I guess that since I've posted for about the 2nd time in 2 years, I
should go ahead and post a bio. BTW, I should mention that I have
learned a lot while I've been lurking around the porch. My wife
currently lives in west Tennessee while I am living and working in
Jackson, MS. We were supposed to move with my new job (EEIT for the
State of MS), but that hasn't happened yet and is a-whole-nother story.
And we had our first child, a little GITette, in June.

I have been attempting to amass a nice collection of tools to be able to
use. At the moment, I don't think I have enough to do anything serious,
although, I am getting close to having just the right amount. On the
plus side, that might be a good thing because that keeps me close to
some junk shops with rust. I know that Jeff in Memphis has said that
there aren't too many places around there, and I can agree with him.
Although Jeff, if you come closer to the TN river, you can find some
rust -- both good and bad. Over the last couple of years, I've bought a
rusty Stanley 603 that I think is mostly surface rust for $15 and a
Stanley 608 for about $30-50 (can't remember and it was in a largish lot
of other tools). To me, those are the two big gloats that I've gotten.
Oh, I should mention those are from the same guy and bought about a year
apart. I have purchased a few planes through that online auction site
which shall remain unnamed and if my wife buys me old tools it usually
one that I've put on the watch list there and she knows it's a "safe"
buy. Currently, I think I have a "base" set of planes and am working on
acquiring chisels and saws. I have bought a few rusty Distons (no clue
what kind) in the Mississippi Delta for about a $1 a piece -- figured
they are fairly modern and would be good examples for practicing
cleaning and sharpening methods. I figure after I "play" with these and
learn what to do, I'll look for some serious saws. I have about 3
chisels (1/2", 1-1/2", and 2" firmers as best I can tell) that were all
the guy with the 608 had.

With the birth of the GITette, I haven't focused so much on acquisition,
but am moving more towards cleaning, tweaking, and sharpening the tools
I currently have. I will gladly take an advice from anyone on what to
acquire next or how to proceed. I have read up as much as possible on
electrolysis and citric acid (and even the evapo-rust stuff), but can't
quite make up my mind. All seem to be fairly effective and as best as I
can tell. I guess, being the scientific type, I might have to try all of
them and see which method I prefer.

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On Oct 17, 2008, at 9:18 AM, paul womack wrote:

Great Ogre wrote:
> I have been attempting to amass a nice
> collection of tools to be able to use.

"Working set" is the preferred term ;-)

>  At the moment, I don't think I have enough to do
 > anything serious, although, I am getting
> close to having just the right amount.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  I built my first table, and a jewelers bench, with a bottom of the  
line BlackndPecker saber saw. And a hammer.
Serious work comes from your head, not your colle...er..set of tools.
   Although, a nice arsenal is a lot of fun!

Spike Cornelius
PDX
           Crazy for Shavings

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Welcome to the porch!!!!

Glad to hear that you don't yet have a serious problem with
collecting...er, I mean using old tools. I'm just down the double
nickel, not too far north of NOLA.

Happy hunting!!

--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Great Ogre  wrote:

> From: Great Ogre  Subject: [OldTools] Bio: Reese Yontz
> To: "Old Tools Mailing List"  Date: Friday, October 17,
> 2008, 10:40 AM I guess that since I've posted for about the 2nd time
> in 2 years, I should go ahead and post a bio. BTW, I should mention
> that I have learned a lot while I've been lurking around the porch. My
> wife currently lives in west Tennessee while I am living and working
> in Jackson, MS. We were supposed to move with my new job (EEIT for the
> State of MS), but that hasn't happened yet and is a-whole-nother
> story. And we had our first child, a little GITette, in June.
>
> I have been attempting to amass a nice collection of tools to be able
> to use. At the moment, I don't think I have enough to do anything
> serious, although, I am getting close to having just the right amount.
> On the plus side, that might be a good thing because that keeps me
> close to some junk shops with rust. I know that Jeff in Memphis has
> said that there aren't too many places around there, and I can agree
> with him. Although Jeff, if you come closer to the TN river, you can
> find some rust -- both good and bad. Over the last couple of years,
> I've bought a rusty Stanley 603 that I think is mostly surface rust
> for $15 and a Stanley 608 for about $30-50 (can't remember and it was
> in a largish lot of other tools). To me, those are the two big gloats
> that I've gotten. Oh, I should mention those are from the same guy and
> bought about a year apart. I have purchased a few planes through that
> online auction site which shall remain unnamed and if my wife buys me
> old tools it usually one that I've put on the watch list there and she
> knows it's a "safe" buy. Currently, I think I have a "base" set of
> planes and am working on acquiring chisels and saws. I have bought a
> few rusty Distons (no clue what kind) in the Mississippi Delta for
> about a $1 a piece -- figured they are fairly modern and would be good
> examples for practicing cleaning and sharpening methods. I figure
> after I "play" with these and learn what to do, I'll look for some
> serious saws. I have about 3 chisels (1/2", 1-1/2", and 2" firmers as
> best I can tell) that were all the guy with the 608 had.
>
> With the birth of the GITette, I haven't focused so much on
> acquisition, but am moving more towards cleaning, tweaking, and
> sharpening the tools I currently have. I will gladly take an advice
> from anyone on what to acquire next or how to proceed. I have read up
> as much as possible on electrolysis and citric acid (and even the evapo-
> rust stuff), but can't quite make up my mind. All seem to be fairly
> effective and as best as I can tell. I guess, being the scientific
> type, I might have to try all of them and see which method I prefer.
>
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Great Ogre wrote:
> 
> I have been attempting to amass a nice
> collection of tools to be able to use.

"Working set" is the preferred term ;-)

>  At the moment, I don't think I have enough to do
 > anything serious, although, I am getting
> close to having just the right amount.

So say we all!

Personally I've been at that stage
for years, despite continuous, though
gradual, accumulation.

Just a couple more now...

   BugBear

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