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148827 "Lloyd and Rene" <LloydRene@s...> 2005‑08‑19 MY BIO
=A0 Hello all, my name is Lloyd Alexander, I am 37 years old. I live in  
San
Pablo, CA. with my wife Rene and our daughter Diana. I am Cabinetmaker  
.I
work at a shop that has about 45 employees. We supply cabinets for new  
tract
houses. Everyday we build cabinets for 3 to 4 houses depending on size  
of
the house. That is kitchens, bathrooms, hall linens entertainment  
cabinets,
just about anything for the inside of the house. I work with red oak,  
maple,
cherry, beech everyday. We build are own doors drawers, boxes, spray  
them,
prep them and ship them. We do everything. I work with machines that  
cost
more than my house. I find that incredible and I work there. Almost
everything is CNC controlled. I=92ve been an employee there for 18  
years. When
I started there were only 6 employees. We come a long way. You might say
that working with wood comes natural to me. My father is a master  
carpenter.
My grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather were all
carpenters. All the men on my Dads side of the family have always been
carpenters. So I carrying the tradition on plus I=92m a natural at it  
and I
enjoy it. 
=A0 When you live in a family of carpenter you give woodworking tools as
gifts. Two years ago, I decided that I would get my dad a new plane for
Christmas. I started looking around and discovered EBAY (Big mistake,  
I=92ve
been hooked ever since).
I bought him a matching pair of Record planes No.10 and 10 =BD. Then I  
thought
that I would like my own set. I decided that I would collect Stanley  
=93type
11=94 because that is what my grandfather would have used and it was the  
end
of the First World War and when America was booming. Now I have in my
collection of Stanley =93type11=94 planes=A0 No.1
,No.2,No.2c,No.3,No.3c,No.4,No.4c,No.4 =BD,No.4 =BDc,No.5,No.5c,No.5  
=BD,No.5 =BD
c,No.6,No.6c,No.7,No.7c,No.8,No.8c all with 3 dates on the bed =93V=94  
logos and
full or close to full cutters and No.10,No.10c,No.10 =BD ,No.10  
=BDc,No.10 =BC ,
No.10 =BC c. also plane numbers 98,62,97,40. And not to forget the block
planes numbers 9 =BD,16,15,17,18,19,60,60 =BD ,61,63,65,65 =BD  
203,220,102,110,75,
Also with =93V=94 cutters. My wife calls me =93justplanecrazy=94. I  
think she might
be right! =A0I thought that I was compulsive after reading a couple of  
other
bios and posts; I=92m starting to feel like I=92m among people just like  
me. In
my two years of collecting I have cruised ,pass the porch several times  
and
always looked at it .I thought that =93ok this time I=92m going to do  
it=94 but
never did. But today I thought what the heck. I=92ll do it, and you know  
what,
it was easy. I already feel like I=92m among friends.
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=A0Lloyd Alexander
=A0

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159083 Tim Pendleton <tpendleton@v...> 2006‑04‑06 Re: My Bio
Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:

>
>
> HWMBO has stated that the size of my shop must not exceed my  
> workbench (except during times of active use), thus eliminating any  
> possibility of major power tools. Rather than whine, I've decided to  
> embrace constraints (especially given the rents around here, it makes  
> sense to) and become a proper galoot.
>

Hi Deirdre,

Welcome to the list.  Have you considered a really large workbench?  :)

Tim

Chilly today in NJ.
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159088 Alan DuBoff <aland@s...> 2006‑04‑06 Re: My Bio
On Thursday 06 April 2006 03:25 pm, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
> Hi, I've been on this list for a week or two, but haven't introduced
> myself.

I've always found it a bit strange that one is required to post their bio when 
posting to this list, at least in the sense of how the inet works. But it's 
not asking too much of one, IMO, and the porch is a pretty good group of 
folks.

> I started on rec.ww ages ago as a Normite, though I did own a couple
> of planes. I still occasionally post, but I'm now more active on
> woodnet et al.

I used to post on Woodnet quite a bit, but find there's a lot of white noise 
for me these days. 

> HWMBO has stated that the size of my shop must not exceed my
> workbench (except during times of active use)

He should consider allowing a possible cabinet on the wall to store some 
tools, but a properly designed workbench would be able to hold most hand 
tools. Do you have a limit on the size of your bench?

I'm starting a new bench this coming week, got a week off from work and hope 
to get a good chunk of a bench done. At least I'd like to get the base and 
top completed, not sure if I can finish the cabinets also (not even sure I 
can finish the base and top, but I think it's a realistic goal.;-).

My problem is that I don't have very good working conditions to use handtools. 
I need a decent bench. So, I hope to get myself that much closer with my 
bench.

> thus eliminating any  
> possibility of major power tools. Rather than whine, I've decided to
> embrace constraints (especially given the rents around here, it makes
> sense to) and become a proper galoot.

There was a guy over on Woodnet that has a very small room in a San Fransisco 
apartment, and built a pretty nice bench.

http://www.the-leveys.us:6080/Projects/minibench/mini-bench.htm
What is a proper galoot?:-/ I don't think I'm one, but I think my idea of what 
a proper galoot is might be different than yours, or another person on the 
porch. Then again, it might be similar.

> Oh, yeah, and working some actual wood.

Now, that's a good thing!

Oh, welcome to the porch!;-)

-- 

Alan DuBoff - Software Orchestration
GPG: 1024D/B7A9EBEE 5E00 57CD 5336 5E0B 288B 4126 0D49 0D99 B7A9 EBEE
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159089 Alan DuBoff <aland@s...> 2006‑04‑06 Re: My Bio
On Thursday 06 April 2006 10:58 pm, Alan DuBoff wrote:
> There was a guy over on Woodnet that has a very small room in a San
> Fransisco apartment, and built a pretty nice bench for handtool work.
>
> http://www.the-leveys.us:6080/Projects/minibench/mini-bench.htm

Ooops, that was the mini-bench. If limited to tools fitting on your
bench, don't pick this small one!;-)

This is the guy in San Fransisco:

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=handto-
ols&Number=2164112

--

Alan DuBoff - Software Orchestration GPG: 1024D/B7A9EBEE 5E00 57CD 5336
5E0B 288B 4126 0D49 0D99 B7A9 EBEE
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159094 Alan DuBoff <aland@s...> 2006‑04‑07 Re: My Bio
On Friday 07 April 2006 02:14 am, paul womack wrote:
> Chuckle. Some galoot practices require a lot of space;

What I find interesting about hand tools is that there seems to be various 
ways that people arrive at using them. In some cases it's because of 
environment, such as size of space, or it's in an apartment, can't make 
noise, no power, etc...these seem like imposed conditions. And then there are 
others that have the preference to use hand tools by other means, but not 
imposed conditions.

It's interesting how even though all of us have different reasons for liking 
hand tools, we can and do enjoy them in the end.

-- 

Alan DuBoff - Software Orchestration
GPG: 1024D/B7A9EBEE 5E00 57CD 5336 5E0B 288B 4126 0D49 0D99 B7A9 EBEE
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159098 <raweber@m...> 2006‑04‑07 Re: My Bio
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:22:44 +0100
 paul womack  wrote:

> This ain't the net. It's the Porch, an altogether
> pleasant
> corner of the net, with its own rules and customs.

Amen to that, brother. A warmer and friendlier place
(provided you stay on topic) cannot be found one the net,
anywhere. And, the bio thing is not a requirement, just
highly recommended.

BTW, welcome Deirdre. You will be surprised at how much you
can accomplish with hand tools with limited space. My own
workroom is 9x12 and my primary bench is a workmutt(c) and
I've managed to turn out several decent-sized projects. I
wouldn't be surprized if you could come up with a way to
mount a treadle lathe on your bench ;-)

Don't hesitate to ask questions, but there are also two
great resources to do a little searching, yourself. The
first is the archives of this here discussion group. The
link is at the bottom of all the posts. Second is the link
farm over at Galootcentral.com. There are links to almost
every hand-tool related article that we could find ove
rthere, and it's growing every week. It's all catagorized,
sort of like a card catalog, too, so you can find what
you're looking for.

Again, welcome aboard.

Rob in Peoria
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159092 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2006‑04‑07 Re: My Bio
Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
> HWMBO has stated that the size of my shop must not exceed my  workbench 
> (except during times of active use), thus eliminating any  possibility 
> of major power tools. 

Chuckle. Some galoot practices require a lot of space;
treadle lathes and pole lathes are large,
and marquetry donkeys/mules are chunky too :-)

    BugBear (who has room for neither)
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159093 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2006‑04‑07 Re: My Bio
Alan DuBoff wrote:
> On Thursday 06 April 2006 03:25 pm, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
>
>>Hi, I've been on this list for a week or two, but haven't
>>introduced myself.
>
>
> I've always found it a bit strange that one is required to post
> their bio when posting to this list, at least in the sense of how
> the inet works.

This ain't the net. It's the Porch, an altogether pleasant corner of the
net, with its own rules and customs.

    BugBear
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