Hello all,
I subscribed to this list just last week - just in time for the flea
market, as it turns out. I'm not very proficient at introducing myself
(I'm the guy you see sitting quietly in the corner at parties), but
Keith says that if I post a bio he'll sell me a couple of planes. So,
under duress, here's some info about me:
I'm currently a web weenie; my wife and I run a small business
designing and hosting websites. I've done a few recognizable
woodworking projects, mostly for other people, but most of my work has
been and will continue to be in the completion of my house and,
hopefully, much of the furniture therein. I'm getting a little worried
about running out of projects to build, though, since I'm almost done
with the house - all I have left to do are my workbench, 3 staircases,
2 office areas, a sort of 40' long wainscot/window seat/cabinet thing,
a half dozen doors, 3 bathrooms and, oh yeah, a kitchen (for some
reason swmbo (look at that - I'm learning stuff already) is getting a
little anxious to have some of these things (I don't know why, since we
already have a grill and a flush toilet - what more do we need?)). I
guess once that's done I'll probably take on the dining room table and
an armoire or two, and I'd kind of like to build a (classical and/or
steel string acoustic) guitar or two at some point.
I've actually done very little woodworking at all over the past 6 or 7
years (sad, ain't it?), having been too busy with other things. In my
previous efforts I mostly used the nasty, screaming, tailed things
that inhabit my basement, for the sake of expediency. I've always had
neanderthalic urges, though, and can no longer resist them. Nowadays,
the thought of all that noise and dust and whirling carbide makes me
cringe, and besides, the memory of the first time I used a reasonably
sharp plane and shellac on an otherwise plain piece of maple is etched
quite firmly in my mind . . .
So here I am. That's me, currently, in a nutshell. Now will you sell me
those planes, Keith? :)
Oh, btw, my little brother might also be floating around in here
somewhere, although I think boatbuilding school (he sucks) might be
keeping him a little too busy to participate actively.
Steve Gass, galoot wannabe
Reinholds, PA (I can hear MD calling . . .)
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