Coop Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 Looks like we’ll be Waltzing Imelda for a couple of days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, K Cooper said: Looks like we’ll be Waltzing Imelda for a couple of days! Stay dry, Coop. That thing popped up in a hurry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 Thanks Mick. It doesn’t look like it will be quiet as bad as expected. 6” - 8” compared to previous 10-15”, added to the 4” we got last night. Good sleeping weather ( for the wife) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, K Cooper said: Thanks Mick. It doesn’t look like it will be quiet as bad as expected. 6” - 8” compared to previous 10-15”, added to the 4” we got last night. Good sleeping weather ( for the wife) I'd be wading out to my shop to unplug everything and put up sandbags. That's close to our annual rainfall total. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 Just a good water for the tomato plants. Will probably have to connect the drip system in two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Why do we cut right to left on the jointer? I get that's how the blades are spinning and not to do it backwards, but everything Americans,and a lot of other countries, do is left to right. We read left to right, you go in a store you go to the right, , etc. So why weren't jointers set up to go the other way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 The overwhelming majority of humans are right handed. When standing next to the jointer in feed table, as jointers are presently configured, the right arm is optimally positioned to manage the board across the cutter. If one were to stand to the side of the cutter, most people are able to exert greater strength and control bringing the right arm into the body than pushing away, so again it is a superior position for the majority. So what you may really be asking is "isn't it time for a line of left handed tools!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Mark - I'm clearly not thinking. That logic makes perfect sense. For some reason when I looked at a jointer listing on craigslist that question popped into my head. Now I'll have to go figure out how to make left hand jointers, routers etc. Maybe I'll sell them as a one-time tool and paint them red! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 I agree that Mark's logic makes sense for a jointer, tablesaw, drill press, router table, etc. I thought the same thing when I read the question. But that brings up another tool's orientation - the bandsaw. With the exception of Inca bandsaws, every bandsaw I've ever used seems to be oriented for left-handed people. Your main feed hand is the left hand and you're really just holding the material against the fence with the right hand. Inca saws are backward, and to me much easier to control with my right hand and support with my left. Never has made sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Never really thought about this until now. I worked as a meat cutter for 32 years and the bandsaws we used were oriented opposite of the bandsaws we use in our wood shops. I am left handed and those saws never seemed backwards to me but I am a pretty adaptive lefty. I was apprehensive about buying the OF 1400 router but it has worked out fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 I didn't realize meat bandsaws were backwards. I'm a righty but our close family friend is a lefty and he taught my dad and I a lot about woodworking, fishing, etc. Never realized I was doing it as a lefty until I picked up a normal fishing pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, legenddc said: I didn't realize meat bandsaws were backwards. I'm a righty but our close family friend is a lefty and he taught my dad and I a lot about woodworking, fishing, etc. Never realized I was doing it as a lefty until I picked up a normal fishing pole. What's a normal fishing pole? Cause i cast with my right hand and reel with my left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Chestnut said: What's a normal fishing pole? Cause i cast with my right hand and reel with my left. I think we had the reel in our right hand but I"m not sure anymore. It's been almost a decade since I was with him fishing. Learning how to tie knots was especially challenging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 I begin to suspect the world is not as right-handed as we think. I know a lot more lefties that I ever thought, including my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 When you have a lefty in your life (my brother) you tend to notice them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 My wife is a lefty. Some things are great and some things are dang awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tpt life said: Some things are great and some things are dang awkward. When I was in high school the desks were the worst, the ones with the arm rest on the right. Lefties need the support because of the way we right and theres nothing there. I very rarely say I hate something but I hated those desks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Chestnut said: What's a normal fishing pole? Cause i cast with my right hand and reel with my left. That's not normal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted September 26, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I can’t believe you guys discovered me exactly 6 years ago and haven’t excommunicated me yet. Helluva group! 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 7 hours ago, K Cooper said: I can’t believe you guys discovered me exactly 6 years ago and haven’t excommunicated me yet. Helluva group! Happy Anniversary, Coop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 You’ve posted a lot of great stuff in 6 years Coop, glad you’re here and Happy Anniversary! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 I can't remember who the expert sparkeys are on here (by sparky, i mean those that are familiar with electricity). I have a battery charger that i accidentally hooked up on my car backwards so positive to negative and negative to positive. I don't know if i fried the charger and i don't really want to test it with a battery. Is there a safe way for me to know if it's still good or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 12 volt light bulb is about as simple and safe as it gets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 You’d think they would color code those darn things, ie. Black to black, red to red. . Just jackin witch ya! No help here as I don’t even like turning on a flash light. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lewisc Posted September 29, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 Just watched this and found it really interesting. Some parts seem a bit wasteful but maybe that going to happen with making curves anyway. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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