Welcome Brent,

Sounds like you are making good progress and at least you had the good
sense to make yourself a proper shoot board early on instead of taking a
decade to get around to it like I did. And you continue to add in
gumption column by making a low saw bench. That=92s been sitting on my
back burner for years as well. I=92d be interested in seeing pictures of
your Shaker workbench.

-Paul

On 2/8/12, brentpmed@c...  wrote:
> GG, My name is Brent Kinsey. I have been lurking for quite a while and
> decided it was time to introduce myself. I am a Paramedic and soon to
> be RN in Oklahoma City who finds himself sliding down a low friction
> inclined plane towards hand tool nirvana, or madness
>
> I am a bit of a novice as a woodworker, but am trying to absorb
> everything I can regarding tools and techniques. I have gained much
> from the collective wisdom on your porch, and for that I am very
> grateful!.
>
> I have a small, but functional (and growing) set of hand tools which
> I have fettled into working shape and find I learn a great deal
> getting them ready to use. I am fortunate that I have a delightful
> SWMBO who encourages my descent down the slope. I have a starter set
> of jointer, jack, smoother and block planes, mostly old Stanley, the
> Blue Chip chisels I started with and am beginning to replace with
> older chisels, a couple of hand and back saws, router plane and a
> couple of spoke shaves.
>
> Recent projects were a low saw-bench, a couple of small plant stands
> for my wife, a shaker bench a new shooting board (Thanks Derek for the
> instructional info). I am contemplating building a walking arm spring-
> pole lathe. That's it for now...
>
> So, a big Okie "hey y'all" to those on the porch, Mind if I visit
> a spell?
>
> Warm regards, Brent
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