Welcome Kevin.  Great place, the porch is.  Come get you a drink and
"set-a-spell".

Now, unlike everyone else, I assumed you wanted a band saw that you could
connect up to the treadle that you naturally are going to have to build -
just because you don't already have one.  Aren't you?  He he!

Doc
Welcome back to the woodworking world and have fun.
On May 9, 2012 12:43 AM, "Kevin Wilkinson" <kevinpatrickwilkinson@g...>
wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Kevin Patrick Wilkinson
> Montpelier, Vermont
>
> Vermont - It's Not Flat
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