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xerox76
08-25-2002, 08:00 PM
Am i playing poker? no-

Am I recovering from a gambling addiction and constantly repeating that line? no-

Am I wasting your time by beating around the bush? Well that depends what are you doing at this moment?

No- No- No

52 cards in a deck- that's 52 individual mixing platters for 5 minute epoxy.

Ah- the smell is in the air once more!

A minor set-back with that place called work and a hernia later- I have finaly set back to build a nice wooden adventure.

" Is that epoxy I smell down there?" the wife yells,

" Ah- no; nothing going on down here " I tryied to hide my non-curable addiction.

" Look at this mess! You got a drip of epoxy on the couch!"

" Well, you wanted a new couch anyhow- maybe this is the time to buy one."

" Are you serious?"

" Of course honey, anything for you "

" Oh no " i said to myself. " I am in my ZEN with this boat- I am at complete peace- I could sign my account over to her at this moment and never think twice."

" I wish you spent aas much time with me as those boats" she said with a sarcastic tone,

" You know you mean more to me then these boats, I'll tell you what- once this piece dries I am all yours"

Her excitement was fantastic, for once there was no yelling, she gave me a hug and went upstairs.


1 hour later-------

" I thought you were going to stop playing with those boats!" She yelled with an almost glass shattering tone.

Quick- think of something. QUICK!

" Sorry honey, I forgot. The hobby store was out of 5 minute epoxy so I had to get 2 hour epoxy, Once it is dry I promise I will be up"

Ok, that bought me another hour with the 5 minute epoxy to finish this set of sponsons.

Then, it got afully cold where I was working, Was she on to my lie? Was I destined to sleep on the couch tonight?

No-No-No

That's just the 8 cell climate blizzard in front of me.


HaHaaHAHAHa

B.K. Foster
08-25-2002, 11:28 PM
My friend,
You need help.... If I were to try that with Katie....she would ship me off to Florida...and Don would have ANOTHER shop boy...complete with visions of dillusional grandeur...LOL

Keep the excuses coming...I am writing them down as we speak...
I have already run the gamut of my arsenal of useless verbage...
Laters,
Bryan

AndyKunz
08-26-2002, 12:18 PM
Another use for a deck of cards:

To make your carved shapes identical!

Take a deck or two. No bent cards allowed, works best with new decks and cards without epoxy blobs on them! Use the edges to measure the shape, then compare to opposite side by flipping the piece around and comparing.

We used metal pin versions of these on wood lathes but I forget the name of the tool. Anybody remember?

Andy

Doug Forrester
08-26-2002, 04:47 PM
I always saw them referred to as a contour or profile gauge - or if you require something more comprehensive, how about "a segmented irregular surface duplicating device"?

xerox76
08-26-2002, 06:22 PM
That's why i posted, I need the tricks of the trade while in the building stage.

If any of you have any goodies to offer hint wise, I am all audiance to your suggestions.