p8qxGbpOk
(I love those pictures and Caroline and I laughed big time here in Paris – thank you).
I cant stop to look at all that beautiful wood in the work shop.
Just before I leave you in the dust I only have one question; what was it this F word?
Best thoughts from my heart my so wonderful brother,
Mads
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Div
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#11 posted 772 days ago
Hacksaw: You should see what happens when I DON’T take my medication…
Daltxguy: Woodspirit is a pretty good intern; he doesn’t talk back….
Stefang: Pity on me, I have 2 dummys in my shop!
Mads: The F word is FINISHING! ...All you need is love,ta,ra,dada,da…yes! My new shop song!!
Some more wood for you to look at:
-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."
Napoleon
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#12 posted 772 days ago
The best and only medication is to very fast buy a new piece of tool!
:D
-- Boatbuilder&blacksmith
Div
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#13 posted 772 days ago
Napoleon, that is Excellent advice!!! You understand these things really well! :^)
-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."
Napoleon
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#14 posted 772 days ago
Yes but the only problem there can be is to convince your wife that its the best medicine :D
-- Boatbuilder&blacksmith
Div
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#15 posted 772 days ago
Don’t you think she will do whatever it takes to get me to look better than what I do in the photo? I mean, she does love me, right? :)
-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."
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