K. L, McReynolds
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AAW American Association of Woodturners
AHJ Authority Having Jurisdiction (e.g. electrical inspector)
AGTH Always glad to help
AWW American WoodWorker magazine
Basement - Off Topic forum here on WoodNet
BB Baltic Birch
BF Board Foot (or feet)
BIL Brother in law
BLO Boiled Linseed Oil
BORG Villians on Star Trek: the Next Generation TV series who vow to assimilate all. Used to describe big box stores whose predatory marketing similarly threatens the smaller competitors.
BS Band Saw
BTDT Been There Done That
BTW By The Way
CA CyanoAcrylate (super glue)
CH Campbell Hausfeld, manufacturer of air compressers
CI Cast Iron
CMS Compound Miter Saw
CNC Computer Numeric Control (automated processing equipment usually involving router-like machinery)
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
CS Contractors (Cabinet, Circular, Chop) Saw (of what use is an abbreviation if it could conceivably mean any of four things, all in the same category?)
DAMHIKT Don't Ask Me How I Know This (not woodworking but one of the top two acronyms inquired after.)
DC Dust Collector
DIY Do It Yourself
DP Drill Press
DW DeWalt, manufacturer of power tools
EC Entertainment Center
EWP Eastern White Pine
FAS Firsts And Seconds (wood grading term)
FHB Fine Home Building magazine
FIFY Fixed It For You
FIL Father in law
FMT Leigh's Frame Mortise and Tenon jig
FOB Freight On Board
FWW Fine WoodWorking magazine
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
HBDT Half Blind Dovetail
HD Home Depot
HDT Heavy Duty Tools
HF Harbor Freight (or Hollow Form for the woodturners in the crowd.)
HTH HOpe That Helps
HWMNBN He Who Must Not Be Named
IBTL In Before The Lock
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IMHO In My Humble/Honest Opininion
IR Ingersoll-Rand, pneumatics products company
ITT In This Thread
KWIM Know What I Mean
LMAO Laughing My Azz Off
LN Lie-Nielsen, manufacturer of top quality planes
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LOML Love Of My Life
LOYL Love Of Your Life
LV Lee Valley, distributor of fine hand tools
M&T Mortise & Tenon
M12V an Hitachi router model number
MC Methylene Chloride (paint stripper)
___ Moisture Content
MDF Medium Density Fiberboard
MEK Methyl Ethyl Ketone
MIL Mother in law
MM Mini Max, manufacturer of woodworking machines
___ MilliMeter (25.4mm = in)
MS Mineral Spirits
MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
NEC National Electrical Code
NHLA National Hardwood Lumber Association
NYW New Yankee Workshop (also TNYW for The…)
OSB Oriented Strand Board
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Adminstration
OSS Oscillating Spindle Sander
OWWM Old WoodWorking Machines
PC Porter Cable, manufacturer of woodworking tools
PF Power Feeder
PM PowerMatic, manufacturer of woodworking machines
PSI Pounds per Square Inch
PT Pressure Treated
PVA PolyVinyl Acetates (white glue)
QFT Used so the OP can't go back and edit the original ____ post
QS Quarter Sawn
QSRO Quarter Sawn Red Oak
QSWO Quarter Sawn White Oak
QTRSWN QuarTeR SaWN
RAS Radial Arm Saw
RO Red Oak
ROFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROS Random Orbit Sander
RS Rift Sawn
RSWO Rift Sawn White Oak
RT Router Table
RTFM Read The "Fine" Manual
S4S Surfaced Four Sides
S2S Surfaced Two Sides
SCMS Sliding Compound Miter Saw
SIL Sister in law
SS ShopSmith, Scroll Saw, Saw Stop
SU SketchUp
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed. Description of character, She in H. Rider Haggard's eponymous 19th Century novel. Popularized in '80s British TV comedy, Rumpole of the Bailey. (not woodworking but one of the top two acronyms inquired after.)
SYP Southern Yellow Pine
TIA Thanks In Advance
TOH This Old House
TDC Top Dead Center
TIA Thanks in advance
TMI Too Much Information
TPI Teeth Per Inch
TS Table Saw
UHMW Ultrahigh Molecular Weight polyethylene
VS Variable Speed
WO White Oak
WRC Western Red Cedar
WTH What The Heck/Hay or other variations
WW'ing WoodWorkING
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
ZCI Zero Clearance Insert
Zipcode saw- A Sears 22104, 22114, or 22124 table saw.
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MIKE C.
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Very informative list... I got one question what does "IGIT' stand for? I been thinking it's a woodnetter or woodworker or something to that effect... 
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blackhat
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An Igit is what the basement was made of. 
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Joe Myers
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K.L. (McReynolds),
An updated list, i.e., "List of Acronyms - Updated nn/nn/nn" will be out in a day or two. I've already added about 40 new acronyms and still searching the different posts/threads/forums for additional suggestions/corrections.
I noted that you have been helping everyone on this "acronym" thing and I thank you greatly for it both from myself and those that use it. On that note, where would you suggest I put the new list so as to do the most good? (And this time, I'll try to keep it updated more frequently).
Again, thank you!
LNS and blackhat, I can't find any reference to IGIT but am going to guess "I Guess It's True" and will go with that for now.
Regards, Joe
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MIKE C.
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I don't think so Joe,
Cause these guys refer to Igit as in " we had an Igit get together" ... more of an adjective.
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Dave Arbuckle
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Joe Myers said:
LNS and blackhat, I can't find any reference to IGIT but am going to guess "I Guess It's True" and will go with that for now.
It isn't an acronym, Joe, it's a word. Trying to backform words into acronyms doesn't do much for the credibility of your list.
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BoJo
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While you're at it ... can you explain the "bump" and "bumpity-bump" that's used by some?
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blackhat
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Bump and its derivatives are used to bump a thread back to the top of a page.
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"He is not worthy to live at all, that for feare, or danger of death, shunneth his countries service, and his owne honour: seeing death is inevitable and fame of vertue imortall." - Sir Humphrey Gilbert circa 1576.
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Joe Myers
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For those that have missed it, there is a new list, "List Of Acronyms, Updated 4/17/2007" which can be found at: http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads...amp;sb=5&o=
Regards, Joe
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Bibliophile 13
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I just sat down to my computer today thinking, “Boy, someone should post a list of commonly-used abbreviations around here!” So I started making a list. Looks like you beat me to the punch! Great list! Here are a few that are conspicuous by their absence:
DT dovetail
IMO in my opinion (used almost as much as IMHO)
FWIW for what it’s worth
PM private message (yes, I’ve seen guys inquire about what this is….)
OP original post
LA low-angle, as in planes
IME in my experience
But maybe these are on the updated list anyway. Looking forward to the seeing the final version.
But I still don’t get what QFT stands for. I’ve seen it used mostly as an agreement. Am I just dense, here?
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Tutorials and Build-Alongs at The Literary Workshop
Edited by Bibliophile 13 (05/30/07 12:09 PM)
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Rick_B
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QFT - Quote for truth
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fivestring©™±
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Rick_B said:
QFT - Quote for truth
QFT!
actually "quoted for truth"
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oak
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qft... think there are a couple of uses...
some use it to reinforce their agreement with the poster..
some use it to quote the original poster (OP), before they can go in there and edit the remarks they made..
thats my take on it..
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Bibliophile 13
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Ah, that makes sense! Thanks. I wouldn't have guessed.
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Tradition cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labour.
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Tutorials and Build-Alongs at The Literary Workshop
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Patsfan
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Joe Myers said:
I can't find any reference to IGIT but am going to guess "I Guess It's True" and will go with that for now.
"Igit" (Idiot) was originally used as a derogatory term for basement (off topic) posters and it worn by them (us) as a badge of honor.
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Bones™
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Jump! 
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Kemosobe
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Joe Myers said:
For those that have missed it, there is a new list, "List Of Acronyms, Updated 4/17/2007" which can be found at: [url=http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/showfl
at.php?
Cat=&Number=3014148&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=]http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads...amp;sb=5&o=[/url]
Regards, Joe
This link is DOA. 
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Joe Myers
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Kemosobe said:
Joe Myers said:
For those that have missed it, there is a new list, "List Of Acronyms, Updated 4/17/2007" which can be found at: .......................
Regards, Joe
This link is DOA.
Kemosobe,
Don't know what happen to thread, it was there (I think), a couple of weeks ago. Reloaded it and should be at:
http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads...amp;sb=5&o=
Regards, Joe
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LHHS
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what does "wtb" mean? 
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17 to frown
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Joe Myers
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Nms,
WTB usually means "Wanted To Buy" and is found in the classified section. And I'm surprised that it isn't already in the "acronyms list" --- I'll add it on my next update if there is one.
Thanks for bring it to my attentions.
Regards, Joe
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Edited by Joe Myers (11/20/07 10:58 PM)
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genusCastor
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Joe Myers said:
Reloaded it and should be at:
http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads...amp;sb=5&o=
Regards, Joe
Joe -
Link is still no good.
Great idea, having an acronym list... But instead of maintaining two lists, why doesn't K.L. McReynolds keep this list updated?
And what does CL mean (as used here)?
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Dave Arbuckle
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Craigslist, http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html
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DIYdappler
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HF can also mean Hollow Form, as in turning a vase, etc.
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maglite
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I have another that might be nice to add...
I've seen someone using "HTH" on here, I assume from context that it means "Hope That Helps", but it took a me a minute or two to get it...
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Patsfan
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added. Thanks.
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"it's okay macky, with his typin skils, we got to know more what he's meanin than what he's sayin"
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AgGEM
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OOOOh, here are a couple,
CL - Craig's list, MIA - Missing In Action, God Bless them and their families.... and.....
Ag.
keep the political junk out. domed threads in OFF TOPIC only
Edited by Patsfan (09/16/08 05:04 PM)
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AgGEM
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That was NOT political at all, it was pure , CLEAN humor. But it is your call.....
Ag.
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Pedder
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What does LIL mean?
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Two Lawyers Tools - Klaus & Pedder bauen Sägen (sic!)
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barnowl
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Last In Line....to designate that a post is not necessarily in response to the immediate preceding post.
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Pedder
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Thank You!
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Two Lawyers Tools - Klaus & Pedder bauen Sägen (sic!)
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Irish
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igit....basement residents
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michaelb
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I've seen "QFT" as Quite * True.
What is "TTT"? I've seen it in the swap n sell threads a lot lately. I imagine it's like a bump, but can't get the handle on it...
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MikeMcCoy
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michaelb said:
I've seen "QFT" as Quite * True.
What is "TTT"? I've seen it in the swap n sell threads a lot lately. I imagine it's like a bump, but can't get the handle on it...
TTT+To The Top
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Andrew M.
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ARN, with reference to old WW machines?
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Patsfan
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Andrew M. said:
ARN, with reference to old WW machines?
ARN (pronounced IRON.)
HTH.
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Andrew M.
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Patsfan said:
Andrew M. said:
ARN, with reference to old WW machines?
ARN (pronounced IRON.)
HTH.
They use that as a Club name for events? I must be missing something. Maybe we need to add that to the list of acronyms.
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sam22bennett
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BORG? I thought we determined that came about as "Big Orange Retail Giant" referring to Home Despot
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bohunk24
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So what does DFW represent (not the airport, of course)? Have seen it used as "down for whatever," but I believe it's similar to NSFW.
Thanks - Lance
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law_kid
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What does "folf" mean?
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Patsfan
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I have seen DFW used to mean don't (mess) with
Folf or folfs is folk or folks. It came out of a typo here years ago and kind of got adopted.
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Peter Tremblay
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I can't find the meaning of 'HAND'
I've often seen it associated with HTH
Any ideas what it means
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A Squared
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Peter Tremblay said:
I can't find the meaning of 'HAND'
I've often seen it associated with HTH
Any ideas what it means
Peter
Have A Nice Day
Usually intended ironically
HTH
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DarkFlame
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This list should be required reading for all newbies (DAMHIKT  )!
The link to an updated list is giving this message:
Quote:
We could not find the post or forum that you were trying to access.
Please use your back button to return to the previous page.
I really appreciate the work that has gone into making this list. Perhaps the OPer (Original Poster) could edit their OP (Original Post) so that OP (Other People) (ok, I'm carried away - someone should carry me away) wouldn't have to read thru everything and could have the alphabetic index from which to work.
'twould be nice to have the words, when used in context, have a mouse-over pop-up-definition, but that would be both too hard to make happen and too easy for us newbies.
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Ted Jay
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sam22bennett said:
BORG? I thought we determined that came about as "Big Orange Retail Giant" referring to Home Despot
To BORG = Big Old Retail Giant
which could refer to any of the retail giant stores out there.
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ty ty ty! I have been going nuts wondering what a lot of these meant. I actually left the website a couple times because I couldnt understand the WW's lingo. Bump was driving me nuts, but I thought it was a persons way of showing they were in checking on their post. OP I just figured out 2 days ago although I figuered it out to be the person who started the thread a while ago. Glad I found this link. The DAMHIKT had me totally stumped though. I always learn something new everyday on this forum, including how little I actually know about wood and woodworking, when I thought I knew a lot. I'm finding out I'm just beginning to learn and look forward to learning from the best.
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Bob DeViney
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I don't think it's an acronym, but what does Gumping mean? I see it used in the basement.
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barnowl
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Gumping is a term that a long time member named the act of choosing to "Ignore this User", which is available to all members.
Just click on his name, and then look in the lower right hand side of your display for the option.
It's a referral to Forrest Gump, the movie. One of his lines was "And then he was gone!"
So, when you "Ignore a User", he is "Gumped".
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woodturner9
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What does "domed" mean?
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blackhat
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A domed post has the capitol icon in the title to denote its political content. Given the nature of poliposts, there is an option to make them invisible for those that prefer.
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what is- FWIW
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barnowl
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For What It's Worth
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kmccolly
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NOS?
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blackhat
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New old stock - something that didn't sell years ago and has been collecting dust since, still in its factory packaging.
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"He is not worthy to live at all, that for feare, or danger of death, shunneth his countries service, and his owne honour: seeing death is inevitable and fame of vertue imortall." - Sir Humphrey Gilbert circa 1576.
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n2bragg
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HT?
I have seen it mostly in the titles of tool swap n sell
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Rick_B
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HT = Hand Tool
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rwhite
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Being new to woodworking this is helpful. Thanks
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