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182216 | John Leyden <jjl2@n...> | 2008‑08‑18 | Bio |
Gentle Galoots, Like so many before me I have been lurking here on and off for quite some time. Thought I'd say 'hello'. I've been a woodworker for some twenty years, theater sets mostly, and of course my home. I was bitten by the old tool bug on or about the time of my dad's retirement some dozen years ago when I realized the the old b***ard knew a damn site more about tools than I ever will, and that I wish he had paid more attention to what *his* dad had tried to teach him back in the day. So I'm sure that I fit somebody's profile of a neander-wannabe: IT guy by day, basement woodworker by night (when home and family obligations permit). I own the usual complement of electron killers and prefer to scrounge my old hand tools and wood materials wherever possible (which is a polite way of saying that my meager salary does not permit me to buy from Wenzloff or Knight, though I'd love to...) I have been afflicted these past few decades with a desire to obtain rusty old tools (hand and power), restore them, and put them back into use in my own workshop. This is of course not merely a slippery slope but a pit as bottomless as one's home or (homemade wooden!) sailboat.... The nice D-8 inherited from grandpa inspired a few rust-hunting expeditions which, though successful, now require me to learn how to sharpen their ilk. The Stanley 2101 inherited from dad inspired further scrounging for much older, 18th and 19th Century iron braces.... but then one needs a complement of bits... and since they're not so plentiful in this neck of the woods (northerly 'burbs of NYC) then one must buy or make one's own.... which led inexorably to a RR track anvil... and years later to a garage-sale Trenton... My wife looks on with a mix of kindness, forebearance and resignation, bless her. I'm sure this kind of thing is not news to any of you. I am an occasional reenactor at the local colonial-era restoration in my town, have made more than a few modern-day replicas of old tools as described in "Ancient Carpenter's Tools" and Moxon for said reenactment purposes, and as practice for such events have adapted certain colonial forms of furniture for use in my basement workshop (e.g. the whales' tail shelf is my saw-till, the spoon rack is a brace-bit holder, the pipe box holds turnings and wedges for hammer handles, there's a joint-stool made of a doug-fir 4x4 that's my chair/stepstool/sawbench -- none of which are works of art by any means). I am presently devoting effort to making spokeshave irons, tanged chisels and (soon) a replica bitstock/piercer (without the fancy brass work, though). That's before I get to the list of real furnishings to make. And the list goes on... Planes or grandfather clocks, anyone? Thanks to all for a useful mailing list and archive. I now return to my usual place of lurkature beneath the floorboards where I hope to be able to contribute back something of value one of these days. John Leyden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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188702 | Archie England <christinmedaily@y...> | 2009‑02‑21 | Re: bio |
welcome back! Hope to see some of your goodies on the bay. --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Bill Rittner |
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189122 | Bill Kasper <dragonlist@u...> | 2009‑03‑02 | Re: Bio |
and, if i wanted to test the theory, where would i look on the earth? welcome to the top side of the porch! best, bill felton, ca On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Paul Perillat wrote: > my three woodpiles (mostly heart pine > pulled out of dumpsters), which I'm told can be seen from space per > Google Earth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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189129 | Archie England <christinmedaily@y...> | 2009‑03‑02 | Re: Bio |
Welcome, friend!!! Spent about 16 months enclosing a basement for bedrooms etc. Bunch of men from church helped. It was one of greatest learning times of different ideas, methods, and work arounds. Nothing like a "real" project to hone one's skills. Best wishes for consistent progress!!!! Archie --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Paul Perillat |
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189126 | "Chuck" <galoot@I...> | 2009‑03‑02 | RE: Bio |
> I don't have a garage, workshop, or basement. I do my woodworking > on---the porch! Welcome, Paul. Since the O'Deenster has seen fit to chime in today on another thread, perhaps he can fill you on on woodworking in the park... Chuck Myers, in deceptively sunny Western PA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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189149 | Dennis Heyza <michigaloot@c...> | 2009‑03‑03 | Re: Bio |
Hi Paul, Nice to have you come out from under the porch. We missed you at the CW conference. Dennis Heyza Macomb MI ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Perillat Dear Galoots, After about 3 years of lurking under the porch, I think it is about time I showed myself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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189148 | neilshaw@a... | 2009‑03‑03 | Re: Bio |
Quoting Bill Kasper |
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189787 | Archie England <christinmedaily@y...> | 2009‑03‑19 | Re: Bio |
Welcome back! Thanks for the good word of coping with life's little surprises. Your comments reminded me of good counsel in younger years--trials make you better or bitter. "Better" is always the best choice. Archie --- On Tue, 3/17/09, Chuck Digney |
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