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57629 David Strommen <dastrom@s...> 1999‑02‑12 Bio: David Strommen
Howdy Galoots!

I guess I have been lurking here long enough and want to introduce
myself.  I'm not sure I qualify as a galoot (but I sure do want a 5-1/2
now after reading about them).  Tools are in my gene pool - my great
grandfather was a woodworker in Norway, my grandfather was a
patternmaker, my dad started buying old tools for .50 - $2.00 about 40
years ago.  Over they years I have been accumulating toolsbut it wasn't
until I helped my dad clean out his workroom and brought home 3 boxes of
tools that I realized all I have.  Didn't really set out to colllect
them it just sorta happened.  I definetly fit more in the user category
though.  I do have all the e***tric kind too but I seem to be drifting
more and more to using hand tools.

I am definately a bottom feeder - it all started 30 odd years ago when I
had this paper route in Milwaukee.  I had to get up at 4:30AM to deliver
them and guess what my favorite day was?  That's right - trash day!  I
would cruise around on my bike long before anybody was up and watch for
those bushel baskets that just had "junk" in them.  Amazing what some
people will throw away.  I still  come close to getting in an accident
while driving down the road when they have spring cleanup around here!

I have more planes than I can use and will be slowly be getting rid of
some of them once I figure out what they are.   I have been able to
figure out most of the Stanleys but I see people talking about a plane
number and type 11 for instance.  How do I determine the type?

David Strommen
Galoot at heart and long time bottom feeder!



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