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“I want you to help me turn myself into the wind,” the boy answered. "Que me ajude a transformar-me em vento" respondeu o rapaz. --Paulo Coelho From "the Alchemist"
"Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as a normal domesticated cat does." --Charles Dowdell See Horror vacui (physics)
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I have been building my tool collection lately. I have had this cool 4 inch (cute) Delta Rockwell 37-290 jointer around for awhile. I bought it at auction a number of years ago. Interestingly, there is a lot of information/following on the web. Mine is now ready for production in my shop. I decided to leave the paint on the tool-head as-is. Rewired, sharpened and trued up, it is a welcome addition to my shop to add precision. I was going to add a 1.5 HP motor and/or change the pulleys. Not necessary. The only technology add is with the wiring and the power-twist v-belt to reduce vibration.
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I am back from Europe (again). Saturday through Saturday this time. Many meetings, workshops, presentations and meals, mostly in Germany and England. We had the opportunity to visit William Shakespeare's house. It is less than 20 miles away from our European Operations HQ. We had some snow in Munich. Seeing snow is a bit of a novelty for me nowadays.