Welcome aboard Gregory. Your work is just wonderful. You are indeed an 
artist.

Regards,
Huck

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Subject: [OldTools] hello!

> hello, i'm new here. my name is gregory, i' m from belgium. i've been 
> working wood for four years. not professionaly.
> i do not like working with machines.
> there is a page with pictures of my woodcarvings:
> http://users.telenet.be/tenor/
> it has old tool content too: stamps on old french chisels,
> and pics of self-made mallets and diy chisel handle as well.
> the planes in the pics are all in restored, working condition. (i have 
> more planes than those pictured and a lot of other non-pictured tools). 
> but i aim to have a couple of working condition tools only, and not 
> collect. or stop collecting.
> as i rent a small appartment with my girlfriend,
> my shop is (in) our living room - two very big beech workbenches (one has 
> an 8cm thick top, the other is a two-man-bench with a 4 cm thick top). i 
> got the benches cheap at 35 euros and 100 euros (second hand from 
> woodworking schools).
> i have to sweep every day to avoid the shavings migrating to the other 
> rooms.
> (for my girlfriend, the woodworking is okay - i used to work on bicycles 
> in the living room before, and that was a lot messier because of the 
> grease. i destroyed a lot of clothes working on cycles - she didn't like 
> that. i understand that now ;)
> there are tools in the bedroom too.
> i learned to use a plane and such mainly by reading a lot of messages on 
> this list, and reading old books. (of which i have a small collection).
> i am 30 years old, i have a master degree in visual arts, and also studied 
> furniture restauration and classic upholstery. i grow trees (seedlings), 
> also in the appartment, well, bedroom - they are still small. (chestnut, 
> juglans nigra, and other nut trees.) i hope to plant the trees when/if we 
> buy a house.
> the site is new, as i just made it today (and yesterday and the day 
> before)
> i'll keep it short for now,
> but would very much enjoy questions and or reactions to the site and this 
> post. there's not that much hand tool people over here.
> greetings,
> gregory
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