Keep an old pair of shoes at the door of the Shop and swap upon entering and again on leaving---no swarf tracked into the house and SWMBO stays HAPPY! Al Messer --- shep <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Jesse > > I had not thought of using them in a vertical mode - > will investigate > further, as hacksawing is getting a bit beyond me! > > I am delighted that your lovely wife has proved to > be such a good > investment, but doubt if she will be flattered to be > first in the row, with > the el cheapo bandsaw coming in second! > > I, too, made an excellent investment, and we were > fortunate in celebrating > our Golden Wedding last year. My dear wife is > remarkably tolerant in > putting up with my hobby, even to the extent that > she did not complain when > I invaded our little conservatory, and filled it > with stuff from the > workshop. This was to accommodate the purchase of > a new lathe. I then > acquired a huge shoe-horn, and have succeeded in > emptying the conservatory, > and rearanging the workshop space in such a way that > both the old and 'new' > lathe are now happily accommodated. She does not > complain even when I > walk swarf through the house - a jewel indeed! > > Cheers! Hubert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:32 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Scraping > > > > Those el cheapo China/Tiawan 4" x 7" saws sold by > most everyone for less > > than 200 dollars US are an excellent investment > and they work vertically > > as > > well as horizontal. About the best investment for > the money I have ever > > made except for my lovely wife of over 50 years. > All she cost in 1955 was > > a > > couple of diamond rings and 10 dollars to the > preacher. That was the best > > move I ever made!! > > > > Jesse in Tennessee USA > > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.