Name that layout!

[ryanarcher]

Well, bieng inspired by the mystery hands thread, I thought I'd post my first quiz. I was in the shop the other day and took a picture of this joinery layout 'cause I thought it would make a good one. So, name the type of joint, the project it goes to, and where this piece fits in. Course that would be almost impossibe from just the picture so I'll slip hints in as the days go by. A greenie (and maybe a Bellingham Fire Department T-shirt) for the correct answer, or most succesful hijack :D .

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/ryanarcher/100_2453.jpg


_ryan :)

[Bob Willson]

It looks as though it might be part of a set of stairs?

[ryanarcher]

Good guess Bob, but no. I think some proportions might help. This piece is 1"x.75"x26". :)

[beejay1]

Good guess Bob, but no. I think some proportions might help. This piece is 1"x.75"x26". :)
Youve got no chance with this one ryan. Unless you give the dimensions in metric this lot wont have a clue what youve just saidhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif Come to think of it neither will Ihttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon7.gif
beejay1

http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

[beejay1]

proportions not really helping ryan do you mean of the timber shown, if so theres something wrong or is that the sise of the finishes piece. please confirm.

Is it an oblique halving joint?
beejay1

http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

[ryanarcher]

25mmX19mmX660mm . Although from what I've read here the aussies tend to be fluent in both units. :)

[bitingmidge]

No idea what you are trying to build, but I have two squares that give those sorts of results.

Suggest you buy a plastic one that won't be affected when you drop it!!

Cheers,

P
:D

[Wood Borer]

Could it be a tenon for a rocking chair or a sled?

[bitingmidge]

It's a wigwam for a goose's bridle!!

Haven't seen one of those under construction for years, at least not since my Grandpa died in the late '50's. He used to make them out of steel as well, and in all sorts of shapes.

Whenever I asked him what he was making, that's what he'd tell me every time!!

Cheers,

P

[silentC]

My mum used to make them out of wool. They sold really well at the local school fete. She made one out of an old icecream bucket once. Is there no end to man's (or woman's) ingenuity?

[Wood Borer]

I grew up in country Victoria and we used to make them out of old piecosts.

Gee it brings back memories. :D

[silentC]

My uncle used to go fishing for piecosts. I asked him once if I could have one but he told me he was saving them for Ron. This was a bit confusing to me because his name was Ron. I never did find out what the bloody things were.

[Wood Borer]

Don't laugh, but I was told recently that some people pay good money for old piecosts in good condition.

I suppose they are collectables now. So if you have any old ones up in the attic, hang on to them.

[bitingmidge]

I always wanted one without peas, but I understand that they are the rarest of all.

P

[Bob Willson]

I never had any trouble finding someone to take the peas out of mine.

[Wood Borer]

It depends how they are attached to the piecost. I believe some are easier to remove than others but there is a knack to it.

[DanP]

I reckon Midge gets the greenie for the Hijack. In making a guess he totally hijacked the thread.:D

[silentC]

The ones with carrots don't exist at all and yet whenever I eat one before a big night out, the next day... oh never mind...

[ryanarcher]

Well, Wood Borer is definately the winner so far on two counts. It's a tenon (although not for a rocker, or sled) and his piecost hijack was also brilliantly sucessfull. Luckily he already has a BFD t-shirt. :D Greenie your way WB!
While I readily consede that piecosts are hugely more interesting (both with and without peas), Here is the next clue for anyone interested: The piece shown is for a woodshop aid that is found in almost every workshop. I bet everyone who posted on this thread has at least a couple. (although probably not as gratuitously fancy as this :o ).
Now back to the wigwam for a goose's bridle. :D
-Ry

[ryanarcher]

I reckon Midge gets the greenie for the Hijack. In making a guess he totally hijacked the thread.:D

Dan,
Yeah I tried, but I've gotta share around a bit. Hit him one for me, will ya?
-Ryan

[ryanarcher]

proportions not really helping ryan do you mean of the timber shown, if so theres something wrong or is that the sise of the finishes piece. please confirm.

Is it an oblique halving joint?
beejay1

http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

BJ,
Those are the dimentions of just the timber shown. There are 8 of them that are components in multiple copies of the mystery project. Pic #2: notice 2 of the lengths get cut in half to make 4 shorter pieces. :confused:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/ryanarcher/100_2455.jpg

[DanP]

I'd love to but I can't neither. Looks like we've all been too nice to him lately.

[Jack E]

In my experience there is only one thing better than a piecost when it comes to making wigwams and that is a grecian urn.

Jack

[Christopha]

I dunno how much a Grecian urns but I do know that if he is a parachutist then his name is Condescending.....

[silentC]

Yeah but how do you make a venetian blind? Or a hormone? It will be a cunning stunt by a smart feller to answer that.

[JackoH]

1. Poke him in the eye with a screwdriver.
2. Don't pay her.
(Aren't I stunning?)

[silentC]

You are a truely cunning linguist, John. :D

[Driver]

You are a truely cunning linguist, John. :D

But does he know how to make a Swiss Roll or a Maltese Cross? Eh? Eh? And can he tell us in which great sporting contest would you find the twin events of Muffin' the Mule and Pullin' the Pud? (Neither of which, Christopha, have got anything to do with Hellenic airborne soldiers, so Con Descending is out but Pat Ronising may not be!).

[ozwinner]

Sh7t!!! you blokes are too good, even for me, I shall send back me sarcasm rod, and ask for a refund.


Al :( :(

[bitingmidge]

So Ryan,

Are you making a set of sarcasm rods?

P
:D :D :D

[ozwinner]

So Ryan,

Are you making a set of sarcasm rods?

P
:D :D :D
Id love to give ya one man, but the machine says I got to put it around firkst. :( :o

Al :D

[bitingmidge]

...or just a flash set of saw stools???

P :D

[bitingmidge]

Id love to give ya one man

You're not the first girl to tell me that you know!! :p :p :p

P

[silentC]

If you have saw stools you better see a doctor.

[ryanarcher]

...or just a flash set of saw stools???

P :D

You got it! saw horses. Although I do need a new set of sarcasm rods. Hmmmmm. :) maybe those'll be next since I'm still farting around about building rocker's chairs. :D That was the most i've ever laughed because of responses to a thread. I'll have to invite hijacking more often. :) :D
-Ry

[silentC]

I feel so used :(

[bitingmidge]

And I feel like the tart that I am!!!
:D :D :D

P (Maybe this post should have been on the food thread!!)

:D

[ozwinner]

I feel so used :(
Dont ya just hate that, being used, huh, men are all the same......:D

Al :D

[Driver]

Dont ya just hate that, being used, huh, men are all the same......:D

Al :D

Now you know why I mentioned Muffin the Mule and Pullin the Pud :eek:

[ozwinner]

Now you know why I mentioned Muffin the Mule and Pullin the Pud :eek:
Arrhhhhemm, shouldnt that be, Moofen the Mool and Poolin the Pood???

Al :confused:

[ryanarcher]

I feel so used :(

sorry about that, i was just trying to be nice. :o I'll give ya a reddie to even it out though if you want. :D

[jo_sepi]

;) I think it's possibly a round tuit.

[Kris.Parker1]

No one ever gets a round tuit - I think this thread has been hijacked to death. I have never seen a better display of hijacking except perhaps the terrorists that took hold of the libyan jet in the late 80's early 90's and blew it up...

Congratulations to all those thread hijackers out there.

I just have one question - what the hell is a piecost?

[ozwinner]

I just have one question - what the hell is a piecost?
About $2.80.

Al :confused:

[echnidna]

didn't think we wouild get a victim Al,
specially an aussie! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Wood Borer]

About $2.80.

Al :confused:

Extra with dead horse though.

[echnidna]

Extra with dead horse though.
hey that wasn't inthe rhyming slang post. :D

[bitingmidge]

I just have one question - what the hell is a piecost?

Somedays are diamonds!!
:D :D :D

P

[ryanarcher]

I just have one question - what the hell is a piecost?

holy smokes! someone bit! I had no idea either, but had the sense not to take that pill. :eek: :D

[Caliban]

Lucky you are a nice boy or someone would mention
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:D

[boban]

1. piecost
Acts like "dick4, butt4, assfer, ass4, penis4, cranfer, cran4, henway, etc."

Example 1

Pat: You're a poopyhead!
Me: Shutup you piecost!!!
Pat: Whats a piecost?
Me: 'Bout $3.50

Example 2

Mom: I'm going to the grocery store. What do you want me to get you?
ME: Get me some bread, milk, chips, henway, and some cookies.
Mom: What's a henway?
Me: 'Bout 5 pounds.


Source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=piecost&defid=811666

[Caliban]

this beats the hell out of work.

[outback]

Just goes to show, if ya knoe you've got the right bait, you gotta be patient, you'll get a bite sometime.

[DanP]

Sex is like a box of chocolates.
:eek: :eek: :eek: WRONG HOLE!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[DanP]

Sorry, couldn't help it...