Recent content by Ed Thomas

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    Where were you during WOODSTOCK

    My mother was in the Newmarket hospital with a broken ankle when that was reported.
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    happy halloween

    Had my first T/T'er since 2005. Ack
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    How do I "tint" shellac?

    As I mentioned above https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/supplies/finishing/wood-stains/20082-intense-aniline-mixing-colors They can be mixed with alcohol but better with water. I had a commercial photographer client who required 2'x4' sheets of BB stained for backdrops. All sorts of...
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    How do I "tint" shellac?

    Lee Valley has a yellow aniline dye powder
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    Scary afternoon!

    Ditto. I had a client who's marina in the British Virgin Islands got sucked out to sea. Hit me for almost $75,000. Lot of money back then, '89.
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    The worst job in the shop?

    Yup. In the print shop, kitty litter duty went to the lowest on the totem pole. (The shop backed onto a hydro greenbelt with lots of meese. Paper makes great nesting material.)
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    English vs metric

    Don't they still measure horses in "hands"?
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    Friday August 2nd

    Once I came out from lunch to find 3 boys playing on my BMW K75S. If that 520 lb motorcycle had fallen on one them ...
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    All the cool cats have barn cats, guess I'll join in.

    We had a tuna-farting lap cat. Lesson learned.
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    Cedar bird houses

    19.99 / 6 = 3.33
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    I made an over-complicated cat basket [build video]

    I had an 8lb black office cat, Muffmuff, who preferred to sleep in a half-full box of #10 envelopes. (y)
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    Stuck with glueing up curved aprons onto legs?

    Maybe that and a Spanish windlass to pull the legs together?
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    Happy fathers day

    Maybe some kind of catfish?
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    It's Monday and...

    Isn't that supposed to be done before Easter?
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