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A Fool’s Errand
On April First, we came out with our third annual April Fool’s Day edition. As usual, it generated more reader response than any other issue.
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
One of the comments in the last issue about ecological wood usage was, “For humans to think that they could impact an ecosystem as strong and resilient as the earth’s is an absurd exercise in naiveté and narcissism.” Several folks had comments about that comment.
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The Green Wood Controversy
Rob sparked a huge response from our readers by asking “Do you take the time to consider the environment when you are shopping for wood, and do you think it makes a difference?”
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Bad Advice, or Was It?
In the Q&A section, Sandor Nagyszalanczy identified a bad capacitor as the most likely culprit in a grinder that would not start unless spun by hand, and suggested that any motor repair shop could easily replace it. This rather curious comment followed.
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Fire in the Hole
After a message board suggestion to raise dents by igniting flammable liquid in the dent, a volunteer firefighter wrote in saying that could be particularly dangerous if sanding dust were in the air, and could result in an explosion. This reader clearly took umbrage with that.
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On Steaming (and Flaming) Dents
Reader’s replies and concerns to some of the issues raised in the last issue of the eZine.
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Defining Moments and Other Misunderstandings
Several readers pointed out that the answers on one of the questions in our Q&A section were not only wrong, but way too kind to the manufacturers.
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MDF and Router Bits
A thread in the last issue mentioned that MDF can quickly dull router bits. In particular, one post insisted “the pallets are used nails and all, and there is a pretty high metal content in MDF.” That inspired the following question.
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Strange, but Complimentary
We must admit we are curious about just what tickled this reader’s fancy, but we’re pleased with the compliment anyway.
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And Thank You, Rob
“England and America are two countries separated by a common language” is one version of a popular quote variously attributed to George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Betrand Russell and even Winston Churchhill. Judging from the following, our own single nation of woodworkers is similarly afflicted, as even among ourselves we cannot agree on what terms mean.
