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263348 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2017‑09‑20 Re: cool woodworking at QPT
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Darrell & Kathy 
wrote:

> The Queen's prize went to a gentleman who built a spit jack out of wood.
> He said it is a prototype for an iron version, and it works well. For a
> prototype he did a thorough job, as there are lignum vitae bearings inlet
> into the posts with neatly cut sliding dovetails.  Lots of hand work with
> files to clean up the gears after drilling out the waste.  And he used
> solid walnut instead of baltic birch.  The only suggestion I had for him
> was that he should have used a rubber chicken for the display.
>
> Here it is in action, assuming that GIC video gallery still works.
> http://galootcentral.com/component/option,com_seyret/task,
> videodirectlink/Itemid,55/id,21/
>
>
Dang, that's an impressive piece of work.  Thanks for sharing.  And yes, a
rubber chicken would have made the presentation.

MY IE added a Windows Media Player plug in to run it, nothing too
loathsome.  Chrome balked.

-- 
Kirk Eppler in HMB, CA

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