Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Wait till you get called into the supervisor's office and get chewed out because the computer has finked on you for taking corners too fast, following to close and of course exceeding the speed limits etc.

Welcome to technology!

You got that right Roy. According to the readout on my dash, i was following a car that was traveling at 38mph, was 240ft ahead of me, at my current speed it would take me 5.6 seconds before i made contact with him. Or something like that. Now if a truckdriver needs to know all of that stuff and see it on a screen in front of him, whats he doing driving a truck. I can see questions coming at me soon from so computer geek in the company.

What do you do. Ill try to quit ranting now.

Hey just tell the Boss you cant fire me,, I Have RAD,,Ty

Originally Posted by Addison

Hey just tell the Boss you cant fire me,, I Have RAD,,Ty

So he tells the boss that and he believes it, says, I guess you'll be needing some time off and your Christmas bonus early...

I so need to work on my mirror polish but not bad! Next time hoping to try and frame back razor!

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That is a cool tool, Aaron!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

That is a cool tool, Aaron!

That's a shank.!
But I do see possibilities for other things that it would be handy for.

Originally Posted by outback

That's a shank.!
But I do see possibilities for other things that it would be handy for.

[emoji23] not quite a shank but I like it!

It's a kiridashi, a all purpose Japanese wood working knife.

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Originally Posted by cudarunner

As I'd said it was fascinating to not only watch but to listen to his knowledge. I found it interesting that while at least I knew what he was referring to as 'timber' was 'wood' or 'lumber' to many. Also how that Assie pine was a 'food grade' timber.

At the end when he's talking about 'Trade Secrets' and that now he's sharing all that he knows to keep the art alive really gives one something to think about.

Many years ago I purchased a White Mountain Ice Cream Machine and it came with a pine bucket to hold the ice and the canister (W.M. said that they used pine as it's an insulator) anyway the instructions were to soak the bucket in water before use so as to prevent leakage. This guys buckets don't leak when they are completely dry!

Here's the link again for those who missed it. It really is worth the 63 minutes to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE7QA1chUzw

It's pribably because they weren't as good as his are. The "eyeball precision" is difficult to master and impossible to teach. Pure skill.

I found that portion about secrets entertaining and more than a little depressing. For god knows how long, the measurements to make a 20 gallon bucket had to be learned or measured out. Nowadays, I could draw it up in CAD and it would tell me the volume.

The process of coopering has always interested me since I was a little tyke. Thank you for finding and sharing that link.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

It's pribably because they weren't as good as his are. The "eyeball precision" is difficult to master and impossible to teach. Pure skill.

I found that portion about secrets entertaining and more than a little depressing. For god knows how long, the measurements to make a 20 gallon bucket had to be learned or measured out. Nowadays, I could draw it up in CAD and it would tell me the volume.

The process of coopering has always interested me since I was a little tyke. Thank you for finding and sharing that link.

I think that the reason my pine bucket leaked from the get go is because it was made with machines operated by men who didn't care if it was watertight--after all it was just part of an ice cream machine that would only be used once in awhile, in other words, they had no pride in their work.

As you've pointed out, computers can now simply draw and figure things like a barrel with ease. Thus making the need to 'learn' the basics unneeded.

Did you know that a few years ago the United States Navel Academy stopped teaching how to use a sextant? Yup sailors no longer need to know their position using the stars as the computers and satellites will do it for them------------as long as there is power, computers and satellites---------where a sextant can do it without any of that.

Technological advancements?? Only if they work!

Originally Posted by cudarunner

My friend when you pay peanuts you get a tenant who happens to work for a painting contractor. The Land Lord told me --'Quote' "He save me $500"!

I removed the wooden house numbers and the land lord had the guy paint them the contrasting color and touch up behind them. The whole apartment looks like the great pumpkin/orange and brown.

Call it the Charlie Brown Pumpkin patch house.