Must be something that happens a lot. Thinking...

Jim

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:40 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Man, are we brothers separated at birth? I have dogwood too. It is a nice,
> no splinter wood. But for the gizmo, dogwood with its pale delicate colour
> would look bad after a while in use.
>
> That's a hint.
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 1:36 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dogwood is almost as good, has made many an English tool handle. Let me
> know if you want any.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:34 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Old shipwright gave me some scraps, wasn't from broken mallet.
>>
>> Yes, could use it for all those purposes, but isn't the primary use.
>>
>> The metal cup for the magnet I got from lee valley but must be available
>> from many places. Sized for the magnet and has countersunk hole for screw.
>> I think they now have a notch in the side so you can get the magnet out
>> again. Pretty well impossible to pry the magnet out of my version.
>> Supposedly the metal cup alters the magnetic lines of flux enhancing the
>> attraction on that side.
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>> > On Jul 5, 2017, at 1:18 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> >
>> > Very nice. Lignum vitae scraps? You must have had a woodcarving mallet
>> come
>> > apart on you. Also sticking notes, maps and such to the dash of a diesel
>> > vanagon! Where'd he get the magnet with the pocket on one side, or is
>> that
>> > just the way it appears?
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:03 PM Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> to prop open a too loosely swinging vent window?
>> >>
>> >> Edward   (who once made a much less attractive magnet with stick glued
>> on
>> >> for this purpose.)
>> >>
>> >>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> This little gadget might be too small for Felder industries to bother
>> >>> with. It might be even considered silly, but it works.
>> >>> But just having a magnet on a short handle is handy for finding screws
>> >> etc
>> >>> dropped in the gravel or dirt.
>> >>>
>> >>> Most every van owner could use this, not saying many will, but they
>> could
>> >>> :-)
>> >>>
>> >>> https://shufti.blog/2017/07/05/vanagon-whats-this-gizmo-used-for/
>> >>>
>> >>> Alistair
>> >>
>>
>>