After lurking for quite a while and posting a couple of things here and
there I figured I should step up and introduce myself more properly.

My name is Kris Easter, I live in Longmont, CO and I recently finished
insulating and drywalling my garage. Hopefully that will keep it from
being 20 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter and 110 in the summer. (I
actually started this quite a while ago and I can now report that the
shop stayed above freezing all winter long which is good news for my
waterstones.)

My interest in Old Tools mostly came from crowding the shop, er, garage,
with enough power tools that it seemed quicker to grab a plane and joint
a board then to pull out the powered jointer. Sadly, my only plane _was_
a Stanley 4 1/2 (wide smoother, Jeff) frankenplane. It didn't seem quite
the right tool for the job and the resulting research has led me down
that slippery slope known all too well by most here. I'm mostly
interested in old tools where they give me an advantage, either the
quiet, the lack of dust, or the visually pleasing hand cut joinery, etc.
I'm not yet convinced that I'm going to rip all the rails and stiles for
a set of kitchen cabinets by hand but perhaps I'll reach that level of
enlightenment some day.

By day I work at computers, programming business type applications more
or less. I find relief by going home and building something with a life
expectancy greater than five years.

As for the email address, in the winter my free days are usually spent
telemark, or free heel, skiing.

Kris

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welcome...and watch your step on this s l o p e.

Archie

--- Ray  wrote:

>  Always wanted to do some woodworking but other than the odd box or
>  shelf, have not had the time. Now that I am nearing retirement, I
>  hope to be able to devote more time to learning and working with
>  wood. For tools I have a old table saw and a brace with some bits
>  from my father-in-law, a circular saw and a drill press, some
>  cordless drills and a grinder. Became very interested in using hand
>  tools when I needed to build a box to be used the next morning.
>  Looked over at the table saw and realized that it would take a half-
>  hour to clean off all the stuff that was stacked on it, move
>  everything that was stored around it and then waste another half-hour
>  returning everything when I was done. Then looked over at my hand saw
>  (which was still sharp because it was used only once in 12 years)
>  hanging on a hook and easy to get to. So- cut up the boards, sawed
>  some plywood for the top and bottom and uncased my cordless drill
>  drill. The battery was dead of course. Found my old brace and bits.
>  Drilled the holes and put in the screws with the brace. Surprised
>  that driving large screws with the brace was better than using the
>  cordless drill! Building the box with the hand tools took less time
>  than just digging out the saw and actually gave me a good feeling
>  that I had never gotten with power tools.
>
> Then I found this site and was overwhelmed by the sheer talent
> displayed and the helpful nature of the Galoots. Been lurking and
> learning and decided to send in a bio. Looking forward to learning
> more about tools and making things.
>
> Ray from New England
>
>
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Walt says:

> Chuck,
> 
> Welcome to the porch.

Thanks, Walt.  There weren't many galoots around to welcome people to the
porch when I first signed on.  That was about 10 minutes after the list came
on line back in...  When was it?  I forget...  :^)

Chuck Myers

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