Welcome to the porch!!!!

Glad to hear that you don't yet have a serious problem with
collecting...er, I mean using old tools. I'm just down the double
nickel, not too far north of NOLA.

Happy hunting!!

--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Great Ogre  wrote:

> From: Great Ogre  Subject: [OldTools] Bio: Reese Yontz
> To: "Old Tools Mailing List"  Date: Friday, October 17,
> 2008, 10:40 AM I guess that since I've posted for about the 2nd time
> in 2 years, I should go ahead and post a bio. BTW, I should mention
> that I have learned a lot while I've been lurking around the porch. My
> wife currently lives in west Tennessee while I am living and working
> in Jackson, MS. We were supposed to move with my new job (EEIT for the
> State of MS), but that hasn't happened yet and is a-whole-nother
> story. And we had our first child, a little GITette, in June.
>
> I have been attempting to amass a nice collection of tools to be able
> to use. At the moment, I don't think I have enough to do anything
> serious, although, I am getting close to having just the right amount.
> On the plus side, that might be a good thing because that keeps me
> close to some junk shops with rust. I know that Jeff in Memphis has
> said that there aren't too many places around there, and I can agree
> with him. Although Jeff, if you come closer to the TN river, you can
> find some rust -- both good and bad. Over the last couple of years,
> I've bought a rusty Stanley 603 that I think is mostly surface rust
> for $15 and a Stanley 608 for about $30-50 (can't remember and it was
> in a largish lot of other tools). To me, those are the two big gloats
> that I've gotten. Oh, I should mention those are from the same guy and
> bought about a year apart. I have purchased a few planes through that
> online auction site which shall remain unnamed and if my wife buys me
> old tools it usually one that I've put on the watch list there and she
> knows it's a "safe" buy. Currently, I think I have a "base" set of
> planes and am working on acquiring chisels and saws. I have bought a
> few rusty Distons (no clue what kind) in the Mississippi Delta for
> about a $1 a piece -- figured they are fairly modern and would be good
> examples for practicing cleaning and sharpening methods. I figure
> after I "play" with these and learn what to do, I'll look for some
> serious saws. I have about 3 chisels (1/2", 1-1/2", and 2" firmers as
> best I can tell) that were all the guy with the 608 had.
>
> With the birth of the GITette, I haven't focused so much on
> acquisition, but am moving more towards cleaning, tweaking, and
> sharpening the tools I currently have. I will gladly take an advice
> from anyone on what to acquire next or how to proceed. I have read up
> as much as possible on electrolysis and citric acid (and even the evapo-
> rust stuff), but can't quite make up my mind. All seem to be fairly
> effective and as best as I can tell. I guess, being the scientific
> type, I might have to try all of them and see which method I prefer.
>
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