That won't be a jointer, probably an electric plane. Useful for hogging loads of material off in a hurry.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Max Robinson To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do I really need one? Which one was it? A thickness plainer or a joiner? Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodger Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:52 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Do I really need one? >I just got an inexpensive one from Harbor Freight for $29 and used it today >on some old rough wood and was amazed at the good smooth boards I made. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Max Robinson > To: Blind Handyman > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:45 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Do I really need one? > > > I'm wondering if I really need a plainer and/or joiner. I see Norm on the > Yankee workshop use his but he does some pretty advanced stuff. For > example, I once saw a show where he visited a wood lot and picked out the > trees he wanted. They were felled, taken to a sawmill where they were > milled to Norm's specifications. When they arrived in his shop they still > had bark on the edges and were very rough. Obviously, he needed to do > some > plaining on them. In another show he visited an old barn in Georgia which > was torn down and he picked out the boards he wanted and they were > shipped > to Yankee country. I doubt if I will ever do anything even close to this. > I go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy dimensioned boards of pine, oak, or > what ever, take them home and build the project. So, do I really need > one? > If I could only buy one, which one? > > By the way, older shows of Yankee workshop are now showing on the D I Y > channel. In the original P B S version where he used the barn wood he > used > a hand held metal detector to find nails so he could remove them before > ruining his expensive equipment on them. In the D I Y version they showed > him removing nails but the part about the metal detector was cut out. The > shows have been cut down to 20 minutes so they can get in 10 minutes of > commercials. Better watch them on P B S. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1222 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 > 12:23 PM > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
