[Woodworkers] Another goodie from YouTube

[Al Shields via Woodworkers]

Cost you $1.00, Cost the state $100 for the stolen stop sign!
Don't tell us you found it at the junk yard...

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Joe Johns via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> I ain't ashamed to admit it - I'm a YouTube whore!
>
> Every night I'm out there walking my beat, turning tricks and selling
> myself to every two-bit clown who did a video on some shop-made tool or
> some lamebrain idea on a plastic shredder.  It's terrible and someone has
> to stop me - my greatest nightmare is discovering an end to YouTube and
> then I'm driving to Post Falls where I beat the snot outta Dave b'cuz
> that's whose fault it is.
>
> Well, last Friday I was back on my beat and found a video of a center
> finder.  I watched the first 7 seconds of it and said out loud, "I've been
> threatening to make one of these for years!"
>
> In the past I used a straight edge and did the corner-to-corner
> thing...for years!  In fact, every single time I did the corner-to-corner
> thing I would say, "One of these days I'm gonna make a center finder."
>
> The very next day I went in the shop like a Southern Baptist preacher
> spouting fire 'n brimstone, "Stand back away from MEEEEEEE you retched
> machines and tools and watch MEEEEEE make a center finder!"  I swear, I was
> doing so good with my preaching lightning was zapping everywhere.
>
> Folks, it took me no longer'n 45 minutes to make this.  I ended up using
> 1/2" MDO for the body.  The blade is a strip of aluminum I cut from a stop
> sign.  Also, the model is done for you right-handed scum but on mine I
> flipped the blade (it's also in version 8 for those of you who haven't
> upgraded to 2015).
>
> The SketchUp file...
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27445473/CenterFinder.skp
>
> If you don't have/use SU then I give you these pics of it with dims (the
> blade is 1 1/4" wide)...
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> --
> Joe,
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