Hello.
I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with my wife, son (5) and daughter (2).
I work in the computer industry and became interested in woodworking after
my son was born and I wanted to make him a small table.  With some help from
my Dad, the table was build and I was on my way.

My shop is an 8x10 storage building I have wired and outfitted with a AC.
Its full of Normie type tools as well as the following:

A #4 (aquired from the esteemed P. Leach).  Type 18 -19.  Has all the marks
of a type 19 except a T shaped frog receiver instead of the Y.

A #5.  Type 15.  An antique mall find (rare in these parts) for a resonable
price.  Still has 60 - 75% of the stanley sticker on the tote.

A Craftman 9 1/2 clone.  Again from Patrick.  I'm not sure (nor was he) who
Sears got these from but its a good user.

A 60 1/2.  Made in USA but looks to be from near the end of the line as the
iron has a 13-060A model number on it.  Waiting on a Hock iron as the
original is too pitted.

Just picked up a 1221 egg-beater drill and have a Stanley 923 brace on the
way from an Ebay auction.  Hope to get the little man interested a bit
(haha) by letting him do some drilling with Dad.

I'm 36 and there is someting enjoyable to me about having some tools older
than I connected with the traditions of woodworking.  I find woodworking
(Normie and galoot) to provide a great distraction from the technology of my
work.

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The Toye Family: Gene, Lucy, David, and Amanda
1601 San Francisco
Carrollton, TX 75007