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107359 | Kerry Walker <kerryw@a...> | 2002‑06‑18 | Re: Bio, after considerable lurking |
Gary, Now that you are exposed, welcome. There are several of us in the Portland, Oregon area. Old tool, heck is fairly accurate. Best regards, Kerry At 05:50 PM 6/18/02 -0400, Gary Cavener wrote: >I am Gary Cavener. I live in old tool heck, in Oregon City, Oregon. I have >a shop full of p*w*r tools, which are used less and less as I learn to use >hand tools. I am definitely a "user-collector". I have over a hundred hand >planes, mostly Stanleys and Bedrocks, but with a few LN, Clifton, >woodies, a Knight smoother, etc. I also have accumulated around 40 misc. >bench chisels and a dozen Disston saws, plus all the other marking and >measuring and clamping tools. I humored myself that I wasn't a collector >until the latest thread about MWTCA came up. I don't really use 3-6 >multiples of the Stanley bench planes regularly. I have trouble passing >them up because I'm always looking to improve on the ones I use. My plan >is always to sell the excess pieces, but that doesn't seem to happen much. > >'tis a slippery slope and the improved quality of hand tool work has >greased that slope. > >I don't like writing bios, but after buying tools from several Galoots and >being embarrassed that you showed yours but I hadn't shown mine, I figured >I'd best expose myself. > > >Archive: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive >To unsubscribe or change options, use the web interface: > http://galoots.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=oldtools > Archive: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive To unsubscribe or change options, use the web interface: http://galoots.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=oldtools |
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107358 | "Gary Cavener" <gary@c...> | 2002‑06‑18 | Bio, after considerable lurking |
I am Gary Cavener. I live in old tool heck, in Oregon City, Oregon. I have a shop full of p*w*r tools, which are used less and less as I learn to use hand tools. I am definitely a "user-collector". I have over a hundred hand planes, mostly Stanleys and Bedrocks, but with a few LN, Clifton, woodies, a Knight smoother, etc. I also have accumulated around 40 misc. bench chisels and a dozen Disston saws, plus all the other marking and measuring and clamping tools. I humored myself that I wasn't a collector until the latest thread about MWTCA came up. I don't really use 3-6 multiples of the Stanley bench planes regularly. I have trouble passing them up because I'm always looking to improve on the ones I use. My plan is always to sell the excess pieces, but that doesn't seem to happen much. 'tis a slippery slope and the improved quality of hand tool work has greased that slope. I don't like writing bios, but after buying tools from several Galoots and being embarrassed that you showed yours but I hadn't shown mine, I figured I'd best expose myself. Archive: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive To unsubscribe or change options, use the web interface: http://galoots.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=oldtools |
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107377 | Gary Roberts <groberts76@a...> | 2002‑06‑19 | Re: Bio, after considerable lurking |
At 5:50 PM -0400 6/18/02, Gary Cavener wrote: >I am Gary Cavener. I live in old tool heck, in Oregon City, Oregon. I have >........... >'tis a slippery slope and the improved quality of hand tool work has >greased that slope. > >I don't like writing bios, but after buying tools from several Galoots and >being embarrassed that you showed yours but I hadn't shown mine, I figured >I'd best expose myself. Welcome aboard Gary. Be wary though... you are fast on your way to being GASP!!! a collector! Time we had more Gary's around here too. Gary -- Gary Roberts |
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