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151961 "Tom Cooney" <TCooney@D...> 2005‑10‑31 Bio - finally
Hey Gang, after lurking for a year here's a bio.  I'm 37 and currently
live outside of Syracuse Ny with the love of my life and three GIT's
(four year old twins - boy & girl, and two year old boy).  This begs an
interesting question, since I am a GIT what's that make the young
GIT's?  Chips off the old GIT?  O'Gits?  Ok back on track, I've had an
interest in woodworking since I was a young kid when I would scour job
sites for cutoff scrap and discarded nails to play with.  After I
finished grad school I suddenly found myself with the time to explore
woodworking as a real hobby.  I currently have a fairly complete power
shop in the garage (everything wheels against the walls so the van and
truck still fit) and in the last year I've made everything from bandsaw
boxes, to a wooden router plane to a dresser for my four year old
daughter.  Since the kids love to be out in the shop, and quality time
with the kids is important I have fast been developing a preference for
the quiete! r side of woodworking.  There is something extremely
satisfying about using shop made tools or spending several hours
cleaning/polishing/sharpening a rusty find.  I am turning into an
opinionated GIT since I prefer the feel of wood planes on real wood to
metal tools on ply, shellac to poly, and I've been lusting over Chris
Schwartz's Roubo bench.  I've taken formal blacksmith training and SWMBO
willing will take some formal carving classes in the future.   My winter
endeavors will be to start on a set of hollow and round planes and to
finish the wife's sewing cabinet without going near the
powered-noisy-dirty-scary router.  I am also seriously considering
making a treadle lathe - if I could figure out where to put it.     Tom
Cooney    

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