New Camera and Old Planes
Well, it arrived, and it's a beauty...
As best I can tell (cameras and I have a hate/hate relationship) this is a 10 Mpx Canon Rebel XS, and has more intellectual horsepower than NASA used to put a man on the moon back in '69. (And that's no joke BTW.) It really is a stunning piece of engineering and optics. Wow... Just wow... Down the road, there may be more lenses, but that's not even a remote issue right now... If I could offer just one bit of advice for anyone considering a quality camera, it would be this: be sure to buy a decent tripod (apx. $30) and a remote shutter trigger (apx. $30 also). The finest camera in the world, with all its image stabilization wizardry, still won't measure up to a remotely triggered system on a stable platform.
Now, about those planes...
Kind of a dichotomy from the camera ain't they? From left to right they are: a 1910 Bailey #4; a treasured 70-year-old Stanley #3; an 1800's coffin-sided smoothing plane; and a modern ECE palm plane. When properly sharpened and tuned, each can easily nudge 1/100ths of an inch accuracy.
What to do with all this technology be it 21st or 19th? Well, in the case of the former, I'm afraid that there isn't much that can be done (at least for me), but the latter, that's a different story. There is nothing so serene as shaping wood with a sharp plane. (Note all the shavings in the shot above. Are those cool or what?) The hutch is slowly coming together. After that, I'll probably build a few boats and sell them. Anyone want to buy a Gloucester Light Dory??? After that, no doubt Mrs. CCA will have more projects...
See you by the feeders and the sawdust,
CapeCodAlan
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Comments
CCA,
Congrats on your new aquisition Cannon Rebel XS. I'm jealous with much envy. Good luck with it.
This morning I woke up and was walking to the Kitchen when I saw out the sliding glass doors, laying on the patio, one of my doves. I was stricken with dismay. What in the world could have killed my dove, I ask myself. Maybe a cat, a hawk, maybe just old age, or was it something in my birdseed that killed it?
Finally, I got up enough courage to go outside to examine it. Low-and-behold, it was a palm fron which looked just like a dove from inside. Whewww! What a relief.
Cheers,
Harry "Gipper" Morris
Posted by: Harry "Gipper" Morris | July 14, 2010 2:54 PM
Hi Harry,
Glad to hear of the good news... Occasionally we get a "window strike" - heartbreaking.
CCA
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July 14, 2010 11:40 PM