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   MikeHennessy | Dec 28, 2007 02:38pm | #1

   "I expect that my life would be better if I had the patience and time to use only hand tools.  It is emotionally difficult to imagine how slowly work would leave my shop."

   Ah, Grasshopper, you must first learn that it is all about the journey, not the destination, with hand tools.

   ;-)

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA

   PS: Thanks for that post -- I wasn't aware of the podcasts.

   
   

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   Edited 12/28/2007 6:39 am ET by MikeHennessy

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   loucarabasi | Dec 31, 2007 01:23pm | #10

   Mike, I'm with you! Can you amagine trying to pay the morgage with hand tools. Uh- hello mortgage company? I'm switching to hand tools so the mortgage will be late. That I'll go over like a fart in church!

   When I retire I will use them in heaven, Lou

   I use them for some things, Just not all the time

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   MikeHennessy | Dec 31, 2007 03:53pm | #11

   "Can you amagine trying to pay the morgage with hand tools."

   Only if you do hi-end furniture work and can charge accordingly. Like, working in the cabinet shop at Williamsburg? ;-)

   Still, every once in a while, I wanna go back to my roots and I'll build something without plugging in. Depending on the piece, it often doesn't take much longer than using power tools. (The only part I hate either way is sanding. But a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do!) Don't think I'll ever build a set of kitchen cabs with handtools, tho'!

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   8quarter | Dec 31, 2007 09:56pm | #12

   ANybody know how I can download the whole podcast before watching. I can't get real player to work. In 10 years on a dozen machines I've never got real player to work. I can get every other Media player to work. And no matter how many time you ask REAL they give some canned answer. I hate REAL
   I've got mac and PC. I know part is the DSL connection I'm stuck with. But other video players, even youtube will down load the whole thing and let you watch it. Real just keeps recycling from the beginningThanks

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   MikeHennessy | Jan 01, 2008 01:44am | #13

   Try http://www.keepvid.com. You need to know the full address of the vid. Best way to do that is to go to the vid page and copy the address from there.

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   8quarter | Jan 01, 2008 03:31am | #14

   Thanks Mike
   BUt REAL won't let you get the link. At least not me. I've hated that player forever. I want to poke somebodies eye out when I just hear their name :)

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   MikeHennessy | Jan 01, 2008 08:39pm | #15

   Just copy the link from my other post (#5) and paste it into the keepvid page. That should let you download the vid to your PC. If you can't play it then, you've got an issue with your real player install.

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   mvflaim | Dec 28, 2007 04:00pm | #2

   I currently get The WWS on my local PBS station and apperantly there are more than nine episodes in 2007 series. I just watched number ten about the Henry Ford Museum. Not sure how many more there are but I would guess sixteen since thats how many there usually are in his series.

   I'm with you on donating to UNCTV. When I saw the fact they were available on the web, I donated some money thanking them for posting the podcasts and asked if they would post the previous series in the future. Hopefully if more people donate they will.

    

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   joinerswork | Dec 28, 2007 06:53pm | #3

   TW,

   "I expect that my life would be better if I had the patience and time to use only hand tools."

   To watch Mr Underhill's efforts on his show, it would appear that he has none too much of either, himself.  The man goes like a house afire the whole time.  So have at it, full bore, and in a hurry to get 'er done; most of Roy's hand tool injuries are minor ;-)

   Cheers,

   Ray

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   JeffHeath | Jan 01, 2008 10:21pm | #16

   Ray,

   Rare it is to see ole' Roy without a bandage covering 10 to 15 stitches or so on either, or even sometimes, both hands.  Amazing even more is the fact that he still carries all 10 digits with him.

   Happy New Year

   Jeff

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   MikeHennessy | Dec 30, 2007 12:50am | #4

   I have only seen a few of Roy Underhill shows -- they weren't shown much in my area, and at inconvenient times.

   I was looking at the index at the site you posted and came across this one. This is without a doube the coolest WWing episode I've ever seen. It's like a super-concentrated dose of how to understand WWing, rather than a "how-to" for some technique or other.

   This one's a keeper fer sure.

   http://stream1.unctv.org/ramgen/webdev/wws/2600/wws_2607_3.rm?usehostname

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA

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   mvflaim | Dec 30, 2007 03:25am | #5

   I agree 100% with you Mike. Watching that episode makes you want to throw away your random orbital sander and pick up a hand plane and axe. I love the part where he compares people who over emphasize sharpening. I'd like to see Norm do an episode about woodworking that deep. I won't hold my breath. 

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   stevo1952 | Dec 30, 2007 09:54am | #6

   Hi,
   Roy was the keynote speaker at the FWW woodworking conference at Williamsburg two years ago. He spoke at length about turn of the century craftsman in England and how difficult life was for them. At the very end he tied it together with all the issues still happening in our country today. This was one of the best speeches I have ever heard and I met Roy several times since. Not only is he one of the best craftsmen I know, but a fine human as well. stevo

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   danmart | Jan 02, 2008 12:44am | #17

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   I was at the same keynote presentation by Roy. I thought he was going to chop his ankle off with that axe he was swinging as he was really rolling.

   I'm headed back up in January and Roy is on the list of tool presenters for this years conference. I will pass on the interest expressed in the pod casts if I can corner Roy for a minute.

   You know how that is...

   Dan

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   TWG | Dec 30, 2007 03:43pm | #7

   Sharpening is definitely a "fetish" for some people.

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   MikeHennessy | Dec 31, 2007 02:11am | #8

   To me, it's more than hand tools vs. power tools. It's more about how to think about your work, whether it be by hand or power, that gives your work (and your workpiece) deeper meaning and satisfaction.

   Me, I'm gonna whittle me some finger puppets to philosophize with! ;-)

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

   PS: I especially injoyed the story about the stone cutter at the end. Classic. I'm gonna use that one some way, some how, some day.

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   colebearanimals | Dec 31, 2007 02:21am | #9

    

         Right on, Mike. After all, at the end of the day the wood doesn't know how it was removed, does it?

                                                             Paul