Michael introduces himself
> I've been happily lurking here for quite some time, .. 
> ....
> especially with SWCIAATBO[1] having arrived in December. An 
> unsettled
> sleep schedule makes it hard for me to keep momentum on a larger
> project. I can't even, apparently, be trusted to keep my finger 
> out of
> the path of a chisel. At least I didn't staunch the bleeding 
> with the
> prized linens.
He's obviously been lurking for a while ... and since he posted 
this at 4:14am EST, he isn't kidding about his sleep schedule.
Mike, it'll get much better and be good for about 15 years, then 
.... well, don't focus on that right now.
Also good that you are doing the self-inflicted part of the 
initiation on your own.  Preventing those events is a good place 
to focus your attention.

> I'll spare you all an exhaustive list of tools, and just mention 
> one I
> don't use: a Stanley #85 (tilting-tote-and-knob scraper plane, 
> ...
Stay with us, we'll get you to the point where you can use that 
one, but still have a little trouble with adjusting the third #55 
combination plane in your cabinet ....

> And the truth is that I don't have a large stable of tools, and 
> I'm not
> really interested in collecting them. ....
None of us do Mike, none of us do.

> .... But I like using them ...
There you go.

Welcome aboard Mike!!

Charlie Driggs
Newark DE