Marty, Welcome!  Sounds like you are eminently qualified to sit on  
the Porch.  All those allied trades really come in handy sometimes  
when you just can't make the piece you need out of wood! I've started  
more fires that way! Just kidding guys......most of the time! Have a  
sit down Marty and practice with the spittoon on the downwind side!  
Paul In Normal, Illinois

On Nov 30, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Marty Reser at Specialty Packaging wrote:

> Hi, I have been lurking for a few years now and am about to put a  
> foot up on
> the porch.
>
> I started playing around with wood when I was about 7 as my dad was a
> woodworker.
>
> He was happy to show any of my 9 siblings and I anything he knew. I  
> used to
> be addicted to tailed apprentices but have mostly weaned myself off  
> of them
> except when it makes sense. I have a nice assortment of hand tools,  
> some
> younger than me and most older. I'm 52 and have done carpentry,  
> plumbing,
> welding, machining, industrial maintenance, consulting, and plant
> management. Not all well, but enough to make a living.
>
> .At the moment I live just outside Fort Worth, Tx and have been  
> lucky enough
> to meet a few galoots at MWTCA meetings and been to a few hand tool  
> classes
> at Homestead Heritage. I've really learned a tremendous amount while
> monitoring this list and am amazed at the assembled knowledge. Hope  
> to learn
> some more so I'll mostly just sit back and try to pay attention.
>
> Marty Reser
>
>
>
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