Had to Google that. They're pretty badass. Oh, and I found all four!NoYears ago I had four Norris planes, I did like looking at them, they were beautiful things but those are just working tools
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That's them but I had am A5 smoother, an A1 try, a panel plane (I forget the number, A14 I think) and a shoulder plane. Horrendously expensive things and very difficult to find in good useable condition (even with the internet). Trouble was I ended up frightened to use them after a while and they became workshop ornaments so I sold them
Oh yes, look at that! Why can't Gibson do the same? One of life's eternal mysteries
I started the day with what looked like a minor glitch, I was spraying the tops of the twins when my "wonderful" spray gun spat out a bunch of blobs all over the bridge area of one of them. I wasn't best pleased as I go to extremes to clean it after use and always run a cup full of thinners through it before use. Anyway I did what anyone would do under such circumstances, I went for a sulk! The really good thing about nitro is that it is quite easy to repair, so with this in mind I ventured out to inspect the damage, to my surprise the lumps had gone, I looks like there was water in the air, not good, I need to get that addressed asap so it doesn't happen again. Relief and a lesson learned
So after that little disaster I continued spraying through the day, cutting back with 800 grit between coats, the cutting back became easier and easier as the day went on. I got a total of 6 coats on which is more than enough for one day, they will be left now until Friday and I'll have a good look at them then and decide if that is enough or do they need more, they are looking very good at the moment but I'll see how they react to a bit of time to let some thinners evaporate or whatever it does
Cut back after 3 coats today
This was the fourth coat, starting to look good I think
The really good thing about nitro is that it is quite easy to repair, so with this in mind I ventured out to inspect the damage, to my surprise the lumps had gone, I looks like there was water in the air, not good, I need to get that addressed asap so it doesn't happen again. Relief and a lesson learnedSo after that little disaster I continued spraying through the day, cutting back with 800 grit between coats, the cutting back became easier and easier as the day went on. I got a total of 6 coats on which is more than enough for one day, they will be left now until Friday and I'll have a good look at them then and decide if that is enough or do they need more, they are looking very good at the moment but I'll see how they react to a bit of time to let some thinners evaporate or whatever it does
Cut back after 3 coats today
This was the fourth coat, starting to look good I think
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It's way better than I could have realistically hoped for but to be fair my sander made the job of getting the wood smooth and flowing a lot easier than it could have been
If I hit the lotto or Publishers Clearing House, I'm having you build me a bass!I started the day with what looked like a minor glitch, I was spraying the tops of the twins when my "wonderful" spray gun spat out a bunch of blobs all over the bridge area of one of them. I wasn't best pleased as I go to extremes to clean it after use and always run a cup full of thinners through it before use. Anyway I did what anyone would do under such circumstances, I went for a sulk!
So after that little disaster I continued spraying through the day, cutting back with 800 grit between coats, the cutting back became easier and easier as the day went on. I got a total of 6 coats on which is more than enough for one day, they will be left now until Friday and I'll have a good look at them then and decide if that is enough or do they need more, they are looking very good at the moment but I'll see how they react to a bit of time to let some thinners evaporate or whatever it does
Cut back after 3 coats today
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This was the fourth coat, starting to look good I think
Do you buy a ticket? That's a regular saying of ours but we haven't bought a ticket in 15 years
Every week I make my donation to the state. It's not really "gambling" if you look at it that wayDo you buy a ticket? That's a regular saying of ours but we haven't bought a ticket in 15 years
I have always maintained the lottery is a tax on people who don't understand math.
Well it is, we have or used to have 49 numbers so what's that, 1 in 49 factorial whatever that is but someone has to win eventuallyI have always maintained the lottery is a tax on people who don't understand math.
Every week I make my donation to the state. It's not really "gambling" if you look at it that way
I have always maintained the lottery is a tax on people who don't understand math.
Yup, a tax on the stupid. Count me among them as I play when the pot grows to record territory.
I'm amused when people say"it's only a million, I'm not gonna play". Really?
I refer to it as my "retirement account"I have always maintained the lottery is a tax on people who don't understand math.
I have the right numbers. The state keeps picking the wrong ones.
I do buy a ticket when the jackpot gets stratospheric. What I don't get is why some people buy more than one ticket, you aren't "twice as likely to win", you just have two chances out of 100 million instead of one chance out of 100 million, an odds increase of (insert math here). I realize it is much more likely that I will be eaten by a Great White Shark while being hit by lightning... but...
As they often say in promos for the FL lotto, "Ya never know!"
I measure the worth of things by comparing them to tacos. Tacos on Tuesday are a buck. Do use my dollar on a minuscule chance of receiving a fortune, or do I use my dollar to certainly receive a taco?
Do I want to put that nicer bridge on my guitar, or would I like an adequate bridge plus fifteen tacos?
There's probably a reason I'm fat.
