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51948 | wilsonbrian@j... (Brian J Wilson) | 1998‑10‑21 | Bio - I just wanted to sharpen stuff |
Hello all! All I really wanted to do was learn how to sharpen some chisels. That said permit me to introduce myself. I got into woodworking through necessity. SWMBO and I lived in a depression era house that needed a new screen door. Well it turns out that the only place that was willing to make one was a security door company that wanted $400 for it. The door was to the kitchen and extremely narrow (~24"). Since we had a t*bl*s*w (SWMBO chose it instead of an engagement ring) I figured I'd buy a drill press and with the money I saved and make a wooden screen door myself. To make a long story short I built the door after about 2 months and was hooked. Before long I was really into the tailed apprentices and blissfully happy in my ignorance of hand tool methods. This spring I was at the local wood store when I saw they were giving intro classes to woodworking. I knew at this point how to make the basic wood joints like dovetails and such ( with p*w*r tools) but, they also said that they were going to teach sharpening which I was/am terrible at. So I signed up. I show up the first night and it turns out the guy teaches everything with hand tools. He is a Neanderthal who makes windsor chairs. I was hooked. The joy of not having to fidget with jigs and stuff to use my power tools was a revelation. Also the experience of using a really sharp hand tools changed my whole outlook on woodworking. By the time class ended I already had a Stanley jointer and jack plane and I haven't looked back. I haven't finished any projects from start by hand but, those that were under way when I took the class were finished by hand. I keep seeing references to a slippery slope but, I have to tell you that to me it seemed much more like a cliff. The power stuff is for the most part gone now. I kept my R*ut*r which is the only way I have of making wood threads and my b*nd saw. I find myself stopping for flea markets, antique stores etc. all in the hope of finding more hand tools. I've made two trips this year to New England (in theory to visits SWMBO's relatives). All this because I just wanted to sharpen my cheap no-name plastic handled chisels.... Brian WIlson P.S. By day I support my habit working with computers and live with my wife a cat and shop dog in Maryland. I know nothing about surfing :) |
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52015 | wilsonbrian@j... (Brian J Wilson) | 1998‑10‑21 | Re: Bio - I just wanted to sharpen stuff |
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:40:14 -0400 Robert Arthur |
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52036 | "Michael D. Sullivan" <mds@a...> | 1998‑10‑22 | Re: Bio - I just wanted to sharpen stuff |
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:41:07 -0700, Brian J Wilson wrote: >I'm just inside the D.C. beltway on the border between Chevy Chase and >Kensington. Welcome, Brian! I'm ten minutes away, in Bethesda off River Road. I assume you know about Abernethy Sticks in Kensington? Nice hardwood lumber shop behind the firehouse. Go up Conn. Ave. and hang a left on the street (Plyers' Mill Rd.?) between the RR overpass and the firehouse. Pull up at what looks like a former gas station with wood in the windows. >If Karl sees this I am interested or, if you have his e-mail address I'd >appreciate it. Karl, the cheapest guy in town, king of the bottom feeders, is sangerkw@m... > >Thanks, > >Brian > >-- > > Michael D. Sullivan, Bethesda, Md., USA ICQ #15033066 |
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