Well , I guess I've lurked long enough and figured it was time to do my bio.
My name is Brian and I just got remarried in December , My wifes name is
Suzanne and I'm 35 years old. I'm a Sample Coordinatorfor The IT Group. I am
currently living in Myrtle Beach SC working on the old AirForce Base.IT Group
is an Engineering and Environmental firm. Our job is to handle the remedial
actions on the base.Enough on the job aspects. My woodworking goes back to as
early as I can remember. My father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather were all
homebuilders/woodworkers and I guess I had a hammer in my hand since I was 4
or so. The unfortunate thing is they had all passed awayby the time I was 17
including my father. My forte since I was 7 though was refinishing antiques,
my uncle had an antique store and taught me how at an early age. By the time I
was 15 I was working in some of the best refinishing shops in Knoxville, Tn.
Then when I turned 20 went into the army and gave them 11 years of service at
which time I got out , opened my own refinishing shop while working another
job and did that for about a year . Adivorce caused me to lose the business
but since I have met the most wonderful woman in the world. Her father is a
woodworker also.
 I have all of my fathers tools and grandfathers also. I guess some belong to
my greatgrandfather also going by the date of some of them. I have recently
gotten all of them out and started cleaning them up with the anticipation of
using them and bringing back some of my childhood memories of them (since I
didn't get to spend the quality time with them that I wished I had).One note
that I will say now and do a seperate post on is That the best scraper is a
piece of glass. I have stripped many of chairs and chest with nothing more
than a piece of glass and was able to retain the original patina of the wood.
An old trick of the master conservators.
 My tools at this point consist of various breast drills, stanley miter box,
stanley #2c,#3,#4c,#5,#6,#7c, some varios block planes, (2)#45's with cutters,
and the list goes on. The only problem is they were in storage for over 20
years and some lite rusting and maybe a little pitting on just a few items has
occurred. this weekend will be my first good chance to start getting them back
into proper condition, i.e. electrolysis and scary sharp. Thanks, and look
forward to belonging in the "Great Galoot Pool", Brian