I sent in a bio when I joined the list but it isn't in the archive so here goe
s:
I grew up in E. Ky around old ways and old tools. I always liked to build thin
gs and spent a lot of time working on sheds, pens, barns etc using slabs we scav
enged from my cousin's sawmill. Sometime during my formative years I developed
a keen interest in looking at junk. My maternal grandfather was a (relatively
) large farmer and had large barns and sheds full of neat stuff common around a
farm.
My brother and I did a lot of remodeling to our house through the years and I pi
cked up some knowledge of carpentry. Went to college and studied Forestry, f
inanced it by working construction during summer vacation. Graduated, went
back to working construction. I had recently bought a stereo and needed someth
ing to set it on. So, I got oak 1x4 and basically built two ladders and join
ed them with stretchers top and bottom on either side. Used a handsaw and a ch
eapie *l*ctr*c dr*ll (for drilling dowel holes). I still use it - it looks ok.
Construction biz got old so I borrowed some money and came to Georgia to graduat
e school. Then that fateful day I saw my first episode of the Woodwright Sh
op. I thought the guy was nuts! It didn't take long for me to come around an
d I was already familiar with the flea market scene.
During a depressing stretch of the early 90s I lived in an apartment away from m
y tools and had no place to use them. Finally, I bought a house with a shed in
the back and six months later I stumbled onto the Porch. You folks are goin
g to send me to the poor house. :-)
Ah yes, I fund my addictions by providing statistical support to researchers at
the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station. Also, another fellow and I are
buying part of his father's farm and raise a few cows & calves.
Jerry
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Jerry Davis stampy@s... Griffin, GA
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