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I am relitivly new to this site, and because for the most part I taught myself to do most of the stuff that I know how to do, I am unfamilir with some of the lingo that people use.

For example, can someone tell me what PITH stands for?

Also, if you use or know of other acronyms and strange lingo that is used in relation to pen making, please post them as well.

Thanks,
Jeremy
 
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PITH stands for Pen in the Hat. It is essentially a pen swap. Other acronyms you might run across are:

TBC: turning between centers. Using two 60 degree centers (a live center in the tail stock and a dead center in the head stock).

CA: Cyanoacrylate glue -- super glue

PSI: Penn State Industries

CSUSA: Craft Supplies USA. Also known as WTC (woodturnerscatalogue.com)

WC: Woodcraft

There are many others. Take a look in the library in the general reference section and check out some of the basic documents. They should have some good info for new penturners.
 
Pen In The Hat( PITH )
Also go to the library and under General References there are Acronyms in there.

Lin.
 
Hi Jeremy,

Have a look at the PDF file. It was written in 2009, but most of them are valid.

http://content.penturners.org/library/general_reference/Acronyms.pdf

JeremyLP said:
I am relitivly new to this site, and because for the most part I taught myself to do most of the stuff that I know how to do, I am unfamilir with some of the lingo that people use.

For example, can someone tell me what PITH stands for?

Also, if you use or know of other acronyms and strange lingo that is used in relation to pen making, please post them as well.

Thanks,
Jeremy
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NewLondon88 said:
The most important acronym for most people is SWMBO

This is the person most likely to control the purchase of
new toys for the workshop. or the sleeping arrangements,
should you avoid the controls already in place.
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Speak for yourself there is no SWMBO at my house...there is a SWCBAPITA at times but when push comes to shove we both pretty much do what we want. I pay the bills and don't put any restrictions on her spending when we have the money. If she wants it she can have it - ditto for me if I want it I can have it as long as I can pay for it.

btw - we do not go into debt for anything except cars all other purchases are paid at the end of the credit card cycle. We purchase almost everything on credit card and pay in full every month. So we know what's in the bank is ours and can be spent if we need to.
 
Just had to go read through the acronyms to see if there were any I didn't know. Discovered a glaring omission (which may not be relevant in Canada) - HF Harbor Freight :tongue:
 
NewLondon88 said:
Smitty37 said:
Speak for yourself there is no SWMBO at my house...
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Ahh.. spoken like a man whose wife doesn't have internet access :tongue:
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Actually she does - has her own computer in fact and uses mine if I'm not at it. I married a woman not a drill sergeant, I don't boss her around and she doesn't boss me around.
 
Smitty...
SWCBAPITA :confused: :confused: = she who controls both :biggrin: ????? sorry not enough wake up juice to get the brain wrapped around this one.
 
lyonsacc said:
You can't have an acronym post on this site without WTF :eek: (Wood Turners Finish).
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'WTF is a Wood Turner's Finish ?' ('?' optional LOL!)

First discovered all these weird acronyms about a decade and a half ago as I stumbled upon USEnet (motorcycle news groups I started with - it was for my job (seriously!) and they had a whole bunch of 'in' ones there was no definition of anwhere else) - it's actually frightening to recall how frightened I was.

I STR my fave back then was 'IITYWIMIWHTKY'.

',;~}~

FlowolF
 
The other definition of pith since we are a wood centric crowd (at times)

At the center of a log is the original tree stem, called the pith, surrounded by a zone of very unstable wood. When you have a fresh cut piece of wood you plan on drying for a later purpose, it's good to split it in half and remove the pith as it will usually cause the wood to split in ways you may not want it to.
 
plano_harry said:
Just had to go read through the acronyms to see if there were any I didn't know. Discovered a glaring omission (which may not be relevant in Canada) - HF Harbor Freight :tongue:
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We have our own version PA (Princess Auto) :biggrin:
As for SWMBO I don't have one either... our arrangement is very like Smitty's (in fact this is her computer I use) she has full access to my stuff & I to hers. She encourages me to get new stuff. In fact she went out & bought me my current lathe, lugged it home & got it into the house on her own while I was away (it only weighs 110lbs!).
For me, our partnership is about supporting each other, not dictating what the other can do.
Maybe Smitty & I are just very lucky! :biggrin:
 
Kretzky said:
plano_harry said:
Just had to go read through the acronyms to see if there were any I didn't know. Discovered a glaring omission (which may not be relevant in Canada) - HF Harbor Freight :tongue:
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We have our own version PA (Princess Auto) :biggrin:
As for SWMBO I don't have one either... our arrangement is very like Smitty's (in fact this is her computer I use) she has full access to my stuff & I to hers. She encourages me to get new stuff. In fact she went out & bought me my current lathe, lugged it home & got it into the house on her own while I was away (it only weighs 110lbs!).
For me, our partnership is about supporting each other, not dictating what the other can do.
Maybe Smitty & I are just very lucky! :biggrin:
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Either that or smart enough to pick the right woman to marry.
 
FlowolF said:
lyonsacc said:
You can't have an acronym post on this site without WTF :eek: (Wood Turners Finish).
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'WTF is a Wood Turner's Finish ?' ('?' optional LOL!)

First discovered all these weird acronyms about a decade and a half ago as I stumbled upon USEnet (motorcycle news groups I started with - it was for my job (seriously!) and they had a whole bunch of 'in' ones there was no definition of anwhere else) - it's actually frightening to recall how frightened I was.

I STR my fave back then was 'IITYWIMIWHTKY'.

',;~}~

FlowolF
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If I thought you were ignoring me I would have to kill you. ???????
 
FlowolF said:
Smitty37 said:
Either that or smart enough to pick the right woman to marry.
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I believe the majority of us do pick the right woman to marry.

Who she is after we've married is all to often an entirely different affair however. <cough>

FlowolF <checksovershoulderhitssubmitreplyquickly>
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Hmmmmm, I think divorce rates around 50%
for first marriages and 67% for second along with the average length of marriage being 11 years kind of implies that a majority of us do not pick the right spouse. But that's just me....:biggrin::biggrin:
 
Smitty37 said:
FlowolF said:
Smitty37 said:
Either that or smart enough to pick the right woman to marry.
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I believe the majority of us do pick the right woman to marry.

Who she is after we've married is all to often an entirely different affair however. <cough>

FlowolF <checksovershoulderhitssubmitreplyquickly>
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Hmmmmm, I think divorce rates around 50%
for first marriages and 67% for second along with the average length of marriage being 11 years kind of implies that a majority of us do not pick the right spouse. But that's just me....:biggrin::biggrin:
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Well I been married 10 years come this August - you tryin' to scare me now?!?

BTW - I showed my wife this thread and she thought it was hilarious. However tonight I sleep with a lockable crotch-box on, just to be sure.


FlowolF
 
FlowolF said:
Smitty37 said:
FlowolF said:
Smitty37 said:
Either that or smart enough to pick the right woman to marry.
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I believe the majority of us do pick the right woman to marry.

Who she is after we've married is all to often an entirely different affair however. <cough>

FlowolF <checksovershoulderhitssubmitreplyquickly>
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Hmmmmm, I think divorce rates around 50%
for first marriages and 67% for second along with the average length of marriage being 11 years kind of implies that a majority of us do not pick the right spouse. But that's just me....:biggrin::biggrin:
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Well I been married 10 years come this August - you tryin' to scare me now?!?

BTW - I showed my wife this thread and she thought it was hilarious. However tonight I sleep with a lockable crotch-box on, just to be sure.


FlowolF
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Well we've (my bride and I) are working on 51 in about 2 months or so. Heck we were married 20 years before my mother-in-law would concede that it mignt --- might mind you, not would---last.:smile:
 
Smitty37 said:
FlowolF said:
Smitty37 said:
Either that or smart enough to pick the right woman to marry.
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I believe the majority of us do pick the right woman to marry.

Who she is after we've married is all to often an entirely different affair however. <cough>

FlowolF <checksovershoulderhitssubmitreplyquickly>
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Hmmmmm, I think divorce rates around 50%
for first marriages and 67% for second along with the average length of marriage being 11 years kind of implies that a majority of us do not pick the right spouse. But that's just me....:biggrin::biggrin:
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OK, I wasn't going to get in on this, but......... IMHO, when you make it official with someone, you got to remember that it doesn't suddenly become 2 personalities. It becomes 3, "your", "her", and the new one that begins to develop that becomes "US". It goes way beyond thinking about the other one's feelings. To be sure That has to be, but its much more.

Its the middle ground, as it were, where you think and act on what the other person's needs are. Giving and taking what she/he gives. Helping out with what the other one desires are, if they want.

Sylvia just spent 5 hours in the garage, helping me organize stuff, without complaining. I didn't ask for the help, but she offered it.

This kind of rambling, I know, but kind of tired after today's work. My wife and I are working on 49 Years.

Russ
 
monark88 said:
OK, I wasn't going to get in on this, but......... IMHO, when you make it official with someone, you got to remember that it doesn't suddenly become 2 personalities. It becomes 3, "your", "her", and the new one that begins to develop that becomes "US". It goes way beyond thinking about the other one's feelings. To be sure That has to be, but its much more.

Its the middle ground, as it were, where you think and act on what the other person's needs are. Giving and taking what she/he gives. Helping out with what the other one desires are, if they want.

Sylvia just spent 5 hours in the garage, helping me organize stuff, without complaining. I didn't ask for the help, but she offered it.

This kind of rambling, I know, but kind of tired after today's work. My wife and I are working on 49 Years.

Russ
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Oh well, y'had to go an do it - get all 'smushy' and 'touchy-feely' and all, like *real* and stuff, when we wuz juss havin' us all a good naughty-boy giggle and such <sigh... >

',;~}~ (to anyone wondering what that <there to the left is that I keep

typing in posts, well it's what my face looks like when I'm grinning, but laid sideways LOL)


My good lady wife and I 'knew' each other the minute we met - instant punch line to each other's jokes. Finishing each other's sentences. We were of 'a' mind, and we found we loved so many of the same things.

It took us 3 years of marriage before we had our first argument of any kind, and not because those years had been easy, either, and in fact this last decade since we were married has been the hardest decade of either of our lives by a far reach.

We are both each other's rocks and each other's wings.

Our similarities bond us so solidly, but our differences keep us each fascinated with and by the other.

We don't need pedestals for each other - we adore each other with our feet on the ground.

We'd each give up anything we loved for the other, but the other would only hand it right back.

And yes we are 3 - Her, and I, and Us, but there are no recognisable boundaries, no gaps in between.

More in love now than we ever were, and I would choose no one else to share all this with.

FACTS.


Of course it helps that she can take a punch <ducksarfc!>

',;~}~

FlowolF
 
Smitty37 said:
Well we've (my bride and I) are working on 51 in about 2 months or so. Heck we were married 20 years before my mother-in-law would concede that it mignt --- might mind you, not would---last.:smile:
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LOL!

Well she and I have both been lucky there - both our mothers could see it from the start. Been a few times since the start they've climbed 'onto the fence about it' (but that's neither here, nor there.)

',;~}~


FlowolF - Congrats Smitty to you and your wife on 50+ good years (and all you other long suf... married couples!) - Kath and I love the success stories like yours, us all these days being sourrounded by so many troubled and broken relationships, and folks marrying for not one of the right reasons, then walking away as soon as it gets sticky.
 
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