Galoots,

Time for an update.

Some of you know about my compound ankle fracture, and how it failed to 
heal, and after five years,
collapsed, and had to be fused.

Thought I could do retail, and did for a year, but...no way I could put 
up with the footwork that job requires.

So, as of September 1 this year, I opened my own business.

Nahcotta Shoe Repair

Actually, it's a little more than that.  If you like, take a look at 
the first pic here:

http://homepage.mac.com/estuary1/estuary/PhotoAlbum12.html

While shoe/boot repair is the mainstay of the business, I'm starting to 
get quite a few furniture
restoration projects (word of mouth), and always seem to be sharpening 
all sorts of tools an knives.

Have lit the forge a few times, and just picked up some requests for 
drawknives.

Also just finishing up a pair of shoes, with 2 pairs of boots in line 
after that.

Am enjoying the diversity, and it's  significantly less brutal on my 
ankle.

Many of the people who enter the shop liken it to a museum.  
Oldtools...I guess.

Anyway...that's an update.  Stop by if you're in the area.

Larry...in Nahcotta WA

http://homepage.mac.com/estuary1/estuary/PhotoAlbum4.html

Curious phenomenon isn't it that we tend to notice things that were there
all along as our interests evolve ... I had a similar experience when I was
about seven and went with an uncle to cut firewood .. hadn't been in close
proximity to a chain saw before and a year or so later when we got a chain,
I began to see endless quantities of firewood I'd just been stepping on
while running my line of box traps (real boxes, with a trigger mechanism
straight out of the Foxfire books...)

cheers all,

Jim E #2 in Wisconsin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vern Tator" 
To: "oldtools" 
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 11:16 AM
Subject: [oldtools] Bio update

> Well I looked at my bio last night and realized that it is several years
> old. In the past 4 years I have changed occupations and become a custom
door
> builder. It uses many of the same techniques as cabinetmaking, but appears
> to be less competitive and a greater challenge. I use many rebate planes
in
> fitting the mortise and tenon joints, in fact I now have 8 or 9 of them
and
> still may need more. I guess I have also become a tool collector.  I am
> collecting Stanley type 11 planes and hand tools used in door making. I
> worked as a rigger ( machinery mover) to make college money in the 60's
and
> in that process I helped dismantle the original Sargent Plant in New Haven
> CT. I have started collecting Sargent pattern planes, just because I
helped
> tear down the place they were built.
> The more I use my old tools the more fun I have.
> I have recently returned to wood turning, after a 25 year break. I had
> forgotten how much fun that can be. Now I not only look for old tool
> treasures, but for trees being cut down. My primary interest at the moment
> is green bowl turning, and I can spot a fresh cut hardwood tree at a 1/4
> mile when driving 45 or more mph.
> Life is good when you have time, tools, and trees.
> Ketch, Yawl, Schooner or Later  Vern
> www.schoonerwoodworks.com
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