Boy you can say that again! I was transporting a batch of cherry ale I had made down to the basement for storage and the box ripped. I lost a six pack. What a mess. And it was my beer... Haven't dropped any planes yet though.
By the way, brewing your own beer is economical. You can have premium live ale for about 75 cents a bottle. Its like fettling an old stanley plane and you get the performace of a LN for much less. I've found that if you also make some sweet white wines SWMBO is in favor of the hobby.
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Can't recall having a beer fatality in the shop, but definately a few have lost their life building the deck, rehabbing the shed into a pool house.... may they rest in peace.
Dropped my LN 9 1/2 not too long ago working with a slight handicap since I manicured my pinky on my 8" jointer.....just OF COURSE it landed on the back corner of the sole and put a nice little dinger there which had to be lapped out. BOO HOO HOO, watching it fall to the floor seemed to take about 10 minutes until the solid thud of cast iron meeting concrete.
I'd have had time to get a foot under it, but I was holding my hand like a little girl..... not sure what I'll get over first butchering the end of my pinky on December 17th, or dropping my 9 1/2 on January 30th? Dropping a plane has made me consider a crash mat for standing on for hand tool work.
Greg
Marcus,
You are very perceptive. No, I am not all grain brewing. At this point I am using extract, specialty malts and of course hops. I recently decided to switch from dry malt extract and to buy my malts and grains in bulk so this will drive the cost down more. Most of my brews average about 45 to 50 cents/bottle. That particular cherry ale used 10 lbs. of tart cherries in it and drove the price up. I have some hops in the freezer; I'm considering selling several ounces so that maybe I can buy a LN plane. I may sometime in the future go the all grain route, but that would be another capital investment. Where to put those hobby dollars, woodworking or brewing?
That is part of the decision to refurb vintage stanleys insteade of springing for the more costly tools. Do I want a Lie-Nielsen? You bet, but wanting one and deciding that this is the most important use of available funds isn't the same thing. There are alternatives that so far, given my skill and projects, work just fine.
Ahhh I feel your pain, Phil. All said I didn't invest that much in all grain althoug hit has grown a bit. Lansing isn't too far from here if you want to come down some time when I'm doing an all grain batch, see what all is involved. I bet I can even procure a keggle for you. 15$. Yeah where to spend the dollars is always the question. Of course, if you go AG you save money in the long run and you can buy more planes. I am trying to get a group order together for next year if you want to get in on it. About 30$/50lb bag for malt but probably not till may or june.
Please don't kick us into a homebrewing forum...
I started brewing myself, mini-mash only so far not all grain... where does that put me if you had to equate that to woodworking?
Normite - Buy Zima
Hybrid - Buy beer
Buy LN or LV - Buy Guinness/Boddingtons etc.
Buy Stanley and restore - Make beer (mini-mash)
Make your own plane - All grain brewing
Or are these silly comparisons off?
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Normite - Buy Zima
Hybrid - Buy beer
Buy LN or LV - Buy Guinness/Boddingtons etc.
Buy Stanley and restore - Make beer (mini-mash)
Make your own plane - All grain brewing
Or are these silly comparisons off?
Pedro,
I never fit into any categories. I like Canadian beer-ale style & Irish style Ales..... and I buy LN-LV's. Then again I grew up 40 miles from the Us-Canadian border in northern Vermont.
Cheers.
It's one of those most enjoyable threads I've ever participated in on here.
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See Mike, I'm in Austin down here in the "Republic", it is 69 what I consider the perfect temperature and I am having a Young's SLA (Special London Ale) and some venison sausage on crackers (cold), thinly sliced after it was smoked and then grilled yesterday... Maybe that's why I didn't stress over this thread . I don't hunt, not the gun type, but I know enough people who do.
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