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Take a look at john gardner's first book.  Lots of dories in there.

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Bruce J. Kantelis
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-----Original Message-----
From: J. Mark Lane 
To: louis_michaud@UQAR.UQuebec.CA 
Cc: oldtools@l... 
Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: Bio/kinda gloat

>Louis,
>When it rains it pours...another boater.  Welcome, brother.  And congrats
on the
>nice toolkit.  As I suppose you have seen (whilst lurking) there are a few
>boating types here.  Although I am building (well, re-building) a 32 foot
>sailboat, I am also presently trying to decide on a nice design for a small
boat
>that I can build in my shop while it's too cold to work on the sailboat in
the
>unheated shed.  I want to do a Gloucester type dory with a small sail rig
and
>two rowing stations.  I think dories are beautiful.  What kind of small
boats do
>you like, strike that, are you obsessed with (because it can only be an
>obsession)?  Anyway, welcome, from a relative newcomer here who also loves
to
>mess about in boats....
>Mark Lane
>New York
>
>Louis Michaud wrote:
>
>> 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
>> Canada
>> Louis Michaud
>> Bibliothecaire, Secteur science et technologie
>> Service de la bibliotheque
>> Universite du Quebec a Rimouski
>> 300, allee des Ursulines
>> Rimouski, Quebec
>> G5L 3A1
>>
>> tel:(418)723-1986, poste 1213
>> fax:(418)724-1621
>> louis_michaud@u...
>>
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