Hi all
I'm a product of Arkansas public schools, and Mississippi higher
education. This intro/delurk is likely enough to prove my educational
background. Probably pretty scattered. My family and I live and work in
Louisville KY. My profession is that of a Grocer and I love it.
I've always been interested in how things were done before electricity
and gasoline powered everything, but I hadn't spent much time learning
to do them for myself. When as a Scout I got to go to Philmont the
leaders thought it was odd as I was more interested in the demo's
(mining, lumberjacking, mule packing) than I was in the hiking or scenery.
My father was a jack leg carpenter, and he managed to teach me enough to
get into trouble using power tools before he passed away. I have some
of those corded devils of my own, but they work much faster than my
mind, so I've been looking at the older ways of doing things. I bought
a Stanley plane (or two) off E-bay, and a couple of braces, some chisels
later...
I've been reading and lurking lots of places hoping to learn more, and
pick up more tools. I found a book on Toolboxes at a local 1/2 price
bookstore, between that and a couple other books (The Practical and The
Complete Woodworker, Woodwright's books). I was pretty bummed that I'd
not had any luck finding hardwoods other than poplar or red oak at the
local lumber sources, had almost resigned myself to working only in them
or pine, then I got stubborn.
Just today I found a local mill that will sell me hard maple, walnut,
and cherry for $1 a board foot. They just mill and don't have a kiln
nor do they plane wood, but they have some that's been drying under
cover for over a year now. "Just an old country sawmill, son." the lady
said. Apparently they cut everything into 1X6's unless you get a custom
cut. That might just require a trip to see...
I hunt and fish. I golf poorly, and I'm a voracious reader. I enjoy
Fiction (especially science fiction) as well as how to's.
I really enjoy the practical knowledge here and in other woodworking
sources on the net. I hope that one day I'll be able to contribute.
Now I'm off to figure out what exactly a board food is...
Jim Bell
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Jim Bell
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