Wednesday, January 20, 2021

12:01 EST

 I know the colon doesn't belong in the time stamp but it does make it easier to recognize as time notation.

At 1201 EST/1001 MST MsBubba and I toasted the new President with champagne, followed by burning of Sage to ward off the evil spirits left behind by Trump. An hour or so later we had a champagne and Eggs Benedict lunch. I can't remember a better vacation day.

The long national nightmare has ended and it is time for the RWNJ/racist assholes to crawl back under the rocks where Trump found them. I know it will take time, it took 50 years of Nixon's Southern strategy to produce its logical outcome of Trump. I hope it doesn't take another 50 years to recover. 

 

Back to the shop: 

I've come close to selling the Tormek so many times but have always backed off when it came time for the nut cutting. I'm glad I did. Lately I've been playing with it and the "unicorn" profile and the results are very good. The funny part is if you follow the Tormek instructions for sharpening cutters you have a "unicorn" profiled cutter. Being male, "I don't need no stinking instructions", it didn't dawn on me that was the case until several weeks ago while bored I watched a Tormek video.

ken

6 comments:

  1. agree with both sentiments and more so with the instructions.

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  2. YES...Welcome back in the world USA, we were worried about you.

    Not sure what the unicorn profile is. Been a heck of a long time i read and post on Wood central

    Bob, awaiting a storm this Weekend. Will see :-)

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    1. Bob,

      LOL, it is a old way of doing things with a new name. I'm as guilty as anyone but today we spend too much time obsessing over how we sharpen v. just making an edge and going to work. That said, sharpening is one of life's strange pleasures for the weird among us.

      That said, if given the option of always sharp tools I never had to sharpen v. only sharpening and never making anything it would be a hard call. Some of us are pretty weird :-).

      ken

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  3. A new job after retirement:
    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9mouleur
    sorry not available in English language.
    Traveling grinder/sharpener.
    There are still a few ones on the marketplaces in the country working with powered machines in a van. The modern ones of course also sell knives, scissors and so on.

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    1. Sylvain,

      Good read. We still have a few guys that set up shop at some of the local farmer's markets. What I've seen of their work is not impressive but it is also cheap. As the article pointed out with stainless steel and cheap knifes they can't charge too much or there would be no takers. Another factor I do not think most folks have a clue what a sharp knife feels like. MsBubba has learned to use my Japanese knifes and now she lets me know when they need sharpening;-).

      ken

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