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163647 | "Randall Maxey" <rmaxey@g...> | 2006‑09‑26 | Bio - Randy Maxey |
Fellow galoots, I can barely work up the courage to crawl up on the porch steps and beg your forgiveness. I could have sworn that I at one time posted my bio, but tonight's browse of the Bios list proved I was mistaken. I am so sorry. I have poked my head out from under the porch so many times and even chimed in to many a discussion. I think I've even helped myself to the sweet tea. I was born in 1960 in Delaware, Ohio, just north of Columbus. Lived there until September 2005. I have seven (yes, 7) boys and a wonderful wife. Grew up watching my Dad work in his basement shop that flooded out about once a year. Constant mold and rust. He later quit his full-time factory job and became a self-employed handyman when I was a young lad. (He eventually built a real shop.) I helped him on many jobs. I learned most of what I know about woodworking from my Dad. He was a power tool user and didn't use many hand tools except for the occasional chisel or block plane to hang doors. Then about 1997 or so, he shows up at our house for Christmas with a paper bag. A heavy paper bag. He says, "Here. You can have these." A Stanley 78 rabbet plane and a Stanley 4-1/2 smoother. I was ecstatic. I knew nothing about planes, but went full steam ahead researching and learning how to restore them. When I took my first whisper-thin shavings with that 4-1/2, I was almost literally in tears. "This is woodworking," I thought. I was permanently hooked. Thus here I am. Somewhere, sometime, somebody pointed me to The Porch. I have been sneaking around the side of the house and hiding under the porch for quite some time. I used to be a computer geek and had my own consulting business since 1989. In September 2005, I moved to Des Moines, Iowa to become one of the editors for Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Kinda' like a dream job, I guess you could say. Having the time of my life. Now I hope y'all don't mind if I pull up a chair. -- Randy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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163648 | Esther Heller <galoot@l...> | 2006‑09‑26 | Re: Bio - Randy Maxey |
Randall Maxey wrote: > Fellow galoots, >Most of his bio planed away per the fascinating faq (really a good read!) > > I used to be a computer geek and had my own consulting business since > 1989. In September 2005, I moved to Des Moines, Iowa to become one of > the editors for Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Kinda' like a > dream job, I guess you could say. Having the time of my life. > > Now I hope y'all don't mind if I pull up a chair. > Windsor, Morris, Chippendale, or other?? Welcome! Anyone think we are making a splash, we have a second ww magazine with an editor on the porch? Although with all due respect to Randy his looks rather more Norm-centric. Any particular slope you would like a good look at? we are all here to help ;-) ;-) Or any types of articles you are looking for one of the assembled multitude to write?? Esther -- Esther Heller bench built Windsor chairs www.estherheller.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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163662 | "Randall Maxey" <rmaxey@g...> | 2006‑09‑27 | Re: Bio - Randy Maxey |
Esther, "Although with all due respect to Randy his [magazines] looks rather more Norm-centric." Shhhhh!!!! I'm undercover! Trying hard to get more hand tool coverage, though it's a fight. You should have noticed at least a little shift in the last year. A couple of us editors are hand tool guys, so we try to sneak something in every so often. "Any particular slope you would like a good look at? we are all here to help" No worries, there. I've been slipping down the hand plane slope for quite some time now. "Or any types of articles you are looking for one of the assembled multitude to write??" We don't use free-lance writers, but if the assembled galootdom doesn't mind, I might solicit opinions or guidance or knowledge once in a while. As I did with my post about the upcoming seminar I'm giving to a bunch of Normites on hand planes in the shop. And I'm now working on an article about Yankee-style screwdrivers for ShopNotes. Never been done. I'm so giddy about it, I can't stand it. While we're on that topic, I may start another thread about how y'all use your Yankees. Glad to be here. --Randy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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