Cleverness Contest: Win a Split Nut Driver#

If you write hilarious T-shirt slogans and have some hand saws with loose nuts (and who doesn't) then read on.

We're giving away three custom split-nut drivers made using the Pin-Eez tool. (If it doesn't sound like I'm typing English here, read this blog entry and it will all make sense.) The manufacturer of the Pin-Eez gave me these three tools last week to thank me for my blog entry.

So what do you have to do to win this fabulous split-nut driver? Be hilarious. We're trolling around for the next slogan to put on the back of our Lost Art Press T-shirts. We sold out of the ones that read "Rude Mechanicks Since 1678." Our latest T-shirt features the slogan "Boring Since 1678." Click here to see that shirt.

The slogan has to be short – six words or less. And it has to relate (obviously) to woodworking, hand tools, beer drinking, Joseph Moxon, Andre Roubo – or preferably all of those at once.

Here is how you enter: Simply post your slogan as a comment at the end of this blog entry before midnight, Friday, Feb. 6. Be sure to include an e-mail address so we can contact you. (This isn't a scam to collect your e-mail addresses; we're not that sophisticated.)

We'll pick our three favorite slogans and announce the three winners on Feb. 7. Each winner will receive a split-nut driver and a T-shirt with the current slogan.  

— Christopher Schwarz

Friday, January 30, 2009 1:53:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00) #    Comments [60]  | 

 

Friday, January 30, 2009 3:09:19 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hi

I have a few entries and I know one is more than 6 words but I liked it, so here they are:
- Buy your second tool first
- Go green, use handtools
- Sawdust is nolonger a novelty
- It's plane and simple, OK I lied about the simple

Thanks and good luck
Kevin
Kevin
Friday, January 30, 2009 3:53:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
"RELEASE YOUR SAW NUTS"

or

"FOR RELIEF OF SAW NUTS"
Jeremy Kriewaldt
Friday, January 30, 2009 4:20:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Trappist woodworkers are just plane nuts.
Baileys and Beer?
Chicks dig wood.
Roubo-licious since 1678.
Doing it the hard way since 1678.
Moxon, not moron!

William Hall
Friday, January 30, 2009 4:47:41 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Three different themes & eight suggestions. Some Friday afternoons are best spent this way.

Nothing beats a fluffy shaving
Fluffy shavings since 1678

Be human, use a tool
Tool users since 1678
Tool users for 2.5 million years

Build it stout - or stouter
Drink Ale, but build Stout
Drink Belgian Ale, but build Stout
Schreiber
Friday, January 30, 2009 5:10:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I have several so bear with me:

- I can count to ten.

-Norm, shnorm

-Oh yeah? well Moxon says....

-My Roubo is longer than yours.

-Old Tool

-SYP and Me, twisted and warped\

-ROUBO. Heavy. Long. Wide.

-Beause Moxon says so.

-Moxonite

-Split-nut Driver

-Society for the beatification of Moxon

- My Roubo crushes your Holtzapffel.


Enjoy!
Spencer Stricklin
Friday, January 30, 2009 7:50:04 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
- straight in length and breadth since 1678

- "It's office is to make great round holes"

- rising from the dawks

- semi-diametral

- unsizeable
Frank
Friday, January 30, 2009 7:51:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Help me tighten my saw's nuts
Jim Blue
Friday, January 30, 2009 8:19:58 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Deadman Sliding
Add Vice
Brace Yourself
Theory of Relativity, Flat and Square
Lost Art Press, where you go to get your nails cut
We pine for a new workbench
Draw bored
Friday, January 30, 2009 10:41:35 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hope everyone is doing well. Here's my suggestion:


We nail. We screw. We bolt.

If I had my druthers and more than six words, then I would put "Lost Art Press:" in front of it. It might make for a decent design anyway.


Lost Art Tool Co.
We Nail | We Screw | We Bolt
Est. 1678



The preview doesn't make it look right. Have a good weekend everyone!
Ben Davis
Saturday, January 31, 2009 3:22:31 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
On (or under) the bench since 1678
CatX
Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:58:50 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Made to drive you "R" Nuts
Not for use on the Mutt's
No tool like an Old Tool
Tool collectors play with theirs
My other tool's a Pineez
That’s inches away from a millimetre
Steven
Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:35:10 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Woodies Know Hand Jobs Are Best
Bubba
Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:47:53 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Yes dear, I really need that tool.
farms100
Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:34:27 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Cordless Since 1678

Mike
Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:31:36 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I've been benched...
Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:16:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Guinness powered woodworking (or woodworker, your choice!)

I hand drive my splitnuts.




Spencer Stricklin
Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:01:40 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Roubo's got some Moxie

Roubo Moxoness

Mox out your tools
Neil
Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:16:34 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Moxon--Hand Jobs since 1678

Moxon & Roubo-wasting away since 1678

Moxon & Roubo did it manually

Sawyers stroke better
Bubba
Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:56:58 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Making joints and using BLO since 1678

Real men do it on a Roubo
Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:21:07 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Ooops, read the 6 word limit a bit late.... Numbers don't count as words right? And "a" is a letter, not a word?!?! (please blame my interpretations on public schooling).

Plus with the current rate of inflation that 6 word limit should be 7 by now anyways... ;-]
Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:24:37 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Greetings,

I have a couple and the first one isn't mine but I'll share the procedes, but I haven't seen it yet:

May the Schwarz be with you, always.
I get the tools, wife gets the prizes.
Have you seen my curly maple shorts?
I am just plane silly (or crazy).
Bloodwood, not a slasher flick.
Air drying my wood since 1678.
WTV, Unplugged.
Have you seen my bow saw?

LQQK
Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:41:48 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Square since 1678
Happiness is a fine-tuned frog
Jack of all Planes
Plane English: Scrub, Jack, Fore, Jointer
Old saws have small nibs
Rabbet, rebate -- tomato, tomoto
My match planes are tongue and groove
My chisels are socket or tange
Norm who?
Roubo, Nicholson, Moxon and me
"With Hammer in Hand"
Sclemeel, schlemazel, Holtzapffel incorporated!
"Mazda 626 with a dogmeat camshaft" (I know it's not totally on topic but I love the phrase anyway)
Reduce tearout, start with a broad axe
Rude Mechanicks use ers not awls
"it’s not the arrows; it’s the Indian"
"What the Guys Say"
"It’s the higher center of gravity" or
"It’s higher – that gravity thing"
"Menuisiers en bâtiments"
"fo fhall the bounds of your Mortefs be ftruck" (too good to shorten)
"Are you guys the Oakridge Boys?"
"Yes, we're the Oakridge Boys"
"Accustomed to large, malodorous hairy things"
My wife s Chris Schwarz

Clearly, the quoted ones are mostly your words, or taken from your blog. Although Spencer Stricklin's "Oh yeah? well Moxon says..." is by far my favorite.)

Gerald
Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:37:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I have a keen edge and the forearm to prove it
Skilled woodworkers have shaved forearms
Shaving our forearms since 1678
Sometimes we finish by rubbing it out

I realize a couple of these exceed the limit but creativity can't be held down by "the man's" rules... plus these entries are much shorter than the legal entry of "Singing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious on Vesuvius causes pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"
Sunday, February 01, 2009 8:12:01 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Moxon - Mox Off
Real Planes Don't Fly
Chiselers are misunderstood
Celebrate your vise vice.
Sporting Wood since 1678

Rob
Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:01:48 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
electrons are optional
once upon a time in france
wood driven and beer powered
carving out a niche since 1678
damn the ions full bore ahead
peter absey
Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:12:19 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Chris,

Boring holes not people since 1678

Michael
Michael Rogen
Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:46:50 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
How about: "Shavings ensure a tight fit".

Saucy!
Glenn
Sunday, February 01, 2009 2:55:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
here's how i grab my nuts

my nuts are always tight how-r-yours

twist your nuts with Pin-Eez

always protect your nuts use Pin-Eez

get a grip on your nuts

"Get A Grip" get Pin-Eez




dave
Sunday, February 01, 2009 4:53:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hammered since 1678
bob
Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:59:53 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Trying Stuff since 1678
Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:10:17 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Trying the Hard Stuff Since 1678
Trying the Free and Soft Stuff since 1678
Monday, February 02, 2009 1:37:37 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
How about these:

"Power Outages Don't Scare Me"
"No re-booting since 1678"
"Moxon has left the building"
"Viva La Moxon"
"OCD Woodworker"
"Because ear plugs suck"
"So Many Benches; So Little Time"
"Joseph Moxon IS my president."
WWRD (What would Roubo Do?)
WWMD (What would Moxon Do?)
WWSD (What would Schwarz Do?)
"Living With Moxonitis Since 1678"

Thanks!

Glen Van Cise
Glen Van Cise
Monday, February 02, 2009 11:45:01 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
1. Split Nuts Rule

2. My Rule is 6 inches when folded in half

and in the limerick catagory:

I once knew a man from Nantucket
Whose bowsaw was so taught he could pluck it
He said with a grin as he wiped sweat from his chin
If bit were my name I would chuck it.

Dan Santos
www.dwsfinefurniture.com
Dan Santos
Monday, February 02, 2009 5:46:37 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
a roubo a rebours
rfrancis
Monday, February 02, 2009 5:46:48 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
This will work for all the "Chucks" out there.

"This Chuck strops for planes."

Jan (Chuck) Goris
Jan (Chuck) Goris
Monday, February 02, 2009 6:22:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
woodworking: furniture release and sawdust removal
Ed Lindley
Monday, February 02, 2009 11:36:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
How about...

Power cords are for sissies

Woodworkers can fit it anywhere

Wanna see my tenon?

My tenon wants a mortise

My kid saws better dovetails than your honor student!

Shavings & sawdust, breakfast of champions
Bob Mircetic
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:32:04 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
As a take-off on Bob's, above:

Making it fit since...
Glenn
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:08:26 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Pondering Nibs Since 1678
Mark Salomon
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:19:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
The Sharpest Tool since 1678
Dylan
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:43:16 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Old Tools Stimulate My Economy

Lowe's Doesn't Sell My Tools

Wanted: Really Old Tools

A Toast - to 1678!

16 score and 11 years ago...

Frogs, Knobs & Grog since 1678

Glen
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:53:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Been there. Done that. Tried again.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:55:31 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
How about:

"Going against the grain since 1678"

also substitute for

"planing against the grain since 1678"

cheers,

Jay
Jay yatulis
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:34:16 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
"Time-tested, Moxon approved"
spencer
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:12:57 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Here's my contribution, with or without 'since 1678':

"Bench dogs rule!"

"Supporting bench dogs"

"Preventing endgrain migraine ..."

"The knot stops here"

"Making ends meet ..."

"Cutting corners ..."

"A hone a day keeps the edge in play"

"Chopping fibres ..."

"Does your Lignum Vitae have a resumé?"

"Chasing rabbets ..."
Lance
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:08:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Alcohol is not a lubricant, EXCEPT

Cut List,Prodigious Prognostication

Accurate Eye, 17 and two lines

Color is not an option

Moxon Project Salvage Since 1678

DUSTY BEER AFFICIANADOS SINCE 1678

STROPPING EDGY BEER AFFICIANADOS SINCE 1678

PLANE SHAVING SINCE 1678

CLEVERNESS, WISDON OF A THOUSAND FAILURES

FACE GRAIN, END GRAIN, HOPS, BEER
J Para
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:29:46 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
"My other Holtzapffel is a Roubo"

"These dogs won't hunt"

"Plane geometry"

"Monkey see - Monkey do, over & over"
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:50:27 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
"Warranted"

"Dogs Hunted - Since 1678"

"Switches are for electricians"

"c. 1678 - A little long in the sawtooth"
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:04:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
These are all funny. How 'bout:

"Got Wood?"
or
"Like Wood?"
or
"Just add Wood"
or
"The Wood will set you free"

Vince

Vincent Bruy
Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:09:17 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
"IBJ
International Brotherhood of Joiners
Local 1678"
Dan Santos
Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:07:50 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Requirements: edge, end, face and beer

Hard benches and split nuts

Sharp Edges and Boring Tools Since 1678

Boring Old Tools Since 1678

I came, I sawed, I built (can anyone translate into Latin?)

Holding fast and keeping sharp

Moxonite Conspiracy Since 1678

Holtzapffel, Hardwood and Hops = Heaven

Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:29:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Front:
What Would a Woodworker Do?

Back:
Monochrome Image
handplane flanked with shavings, backed with a frosty mug, and an open copy of Moxon resting upon a Roubo bench

That should do it. Maybe drop a "Doing it since 1678" in there somewhere.
Friday, February 06, 2009 2:51:53 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Some more:

"Popping grain since 1678"

"1 board 6 sides 7 cuts 8 shelves"
Lance
Friday, February 06, 2009 6:52:09 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Go Ahead. Make my Deal
Friday, February 06, 2009 8:14:57 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
San Dimas High School Football Rules!

spencer stricklin
Friday, February 06, 2009 8:24:01 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
how about just:

"Auld lang syne"
or

"Old Lang Syne"
Spencer Stricklin
Friday, February 06, 2009 2:06:06 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
In his section on pit sawing, Moxon explains a term in "Workmen's Language" for boards that had been sawn half-a-kerf thinner than the 1" divider marks. The term is Inch-prickt. So, there's a good conversation starter and pretty funny too, I think:

Inch-prickt Since 1678
Dave Fisher
Friday, February 06, 2009 2:54:55 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
"Will Work Fore Planes"
Friday, February 06, 2009 10:18:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Chris, here are my ideas.

Mead, for whatever ales you
Hone often, or you will try harder
Trying too hard? Hone more often
Try, and truth will follow
Quit jacking around, try and smooth it
Scrolling created sawdust in Moxon's day
Tried and True? There's Moxon to it
Trying to be True
John Walkowiak
Saturday, February 07, 2009 9:49:39 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Putting square pegs in round holes since 1678.
Alan Grant
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