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    Default WOODWORKING QUIZ for 7 July 04

    Good Evening Friends,
    When you rabbet the top and back side of a board 3/8" x 1/2", then flip the board 180 degrees and do the same on the back side of that edge you are doing what to the board? There is a name for this process.

    Respectfully,
    Ralph Jones Woodworking
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    Fixing your mistake.


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    Shiplapping.
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    Tongue.
    Ill give you one thing Ralphy, you dont give in easily.
    All the these uncouth bruteish Aussies give you, and you keep comeing back for more.

    Al

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    :eek:

    Ralph, don't listen to him!!!!! All this time I thought it was YOU giving US a hard time!!


    Warmest Regards,

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    Default WOODWORKING QUIZ ANSWER for 7 July 04

    Good Evening Friends,
    The correct answer was installed by Bob Wilson as it is indeed shiplap.
    The reason they called it ship lap was because that is the way they used to install the wood on the ships for better seal and they would use wooden nails called "trunnels" because when they got wet they would swell and hold the boards in place.

    Thank you for your compliment Al.

    Respectfully,
    Ralph Jones Woodworking
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    Actually another quiz of sorts for Ralph, if I may be so bold:

    Ralph,

    Could you please use your new-found metric conversion skills and let me know, what is the closest US size to A3?

    With the international standard paper system we typically use A4 as the standard letter size and it is a little larger than "US letter".

    The A series is cunningly contrived so that starting with A0, if you halve the size of the sheet you get the next size down (A1) and so on...

    This gives a convenient way of figuring paper sizes, and A3 is the standard format for larger documents (like small drawings etc). It is a standard size for photocopiers and ink-jet printers.

    If I was to publish drawings to roughly double letter size, what would be the standard in the USA?

    Thanks,

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    Good Evening bitingmidge,
    I'm afraid you have me on this one, as I could not find the conversion for fonts or paper size in the conversion charts.
    But, it is a very interesting question. I have always been a person who enjoys a challenge. Though this one has me stumped as I am not a printer.

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    Ralph Jones Woodworking
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    A3 297 / 420 in imperial is 11.6" / 16.5"
    Letter is 8.5" / 11"

    US B is 11" / 17"
    That is as close as I can find.

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    Bonjoure Midge.

    I dont know the size of a USA letter, but I do know the size of a French one.
    Tight. :eek:

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    Tight
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    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    I've found the same....can't get them past my ears.....

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    I bet you do a great Elephant Man impression
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    Now, now boys!!!

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    We used to have a mate whose nickname was "The Great White Elephant", or sometimes "Dumbo". When he'd had a few, he'd go up to a girl and ask "have you ever seen a white elephant?" Then he'd turn his trouser pockets inside out, undo his fly, and... well you get the picture. Great party trick.
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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