Sindt: It's him!

Hiro Ringo · Post by **Hiro Ringo** » Fri May 28, 2004 11:11 pm

The other day,I happened to find these web sites.

http://data.ldeo.columbia.edu/test/dale ... b/DSC00006

http://data.ldeo.columbia.edu/test/dale ... trumentLab

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat May 29, 2004 8:00 am

So that's why the long waiting list...it's those coffee breaks.

Post by **Dale** » Sat May 29, 2004 8:02 am

Wow. Great find. He tends to be a bit elusive.

Dale

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:17 am

Yeah that's him-He's the MAN o.k.!

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:20 am

Yikes - is he NEKKID?!?!?!

Is THAT the trick to great whistle smithing??

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:59 am

A topless Sindt picture!

Post by **Dale** » Sat May 29, 2004 11:45 am

To each his own, but I always thought that nudity, semi-nudity, and power tools were just a bad combination.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sat May 29, 2004 11:59 am

DaleWisely wrote:To each his own, but I always thought that nudity, semi-nudity, and power tools were just a bad combination.

I dunno. I was fully clothed when I stuck the tip of the middle finger of my left hand into the table saw. (Took nine months before I could even think of pressing a guitar string with that finger.)

Which reminds me. The guy at the pharmacy in the Army hospital who handed me my various medications after the gaping wound had been bound told me the following story:

Seems his father ran a cabinet shop. One of the workers cut off a finger in the bandsaw. Some time later, a fellow came by from the insurance company to find out how it had happened. The victim stood at the bandsaw and said, "I turned on the saw, and I went..." -- and cut off the next finger over.

I wonder if the insurance company decided to add an intelligence test to its reqirements.

Post by **Dale** » Sat May 29, 2004 5:29 pm

I smashed a finger once by this sequence of intelligent behavior.

1. Open the bathroom door of a hotel to ask my wife, who was in the shower, a question.

2. Put my hand on the door frame.

3. Allow my thumb to slip in between the door and the door frame, near the hinge.

4. Close the door quickly, WITHOUT REMOVING MY HAND.

When my thumb was smashed, it felt like an electric shock, followed by a few seconds of no pain but a fainting sensation.

Then the pain, which came in overwhelming waves.

Then the end of the fainting sensation due to actually fainting.

Then being aroused from the faint by the pain.

Then fainting a 2nd time.

raindog1970 · Post by **raindog1970** » Sat May 29, 2004 5:42 pm

DaleWisely wrote:To each his own, but I always thought that nudity, semi-nudity, and power tools were just a bad combination.

Nah... it's nudity, semi-nudity, and frying bacon that are a bad combination!

I often work shirtless and wearing shorts in my shop because there's no air conditioning, so John was being even safer than me!

Parcour25 · Post by **Parcour25** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:18 pm

Hiro.

I admire your respect and consistant admiration of John Sindt.

(could I ask, without hijacking this thread). I ordered 4 - 5 of his whistles about 10 months ago... Maybe close to a year now, not sure. I've send 2 or three emails over the last several months, none returned or replied too. The lady was very friendly and coutrteous when I first placed the order, and accomodated a change or two. I knew the wait was 9 or 10 months. I moved 7 months ago, same city. I would like to get in solid contact now that the normal wait time is over. Could you suggest something. Thx!

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:13 pm

raindog1970 wrote:
DaleWisely wrote:To each his own, but I always thought that nudity, semi-nudity, and power tools were just a bad combination.
Nah... it's nudity, semi-nudity, and frying bacon that are a bad combination!
I often work shirtless and wearing shorts in my shop because there's no air conditioning, so John was being even safer than me!

Do you mean he wasn't wearing shorts?

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:24 pm

In a lot of situations, clothing is a hazard around machinery, as is long hair. Many spinning machine parts can grab fabric or hair and pull the operator into the machinery. Although some people wear gloves when operating power tools, I avoid them unless it's so cold there's danger of frostbite. And I wear short sleeves, or long sleeves with close fitting cuffs. If I'm wearing a sweater, I push the sleeves up away from my wrists when I'm using the table saw so there's no loose fabric anywhere near the blade.

Best wishes,
Jerry

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:26 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:In a lot of situations, clothing is a hazard around machinery, as is long hair. Many spinning machine parts can grab fabric or hair and pull the operator into the machinery. Although some people wear gloves when operating power tools, I avoid them unless it's so cold there's danger of frostbite. And I wear short sleeves, or long sleeves with close fitting cuffs. If I'm wearing a sweater, I push the sleeves up when I'm using the table saw so my wrists are bare and there's no loose fabric anywhere near the blade.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Jerry, reading about blades and bare wrists in the same sentence gives me the shivers.

I can see why you wouldn't want anything hanging around that might be caught in the spinning machinery.

Tight speedos, then! and goggles. You'll look like a swimmer!

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:43 pm

Cloth offers no protection from sawblades and the like. Fabric puffing out from wrists and forearms, draping near spinning machine parts give me the willies much worse than bare hands and arms the same distance from the blades.

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