Bio of Jim Crutchfield

I live in Norfolk, Virginia, where I've been for almost ten years.  I
was born in Fishersville, in the Shenandoah Valley, and grew up in
Newport News, across the water from Norfolk.  I went to college at the
University of Rochester, New York, washed dishes for a year in Richmond
(at the Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe, still the best chili I've ever
eaten), then went to law school at Washington & Lee University in
Lexington, Va.

I've practised law since the fall of 1987, though right now I'm only
doing that part-time.  Most of my practice has been defending people and
companies that get sued, though I've done some criminal defense work and
a little bit of plaintiff's work.

I'm also a musician and I play in the folk band "Dramtreeo", as well as
an alternative rock duo called "Things in Action".  You might have heard
of Dramtreeo.  The band's been around about sixteen years, though I only
joined about four and a half years ago.  We have four albums out so far,
of which I'm only on the fourth one, "Storm".

I've always loved working with my hands and lurking in hardware stores,
but I never did any real woodworking until fairly recently.  And I have
yet to really make anything besides a bench hook and a couple of other
simple projects.  I've been assembling tools, though, and am getting
ready to build my first workbench.

Reading Underhill's "Woodwright" books turned me into a galoot, I guess;
though I read Eric Sloan's books when I was in high school, and have
always had fantasies of living off the land and doing everything by
hand.  That didn't stop me from buying some power tools (and I'll
confess, it would be hard for me to give up my Makita cordless drill);
but I've long since gotten pretty tired of Norm's "I'll just put this
through my thickness planer, then cut the mortices with my hollow chisel
morticer," etc.  I'm just waiting for Norm to get hold of a complete
furniture-making machine, so he never has to touch the wood with his
hands at all.

-- 
Best wishes,

Jim Crutchfield
Norfolk, Virginia
http://vabch.com/mrcynick

Jim,

This is turning into a small world. who'd a thunk it.

I was born in Lexington VA, grew up in Newport News, wasted
a year at VMI, went into the service, spent a couple of years at
Christopher Newport college, and was in a two person acoustic
guitar group called "Gemini". then went to Richmond and got my
Music ed degree from VCU, and was in another two person
guitar duo called - and this is the truth - "Wood". I washed dishes
at "la crepe et la steak" in Richmond , though only for about a month.

I've been in the Boston area for 19 years, and miss the mild weather
during the cold New England winter (but don't miss the heat in the
summer :-).

Welcome to the porch, fellow Virginian!

Jim Cook
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>From: J. D. Crutchfield
>To: oldtools
>Subject: Bio of Jim Crutchfield
>Date: Sunday, March 16, 1997 11:38PM
>
>Bio of Jim Crutchfield
>
>I live in Norfolk, Virginia, where I've been for almost ten years. I
>was born in Fishersville, in the Shenandoah Valley, and grew up in
>Newport News, across the water from Norfolk. I went to college at the
>University of Rochester, New York, washed dishes for a year in Richmond
>(at the Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe, still the best chili I've ever
>eaten), then went to law school at Washington & Lee University in
>Lexington, Va.
>
>I've practised law since the fall of 1987, though right now I'm only
>doing that part-time. Most of my practice has been defending people and
>companies that get sued, though I've done some criminal defense work and
>a little bit of plaintiff's work.
>
>I'm also a musician and I play in the folk band "Dramtreeo", as well as
>an alternative rock duo called "Things in Action". You might have heard
>of Dramtreeo. The band's been around about sixteen years, though I only
>joined about four and a half years ago. We have four albums out so far,
>of which I'm only on the fourth one, "Storm".
>
>I've always loved working with my hands and lurking in hardware stores,
>but I never did any real woodworking until fairly recently. And I have
>yet to really make anything besides a bench hook and a couple of other
>simple projects. I've been assembling tools, though, and am getting
>ready to build my first workbench.
>
>Reading Underhill's "Woodwright" books turned me into a galoot, I guess;
>though I read Eric Sloan's books when I was in high school, and have
>always had fantasies of living off the land and doing everything by
>hand. That didn't stop me from buying some power tools (and I'll
>confess, it would be hard for me to give up my Makita cordless drill);
>but I've long since gotten pretty tired of Norm's "I'll just put this
>through my thickness planer, then cut the mortices with my hollow chisel
>morticer," etc. I'm just waiting for Norm to get hold of a complete
>furniture-making machine, so he never has to touch the wood with his
>hands at all.
>
>--
>Best wishes,
>
>Jim Crutchfield
>Norfolk, Virginia
>http://vabch.com/mrcynick
>
JDCrutch@i...
>

On 17 Mar 97 at 11:54, Paul Houtz wrote:

 upon successful completion of the *Twelve Steps of the
> >Galoot* you will be using, and liking, a different sort of cordless
> >drill.  The one-handed models are mostly Yankee, made by North
> >Bros.; two-handed by Miller's Falls and many others.  They don't
> >weigh nearly as much as your green plastic pistol jobbie, take
> >their energy from the food you eat, and are q.u.i.e.t.
> 
>    Not to mention that the batteries seem to last indefinitely...

You must have different batteries than I do.  Mine seem to be running 
down quite a bit here lately!

Marrin T. Fleet               
MFleet@c...
SCT Corp. in adminstration of:
Admin. Computing Services
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152
901-678-3604

At 11:38 PM -0500 3/16/97, J. D. Crutchfield wrote:
	[snip of rockin' lawyer bio]
>it would be hard for me to give up my Makita cordless drill

	Jim, stay with us on this one. We can work you through the Makita
thing.  upon successful completion of the *Twelve Steps of the Galoot* you
will be using, and liking, a different sort of cordless drill.  The
one-handed models are mostly Yankee, made by North Bros.; two-handed by
Miller's Falls and many others.  They don't weigh nearly as much as your
green plastic pistol jobbie, take their energy from the food you eat, and
are q.u.i.e.t.

	Jim's further comment:
>I'm just waiting for Norm to get hold of a complete
>furniture-making machine, so he never has to touch the wood with his
>hands at all.

	Receives my nomination for *friendly* jibe of the week.  ;-)
		Tom Holloway

>At 11:38 PM -0500 3/16/97, J. D. Crutchfield wrote:
>	[snip of rockin' lawyer bio]
>>it would be hard for me to give up my Makita cordless drill
>
>	Jim, stay with us on this one. We can work you through the Makita
>thing.  upon successful completion of the *Twelve Steps of the Galoot* you
>will be using, and liking, a different sort of cordless drill.  The
>one-handed models are mostly Yankee, made by North Bros.; two-handed by
>Miller's Falls and many others.  They don't weigh nearly as much as your
>green plastic pistol jobbie, take their energy from the food you eat, and
>are q.u.i.e.t.

   Not to mention that the batteries seem to last indefinitely...