Do I really want Lie Nielsen?

[Greg Cole]

Dan,
I'll echo what Marcus said, get a #4 (couple of Stanleys in the Creek Classifieds as an FYI). Mine happened to come from the factory in Maine, regardless do yourself the justice of at least giving the random orbit a break, or in my case almost retired. Many of my past projects are acceptable to me IMO that have sanded surfaces, but a smooth plane makes a nicer finished surface & is MUCH faster. My current hall table project went machine finish on all parts to prepped for finish in @ 30 minutes. Betting I'd have spend that much time on the top alone with the random orbit.... still to have to hand sand after raising the grain before finishing and some very light snading between coats of finish etc.....but thats the only sanding you'll catch me doing now.
The doldrums of sanding was my big push on "the slope", granted I'm very much a hybrid in terms of my work being tailed & unplugged but the ROS can stay unplugged.
Man this thread has legs...

Greg

PS- Marcus, I see you peeked out of the cave here into the GW forum?

[Marcus Ward]

Now that's and area where we TOTALLY agree.

Aw heck guys i don't have anything against the pricey very nice rolls royce tools, nothing at all. I own a couple, I just have a problem with the new guys only getting recommendations for them and not the more affordable stuff. I'm trying to give a little balance so people who can't afford the nice stuff can still enjoy working with hand tools. Having to defend my position vigorously pushes me into a situation where it looks like I hate anything over 20$, it ain't true.

PS- Marcus, I see you peeked out of the cave here into the GW forum?

It was an accident, I swear.

[Greg Cole]

Don,
The hall table I mentioned earlier is my first presentable Neander prepped project as in all joinery & surface finishing. I pissed & moaned about having to use sandpaper at all & almost sprayed alcohol base dye so as to not sand after grain raising.... but there's just no way to avoid some sanding between coats building the finish per the schedule. Kinda is what it is......has to be done, so I'll shuddap and do it when I HAVE to.
Marcus,
I missed the beer snob earlier, never heard that before & was snot out the nose funny.

Greg

[Marcus Ward]

I missed the beer snob earlier, never heard that before & was snot out the nose funny.

Yeah I got labeled that because I wouldn't drink miller light, and preferred New Belgium 1554.

M

[Thomas Knighton]

Eh. I was called a beer snob once because I won't drink Milwaulkee's Best of all things.

It's not my fault that I prefer Guinness, is it?

Tom

[Glenn Clabo]

Miller Light is beer.

[Thomas Knighton]

Miller Light is beer.

Not really, but terms of service here at SMC prevent me from sharing my true feelings about Miller Light.

Tom

[Greg Cole]

Now that we've solved the worlds problems on the subject of vintage planes versus newly manufactured ones & established the fact that we all hate sanding... we can sit n talk about beer.
FWIW, Miller Lite, Bud light etc.... only count as "beer" if they are all that's in the fridge. My last Milwaukee aka "The Beast" anything was in college....

Greg - Who has more time on his hands today than things to do....

[Don C Peterson]

Now I'm going to say something really controversial that just might get me kicked out of the club... I can't believe that you guys LIKE to drink rotten grain mixed with a few bitter tasting flowers!

[Lee Koepke]

Now I'm going to say something really controversial that just might get me kicked out of the club... I can't believe that you guys LIKE to drink rotten grain mixed with a few bitter tasting flowers!

there is the smooth Kentucky Bourbon Sippin Whisky to enjoy on the back porch ...

[Marcus Ward]

Ha! I not only like rotten barley and bitter flowers, I make my own!

[Tim Sgrazzutti]

And you drink what Don??

[Don C Peterson]

No alcohol for me, about as strong as I get is Mountain Dew. But I'm pretty libertarian in all my views, so I'm not trying to pass judgement... I never did like the taste of beer, but that's just me.

[Greg Cole]

Don,
No worries, you're leaving us more of what we like...
Oddly enough, regardless of subject we all seem to agree that we all disagree?
Lee,
Makers Mark is one of my favorites, but I'm almost too cheap to buy it. I save my pennies for planes from Maine.... Ahhh, I couldn't help that one.
Ok, me thinks me needs to find something to do & get away from the tube for a bit....

Greg

[Steve Clardy]

Whew. Took 15 minutes to read this thread.


From planes to beer. Lol