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    Construction sites (especially remodels!) are great places to rummage for wood scraps that you won't have to worry about making firewood out of. Those big industrial bins out front (we call 'em "skips" here in the US, for some reason) where they load all the trash? Find a foreman and ask if you can grab a board or two, usually they'll get someone to dive in and start handing boards out to you! Also, old pallets can be good, if they're in decent enough shape. You can either pry the slats off, or use a metal saw, slipping the blade in between the boards to cut the nails. Then put a Phillips screwdriver on the newly-cut nail shaft (easy to find, it'll be nice and shiny), give it a tap, and that'll lift the head so you can get a claw hammer under it without gouging up the wood too badly. A little bit of effort, and boom, easy scrap wood for playing around, getting to know your saws better, and honing your skills.
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    I broke a blade once, scared the crap out of me.
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    Very nice!!
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    Nicely done!
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    That is AWESOME!!!
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    Awesome!!
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    I just take the leaf blower into the garage every now and then and encourage the accumulations to find newer accommodations. I don't have a dust catcher, unfortunately.
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    Dang, that's awesome!!!
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    NICE!!!! Love the phone/tablet holders....do you have a pattern for those?
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    Nice! Love the steamer!
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    A couple of Steve Good pieces I did a while back for a friend who's a substitute teacher (I did not, in fact, shut up and kiss her, she wanted that for her husband ).
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    Or a bucket of prop-wash....bulkhead remover....port list....roll of flight line.....#5 Mechanic's Punch....mail buoy....
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    Love the "End of the Trail" arrowheads!
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    Awesome job!!
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    Looks just fine to me!
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    Awesome on both!!! Loving the Celtic pattern, especially! Where'd you find that one?
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    Great find!
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    Very nice!!! Love how you did the drawers for the chess pieces! Congrats on the win!
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    frozen

    RabidAlien replied to gator's topic in Bragging Rights

    Good Lord, do NOT sit down to watch that movie ("Frozen") with a 6 year old girl. You will NEVER hear the end of those songs.
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    Very nice!
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    PanAm was building a refueling stop on Wake Island when the Japanese invaded. If I recall correctly, around 100 civilian construction workers on the island stayed behind with the Marine garrision to help repair planes, rebuild fortifications, reposition dummy artillery emplacements, and eventually manned some of those defenses..I don't recall if any of them survived the surrender of the garrison/POW camps (wanting to say they were all executed on the island as non-military combatants, aka spies). A PanAm Clipper was the last plane out of the island, carrying civilians.
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    I'd say time has been successfully (and productively!) killed. They look great!
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    I'm halfway there....pretty much got the "tired" part down pat. Now to work on the "re".... Awesome cut, too!
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    Awesome!!
  25. RabidAlien
    Wiser words have rarely been spoken.
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