9962 posts in 738 days Location: Hoosick Falls, NY I use my Systems Engineering skills to pay for the use of my woodworking skills. I've worked in the information technology field about 20 years. My career transition was from being self employed as a general contractor where I did a lot of custom woodworking, cabinet making and furniture building, along with typical carpentry and building activities. Basically my hobby became my job and my job became my hobby. At 54 years old I finally built myself a decent shop and began working more with hand tools and less with power equipment. I’m by no means a purest and still love my shaper, but sometime the quietness of a hand plane is soothing enough to not want to turn the planer on. I like the Quiet and Solitude that comes with working with the handtools. That said I've also always like to restore things. Almost anything from old Victorian homes to screwdrivers. My shop is full of tools I have restored. My grizzly cabinet saw was $200 and a few days of sweat Equity. I recently restored a Walker Turner 16" bandsaw I bought for $100. I have restored well over 300 handplanes of all types. My planer is a restored Craftsman (Belsaw) planer. The list goes on and on, but I couldn't have afforded the quality and quantity of tools buying new. I understand restoration isn't for everyone, but it sure is a fun way to get what you want if you enjoy it like I do. I'll still never part with my table saw or bandsaws. I don't turn my jointer on a lot (restored delta), and i could probably be convinced to live without my planer, but I also have a sawmill, so I use rough sawn almost exclusively. I like the mix and every hour in my shop is a decision, hand or power. -- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m) Latest Activity | view all »
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SnowyRiver
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#1 posted 738 days ago
Welcome aboard. Nice that you could join us on Lumberjocks.
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
Max
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#2 posted 738 days ago
Glad to see that you have made LumberJocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
HallTree
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#3 posted 737 days ago
Welcome. You have found the right place for woodworking. A great group of people willing to help. Looking forward to see your projects and comments. Work safe in the shop and don’t forget to use pushsticks.
-- "Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life" Solomon
surfin2
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#4 posted 737 days ago
Welcome To LumberJocks.
Good Luck…
-- Rick
huntter2022
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#5 posted 737 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks !
-- David ; "BE SAFE BE HAPPY" Brockport , NY
Splinterman
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#6 posted 737 days ago
“WELCOME to LJ’s.”
taoist
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#7 posted 661 days ago
If all these welcomes are for me, then thank you all. I am new to woodworking although it is something I have wanted to do for years. So far I’m just making the worlds most expensive sawdust.
I hope to gain a little knowledge from your experience and maybe make it my own.
Look forward to talking to you all.
Thanks
Blackie_
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#8 posted 429 days ago
Hi Don
I noticed your pic, do yall have riding weather up there yet? Notice the Yall, that should be a dead give a way for me. LOL
-- Randy - If I'm not on LJ's then I'm making Saw Dust. Please feel free to visit my store location at http://www.facebook.com/randy.blackstock.custom.wood.designs
Don W
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#9 posted 428 days ago
Did some work in Austin. Did my dues on 6 st. It was nice enough to ride last weekend but I never got the bike out of the garage.
-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)
BigRedKnothead
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#10 posted 118 days ago
Enjoyed the stuff about making your own totes on your website. The only beef I have with the old stanleys is that the totes are way too small for my big hands.
-- "Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks." -P. Yancy
Don W
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#11 posted 118 days ago
I’m not going to disagree, but since almost all planes have followed a very similar pattern, what do you do?
-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)
BigRedKnothead
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#12 posted 101 days ago
Forgot to check back. I’m gonna have to make some totes though. I don’t have the heart to modify some of the old rosewood ones. Kinda silly, because they will just sit in a drawer, and I have no intention of selling my planes. You can relate.;-)
Will say I really like the totes veritas puts on their planesl Fit my gorilla hands very well.
-- "Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks." -P. Yancy
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