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   highfigh | Apr 11, 2006 03:39pm | #1

   I have heard that it's lacquer. Lacquer thinner or acetone should get rid of it but don't get the thinners on the handles..

   "I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
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   SteveSchoene | Apr 11, 2006 05:05pm | #2

   Personally, I would also strip the handles and replace the lacquer with shellac, which I feel is nicer under hand.  Purely a personal thing. 

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   DCarr10760 | Apr 12, 2006 05:45am | #4

   Yeah, I take the finish off of commercial handles also and rub on some BLO or that fancy Japanese oil that the boutique tool stores sell...can't think of the name...  Cannibus oil or some such thing ;-)

   New chisels often look as the handles were dunked in bowling alley varnish!

   David C

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   pzgren | Apr 12, 2006 06:01am | #5

   <<Cannibus oil or some such thing ;-)>>Must make the handles feel really good....:-) I think the stuff you're thinking of is camellia oil.Cheers!

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   DCarr10760 | Apr 12, 2006 06:37am | #6

   They like, cut like butter Man!  Far out Man!

   David C(heech or Chong)

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   pzgren | Apr 12, 2006 06:01pm | #7

   Dave?  Dave?  Dave's not here man!

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   John_D | Apr 12, 2006 09:40pm | #8

   No, man, I'm Dave, man!My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   pzgren | Apr 12, 2006 10:45pm | #9

   "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that."

   (name the source of the above quote...)

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   jimmy | Apr 12, 2006 11:10pm | #10

   HAL

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   John_D | Apr 12, 2006 11:12pm | #11

   Looks like I'm not the only one who knows Dave quotes. :)  I'm always riveted when HAL starts singing "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"... I think it's a really horrifying scene, much like watching a person lose his faculties.My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   joinerswork | Apr 13, 2006 03:01am | #12

   John,

   I thought HAL sang "Daisy, Daisy(give me your answer, do)"  guess I'm losing some faculties too.

   But I do remember the answer to the above named song:

   David, David, here's my answer to you;

   You must be crazy, to think I would marry you.

   There'll never be a marriage, if you can't afford a carriage,

   For I'll be dam'd if I'll be jammed

   On a bicycle built for two.

   Cheers,

   Ray Pine

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   John_D | Apr 13, 2006 04:51am | #13

   hahaha, you're right of course.  That halting singing style conflated that song with Bette Midler's "Let me call you sweetheart" in The Rose (she's passing out while singing).  My bad... in any case that Bicycle Built for Two is one of my favorite horror moments in movies.My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   highfigh | Apr 13, 2006 05:12pm | #14

   "And then his wife would make these brownies, you know, like these brownies. Oh, man, I could eat ONE of them!."(Cheech) No, no, the guy in the red suit. He hangs out in the mall.(Chong) Oh, yeah, I played with that dude!(Cheech) No, man, he's not a musician.(Chong) I'm hip, man. That cat didn't know ANY tunes!"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."

   Edited 4/13/2006 10:15 am by highfigh

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   dwayne | Apr 12, 2006 05:44am | #3

   It's called termoline.  Use paint stripper to get it off.