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   benchdog | Dec 16, 2005 07:11am | #1

   I saw the table and thought what's he doing with a Nakashima in his office, weird stuff. I didn't catch the part that he made it, very good job.

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   DougU | Dec 16, 2005 08:13am | #2

   He was on the cover of American Woodworker back a few years ago, maybe 5 or 6 years ago.

   He had a night stand pictured with him, had three differnt legs on it! I know I got the mag around someplace.

   Remember the article talking about how he hoards wood, I think he mentioned something about that on 60 min.

   Doug

   
   

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   Edited 12/16/2005 1:30 am ET by DougU

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   acornw | Dec 16, 2005 07:04pm | #4

   Fine Woodworking #146

   You would think the folks on these forums read the magazines.

   "No matter how cynical you are, it is never enough"  Woody Allen

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   ThreePuttJoe | Dec 16, 2005 11:44pm | #5

   Acorn -"You would think the folks on these forums read the magazines."You would think that arrogant know it alls would at least know enough not to make assumptions based on their own narrow viewpoints. But that is asking a little too much. Did it occur to you that someone could have begun reading the magazine after that issue came out? Or did the world of FWW begin when you picked up your first issue?I started reading/subscribing in late 2002. I guess my next step is to buy all of the back issues and dilligently read them all so that I don't risk wasting your valuable time by posting a topic that has already been discussed.What would Andy Rooney say? He'd probably start by telling you that Woody Allen is a comic and not a philosopher.

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   joinerswork | Dec 17, 2005 02:16am | #6

   Three,

   Boy, ole acorn rattled YOUR chain, didn't he?  (I've been subscribing since since Fall '76, and I still don't recall what's in every issue.) 

   Why's everyone getting so worked up about Andy being a Nakashima wannabe? Now, if he'd built that desk outta baltic birch plywood and staples ("We'll just add a few staples, heah, for strength", thwak! thwak!), like Nerm, he'd HAVE somethin' !

   Woody Allen a comic, and not a philosopher?  I thought Andy was a curmudgeon and not a woodworker.  Too bad he can't be both.  If he was, he'd be Boss Crunk, ha HA!!!

   Have a good evening,

   Ray Pine 

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   pzgren | Dec 17, 2005 05:46am | #9

   <<If he was, he'd be Boss Crunk, ha HA!!!>> BossCrunk? Did someone say BossCrunK??? Be nice, now; he's an endless source of free entertainment.... :-)))

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   EdHarrison | Dec 17, 2005 02:19am | #7

   I remember him saying somewhere in some magazine or another that he sometimes looked at a piece and thought, "I wish I had sanded that a little more."  That stuck in my mind because I've felt that way myself sometimes.  Take care, Ed

    

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   acornw | Dec 17, 2005 07:21pm | #10

   So sorry to offend you, threeputtjoe.  I thought this was a fairly carefree forum with more than a bit of folksy familiarity. My sarcasm didn't sit too well with you and perhaps others, despite my comic reference to cynicism. Maybe after you procure and absorb all the old FW, your sense of humor (or at least tolerance) will return. I was unaware that only philosophers were to be quoted hereabouts. 

   I enjoy Rooney's comments and found his article in FW entertaining since he held forth on my profession.

   I'll go away.

   Dave S

   http://www.acornwoodworks.com

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   ThreePuttJoe | Dec 18, 2005 08:38am | #11

   It wasn't so much offense...as I sensed one of those arrogant, look down your nose and make an assumption replies that I sometimes see in here, and I hit back. I guess much gets lost in translation when you are only looking at the written word. Anyway, you're probably a pretty cool guy, so consider my arm outstretched for a cyber handshake...Peace

   Edited 12/18/2005 12:39 am ET by ThreePuttJoe

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   Malcolm | Dec 18, 2005 12:28pm | #12

   Who is Andy Rooney?

   Malcolmhttp://www.macpherson.co.nz

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   BG | Dec 18, 2005 02:02pm | #13

   Malcolm
   We have a long running news show on TV here called "60 Minutes" that is quite popular. Andy Rooney is a journalist on that show...providing interesting perspective on various topics. (eg. why the cotton in the top of medicine bottles)
   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/08/60minutes/rooney/main1108499.shtml

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   DougU | Dec 17, 2005 03:37am | #8

   Acornw

   I just pulled my issue 146(happens to be the 25Th year aniversary issue) down and didnt see Ole Andy on the cover, didnt bother to look inside.

   I did  see him on the cover of AmWoodworker back about 5 or 6 years ago.

   Doug

    

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   BG | Dec 16, 2005 01:18pm | #3

   ThreePuttJoe,
   Yup, I caught it too...he said he made it when he lived in upstate New York...almost fell off my chair. He must of had a hellofa time choosing which table saw...

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   swenson | Nov 06, 2011 02:02am | #15

   I think Fine Woodworking did a piece on him and his shop many years ago. He died today. I for one am gonna miss him.  I worked on the Cronkite show in DC in 1977 but never got to meet Andy.

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   Alpine Joy | Nov 05, 2011 05:56pm | #14

   Andy Rooney, Ripsaw in Peace

   Heard today (Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011) that Andy Rooney had passed on.

   Quite by coincidence, because I am moving my magazines from my city location to my country workshop, I open up #146, the 25th Anniversary issue, and there he is, wishing all his tools were sharp.

   I remembered what I liked about the article in the first place: In his town workshop, he used a Shopsmith (not to mention that it was a present from Arthur Godfrey).

   Well, all these years later, I'm a confirmed Shopsmith man, and I'd like to see more shopsmith articles in Fine Woodworking.  In fact, I haven't seen any, and I detect a real discrimination to Shopsmith in these pages, even after all of their accuracy upgrades.

   I invite others to give their opinions about Shopsmith and say whether it deserves notice as a good woodworking tool and whether it should be included in the pages of Fine Woodworking.  I would love to see a professional "shootout" between a completely modern Shopsmith and other single purpose machines.  Anybody wish to say goodbye to Andy Rooney and / or discuss their pros and cons of Shopsmith?

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   RalphBarker | Nov 06, 2011 10:38am | #16

   Multi-function tools

   I have a four-volume hard-bound set of "Deltagram" reprints covering the period from 1932 through 1947. During that time period, even Delta produced several multi-function tools - mostly within their Homecraft line that was aimed at the casual home woodworker. Some of these did crazy things with really-long v-belts. During the same time period, there were also a number of "creative" accessories being marketed, few of which had any concern for user safety - things like moulding cutters for use on radial-arm saws in the "rip" position. I'm surprized that someone didn't come up with a "flap-sander" adaptation for use on a RAS that would handle baby-butt cleaning.

   Ultimately, I think the multi- vs. single-function argument boils down to the level of compromise that is required in the tool design, and the level of repeatable accuracy that is required by the individual user or application. My personal preference leans toward single-function tools, but to each his/her own, I'd say.