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Recent Bios FAQ

127648 "John Wardle" <wardlej@l...> 2004‑01‑16 Bio Information from a newbie
Well, I'm not really sure how to write one of these things, so I guess =
I'll just jump right in....

My name is John Wardle, I'm a married, father of a soon-to-be GIT (3y/o) =
boy and my only experiance with wood has been either building houses with =
my father for a short time as a kid or walking through them for 12 years =
in the army looking for people to shoot at.

I was only interested in woodworking initially as a way to get the =
furniture I wanted for the house instead of buying whatever some factory =
decided to pump out that year. But after checking into a more "normite" =
way of working like my dad does, I picked up a new stanley block plane =
from a local Borg and made some shavings. Now I'm hooked.

The wife is starting to understand why I like this so much, when she sees =
me and the boy in what will someday be a shop; making shavings out of =
scraps from 'recycled' oak pallets. She just sits and watches with the =
dogs.

I've only just started to aquire my tools which currently consist of the =
aforementioned plane, and a 4 piece set of Marples blue handle chisels.

I'm looking forward to learning just what the heck you are all talking =
about on here, and hopefully someday, I'll have something to contribute =
myself.

It's nice to meet you all, and as soon as I can get up the nerve, I'll =
refer to my webpage with photos of my first ever, entirley handcut =
dovetails. And I mean entirley handcut, not even a saw was used......Not a =
pretty sight trust me.

Oh, I almost forgot.....I'm employed at a local Community College here in =
Eugene, Oregon as a Public Safety Officer. Sorta like a Rent-a-Cop plus =
one.....

Well, all, like I said, nice to meet you, and if anyone has some old tools =
just lying about with nothing better to do.....I have lots of nice, warm, =
dry and EMPTY shelves they can call home.

Ofc. John D. Wardle
Lane Community College=20
Department of Public Safety
4000 East 30th Ave.
Eugene, Oregon 97431

"I'm not the cause of your problems but the result of your actions. Your =
life is not my fault"

TO IGNORE THE FACTS, DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACTS.



Recent Bios FAQ