Common TLA's

[Steve Busey]

A recent message by Fred Krueger reminded me that as a newcomer, I was lost by a lot of the jargon floating around the forum in the form of TLA's (two (and three) letter acronyms). I was really scratching my head the first time someone said they did an NE HF finished with BLO.
:confused:

I've caught on to them eventually, but thought it might be a good idea to have a "sticky" reference guide to help newcomers navigate the community.

To wit, I'll begin - please add any I may have missed:
SMC - an easy one: SawMill Creek
DNA - DeNatured Alcohol (used in accelerating the drying of green wood)
BLO - Boiled Linseed Oil (a finish)
NE - Natural Edge (a turning with a rough natural rim, such as bark)
HF - Hollow Form
CA - CA glue (cyanoacrylate - a "super glue" formulation)

What have I missed?

And don't even get me started on this condiment obsession! (how come nobody has a "ketchup"?!) ;)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Every once in awhile we get asked for a list. Check out this post: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=27040

[Steve Busey]

Thanks, Steve - Nice list, but still misses some of the turner specific ones that had me stumped in this forum: NE, HF, DNA...

[robert hainstock]

HF,:confused: hollowform, DNA, denatured alcohol:confused: I as a TOF am lost in the texting world. :confused::eek::eek:
Bob

[Pat Keefe]

D O - Danish Oil

[Bill Wyko]

What is SWMBO?:confused:

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bill - it means 'She Who Must Be Obeyed'

[Greg Ketell]

HF

Hollow Form
Harbor Freight

depending on usage

[Steve Kubien]

Bill,

As was mentioned SWMBO is She Who Must Be Obeyed but there is another version of this. SWIATAABOC which means She Who Is All That And A Bag Of Chips.

Take this further for a moment and ponder what spelling class is going to be like for elementary school students in a few years......

Steve Kubien

[Rich Stewart]

How about TUI?

[Jay Drew]

TUI - Turning Under the Influence (Not usually recommended) :D

[Bill Stevener]

Btw, Jfs-otr-fwiw-fyi-bohica. Damhjkt-btdt,ime-tmho-iirc-tia-hdl.
Iow,wol-jfdi-pdq-swambo-loyl-nasta.
Sigmo,sts-otddtr-wth-yoyo-roflol.

Dilligaff. :D

[Bill Wyko]

I thought that was my LOML:confused: