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35543 DNRSchwartz <dnrs@e...> 1998‑01‑28 Newbie Bio
I've been lurking for about a week and I am very impressed, so....

My name is Chris Schwartz and I live in Gaithersburg, Maryland and I am the
head brewer for a small microbrewery in Virginia.  Since my homebrewing
hobby became my job, I needed another hobby and my love of history and
antique furniture naturally led me to woodworking.  Not being able to
affford to deck out a shop like Norm's, I leaned toward outfitting like
another shop I saw on PBS; Roy Underhill's.  Besides, I like my fingers and
my hearing and I don't want to die from nasal cancer from the sander dust.

Wouldn't you know it, once decided, free normie tools dropped out of the
sky and into my miniscule little corner of the basement.  (Is that a
gloat?)  I only bought the lathe and the bandsaw.  I'd get 'em again.  The
other tailed apprentices are (deep breath) ---
radialarmsaw,belt/discsander,floordrillpress,jointer,grinder,dremeltool,shop
vac.  Now let's never mention them again.  Geesh, why couldn't I inherit a
Stabley #62?

Well, OK, one more thing.  I keep a picture of a mangled hand above the
r*d**l *rm saw as a safety reminder.  The saw and picture are actual
evidence from a trial where the 'hand' was trying to recoup some monetary
damages from the saw maker.  I don't know who won that case. (There are
some specks of red stuff on the saw table.)

I consider myself an advanced-beginner.  Advanced enough to covet a Stanley
#55, and beginner enough to be fleeced like a sheep trying to acquire one.
(NOT a WTB)

My woodworking goals include the usual need for serviceable furniture to
replace all the stuff made out of sawdust and glue that I assembled with an
allen wrench, X-mas gifts, and Windsor chairs.  I've fallen in love with
the form of a Windsor chair and hope I can work up the confidence to dive
in and start making one, mistakes and all.  I have the requisite Dunbar
book and lack only a fireplace (for mistakes) and a good green wood supply.
 Oh, and please don't tell the missus that a #55 has very little to do with
making Windsor chairs.  I wouldn't want to excite her unnecessarily. ;-)

My tool want list is a short half a page long, but if I bought every last
item on it tomorrow morning by that afternoon I'm sure it would grow to
half a page again.

Iron I DO own and am proud of are:  A #3, #5, and #7 all prewar users,
types 11, 10, and 9, that I like very much.  A Craftsman #45 that belonged
to my grandfather.  He gave it up quite willingly, being unable to get it
to work.  It sings for me and my only regret is that he hadn't given it to
me before I bought a screaming r**t*r.  I also have a metal/wood
transitional Bailey jointer, I'm not sure of the number. There is a Sergent
scraper that I think is numbered #12.  And a saw vise with the number 105
cast into it.  Perhaps some nice galoot can help me with those last two.

What's a bio without questions.  Does anyone know the point of contact for
PATINA?  I'm interested in joining.  And can cases of microbrewed beer be
used as legal tender in purchasing tools on Flea Market Monday?

----      We got more hops than a second grade Easter pageant.  ----
		C. N.  Schwartz,
			Feral Brewer...

http://mav.net/darc/prbc/

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