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   forestgirl | Apr 01, 2005 05:44pm | #1

   We're going to have to get you "UL Approved" -- my goodness!!  I can see the article now:  "Mr. Herbel, who was know to have a Type A planing-personality...."

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   WillGeorge | Apr 01, 2005 06:17pm | #4

   Forest  THAT WAS FUNNY!

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   Jellyrug | Apr 01, 2005 06:04pm | #2

   Herb's,

   Let me know what brand of vitamins you use, cause I want some too.

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   javera | Apr 01, 2005 06:10pm | #3

   Great April Fools joke!!!!!!

    

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   Jellyrug | Apr 01, 2005 06:21pm | #6

   No really, this is true.

   I'm on steel planes now because all my wooden planes have been burnt out. It's all about the stroke and the cadence.

   I have to remove my glasses though, because they vibrate so much that my hair start smoking too!

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   WillGeorge | Apr 01, 2005 06:18pm | #5

   Yep..Ya got me too! I thought you were serious.. A GOOD ONE!

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   Kent_F | Apr 01, 2005 07:02pm | #7

   Clearly, you need to ground your plane to prevent a dust explosion!

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   Lilshaver | Apr 01, 2005 08:00pm | #8

   I too had this problem. I solved it by switching to one of those old Stanley all aluminum planes......it'll heat up but won't burn. That didn't really help all that much because I was wasting too much time waiting for the plane to cool enough to hold. So since I live in Alaska, I simply started storing my lumber outside to freeze it. Problem solved. If you live in a more temperate climate perhaps you could rent space in a meat locker.

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   JohnSprung | Apr 02, 2005 12:30am | #15

   Given that air cooling isn't enough, the next idea to consider is running a bunch of holes thru the aluminum and circulating water thru the plane and a radiator.  ;-)

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   dirtstirrer | Apr 01, 2005 08:34pm | #9

   I like to pour a quart of 15W-40 on the board I'm working on for this very reason.  Harder woods, like ironwood for example, will require a higher viscosity. I use 80W synthetic gear lube for ironwood and particularly hard maple.  Use about 1 quart per 2 board feet.  This approach will help, but it is still possible to have a friction induced conflagration, so keep a Class K fire extinguisher by your bench.

   Have a good 1st of April!

    

   Steve
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   Jellyrug | Apr 01, 2005 08:49pm | #10

   Strange you should mention this, I do exactly the same thing, but with different media.

   For pine, I use Bud Light, Oak is Corona and for Iron wood, it will be Samuel Adams. Normally I start with the pine and work my way up to the Iron wood. For the fire extinguisher, I keep a bottle of Tequila handy.

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   MarkRD | Apr 01, 2005 08:50pm | #11

   And do you smoke after sex? :-)

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   JsHerbel | Apr 01, 2005 10:13pm | #12

   Well that didn't take very long to debunk. Happy April Fool's.

   And yes, Mark, I used to smoke after sex but now I chew nicotine gum. 

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   MarkRD | Apr 01, 2005 11:15pm | #13

   The proper reply to "do you smoke after sex?" is"I don't know, I never looked." :-)Happy AF.Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   forestgirl | Apr 02, 2005 12:35am | #16

   Ohmigod!  My sides hurt!!!  STOP THAT!!!!  Too funny......forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   PlaneWood | Apr 01, 2005 11:23pm | #14

   Get some spray on Teflon!

   PlaneWood by Mike_in_Katy (maker of fine sawdust!)
   PlaneWood

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   TXJon | Apr 02, 2005 01:45am | #22

   Your spray on teflon might just help with that smoking sex problem, too.

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    forestgirl | Apr 02, 2005 12:41am | #17

    If you have broadband, click here for the "news report" I almost fell for this morning.  If not, you can read the transcript here, but it won't be quite as funny.  Keep in mind, while I was listening to it this morning, I was barely into my 2nd cup of coffee, easily fooled.

    I think the "huge winged feet" got my attention. :-)

    forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
    Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   JsHerbel | Apr 02, 2005 12:56am | #20

   Hee hee!

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    LeeGrindinger | Apr 02, 2005 12:43am | #18

    I remember a time I was carving especially soft wood so I took great care sharpening a gouge. As I pushed it into the workpiece I lost my grip and fell to the floor. The gouge just kept on moving.

    For a moment I was blinded by the curl streaming from the tool and as I regained my composure I noticed it was heading downhill through the workpiece then on through the bench and with gravity on it's side it was picking up speed. It emerged from the bench leg and struck the concrete floor leaving a trench about 6" deep before it bounced clear in a shower of sparks.

    I helplessly watched as it sailed toward the lumber rack. It was a blurr at this point and it was great fortune that I had my safety glasses on because the entire shop was filled with a fog of wood chips flying in all directions as it found the stacks of hardwood.

    Fleeing to the out of doors I heard a crashing sound and running around the corner of the workshop I just caught a glimpse of that gouge as it sliced through the air in an upward trajectory at an unbelivable speed. Turning back to the building I noticed the gouge's exit hole. It was as clean as though cut by a drill and polished with rottenstone. It would be a long while before it dulled enough to be stopped.

    I never saw that tool again. I read the papers for several days looking for headlines that might tip me off about where that gouge went. Nothing ever turned up so I can only assume it left the English speaking world.

    I stopped taking the great care I used in sharpening that gouge, they are just too hard to control once they get loose.

    Lee

    MontanaFest
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   AlbionWood | Apr 02, 2005 12:55am | #19

   Lee,I think I know what happend to your gouge. After going up in the air a while, it turned and fell to earth. Well, it got going pretty fast; cutting the air meant there wasn't hardly any drag, so it sped right along. When it hit the ground, of course it just kept cutting, but by then one side was slightly duller... so it started twisting, and drilled a hole right through the crust. Eventually it created so much heat from chiseling through that rock that it lost its temper, got dull and stopped. Nowadays groundwater seeps into the hole it left, heats up (rock stays hot for a real long time) and eventually boils over. People come from all over the world to see it jet up out of that hole every twenty minutes.(Apologies to Paul Bunyan)
   "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."  A. Einstein

   http://www.albionworks.net

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   JsHerbel | Apr 02, 2005 01:00am | #21

   I ALWAYS keep my freshly sharpened gouges chained to the floor with 3/4" log chain and I can't believe that you wouldn't practice the same safety measures. Remember, "Woodworking is inheritantly dangerous...yada yada yada"

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    mike4244 | Apr 02, 2005 09:39pm | #23

    I used to have the same problem, then I decided to do all my planing in the swimming pool.It's murder in January but I saved the money on a fire extinguisher.

    mike