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10156 <hastings@p...> 1996‑11‑26 Bio
GG -
   Well, I've been lurking now for about a month, and decided I'd probably
ought to send in my bio. Yeah, I know, about bloody time.
   I'm 39 years old, and live in Hayward, California, which is in the San
Francisco Bay area. I attended the University of Arizona, studying
Metallurgy, until the mines closed in '79. Since then I've done work as a
chef, a sound recording engineer, and, most recently, a plasma etch
semiconductor engineer, although I'm currently on disability. 
   As to woodworking and oldtools, when I was at the UofA my first wife
was a harpist. I became enamoured of the harp, and started studying how to
make the things. Well, my interests have since branched out considerably,
and now I am making reproductions of Rennaisance benches and stools for
the recreation enthusiasts in the area, as well as refinishing and such.
Pretty much still at hobbyist level, but doing good and enjoying it,
even so. As to tools, I tend to be a Neanderthal, although I will, every
once in a while, use a P*w*r tool. Currently I'm looking into building a
walking saw.
   Well, that's about it. 
Philip 



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