[SEL] OT (Maybe) - Home Workshops & Equipment

[Bill Dickerson]

>> BTW  who out here is left handed? and has anyone else ever heard of a
left handed pencil?<<

My wife and I and oldest son all are, and yes, the printing on the pencil is
printed so when the eraser end is to the left you can read the type.

Somewhere I have one - if I could only find it among my junk.

Bill 

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Leroy C.
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 4:21 PM
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT (Maybe) - Home Workshops & Equipment

Gday
    Well I hope it is not to late to get into this thread...   BUT IMO 
the best part of any home workshop is the desire to WANT to do and or build
something. Most of you who know me know that all I have is junk, and build
junk. But the most important item in my shop is the idea that I can build
and work with something. I do not have all the fancy stuff, and I enjoy some
of the challenges that are created every time an idea pops into my little
peabrain. I was told once that long long ago many of the people of this
world had little, they claimed to not even have electric! Now I know this is
a lie and that they had the equipment to do what they did, but due too
government intervention never told the rest of the world. I was told of a
peddle metal lathe that sat in the Portland show that was operated like a
treadle sewing machine, again another smoke and mirror item, that the owner
allowed only one other fellow to run! Hmmmm  I would love to talk with him. 
Now my point  The great machines and great workshops are something that
someday I would maybe like to have, but trust me I have seen people build
some great things with little bits of nothing. I know of one fellow who
claims to have built over 40 engins from cutting up old Briggs, along with
many other great models.  And another fellow who has build 35 different
models and even given some of them away with bits of nothing to work with. I
also know a fellow, with a very very nice work shop, who purchased 6 model
engin castings and set out to build and sell
5 to keep the business going and he still has, at my last chat with him, all
of them and has butchered them badly and will probably get scrap price for
them. Now the kicker do not get  yourself into the idea you have to "OWN"
the best equipment to do something, you have to have the desire. Have I told
you about the engin plans that I have been drawing on for over 7 years now?
Yes I did lay out some basic ideas, and this one is a keeper!
PS my most important item in the work shop is my hacksaw!!!!!  BTW  who out
here is left handed? and has anyone else ever heard of a left handed pencil?

-- 
		C-ya

		  Leroy Clark

"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."
            W.A. NANCE


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