I'm a lazy typist so I copied the following from one of the message boards
I just joined:

I'm 58 years old and I just returned to woodworking after a break of 16
years after having a shed built last November (2011) that I'll be putting a
shop in. I haven't done much of any woodworking beyond home repairs and
haven't paid much attention to the field for a long time because I had no
place indoors to work. I had a shop of sorts on a partially enclosed porch
where I kept my tools so they would rust more slowly than out in the open.
The space was too small to do much of anything machine related. I had a
Shopsmith out there that I gave away several years ago after it became too
rusty to use. As soon as the shed was done I found a Shopsmith with band
saw on Craigslist and also a 2HP Reliant dust collector. I went to the
Woodworking show in Springfield, MA in January with the intention to see
what was new and get ideas of what I power tools I should start looking for
on Craigslist and Ebay. That was my intention until I ran across the
presentation given by Paul Sellers. Mind blowing. When I got home I looked
Paul up on Youtube, found his blog and was converted. I no longer want a
shop filled with power tools, noise and dust. I purchased the full set of
DVD's and his book Working Wood and signed up to take his Foundation Course
Part 1 at the New Legacy School of Woodworking in Greenwich, NY which I
took last weekend 4-20 to 4-21-2012. If you get the chance, go. Financially
it was a real stretch for me to go what with the fuel costs, lodging and
the cost of the course. It was worth every penny and then some. As soon as
I am able I'll attend Part 2. It's really amazing what sharp tools can do.
I have been scrounging Craigslist and Ebay for old tools and looking for
junk shops and antique outlets that sell tools. Yard sale season is warming
up here in VT. I found one shop where I bought a dozen hand saws for $30,
half of which I should have left in the store. I also found an 85 year old
man about ten miles from me who still sharpens all types of cutting tools,
he has the full Foley-Belsaw shop in his garage. I'm on Mr. Leach's mailing
list and have already purchased a toothing plane from him. Gorgeous tool
owned by a J.G. Chambers in 1966. I can't imagine what I'll do with it, it
looks like Mr. Chambers didn't know what to do with it either.  Right now
I'm watching over 125 auctions of tools on Ebay, tools I would realy like
to own but I'm letting them all go to test my will power, I've already
spent over $800 on old and new hand tools. Besides, I need to save some
dough for a new band saw.

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Kevin Patrick Wilkinson
Montpelier, Vermont

Vermont - It's Not Flat
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