I have been lurking for a while now and decided that it 
was time for me to post my Bio.

My name is Fausto Momoli. I am a few days short of  33 
years old. I have BA in Economics and a day job at the 
Corporate Treasury of a large corporation. Although I am 
originally from Brazil I moved to the US a some years 
ago and now I live 40mi northwest of Chicago with my 
SWMBO and Samba (our dog, a friendly Rottweiler).

I started thinking about woodworking a little more than  
2 years ago watching Norm (there, I confessed, I started 
as a Normite.). This was the same time that we moved to 
our first house (we were living in an apartment in 
downtown Chicago before) so there was a need for new 
furniture and not enough money to buy anything nice. You 
know how the old line "I can make this if just buy that 
tool" goes...

In the beginning I never thought about using hand tools. 
Of course the always wise SWMBO always mentioned that 
power tools didn't always exist and that people still 
managed to make great furniture. My standard reply was 
that it took years of practice to get to that point and 
we didn't have time.... I don't think that what I said 
is completely wrong, but I recently found out that it is 
not so difficult as I thought.

The turning point in my short woodworking career 
happened when I read the Handplane Book. I was actually 
reading this book on a flight going to Brazil. When I 
went to visit my parents I decided to restore a not so 
old but rusty Bailey style #3 that my father had. I 
ended up bringing the plane back with me and from that 
moment on it was all downhill. Now I have this 
irresistible urge to find flea markets and especially to 
follow Garage Sale signs (I just picked up a nice brace 
and yankee screwdriver during lunch today). 

My collection is still small and comprised entirely 
of  "common" items and I use almost everything that I 
have. I recently joined the M-WTCA and I am looking 
forward to attend my first meeting in Battle Creek. 
Hopefully I'll come back from the meeting with a few 
more tools (and friends).

Thanks,

Fausto

Kilpatrick Jay Capt  HQ AFMC/DRO <Edwin.Kilpatrick@w...> wrote:

>All, et al, ad nauseum, Hey...several months ago I also promised a bio
>to the galootari.  So without further ado (since Wayne took a break and
>I only have one list to watch) here is me at a glance.
Welcome Jay...Hey I got a shop...er house I am selling :-) A bit far to
drive to work for you though.

Paul

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