I made a cabinet scraper a while back, simply cutting a more-or-less rectangular piece of steel from the blade of an old saw. Continue reading
Cabinet Scraper
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Woodworking: Follow-ups from last weekend
The small workbench is back at work supporting the 55 lb. anvil:
picture behind cut
History notes
I have started a daily “column” on colgaffneyis e-mail list. Continue reading
Work Table
A few years ago we ended up with the remains of some old church pews, oak I think. I took two boards, planed them to have smooth mating surfaces, and glued them together. Continue reading
It can be done
After finishing work on the small workbench yesterday I cleaned everything off of my main workbench. Pictures behind cut
Rebuilding a small workbench
Some years ago I found, perhaps at a garage sale, a small (2 ft. long, 2 ft. high) workbench. It has been useful, but it was really beat up: Continue reading
Irish Class, May 18, 2009
Irish Class, May 18, 2009
Rang Gaeilge, 18ú lá Mí na Bealtaine
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Catching up with the PC
Last month I reported this. Today we see Mac OS X Users Vulnerable To Major Java Flaw.
“a vulnerability in Java that has been patched by everyone but Apple.”
Light my fire!
As part of our living history work in colgaffneyis we demonstrate how to start a fire without matches. This can be very difficult to do. However, some people are able achieve it without even trying:
To Serve Man
How Neanderthals met a grisly fate: devoured by humans,
A fossil discovery bears marks of butchering similar to those made when cutting up a deer
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 