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-385 RKEMPINS@S... (Kempinski, Robert M.) 1970‑01‑01 Intro and Bio
The subscription request said send a quick intro and bio, so here it is.


I am tranferee from Rec.norm (still watch that list) with an interest in old 
tools from a users point of view only. (Mechanized joiners scare me, so I 
hand join all my own wood.)

I like making hand tools and have made my own versions of the Bridge City try 
square, marking gauges, bevel gauge. I tried making a wooden hand plane once 
to plane the convex surface of a table but had miserable results. Lately I've 
been reading an re-reading Kingshott's book with the notion that I would 
like to make my own shooting board and infill smoother. With the advice of 
some of the list members here I even found a foundry in Houston that will 
cast the bodies.   

My latest old tool acquisition was a vintage 1930 Sear's lathe that I 
cleaned up, painted, serviced and started using. As a result I've been 
putting many more round things in my furniture design.

My favorite hand plane lately is my Stanley No. 4 that I got from Patrick 
Leach. I seem to use it all the time. From my Grandfather via my Father  I 
have some other old tools including a Russel Jennings bit set and some old 
wood planes.

Oh yeah, I'm a hobbyist making furniture, toys, knick knacks and plantation 
shutters (seems like I've been making shutters for years - oops I guess I 
have, my wife says I work on a geological clock). I like to carve also.

Other interest include restoring a 1966 Sunbeam Tiger sports car, 
writing, and playing golf.

To support my tool habit I help design space stations.

I expect I'll be lurking more than anything absorbing the wealth of the 
collective data.  Thanks in advance.

Rob Kempinski
RKEMPINS@s...
or BLUEGOLFER@a...


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