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Comment by Matthew Borczon on March 19, 2011 at 5:46pm

Sam, I figured there was more to the story. My dad has had Prostate cancer for the last almost 20 years now, so the early catch will make a big difference in your life I am sure. Did not know about your other issues. Email me at my g mail account if you want a nurse opinion on anything you are going through. I will keep you and yours in my prayers my friend.

matt

Comment by Wichita Sam on March 19, 2011 at 5:07pm

matt,

 

Thanks for reading between the lines.  I am on overload big time.  On top over everythings (including my Maddie's serious eye condition), I have just been diagnosed with prostate cancer.  While we've caught it early, I have to wait for a May 2 surgery date and then have less than 2 months for recovery before moving and starting all over with new home/job/everything. 

 

I thought this was the place to blow off steam.  If not, I'll go kick the dog.... errrr, wait a minute,  I don't own a dog.... ;-)

 

the best,

 

Sam

Comment by Matthew Borczon on March 19, 2011 at 3:07pm

Sam with retiring and selling off some of your cbgs it sounds like you are facing many new challenges and certainly leaving your comfort zone. If this is making you feel uneasy, that is understandable. You have always been one of the most patient and giving teachers here. I think we owe you the room to complain as you do not do it often. Also I thought this was the forum for just such things. I hope your sale and move and next phaze of your life all go well. You are a needed and valued part of this place, peace

matt

Comment by Wichita Sam on March 19, 2011 at 9:00am

Allan, 

 

 You ought to understand what I'm saying... you know about that "Waaaaaaa!!! Give me a video because I'm too lazy to read." guy who was given a tab... but that wasn't good enough, he wanted a Youtube video instead.  Too lazy to work it out for himself.

 

I generally don't buy the "I don't know what to ask" arguement.  Especially when  it's clear from the question that they at least have the lingo.....  I just don't like lazy.  I have three years and 268 builds.  I work at learning, if I get really stuck and if I can''t find a reference, then ask.  I go back to the build and work it out. 

 

Just saying too darn many too lazy to become very good.  This is a hands-on craft.  Want it all handed to them with no evidence of effort.

 

I could be all wrong, and I've never refused to help someone who was really trying.... but, maybe this rant as something to do with stuff in my life other than CBGs.

 

the best

Wichita Sam 

Comment by Allan on March 18, 2011 at 7:48pm

Hmm my wife and I are in the two digit range

 

and as for search,, I don't know what I am looking for ,, so how can you expect me to search for something I don't know what i am searhing for?

 

I don't know about you I am not as old as I once was.

Allan

Comment by Wichita Sam on March 18, 2011 at 3:02pm

 Background

 

One - I'm getting older every day.

Two - It's been 2 1/2 years since I could claim to be a newbie.

Three - It seems a lot of things piss me off these days.

 

Rant....

 

Why the heck dot 4,500 of our 5,000 members seem determined to ask the same questions over and over and over again, and NEVER THINK TO USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION. (latest example... how to do a scarf joint... seach function yeilds 27 pages of links.... 27 f'in pages) Look, I know the search function is not perfect... and this is a social website... and  sometimes you don't even know how to ask the question, but WTF?????????????

 

OK, I feel better... back to building and playing...  Pls, no offense intended, if you're offended by this, then grow the heck up.....

 

Sam

Comment by Allan on February 13, 2011 at 8:08pm

When are people going to wake up from the spinning  since Regan and Regannomics the nation had gone 12 trillion in debt..  part of it trying get out of trouble caused  by this economic policy. and the republicans are saying it is everyone else's fault except theirs.  I am getting so dizzy it is time to get off the spin.

Allan

Comment by Tracy Tomlinson on February 13, 2011 at 6:32am

Just a little warning to our Politicians, Federal and Provincial/ State.

 You've just witnessed a strong People's movement in Egypt change their Country overnight and begin the Purge of the Political Structure of their Nation....DON'T THINK IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE!

 Keep your eyes on Iran now and the whole of the emerging World....people have had enough and they are taking back control of their Countries and freedoms. WISE UP!   You are with us, or continue to be part of the problem ?....YOUR CHOICE!!!!! The Egyptian Army made the right choice....WILL YOU!

Comment by Naz Nomad on August 16, 2010 at 11:10am

In March, A jury awarded $1.5 million in a case against Ryobi for a benchtop tablesaw injury, claiming that the saw should have been equipped with flesh-sensing, blade-braking technology, such as the SawStop system. The verdict,
which has major implications for the tool industry, set off a flurry of commentary on the Internet.
In a recent article that appeared in The Oregonian, SawStop President Stephen Gass said he felt vindicated by the award. Other tablesaw manufacturers in the industry, including Ryobi and its parent company, One World Technologies, won't discuss the award, but court documents shed some light on the case.

In April 2004, Carlos Osorio took a job as a flooring installer for PT Hardwood Floor Service in Medford, Mass. According to the defendant's trial brief, Osorio had never used a tablesaw before, so his boss showed him how to use the tool and cautioned him about the dangers. A couple of weeks later while
installing an oak floor, Osorio was ripping a 2%-in.-wide floorboard on a Ryobi BTS 15 benchtop tablesaw.
The blade guard and splitter were removed and he was making the cut without a rip fence.
When he started cutting, he felt chattering and vibration, so he shut off the machine, removed the stock, and cleared away dust and other pieces of flooring from the saw table. Thinking he had solved the problem, he started cutting again, but his difficulties continued, so he pushed the board even harder. His left hand slipped into the spinning blade, nearly removing his pinky finger and severely cutting two other fingers and his thumb. Ultimately,
Osorio would undergo five surgeries and 95 occupational therapy visits to treat his injured hand.

In April 2006, Osorio's lawyer, Richard Sullivan, who first saw the flesh-sensing technology in a CNN video, filed a civil complaint on behalf of his client against One World Technologies, the parent company of Ryobi, Ridgid, and Milwaukee power tools. The complaint alleged that the saw's design was inherently flawed because it didn't have "flesh-sensing technology," which would have stopped the blade when it detected Osorio's fingers. Osorio's case went to trial in February of this year and was decided about four weeks later.
A jury concluded that Osorio was 35% responsible for his injuries and One World was 65% liable. They awarded Osorio $1.5 million in damages even though he was only seeking $250,000. The verdict form indicated that the jury felt the saw was "defectively designed" and the defects were a cause of Osorio's accident.

Both Ryobi and Gass agree that Gass demonstrated his tablesaw invention to One World Technologies in October 2000. Gass, a patent attorney with a Ph.D. in physics, would later launch his own tool company when he was unsuccessful in licensing the technology to existing power-tool manufacturers.
Late in 2009, when responding to a FWW reader's question about why tablesaw manufacturers hadn't adopted the SawStop technology, the major tool companies pointed to a number of reasons why they hadn't struck a deal with Gass when he first approached them. These ranged from doubts that the technology would work over decades of hard use, to the difficulty—even
impossibility—of rolling out the technology through an entire line of tablesaws, especially the small, portable, job-site saws (such as the saw in the Osorio case) that must stand up to weather and other forms of abuse. Also, most were concerned that if they rolled it out only on some of their saws, it might amount to a tacit admission that their other saws were unsafe.
In any case, Gass went on to found SawStop, which manufactures three tablesaws, two cabinet-style and one mid-sized contractor-type, each with the new technology. It is important to note that as a start-up company, Saw
Stop was able to roll out one model at a time, giving them an opportunity to test their engineering and market viability with less risk.

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Nazzy says: ... errm, IF IT CAN CUT WOOD IT CAN CUT YOUR FINGERS OFF, YOU DUMB F*CK*R.

Comment by crissy b on August 13, 2010 at 12:17pm

Credit where credits due clapton has said himself that he's not as good as he was having said that Ive always preferd jeff beck and peter green

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