GGs,
Scott mentions a lack of bios. I checked and it appears mine has vaporized 
So ...

I was a newbie to the WWW on or about 1995. (was using win3.1 on a 386) I 
had been doing the BBS thing. I discovered

REC.WOODWORKING and all wasn't well. It seemed the fellowers over there were 
more interesting in blasting other folks than

woodworking. I heard of a new group of kinder gentler folks who actually 
talked about tools use and origin, even techniques

in woodworking. I joined the OLDTOOLS GROUP.  At the time I was in the 
process of reworking two old houses one about 30 years

old and one around 80-90 years old. I took out walls, pulled up floors, 
replaced trim, etc. I made furniture for us and our

children. My day job at that time was maintenance in a major papermakers 
mill. This was the kind of place galoots dream

about. We had five machines with steam turbines driving line shafts. My 
present job is  production worker in a facility that

builds boats for the US Navy. I make my living building steel hull boats I 
spend my off time working wood as time permits.

I'm in the process off building a metal working shop. It has no electric 
power going to it (a galoot kinda place).

Greg 

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