Welcome Jeff.  Always nice to have another from Wisconsin on the list.

dave c
in MIlwaukee

On Sep 20, 2006, at 6:26 AM, nancyb wrote:

>
>     Hello, You've finally dragged me in! This whole thing started a  
> year and a half ago. I'm a carpenter by trade, almost thirty years  
> of power tools and nail guns. Banging up houses and four season  
> rooms as fast as we can, so we can spend the Wisconsin winter  
> inside trimming. On a rather cold Saturday morning I was in my Shop  
> and I saw the nose of a Handplane that had been bouncing around  
> from one unused container to another for something like ten years.  
> I pulled it out and something said clean me, use me! So instead of  
> having to shovel out the woodpile or keep at finishing the new  
> addition, I was going to clean a Record #5 1/2. Igot out the  
> steelwool, and the Laquar Thinner, when that inner voice said  
> knowledge is power! On to the net I went. Up comes georgesbasement,  
> and my life changed forever. I now live in our basement, I'm always  
> late coming home on Thurs. and Fri. for hitting Garage Sales on my  
> 20 ml. drive Home. I want to Thank all of you for deep pool of  
> information you've made available. I've tripped a few times at the  
> Fleas, making bad buys, but do to your info and throwing a tight  
> leash around a novice, fresh to the hunt! Thanks again. Jeff Bredeson.
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