I've been lurking long enough. Thought I should fess up and post my
bio. Not that
is extensive. I live in the little town of Round Hill, Va at the base
of the Blue Ridge
west of Washington, DC. For you Hooters, I can see West Virginia from
my front
porch.
I've been into old tools and traditional industries for the las 20
years or so, but more
as an observer than as a hard core doer. Call me a latent Galoot.
Hopefully that will
change in mid-1999 when, if the numbers look right, I will retire
after 30+ years working
for Uncle Sam. That will give me th time time (no more getting up at
4AM five days
a week) to try some of the stuff I have been seeing and thinking about
for years.
I collect a little, mostly Millers Falls, but have been know to buy
things that strike my
fancy. Like an ice saw (more than five feet tall and where do you
store it) I got at an auction in
Vermont. Living in Virginia there is not a lot of ice to get in (as
my long suffering
SWMBO points out from time to time). Of course, one also needs an ice
house, not
a common thing anymore either. Most of the old tools have been bought
with the intention
if using rather than collecting. I think there is only one, a Millers
Falls #85 MIB. I will
confess, however, that I also have a cordless drill which I consider
one of God's great
inventions (along with duct tape, paper towels, yellow post-its, and
the glue gun.
Are newbies allowed a gloat, even one that occurred a few years ago?
If they are, I
would tellyou about the Stanley #340 furring plane I got in a box with
six other planes
at a Vermont country auction. Didn't know what I had until recently
when I almost
off my chair on learning. Call it a belated gloat.
I'm also into alphabets, i.e. PATINA, MWTCA, EAIA. I spend far to
much time looking
at Ebay's hand tool offerings and trying to stifle my acquisitive
impulses. Within the
last year I became a volunteer at Aldie Mill, an old overshot two iron
wheel grist mill
in Aldie, VA. It is still being restored, so it is not yet in
operation. Come by for a
look.
Thanks for bearing with me,
Tom Graham
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41803 Re: Bio - Tom Graham Tom Holloway Thu 12/31/1998
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