Author: Mark

music

Run Run Away – Slade

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-14

A cool tune from 1984 that features an electric violin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMiQZF-mAY

Cross cut a board “the nice way”

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-13

With the right simple technique you can make nice, accurate cuts with a hand saw. Your tools need to be good (sharp saw, a square that is actually square, sharp knife, sharp chisel).

This accuracy is not actually required for this step of the workbench (rough cut to length) but I’m practicing 🙂

Mark length with knife.
Mark the length you want to cut with a sharp knife (WAY more precise than a pencil)

Strike a line with knife.
Place the knife in the mark you made, and slide a square next to the blade. Strike a square line using multiple knife strokes a little deeper with each pass. This cut is actually the one that you will see.

Transfer line to all 4 sides.
Use the knife and square to transfer the line to all 4 sides of the board. Use 1 reference face as much as possible to minimize error.

Create notch for the saw.
Use a sharp chisel to make a small V shaped notch on the waste side of the wood. This notch will guide the saw. Leave the good side alone the knife cut will be the edge. Paul Sellers calls this a “knife wall”.

Cut the wood with your saw.
Place the blade of your sharp saw in the notch and cut away. Go slow at the end so you don’t splinter the back side.

stuff

Woman trapped in window trying to retrieve poo after Tinder date – BBC News

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-08

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296

The story has a happy ending too! Not that kind of happy ending though

Jokes

A Man Walks Into a Bar and Orders 3 Beers

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-08

A man walks into a bar and orders 3 beers. The bartender brings him the three beers, and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third, until they’re gone.

He then orders three more and the bartender says, “Sir, I know you like them cold, so you can start with one, and I’ll bring you a fresh one as soon as you’re low.”

The man says, “You don’t understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia and one in the Ireland. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday night, we’d still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three beers, too, and we’re drinking together.”

The bartender thinks it’s a wonderful tradition, and every week he sets up the guy’s three beers. Then one week, the man comes in and orders only two. He drinks them and then orders two more. The bartender says sadly, “Knowing your tradition, I’d just like to just say that I’m sorry you’ve lost a brother.”

The man replies, “Oh, my brothers are fine — I just quit drinking.”