Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Should we have a M6 film loading contest?
From: "Zeissler, Mitch" <mzeissle@gcipoa.gannett.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:06:15 -0400

Years ago, when I was really into woodworking and on the rec.woodworking
list, I briefly held the title for making the thinnest continuous
shaving from basswood using a Lie-Nielsen low angle jack plane.  I
forget what the winning thickness was [it was about 4 or 5 feet long],
but the shaving had to be measured with a micrometer.  It was thin
enough to see fairly resolved shapes through and would take several
seconds to fall to the floor when I dropped it from a height of about 7
feet.  My wife still has it tacked to the wall at her work.

I got rid of all my woodworking gear to fund the repair of the Leicas
that my father-in-law gave me [back on topic] and haven't looked back.

/Mitch Zeissler


- -----Original Message-----
From: Lee, Jonathan [mailto:Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 4:23 PM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: RE: [Leica] Should we have a M6 film loading contest?

<<snip>>

For more silly contests check out www.hidatool.com for Kezurou-Kai, a
contest to make the longest, thinest continuous wood shaving from a hand
plane. 

Have a good laugh

<<snip>>
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