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85555 | WANDERSO@a... | 2000‑10‑29 | bio - Wayne Anderson |
Greetings, This will be a short one as I'm yet not an accomplished woodworker like most of you. I'm 48 years young and am a mechanical designer. I just got interested in old tools a couple of years ago. A co-worker and I started out making "toolgrimages" on our days off. They were no more than an afternoon spent hitting all the woodworking stores and used tool shops. Then one fateful day I saw the poster of the Studley tool chest. The slippery slope had been encountered. I decided that I could build a nice chest and find enough vintage tools to fill it. What was once a notion quickly became a passion. If he were still with us, Mr. Studley would likely shake his head at my 70+ hand planes, 30+ saws, 50+ chisels, etc., etc... and wonder why the heck I need all this stuff. I've also sold hundreds of tools on *B*y to support my habit. I spend my spare time cruising the flea markets, antique shops, and making tool stuff like saw handles. I'm also in the process of making a brass bound level out of black walnut. I'll build my tool chest soon, but I know I'll have a major problem deciding what to put in it. The other option is to build it the size of a Buick. Mr. Knight "turned me on" to this group, and I owe him a big thanks (and a bunch of plane handles). And I owe you all a big thanks for being helpful, enlightening, and entertaining as well. You also serve a constant reminder that I'm not the only one that is caught on this slippery slope! Cheers, Wayne |
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85607 | "Stephen Reynolds" stephenereynolds@e... | 2000‑10‑31 | Re: bio - Wayne Anderson |
---------- >From: WANDERSO@a... >To: oldtools@w... >Subject: bio - Wayne Anderson >Date: Sun, Oct 29, 2000, 8:41 PM > > I spend my spare time cruising the flea markets, antique shops, and making > tool stuff like saw handles. I'm also in the process of making a brass bound > level out of black walnut. Welcome aboard, Wayne. I remember a stair saw you made and put up for ouction on the 'bay. If possible, you should post those to a place where others can be motivated by your work. I, for one, am going to shamelessly copy that design when I make my own stair saw. > I'll build my tool chest soon, but I know I'll have a major problem deciding > what to put in it. The other option is to build it the size of a Buick. Bigger, Wayne, bigger. Regards, Steve |
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85628 | Tad tja@n... | 2000‑10‑31 | Re:bio - Wayne Anderson |
Steve wrote: >Wayne wrote: >> I'll build my tool chest soon, but I know I'll have a major problem deciding >> what to put in it. The other option is to build it the size of a Buick. > > Bigger, Wayne, bigger. The solution that I've finally come up with is the following: Put a fancy door on the shop with a small sign reading "Tad's tool chest." Tad Anhalt Des Moines, Ia. "Of course, you can't actually _use_ it as a shop with all those tools laying about." |
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