I have been on the list for a while now, after attending the old tools
meet at Ron Harper's place in Indiana a while ago, and also since I work
with one Steve Jones, another galoot.

'Vital' data points:
Howard Slack       hnslack@i...
RR5 Box 241KK
Peru  IN 46970

Occupation: Computer systems analyst (not real title, but close enough)

Family: Wife Susie and 11 (soon 12) children - Hannah, Reuben, Rebekah,
Chavah, Mark, Shoshannah, Joel, Joanna, Jordan, Leah, Keila. (one wife,
no twins, no adoptions) Ages of children are from 22 down to 3. My
lovely wife is obviously quite busy with homemaking, and all the more
with homeschooling. The kids take a lot of the responsibilities for
laundry, cooking, etc.

Interests: Family, church, learning Hebrew (although in spurts), music,
woodworking, 4H leadership.

We are quite a musical family, with violins in the 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2,
3/4, and full sizes, along with 2 violas and a cello. Also piano,
trumpet, flute, guitars, ukulele, and a couple banjos (I am the banjo
player - everyone else would like to play but they're just too
embarassed to admit it). Our musical taste is also pretty diverse,
including baroque, classical, Christian, Jewish klezmer, bluegrass,
cowboy western, Irish/Scottish and Cajun fiddling, bagpipes and
accordian, Scott Joplin rags and Sousa marches, ... In fact, we like
most anything musical (which obviously excludes rock, disco, and
especially rap). My opinion on instruments is somewhat galootish - I
figure there is nothing wrong with an electric guitar that a good old
blackout wouldn't cure. (Chet Atkins and Merle Travis are exempted from
the above condemnation).

Woodworking interests:
I collect wood (and am a member of the IWCS - International Wood
Collectors' Society), and enjoy turning wooden eggs on the lathe. Eggs
are a good way to display the various kinds of wood and their grains. I
also try to do some light furniture, boxes, shelves, etc. Through
reading various books and starting to collect certain tools, I am
starting to get worked up to the idea of making a violin. I also am
interested in making fine handtools for my own use.

3-4 of the children have been in the 4-H woodworking project and have
done quite well, using handtools for the most part.

Several of the children and I are also in a local woodcarving club.

I *don't* collect tools, but I sure seem to have a lot of them. My wife
might start thinking I do collect them, but I'm pretty sure that's just
a simple misunderstanding.

So far I have enjoyed the group and gotten some good answers to
questions, although it is a somewhat daunting task to stay on top of the
flood of email messages.

>Family: Wife Susie and 11 (soon 12) children - Hannah, Reuben, Rebekah,
>Chavah, Mark, Shoshannah, Joel, Joanna, Jordan, Leah, Keila. (one wife,
>no twins, no adoptions) Ages of children are from 22 down to 3.

Welcome aboard Howard,

I thought that I have many kids (only 4!) but now I see that I still have a
long way to go!

Best regards,

Eddie Sirotich
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Adria Tools - High Quality Dovetail Saws
http://www.woodworking.com/adria

>Woodworking interests:
>I collect wood (and am a member of the IWCS - International Wood
>Collectors' Society),

Is this for real or did you just make them up?
I think I need to join.......

In a message dated 2/20/99 7:25:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
spokeshave@m... writes:

> >Woodworking interests:
>  >I collect wood (and am a member of the IWCS - International Wood
>  >Collectors' Society),
>
>
>  Is this for real or did you just make them up?
>  I think I need to join.......
>
It's for real alright.  You wouldn't believe the wood gloats I have to put up
with at work - a couple of $10 ebony stumps, a $4 piece of koa about right for
Mark McGuire's bat, etc. etc. etc.

In fairness, I have to say that Howard took me to an auction at a fellow
member's place where I picked up slabs of osage orange, silver maple, red elm
burl, live oak, sycamore, and some other odds 'n' ends.

Steve Jones
Kokomo IN
Still seeking Stanley #64 screwdrivers and Buck Bros. mortise chisels

Howard casually mentions:
>>I collect wood (and am a member of the IWCS - International Wood
>>Collectors' Society),

Welcome to the porch, Howard.  There are a number
of wood collectors lurking around here.  Some won't
admit it in public, some claim only a passing fancy
related to sport of OT, and others (like me) who
eschew the formal specimen size and dream of
completing the Tasmania wing of the collection
in bowl blanks.

Feel free to post wood gloats, wood inquiries,
FS notices on large pieces of uncommon
woods from Tasmania, etc.

And John innocenly inquires about turning pro:
>Is this for real or did you just make them up?
>I think I need to join.......

You go boy.

- Stephan

>And John innocenly inquires about turning pro:

>>Is this for real or did you just make them up?
>>I think I need to join.......

>You go boy.

Got a URL for them?-)

>>Woodworking interests:
>>I collect wood (and am a member of the IWCS - International Wood
>>Collectors' Society),

John A. Gunterman wrote:
>Is this for real or did you just make them up?
>I think I need to join.......

Get thee to the Web site already!!!

http://www.kiva.net/~rjbrown/w5/iwcs.html

Keith Bohn

Duke of URLs wrote:

> Get thee to the Web site already!!!
>
> http://www.kiva.net/~rjbrown/w5/iwcs.html
>

That was the page I looked up first (from an old IWCS bookmark), but the
http://www.woodcollectors.org site seems to be more up to date and have
more content.

Howard Slack

Howard Slack wrote:
>
> Family: Wife Susie and 11 (soon 12) children

        ....YIKES! Please, at the appropriate time, let us know
        if "cheaper by the dozen" is, in fact, true .....

        Oh, and, Welcome to the list!

        Chris

Howard Slack wrote:

>I *don't* collect tools, but I sure seem to have a lot of them. My wife
>might start thinking I do collect them, but I'm pretty sure that's just
>a simple misunderstanding.

This is truly a classic statement and I believe it deserves a place
in the FAQ.  Or at least in Tom Price's "Galoot's Progress".
(Howard, you're in the right place).

Paul Fuss
Boston, MA