Welcome, friend!!!

Spent about 16 months enclosing a basement for bedrooms etc. Bunch of
men from church helped. It was one of greatest learning times of
different ideas, methods, and work arounds. Nothing like a "real"
project to hone one's skills.

Best wishes for consistent progress!!!!

Archie

--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Paul Perillat  wrote:

> From: Paul Perillat  Subject: [OldTools] Bio To:
> oldtools@r...
> Cc: ted.shuck@g... Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 12:43 PM Dear Galoots,
>
> After about 3 years of lurking under the porch, I think it is about
> time I showed myself. I've always had a facination with woodworking
> and the old ways. However, a couple of woodshop classes in junior high
> (no hand tools) was my only woodworking experience until about 9 years
> ago. That's when I built a large table (seats
> 10) out of heart pine with the help of a friend using another friend's
>     cabinet shop. While we did use mainly electrick tools, I thought
>     that it there had to be a way to do the same procedures by hand.
>
> Fast forward to the present. I am now 46 years old. Rehabbing my 106
> year old house has taken precedence over building furniture and other
> "fun" stuff. However, I've managed to accumulate a number of hand
> tools and even put some to use. I find that even with carpentry, my
> best work is by hand.
>
> I don't have a garage, workshop, or basement. I do my woodworking on---
> the porch! That's where I keep my 40ish German bench that, thankfully,
> does not have the same appeal as a flat screen TV in my neighborhood.
> This spring/summer, I hope to build a workshop/storage solution to put
> my tools and the my three woodpiles (mostly heart pine pulled out of
> dumpsters), which I'm told can be seen from space per Google Earth.
>
> The Porch has been invaluable in helping me along a great big learning
> curve. And the people are nice too, which is great. Thank you.
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