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35376 Louis Michaud <louis_michaud@UQAR.UQuebec.CA> 1998‑01‑26 Bio/kinda gloat
Hello from Rimouski,

         I'm a small boat maniac, building and messing about in them. I
started with handtools because they are a lot more convenient to adjust
joints in a boat (everything is compound curved, crooked and never fits
according to measurements...) than p*w*r tools, and they're cheaper.
        Got into furniture making when friends made rude remarks about my
make-shift student furniture and something to the effect that I had enough
boats (saying you have enough boats is like saying you have enough
handplanes...) So, looked around for different styles of furniture,
discovered Shaker and  Arts and Crafts furniture. Made a few pieces with
p*w*r tools and decided  to continue with a mix of p*w*r  and hand tools. I
work mostly with yellow birch, anyline dies, finish with a scraper (hate
sandpaper!) and use a varnish/oil mixture.
        I looked around locally for oldtools, nothing, nada, zlicht!
probably worst than Texas... Canadian-US exchange rates are murder, in
despair I started cutting back on beer (Sleeman's Dark Original) and dog
biscuits (I have a dog...) to be able to buy from a US dealer (any canadian
oldtool dealers out there?). Out of the blue a  toolchest finds its way in
the back of my truck.

Contents:
Stanley/Bailey #3, #5, #7 (types 15-18)
#220 (recent), #80 scraper, #63 and #151 spokeshaves,
#78 (missing fence and depth adj.)
Wooden plane: SCIOTO(?) WORKS 15, 16 in. long, razee type rear end with
tote, metal plate screwed to the bottom.

Disston D7 (nib) 10 pt cross., Disston 10 pt cross.(looks like a short
Compact model),
Disston 6 pt rip

Stanley #923 10 in. brace (rosewood handles ?)
Hand drill, heavy machined castings, hollow wooden handle, no markings.

This would be the gloat part, since I paid less than $100 (CANADIAN !!!) for
a basic Galoot starter kit.        

I'm still searching for a virgin white goat to sacrifice in thanks to the
great TOOL GOD...

        Back to lurking, still learning a lot, hope to have something to add
once in a while.

Louis Michaud
Rimouski, Quebec

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