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55327 | "Thomas Graham" <tmajgraham@e...> | 1998‑12‑31 | Bio - Tom Graham |
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 Replies Author Date 41803 Re: Bio - Tom Graham Tom Holloway Thu 12/31/1998 |
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55370 | Tom Holloway <thh1@c...> | 1998‑12‑31 | Re: Bio - Tom Graham |
At 9:16 PM -0500 12/30/98, Thomas Graham wrote: >I will confess, however, that I also have a cordless drill which I >consider one of God's great inventions Well, of course. But would that be a Yankee #41, a Millers Falls #81, or one of the unnumbered Goodell Pratt models? Or maybe you were speaking of the egg beater configuration? Welcome to the porch. Tom Holloway |
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55387 | "Thomas Graham" <tmajgraham@e...> | 1999‑01‑01 | Resend: Bio - Tom Graham |
Original should not have been send HTML. So says Ken Staggs. Hope this does it. I've been lurking long enough. Thought I should fess up and post my bio. Not that it is extensive. I live in the little town of Round Hill, VA at the base of the Blue Ridge west of Wasnington, DC. For you Hooters, I can see West Virginia from my from porch. I've been into old tools and traditional industries for the last 20 years or so, but more as an observer than as a hard core doer. Call me a latent Galoot. Hoefully 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 the time (no more getting up a 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 known to buy things that strike my fancy. Like an ice say (more than five feet long and where dod you store it) I got at an auction in Vermont. Living in Virginai 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 need an ice house, not a common thing anymore either. Most of the old tools have been bought with the intention of 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 to be one of God's great inventions (along with duct tape, paper towels, yellow post-its, and the glue gun). Are newbies all owed a gloat, even one that occurred a few years ago? If they are, I would tell you 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 fell off my chair on learning. Call it a belated gloat. I'm also into alphabets, i.e. PATINA, WMTCA, EAIA. I spend fare too much time looking at Ebay's hand tool offerings and trying to stifle may 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 repaired, so it is not yet in operation. Come by for a look. Thanks for bearing with me (again), Tom Graham (tmajgraham@e...) |
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55389 | Kelly Cox <kellycox@g...> | 1999‑01‑01 | Re: Resend: Bio - Tom Graham |
> I >will confess, >however, that I also have a cordless drill which I consider to be one of >God's >great inventions (along with duct tape, paper towels, yellow post-its, and >the >glue gun). > I used to hanker for a cordless drill; it seemed that nothing could be as quick and easy for drilling and driving screws. But when I put my new bench together (using the 4x4's from 2x4's method discussed a while back) I fould the assortment of braces, breast drills, push drills and eggbeater drills to be just fantastic. With a cordless drill, you only have the one drill (nobody would buy a half-dozen of them, whereas user braces seem to accumulate in my shop faster than anything). So you have to change from a drill to a screwdriver--even if you have some quick-change system, you have to take the time. I drilled the pilot holes for screws with my push drill, the screws were driven with a phillips bit in a brace, holes that needed to be really straight I did with my breast drill (the handy level makes it really easy--I haven't seen a cordless drill yet with a built-in level vial!). If you haven't tried driving screws with a brace, give it a shot. You get incredibly good torque (and good control over that torque) with a typical brace, and you can really lean on the handle to keep the bit in the screw at the same time. I do agree with you about the duct tape etc! Anyway, just my .02 worth. Welcome to the porch, Tom! -Kelly Cox Madison, WI |
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