I missed the first part of the show tonight, but the rest was fascinating. He had bought a huge “collection” of planes, some going back to the early 1800’s. Anyone else see it? Two questions:
What was the story behind how he got connected with the planes?
What’s the story with the tar?? Sounded like a tar covering was common, but I didn’t hear the part about why.
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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ahhh the Woodwrights Shop.. I've seen the episode you're talking about. He bought that chest of tools from a guy he knew one rainy night. Doesn't go into much detail about the actual transaction. I think he may paid $600 for the chest but I'm not sure. The tar on his planes is a mystery to him as well. He wasn't sure how the tar got on them but he used some kind of solvent to get rid of it.
I used to love watching Roy U. Just what type of TV reception do you have ? DirecTV satellite doesn't carry the program.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
I have HD cable and there about six local PBS stations to choose from including extra PBS stations not included in a standard package. I look for whatever time The Woodwrights Shop airs and I TIVO it so I can watch it whenever I have the time. It's only on twice in a week between all six channels and I'm usually at work when it comes on.
We have Comcast cable. He's been on for a long, long time here. CAn't believe nobody who saw the program this week is responding, must be too busy making sawdust!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Hey FG...He's on my local PBS station each Saturday, but over the past year I may have seen 2-3 shows. As you say, busy making sawdust--but also making steel cry and brass bend.
One of these days I'll have to do cable and Tivo. Of course, that means I'll need to still take the time to watch 'em!
Take care, Mike
Tar would sure discourage powder post beetles ;-)
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Pine Tar to keep your hands from slipping after they worked up a sweat. Kind of like in baseball. Is my guess.
J. I didn't see the show but I might think that he found a ship's carpenters chest, good on him. Lots of tar in that neck of the woods.
I can't get Roy U. in NY as PBS is so political/dollar driven. We get the big stuff like Nova, Nat Geographic. Mr. Smiley, Mr. Rose and all the minority and gay/lesbian news. I don't see much of that in TN. but I do get some great blue grass.
I remember a Roy U. show with a very old Polish gent (from the OLD country) who in 16 or 18 Min. cut a four corner box to hold his water stones with dovetails that didn't leak, with a 6" rule, pencil, back saw, chisel, hammer, 10 penny nail and I think a side cut pliers. It was stunning. If ya need to know how? Just ask and I will Post. Paddy.
ps. If ya find a source for that show ---please--let us know. Pfh
Paddyhat,
The man in that show you speak of was Frank Klaus.. A very fine gentleman I met in Louisville one day at a Woodworkers Show...very polite and kind.
Mike
" I don't see much of that in TN. but I do get some great blue grass." Fun! Blues is my main music mode, but I love a little bluegrass once in awhile. Did you catch Garrison Keillor's New Year's Eve show? It was great!
"If ya need to know how? Just ask and I will Post." Well, I might not "need" but it'd be great to know anyway!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
J, the objective was to make a water tight box for his water stone. The dovetailed corners were super snug so that when wet and all swelled up viola- no leaks.
It was the bottom that was the shoe stopper. He cuts the head from the 10 penney nail and proceeds to move it down the center of the bottom edge of the four sides of the box pounding the #### out of it and creating a channel(continuious/no breaks or spaces) down the edge on the entire perimiter. He then IIR knocks the box apart and uses a block plane to reflatten the edge that he just pounded the channel into down to the bottom of the channel only. Then he reassembled the box, nailled the bottom board in place every 1/2" with finishing nails and filled it with water. NO leaks.
When he pounded the channel in the wood, the fibers were super compressed so when the natural fibers on each side of the channel were removed and the bottom nailed on tight the compressed fibers swelled up wnen the water hit them . This made sort of a continuious wood fiber "O" ring along the bottom of the box.
All the best, Paddy.
I love Roy Underhill, but either I keep missing his program or they are shown very sporadically in the Pittsburgh area. When his program is aired it's at a lousy time: 2:00 or 2:30 Saturday afternoon.
Anyway, the program you describe sounds like one I saw about a year ago. I didn't get the impression that he bought the chest of tools, but he obviously accepted it with much reservation. He wasn't specific about where he found the chest.
As I recall he wasn't sure why they would be covered with tar except for preservation, (maybe he was questioning WHY would someone cover these planes with tar?) and he kept referring to the fact that they would have to cleaned. In fact he had cleaned some of them and was concerned that he had devalued them in the process.
Are we talking about the same program?
-Chuck
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