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11773 <JKMorton@a...> 1997‑01‑10 Another bio
Tender Galoots:

My previous effort at neanderthography got trashed so I'm trying again.

I am the father of a six year old and a 7 week old.  She's a girl, he's a boy
and I'm a mess!  But the mother of all my children is a great and faithful
companion.  She appreciates the beauty of a type 11 no.4 and hopes that it
can lead to real furniture before the new millennium.  She's very patient:
 in my spare time, I own--but do not operate-- the Someday Honey Woodworking
Company.  (Our motto:  "We'll get around to it." )

Fortunately, my daughter has shown signs of interest in things wooden during
the nights Daddy was down in the cellar making messes and singing to himself.
 After the knees have gone, it's great to have another kind of family thing
to look forward to.

I have cleaned my basement, built a wood rack, arranged the high decibel
tools in a convenient way and plan to build things with mostly low decibel
stuff i've acquired over the years.  My Dad recently gave me a box of 19th C
English moulding planes which he got when my grandfather died.  My
grandfather was born in England and  moved to Canada in the 1910's.  In his
spare time, he made chessboards, serving trays, side tables (all inlay stuff)
as well as lamps, coffee tables and puzzles for us when we were kids.  I
still remember the smell of his shop in Windsor, Ontario, the big bench vise
we used as the ship's wheel when we were pirates, the big cast iron lathe
with lots of scrollwork and the sawdust.  Great memories. His moulding planes
are dusty but gorgeous and I'm enjoying just  the thought of cleaning them
and maybe using them as he used them one day.

Mr. Leach and Mr. Henley are sending me things in the mail.  When I get them,
I plan to use them too.  There's a big space (well maybe 7' long) in the
cellar  that's begging for a real live bench so I've drafted the bench (a
combo of a Klausz shoulder vise and a Nelson tail vise with 19" work surface,
no tool tray, for those who have the Workbench book) and I hope to get a
start on it before the end of the month.

My brother-in-law in New England has built some nice pieces for his home, and
shames me with his persistence at getting things done.  He's coming to visit
in a few weeks and we'll sit by the coal fire, like Galoots in the days of
yore, and talk tools, drink beer, dream dreams and maybe make something of
ourselves. 

But I ramble.

Beam me up!

Kevin Morton
Someday Honey Woodworking
A Division of The Fantasy Group



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