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A photograph of my wood working project for the month of July 2008 HRG |
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Howard R. Gain
July 28, 2008
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A photograph of my wood working project for the month of July 2008 HRG |
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The above tables were my wood project during the month of June 2008. I relocated the banana bush, given to us by our son-in-law, to our back yard in March 2008. HRG. |
ANTIQUE grindstone The grindstone I am using in the photo is over a hundred years old. It has been modified to be motor driven, and I recently replaced the legs with oak to which I added casters (rollers). The casters facilitate movement of the unit, which in its entirety weighs over a hundred pounds. I frequently use the grindstone to sharpen tools, especially my lathe knives I use to turn wood in furniture making, such as the legs on the tables in the left photo. The lower part of the stone is submerged in water. The water is picked up and distributed around the stone as it turns which keeps cool the tool being sharpened, a very keen edge is the result. An overheated tool will tend to lose its temper (hardness), and a dry stone will tend to wear rapidly. I fabricated the water trough out of aluminum flashing and used roofing cement to seal the seams. The hanging bucket catches most of the water that does not return to the trough.
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My Dad, D. Riley Gain; Mother, Lelia (Hill) Gain, and me. I had just returned home from my second tour in Korea. Home was at the mouth of East Run and Big Flint, Doddridge Co., WV. Photo by Howard R. Gain - Spring 1959.
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Walnut china cabinet designed and built by Howard R. Gain is of black walnut from our Doddridge Co., WV farm. We cut and milled the walnut tree on our farm circa 1994. The chinaware displayed on the top and center shelves is pieces from the set we purchased in Munich, Germany during our army assignment in West Germany from March 1965 to December 1967. The chinaware displayed on the second and bottom shelves is pieces from the set I purchased in Yokohama, Japan on my return back to the US from my second tour in South Korea, March 1959. The mountain in the background on the dishes is Mt. Fuji, Japan. HRG
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Walnut table designed and built by Howard R. Gain of wood from our Doddridge County, WV farm - Completed May 13, 2008
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Same table with cover. Betty bought the table cover from a lady in Munich, Germany during our army assignment there - March 1965-Dec 1967.
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The same store building as that on the right. The rubble was the home in which I was born on Feb 14, 1930 in minus 30-degree weather. Photo by Howard R. Gain, June 25, 2005
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Our First Store Building on Big Flint, Doddridge County, WV, at mouth of Neds Run. I was born in the house to the left of the store (not visible in picture) on February 14, 1930. The horseshoe pitcher is my Dad, David Riley Gain - He was a champion!
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Site of the one-room school which I attended 1935-1938. I walked around the hill above the store and past a huge sugar maple tree for about 200 yards to Alpha School. The school building stood at the below site.
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Gain's Store Mouth of East Run and Big Flint - Mid 1940's to 1975. The person in front of the store is Lou Romine Photo by Howard R. Gain - Circa 1954
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Leona Carpenter and Burnice Smith - Teachers at the Carr Grade School on Big Flint - Circa 1970 Photo By Howard R. Gain
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Howard R. Gain Family at Lake Eibsee, Photo by Howard R. Gain during our army assignment in West Germany 1964-1967 From left to right; Lynda (Pat Curran's Widow), Sandy (in California), Nancy (in Ohio), Phil (in FL), Betty (wife, FL).
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