Galoots all,

I read an e-mail saying that the younger WW'ers felt that we older ones 
are hoarding the good stuff. It made me think, painful though that was.
I have a fair amount of Old Arn, and no desire to take it with me when I 
move from this misbegotten area (Northern VA). In the interest of 
greasing the slopes for the youngsters, I'd be happy to flat rate much 
of the stuff that I acquired whilst I was in my "Save The Tools!" stage 
that we all went through.

This is NOT an offer to sell tools to be parted out and placed on eBay. 
What it is, is a return to the Galoot method of trust. If you're new to 
tools, or know someone who is, send me an e-mail with an idea of what 
you need. I'll paw through my pile and put stuff into a flat rate. You 
look it over and send me what you feel it's worth plus the postage.
I'm not looking to get rich. I'm not even looking to break even. I just 
don't want to donate it to Goodwill and have it end up on the wall of 
some restaurant. Or painted. Or turned into a lamp.

I tried doing the Craigslist thing and got requests for specifics - 
makes and models. It ain't like that. You want an egg beater, I'll try 
to find you one. You want a 2D, fuggedaboutit. Got lots of drawknives. 
Same thing with chisels and planes. These are my users, handles are 
gonna be questionable, possibly. I don't know, the stuff's been in a 
storage unit for decades. No scorps, no @1s or #2s, no infills, you get 
the idea. If you know how to send saws through the mail, let me know. 
Folding them to fit a flat rate seems kinda sketchy.

Anyway, that's my thoughts. A Bio would be nice to go with the SOT 
traditional terms.

Let's see how this works out,
Dave in Fairfax

And this is the list!  'Nuff said.

T.Z.

Anthony M. Zaffuto, President
Metaltech, Inc.
3547 Watson, Hwy.
DuBois, PA
(814) 375-9399

And this is, the list!  'Nuff said.

T.Z.

Anthony M. Zaffuto, President
Metaltech, Inc.
3547 Watson, Hwy.
DuBois, PA
(814) 375-9399

He who dies with the best toys wins

>whilst I was in my "Save The Tools!" stage that we all went through.

I am still trying to figure out when that stage ends! 

For me it started in 1996 with the OLDTOOLS list and discovering the local Rocky
Mountain Tool Collectors group.
But even now, it shows no signs of abating... much to my SWMBO’s chagrin!

-jason
Albuquerque

> Snip
> I am still trying to figure out when that stage ends.
>
Snip

When you have a triple garage, and a double garage attached to your home,
and yet all your vehicles are parked outside because there isn't any room
for vehicles inside either garage.
Claudio

If you have empty shelves, you need more tools
If you have too many tools, you need more shelves

Ed Minch

This is a fantastic idea Dave!

I'll take you up on it. I'm always looking for a good drawknife and the like.
I'm just starting out chair making and could use tools in that category. Like
said drawknives along with spokeshaves (concave and convex soles), reamers,
spoon bits, froes, hatchets, turning tools. Not sure what you have, but that's
the stuff I usually look for when I'm out and about. I also asked the list for a
larger T-handle auger a while back, not sure if that would fit in a flat rate
box. Let me know what you have and we can take it from there.

My bio is in the list. 

46 Mutton Lane 
Weymouth MA 02189

Nathan Goodwin 
(617)347-6744
H.I.S. Carpentry
Honesty. Integrity. Service.

re: spokeshaves

Round vs flat bottom

I've never found round bottom spokeshaves all that useful.  Flat ones seem
to fair most of the gentle curves I make.  Round bottom ones help with very
tight radius concave curves I suppose, but then the changing grain
direction causes problems. My advice for newbies would be to ignore the
round bottom shaves and stick to flat bottom ones to start with.
  Even better, find an old wooden boxwood shave that still has some blade
left and learn how to sharpen it with a diamond paddle hone. They're
fantastic tools.
Cheers
Claudio