Welcome out of the shadows Mike.  There are pleny of folks our here to keep
on nudging you down the slope.  Don't worry about the questions, as Frank
said, that is what this list is all about.

Doc

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:18 PM,  wrote:

> Mike,
> Welcome.  Keeping quiet is not frowned on here but not encouraged either.
> Questions are what drive this train.  This group has been a big help to me.
> Frank Segreto (Iowa)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike" 
> To: oldtools@r...
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:59:19 AM
> Subject: [OldTools] BIO Mike Wood
>
>
>
> I have lurked in the shadows of the porch for some time
> now, and with a recent shove down the slope by an
> unnamed list member, I thought it time I come into the
> sunshine and introduce myself. I am in my mid 50's, and
> am blessed to live in beautiful East Tennessee. I work for
> a small company in the industrial supply field, a job I have
> somehow managed to keep for the past 33 years.
>
> I got my first taste of hand tools from my father via a
> a Christmas gift of a Stanley tool kit when I was about 9
> years old. Fast forward to the 8th grade, and the shop
> teacher opening that wonderful cabinet of tools. (he made
> us draw and lable each tool before we ever were able
> to use them) His class gave me my first real taste of
> woodworking, and some of the things I learned there
> I still use today. My first shop came several years later -
> my front porch with some plastic to keep the winter out
> while I made Christmas gifts for family. Those first efforts
> were almost entirely done with powered devices. I am
> now blessed to have a much larger and more comfortable
> place to work in my basement shop where I still mainly
> make things for family and friends.
>
> My "skills" still lean heavily on power tools, but there has
> always been an affection for hand tools in the
> background. I have recently been trying to learn some
> hand tool skills and to make use of them on my projects
> including my current project - a blanket chest for my
> sister (which like most of my projects gives me a reason
> to add to my tool chest)
>
> I won't say that I am a collector, tools just seem to keep
> turning up on my bench. Some follow seem to just follow
> me home, others are in the nice boxes that the postman
> seems to think he should leave on my doorstep.
>
> I will try and keep quiet, in the shadows under the porch,
> and keep my questions to a minimum so as not to stir up
> much trouble.
> Mike Wood
> Maryville, Tennessee
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