Today's MacGyver Quiz

On May 30, 4:23 am, Bob wrote:
I hand carved one gear from a chunk of ebony I had left over from some
woodworking I'd done and the other from a scrap piece of cocobolo.
They worked for another four years, outlasting the rest of the car.
They were also the prettiest gears you ever saw. g

Regards,
Bob Hunt

This is OT, but I've got to ask: What were the original uses for the
ebony and cocobolo? What were you making?

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On May 30, 9:01*pm, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:
"Bob" wrote: *(clip) They worked for another four years, outlasting the rest

of the car.
They were also the prettiest gears you ever saw. g
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Bob, this is the scenario I'd like to imagine: *Your car ends up in a
wrecking yard (Oh, excuse me--auto parts recycler) still equipped with those
wooden gears. *Someone else comes along with the same headlight flip-up
problem you originally had, and finds those beautiful hand-made gears.
Question: *does he buy them?

He should but who knows?

Regards,
Bob Hunt

On May 31, 12:07*pm, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On May 30, 4:23 am, Bob wrote:

*I hand carved one gear from a chunk of ebony I had left over from some
woodworking I'd done and the other from a scrap piece of cocobolo.
They worked for another four years, outlasting the rest of the car.
They were also the prettiest gears you ever saw. g

Regards,
Bob Hunt

This is OT, but I've got to ask: *What were the original uses for the
ebony and cocobolo? *What were you making?

- Frank Krygowski

The ebony was left over from a box I made to contain the ashes of a
dead pet (I'm sentimental I guess) and I regripped several pistols
using the cocobolo.

Regards,
Bob Hunt