It was kind of a neat day today down at the shop... a guy was in building a chariot plane (under my expert supervision... Sorry had to add some humour)... Rajiv was in helping me put in a door frame... and a guy, let us call him Al from Galt... came in to borrow a book from me on making doors and windows.
Al, edgedly from Galt, brought in some hand tools (a great little steelback saw from St. Catherines and a clean Monty foreplane with a bit of an open throat and some serious iron trouble - pick a bevel any bevel). Admittedly, Al kept most of this stuff around for decorative ambience in the shop. Well, I fired up the LV water pond (everyone gets a plug on this show) and managed to get some decent shavings from the said device. At this point, I could see that Al (from Galt ya know) was in a place that he had not been before. It was not long afterwards, that Al from Galt took a few test runs with an infill smoother - just gotta love that slicing sound and the ribbons...
Al, from Galt, hung around for another half hour or so watching the chariot being dovetailed. Al is not going to be a hand tools convert next week but, he has certainly had a taste of how it could be.
How many of the other neanders here have had an experience this year where they introduced a non-suspecting "normite" to the bright side? Could ya see the wheels turning?
Regards,
Doug