What is it? LXXXI

Show me the speaker grille on a bicycle bell and I'll show you one on a metronome.

;-)

I own a metronome very similar to the one pictured.

djb

Watch out there Dave. You're "dating" yourself with that comment. That style is pretty ancient. Guess it doesn't matter all that much though, as we all know we're just a bunch'a old fa**s here on the wRECk.

According to Dave Balderstone :

A bicycle bell does not *need* a speaker grille, as the bell itself is the sound radiating surface.

A mechanical (clockwork) metronome also does not need a speaker grille, as the sound production is mechanical, and it is transmitted directly to the air through the case.

However, an electronic metronome must have some kind of transducer to convert the electronic pulse into sound, and this usually means a speaker, which ideally should have a speaker grille to protect the speaker from damage.

Looking at the image, it looks as though this is a set of electronics which had been put loose in a container, and then had epoxy mix poured in. Note the rounded corners. And in particular, it *looks* as though the edge of the object has a meniscus from the surface tension of the epoxy holding to the edges of the container in which it was potted. (It could be that the image is causing an optical illusion, and the edges are actually rounded -- in which case the speaker could be sending out the partially open back.) Saving the image, bumping the gamma up a bit, and enlarging it to fill the screen suggests that may be the case, and that the front panel has a mix of different colors of plastic, instead of me seeing reflections from irregular surface curvatures which is what I *thought* that I was seeing.

Enjoy, DoN.

An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick) shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad pass we've come to.

I bet #467 has a xenon tube on the other side and is a stroboscope.

I'm willing to bet that even among wreckers, a relatively small percentage have used a froe or an adze in the past six months.

todd

I'm doing my best! Tomorrow's plan is to forge up a dozen or so shiny new froes. They'll be going out through local shops, or eBay,

(if you want a froe for green woodworking in SW England, drop me an email)

But one would hope that they would at least know what they are....

A carpenter's adze to be specific..

Tom

OK gang, I stand corrected. Never could keep them straight!

Sometimes referred to as a "shin hoe" (ouch), which may have something to do with the adze's fall from favor.

Ned Simmons

No - trades still use both. Cedar shingles...

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Andy D> >

You can hope all you want but some of us have trouble just remembering.

Well, I've seen both in action and know what they are (or at least what they do), but I could have flip-flopped the names if asked.

todd

Just saw an advertisement for double-sided adze's, with two different curvatures of the edge on the two sides. The seller warns against buying them if you are nor proficient in the use of an adze because of the greatly increased risk of injury. He likewise cautions against the purchase of double headed felling axes by the unexperienced.

| In article , | snipped-for-privacy@codesmiths.com says... || On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" || wrote: || ||| 466 a Froe? || || An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a || (thick) shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? || What a sad pass we've come to. || | | Sometimes referred to as a "shin hoe" (ouch), which may have | something to do with the adze's fall from favor.

Makes a good solid "kunk" sound if it hits squarely mid-shin. DAMHIKT.

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

I grew up using double-bitted axes, tried a single once and just didn't care for it. It just didn't "feel" right. A little hint for people splitting firewood . . use your oldest, most beat-up dullest axe. This forces the wood grain apart, where a sharp axe slices through the grain instead of splitting.

For making kindling.

--hm

Then the combination of the illumination, the exposure, and JPEG artifacts made it look like a concave meniscus instead of the convex edges of the molded Bakelite housing.

Enjoy, DoN.