Hello to all you galoots!

I guess it's about time I sent a bio now that I've been lurking for over
a week. I operate a small woodworking business making Windsor chairs and
some furniture as well as supplying riven green wood to Windsor
chairmakers who can't find good wood. I am handicapped by Lou Gherigs
desease which has come to limit my activities somewhat - especially
Riving. I need and get a lot of help from SWMBO and other family m

>Hello to all you galoots! 
>
>I guess it's about time I sent a bio now that I've been lurking for over a
week.
>I operate a small woodworking business making Windsor chairs and some
>furniture as well as supplying riven green wood to Windsor chairmakers who
>can't find good wood. I am handicapped by Lou Gherigs desease which has come
>to limit my activities somewhat - especially Riving. I need and get a lot of
>help from SWMBO and other family members.

As you can see my loss of dexterity caused me to send this before it was
complete!

While I maintain a Normite shop my interest in handtools became focused when
I began making Windsors. I try to find tools at auctions and sales but have
made some that I couldn't find. I made a froe out of a car spring, a small
compass plane for chair seats, a new body for my grandfathers spokeshave and
am in the process of making a travisher out of an old planer blade.

As a point of interest I had obtained a 2" Witherby gouge which I used as a
roughing gouge for greenwood leg turning. It has about a 7 or 8 sweep. Any
way the more I used it the easier I found it to turn legs. Can't use it for
everything on a leg (coves etc.) but find it a good tool to finish the large
areas with. Anyone else ever tried this large a tool for turning?

Having read Steve LaMantia's info on scary sharp I cant wait to pick up some
paper and try it.

I also wanted to comment on having learned many things in the time I have
been lurking and hope that some day I can contribute some knowledge.

Jim Tourtillott

Galoot Jim Tourtillott writes:



>
>As you can see my loss of dexterity caused me to send this before it was
>complete!

Whew, watch that first step. It's the weekend and we're here without adult
supervision. Guess someone whittled a little too much off the railing. Never
fear though, you're not the first one to fall off the porch. Glad ya didn't
get hurt. Tom or Paddy will fix that railing on Monday. Don't worry, they
won't mind much, it'll be easier than the mess we usually leave for them.
Boy do they hate it when we start slinging mud; it gets all over the walls
and everything. B^) 

Welcome Jim

Larry Williams

On Aug 11,  4:23pm, James L. Tourtillott wrote:

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> >I operate a small woodworking business making Windsor chairs and some
> >furniture as well as supplying riven green wood to Windsor chairmakers who
> >can't find good wood. I am handicapped by Lou Gherigs desease which has come
> >to limit my activities somewhat - especially Riving. I need and get a lot of
> >help from SWMBO and other family members.
>
> As you can see my loss of dexterity caused me to send this before it was
> complete!
>
> While I maintain a Normite shop my interest in handtools became focused when
> I began making Windsors. I try to find tools at auctions and sales but have
> made some that I couldn't find. I made a froe out of a car spring, a small
> compass plane for chair seats, a new body for my grandfathers spokeshave and
> am in the process of making a travisher out of an old planer blade.
>
> As a point of interest I had obtained a 2" Witherby gouge which I used as a
> roughing gouge for greenwood leg turning. It has about a 7 or 8 sweep. Any
> way the more I used it the easier I found it to turn legs. Can't use it for
> everything on a leg (coves etc.) but find it a good tool to finish the large
> areas with. Anyone else ever tried this large a tool for turning?
>
> Having read Steve LaMantia's info on scary sharp I cant wait to pick up some
> paper and try it.
>
> I also wanted to comment on having learned many things in the time I have
> been lurking and hope that some day I can contribute some knowledge.
>
> Jim Tourtillott
>
>
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