Comments for Galoototron

Comment on Nightstands v2: Making Drawer Bottoms by Brian

Brian — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:35:00 +0000

Now that you mention it, one strange thing about using tools that work “backwards” is that it doesn’t seem to matter as much if you’re right- or left-handed. It’s easy to switch it up. I wish that were the same for everything (like chisels)!

Comment on Nightstands v2: Making Drawer Bottoms by Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:44 +0000

Very nice! Thanks for sharing how you do this also. I really like seeing how people do things.

BTW, it looks like you using your tools backwards. ;o)

Comment on Yearly Tool Haul 2012: Japan and Taiwan by Brian

Brian — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:34:37 +0000

Hi Anthony, thanks for the note here. A relative told me that it said “dia … uh, something” but had a hard time believing that diamonds aren’t actually that expensive. We’ll see if it turns out to be useful.

Comment on Yearly Tool Haul 2012: Japan and Taiwan by Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:25:44 +0000

You mentioned you don’t know what the top stone is, the Japanese says its a “diabrick” which is probably a short form for diamond brick… Whatever that is.

Comment on Nightstand: Drawer Tuning and Pulls by yanai

yanai — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:50:20 +0000

the pull is the perfect size for the drawer. definitely better to ignore posts saying otherwise. i’ve too often seen fine pieces of furniture ruined by improper scale of parts. nice job.

Comment on Frame Saw: Almost Finished by Brian

Brian — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:37:08 +0000

Hi Mark, better late than never! That’s another good idea. It’s really interesting to see people come up with different solutions to this little problem.

Comment on Frame Saw: Almost Finished by Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:13:35 +0000

Two years late to the party, but I just wanted to mention a fix I employed for blade twisting in my own frame saw: I put a square nut on the tensioning bolt, fixed it with a bit of permanent threadlocker, then cut a matching mortise into the handle. When I tension the blade, the square bolt is drawn into the mortise, and the blade won’t twist.

Comment on Five Years of Galoototron by Brian

Brian — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:10:57 +0000

Hi all, thanks for the kind words. Progress will be made!

Comment on Five Years of Galoototron by Paul

Paul — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:50:39 +0000

Happy anniversary! I’ve been following your blog for quite a while and look forward to new post. I like the name, too. Don’t get trapped in the past. We all evolve as our circumstances change. Keep up the nice work. Paul

Comment on Five Years of Galoototron by Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:46:58 +0000

I have always liked the name Galoototron and find it quite unique and memorable. It is far too late to change it.

Second, I would encourage you to buy whatever tools that help you to build the type of furniture that you aspire to, within your own financial and space constraints. It is kind of ironic, but I sense that there are some who may have started with only hand tools and for some reason feel guilty if they were to add power tools to either do work that is very time consuming, like your example of stock preparation, or who believe that the tool would allow them to build something that they simply can’t do with only hand tools. I find it helpful to re-read Krenov’s Cabinetmaker’s Notebook. I like how he describes his relationship with both power and hand tools and how both allowed him to do the work that he wanted to do.