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   jeff100 | Apr 16, 2006 06:14am | #1

   Excellent show.  I've been watching it as well, I get such a kick out of Roy.  That guy bleeds more than anyone else I've ever seen LOL but he's got more enthusiasm in his little finger than some do in their whole body....great show.

   Jeff

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   QCInspector | Apr 16, 2006 11:57am | #2

   I have the book you mentioned but have never seen any others by the author. There is a lot of good information in the book that would be of benefit to anyone that is passing out of the beginner stages. There are however very few dimensions in the book and the ones that are given are only for what is important. For instance of the 4 saw horses shown, there are only length, base width at the ground, and height, for the 1st one. Joinery details, materials , and sizes are left up to the reader to figure out. Other pieces have a bit more information where needed to make it. If your unable to make something without detailed plans then the value of the book is in the hand tool information, methods, and some pretty clever ideas. I think it's defiantly worth having and it contains a lot more information than many other more recent publications purporting to be all encompassing.

   Modern Practical Joinery by George Ellis. Linden Publishing Co. That was first published in 1902, is a similar book but the emphasis is on architectural work (doors, windows, wainscoting, built in book cases, stairs, etc.).

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   forestgirl | Apr 16, 2006 09:32pm | #3

   I'm mostly interested in the workbench he built.  It had intriguing joinery in the legs.  Didn't get to really watch yesterday, will have to see if they re-run it this week.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   AlanWS | Apr 17, 2006 05:04am | #4

   After seeing Roy in the two-episode workbench project from the Hasluck book, I read it from the library. Apparently, though he called himself the authour, Hasluck was really the editor who put the book together from articles published in a magazine he edited. And in those days either they were pretty cavalier about copyright, or more likely, the authors had to give up their copyright to publish in the magazine, and he didn't even feel the need to put their names on it when he republished. Hasluck's name is on a lot of other books, but I don't think any of them are on woodworking.

   The book has a lot of good stuff in it though. Those removeable-wedged tenons on the workbench legs are very cool.

   
   

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   Edited 4/16/2006 10:06 pm by AlanWS

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   forestgirl | Apr 17, 2006 07:02am | #5

   "removeable-wedged tenons on the workbench legs are very cool."  Yes, that's it.  But they're some kind of dove-tail thing too?  Sorry to be so confused, but I was working on ta*&s.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   AlanWS | Apr 18, 2006 12:01am | #6

   I made a sketch of the wedged tenon scheme, and provide a link below. Underhill refers to it as a sort of dovetail because the tenon effectively widens toward the outside of the joint, locking it in like a dovetail joint. The mortise is tapered on both the top and bottom surfaces, while the tenon is flat on top and tapered on the bottom. This allows you to assemble the joint, and then to lock it in place with the wedge. But in contrast to most wedged tenons, you can knock the wedge out to take it apart. The sketch shows the assembled joint, as well as its separated components.
   http://www.woodworking.org/photo/albums/userpics/13408/Hasluck.JPG

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   forestgirl | Apr 18, 2006 08:59am | #8

   Hey, thanks Alan! forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   eddiefromAustralia | Apr 18, 2006 12:56am | #7

   I've got that book, f_g.

   It's OK as far as reprints go - it's one of the ones that I refer to when I've got a really arcane query as to how things were done.

   Cheers,

   eddie

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   cowtown | Jun 30, 2006 08:48am | #9

   hey there.....

   Paul Hasluck was one of them there editors of a myriad of publications. Kinda like the "sunset books on you-name-it" from the turn of the century.

   If you do a search on Abebooks.com for his name, you will see the plethora of tomes he is responsible for. Not a small list.

   Take the list to yer public library and get them working on interlibrary loans for ya if they don't have em. That will let you evaluate the content relatively free of charge.

   The guy was prolific, but methinks he was just acting as an editor as opposed to being actually knowledgable in all the trades he's published on.

   Still lotsa good stuff in them old books.

   Eric
   in Cowtown

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   forestgirl | Jun 30, 2006 07:07pm | #10

   "...methinks he was just acting as an editor as opposed to being actually knowledgable in all the trades he's published on."  Yep!  Thanks Eric.  I hardly ever think of the library.  A good idea.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)