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266502 | Nathan Goodwin <hiscarpentry@g...> | 2018‑09‑13 | Greasing the slope of yet another. |
Dear Galoots, I hope this finds you all well and will be a bit of encouragement to those who need it. The last few weeks I have been able to become acquainted with a younger fellow, he's 20 years old, I'm 37. His name is Lucas and he is a apprentice cabinetmaker for an older / ready to retire gentlemen cabinetmaker that has been rapidly reducing the work load for the two of them. I met Lucas through mutual friends whom I have been doing some work for lately. In their basement he has a small but quite efficient workshop full of the tailed mechanisms used in modern woodworking that he has gladly shown me more than once and has grant me permission to use whenever I want. Needless to say I have an obvious bent towards hand tools and in conversation with other woodsy type they are typically what I enjoy talking about. He has a couple decent hand tools, a L-N no. 102 small bronze block plane far above the rest. He says " why would I do it by hand if a machine can do it?" I called him soulless, to which he took obvious offense towards. (We both are church men). A few weeks later now, he has come over to my home and is helping me get some trim work finished up. Today was the day that he may have slipped! He first used my L- N tapered dovetail saw (for a cross cut) and raved about how fast it cut. Then I showed him that it was filed for ripping and not X-cutting. When I made a single stroke with the saw and it dove over an inch his jaw dropped and I think he wet his pants a bit! Then after lunch I said I was going outside to rive some ash for a small project. He, without a word, followed me out the door, kicking at my heals. We split the ash up and then I wanted to flatten it out with my side axe. I wish I had taken a picture! His eyes were wide with excitement! Needless to say I handed him the froe and axe, instructing him for safety sake and let him have at it... To be continued... Nathan Goodwin H.I.S. Carpentry Honesty. Integrity. Service. (617)347-6744 Blog: https://hiscarpentryblog.wordpress.com/ |
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266503 | RH <rhhutchins@h...> | 2018‑09‑13 | Re: Greasing the slope of yet another. |
Good on ya, Nathan! Well done!! Keep greasin' the slope! |
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266504 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑09‑13 | Re: Greasing the slope of yet another. |
Nathan Good job! Ed Minch |
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266506 | Charles Driggs | 2018‑09‑13 | Re: Greasing the slope of yet another. |
This is one of the most encouraging postings I’ve seen in awhile — Charlie Driggs |
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266509 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2018‑09‑13 | Re: Greasing the slope of yet another. |
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Nathan Goodwin |
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