You are a man after my own heart, Jay. Welcome aboard!

You are just gonna love it here.

--- Jay Moyer  wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have lurked here for years off and on. 
> I am 26, and have a very special wife who buys me
> old things and will 
> even go to auctions when I can not to purchase tools
> for me. 
> I grew up on a farm, learning to be a mechanic on
> just about anything 
> and could fabricate and weld just about anything,
> all taught to me by my 
> pops. My father and I also completely built a 1000
> foot addition to our 
> house together, so basic
> carpentry/wiring/roofing/masonry/finishing work 
> was absorbed as well
> I have served 5 years in the Marine Corps as an
> helicopter mech, 
> traveling the world, meeting interesting people and
> then trying to 
> kill/not be killed by them. 
> For several years now I have been working for
> Caterpillar, as a 
> machinist on the large 3500 series
> engines(700-3000HP). 
> 
> My wife and I have a 10 acre farm that we use draft
> horses for the 
> motive power, most of the implements are 60+years
> old and have been/are 
> being restored to working condition.  I have a
> slight axe fetish, and 
> heat my house with wood, completely hand split and
> the trees are limbed 
> by axe where possible but dare I say that I use a
> c#$insaw to fell the 
> large trees and bucking.  I also cut/split my own
> fence post from hedge 
> (Osage orange) trees and hand dig their holes.
> I also search out older shovels/spades and other
> long handled tools as 
> the things sold now days are an abomination compared
> to what used to be 
> sold. 
> 
> I also blacksmith, mainly things for the farm right
> now but I would like 
> to forge tools mainly and ornamental work for the
> house/wife.  The wife 
> purchased an excellent shape peter wright 197 pound
> anvil for an 
> anniversary present< isn't she wonderful> and
> hopefully I can get a 
> small building erected this spring to house a
> permanent smithy in. 
> 
> I have interest in wood working as well, especially
> to complement my 
> blacksmithing and have started to collect tools for
> such activities.  I 
> am also planning on putting an addition to my barn
> to house a small wood 
> shop that is heated so I can spend the winter making
> shavings. 
>
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