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36083 "Stephan Patnaude" <spatnaude@i...> 1998‑02‑03 A Bio and A Question
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From: Stephan Patnaude 
To: oldtools@l... =

Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 12:47 AM
Subject: A Bio and A Question

The Bio-
My name is Stephan Patnaude. I am a full time wood collector, a part =
time woodworker, a part time tool maker, and a soon to become an owner =
(I hope) of some old planes.  My old tool use has been thus far limited =
to saws, block planes, and long ago the contents of my stepfather's =
patternmaker's chest which I sold to help finance a  university =
education(sigh). I earn money by unleashing evil computers on the world =
and I'm afraid I cannot contribute much in way of old tool lore, but I =
do know:
1) How to kill all sorts of dangerous and damaging insects hiding in =
wood in  =20
   sneaky clean ways.
2) How to convert major pieces of trees into usable lumber in a small =
basement
    with low ceilings using only handtools.
3) How to make pretty decent specialty bow saws.
4) How to sneak a 7' koa log into the house and make it look like it's =
been
    there all along.
5) How to fill up lots of places normally intended to hold furniture =
with wood and
    actually get away with it for years.
6) How to cajole friends and strangers in far away places to send rare =
woods.
7) How to stain a cat orange using wood.
8) How to make things out of what we wood collectors call "users".
=20
The Question - Am I the only person that collects wood, viz. a person =
likely
to make the retort:  "I'm not going to make it into anything! It's part =
of my collection, like stamps or coins or ......never mind"?

Cheers, SCP

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