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103218 Bill Stephens <wstephens4@c...> 2002‑02‑13 BIO: new Galoot in training
All,

I'm gald to have stumbled across this group.

My name is Bill Stephens.  I'm a 32 year old software engineer (IT
again) for a big online service. Most of my woodworking experience deals
with house restoration work. My current house is a 150 year old
farmhouse with walnut woodwork (except where the previous owners tore it
out) and a 150 year old timber frame barn about 30 miles from Columbus,
OH.  The old milking parlor attached to the barn is my acting shop.

I need to make some base board and a mantle to restore the "altered"
rooms.  I'll be looking for a bunch of planes to reproduce this stuff.
My father in law tells me to get an router with a tail but it seems so
wrong to do the work that way. Luckily, SWMBO doesn't care how I get it
done and isn't bothered by old tools (she got me a NICE #5 for our
anniversary this year).

Anybody know some good places in Ohio to find a variety of good user
woodies?  The first one I need will be a quirked ogee with bevel about 1
   .5 to 2 inches wide for the baseboard. I saw one, sold of course, on
Bob Brodes site that is just what I'm looking for, it even had my name
stamped on it!

http://modigliani.brandx.net/user/bbrode/tools_for_sale/aug00/qogeebv/64.jpg

I've also been considering a #55 since I have a bunch of profiles to
create.  I could also hope to get my brother to make me some custom
blades in his machine shop for this thing.

Glad to be here,
Bill Stephens



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