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55957 "Ted Evans" <tevans1@w...> 1999‑01‑15 Bio
   Hope I'm doing this correctly, don't want to get kicked back under the

   porch the first day.

   I  have  been  under  the  porch  for several months now listening and
   learning

   a  lot. It is a great bunch of people that frequent this place and all
   are

   treated with kindness and respect.

   My name is Ted Evans, my residence is in Billings, Montana, I have a

   wife of four years and I work for, ah, I'm employed with AT&T.

   Unlike many that have been exposed to woodworking by relatives, I did

   not  get  started  until  a  few  years  back after coming home from a
   weekend

   camping trip to find everything in my home gone, including my wife of

   23  years.  I  did  not  have  the resources to replace a household of
   furniture

   that had been accumulated during those 23 years. So, I started buying

   woodworking  tools  and making sawdust. I have built almost all of the
   wood

   furniture  pieces  in our home as well as all cabinets, all trim, door
   and

   window  treatments.  Started  with  Craftsman  tools  and  upgraded to
   General

   and Powermatic with a Bridgewood and a Grizzly piece. I really enjoy

   reading  about  all  of  the old tools and the projects that have been
   built

   with  them.  Myself, first, I don't possess the skills with hand tools
   that most

   of  you  do  and  second, I like to use whatever tool that I have that
   does the

   best  job  the  quickest.  Hand tools are used whenever they will do a
   better

   job  for  me  or  do  it  quicker.  I  hate  setting up a tool for one
   procedure so

   will  use a hand tool in those instances. I will admit to enjoying the
   use of

   hand tools more than the power tools. Basically, I appreciate any good

   tool, power or hand. I hope this doesn't disqualify me from the porch.

   And in my defense, I owned 3 hand planes, which I never used, when I

   came  across  the  Old Tools list a little over a year ago. Now I have
   the following:

   1 - Miller Falls

   1 - Corsair

   2 - Record

   3 - Sargent

   13 - L-N

   16 - woodies

   23 - Stanley

   1 - SJB chariot that I just finished, to which Ernie is to blame.

   I  really  appreciate  and  enjoy  all the helpful information that is
   shared by

   all. And also the trust. I have purchased some of my tools from list

   members and the transactions have all been a pleasure.

   Have  put some pics of the SJB on a web page if anyone cares to have a
   look.

   http://home.att.net/~tevans1/Sbj1.jpg     left side
   http://home.att.net/~tevans1/sbj2.jpg      bottom
   http://home.att.net/~tevans1/sbj3.jpg      front
   http://home.att.net/~tevans1/sbj4.jpg      right side

   Thanks to all for being so neighborly and sharing your experiences.

   Ted

         Replies Author                  Date
   42392 Re: Bio John A. Gunterman       Fri  1/15/1999
   42520 Bio     Robert Gaukel           Mon  1/18/1999
   42542 Bio     Brandon Ford            Tue  1/19/1999
   42660 Re: Bio STJones911@a...         Thu  1/21/1999
   43206 Bio     Norm                    Sat  1/30/1999
   44639 Bio     Ralph Sprang            Mon  2/22/1999
   45930 Bio     J Breslawski            Mon  3/15/1999
   50009 Bio     Andy Tait               Thu  6/3/1999
   50011 Re: Bio Joe and Rhonda DiPietro Thu  6/3/1999



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