[TheForge] Gazinta (Re: shuttle)

[Steve Smith]

Mike Spencer wrote:
> Frosty quoth:
>>A vertical gazinta Ralph? Is that another CanadiAN thing?
> 
> That's "gazinta" <comma> "Ralph".  Sheesh.  It's a New Hampshire
> thing, like ped-X-ing.

I offer from my own personal knowledge that Ralph Sproul is nothing like 
a ped-X-ing.

> In an off-list message, Ralph Sproul mentioned,
> 
>     ...the wonderful world of "Gazintas" This goes inta that, and that
>     goes inta this.
> 
> referring to universal mounts for vises, jigs, tool supports etc. made
> from sleeving trailer hitch stock.  I bought some stock, haven't found
> a place where I need a Gazinta(tm) except, now, somewhere to put this
> humongous vise that's too heavy for me to carry around and for which I
> have no patch of open floor I'm willing to give up permanently.  None
> of my workbenches are heavy enough for this thing and besides, I want
> to be able to use it 360 degrees around.

So Mike, are you going to add a floor pocket to an existing concrete 
floor? This sounds improbable. How?

Steve