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Ted (Kenneth F.) Kinsey

Age 62 and counting...

Profession: Professor of Physics at SUNY, Geneseo. Not yet retired, but
starting to give it serious consideration.

Computer jock for many years.


TOOL intrests.

Member of EAIA for some 20 years, Member of WNYATCA (Western NY Antique
Tool Collectors Assoc.) and newsletter editor.
     (Visit our WWW page:   http://137.238.51.88/WNYATCA/info.html)  
Collecting interests: I started with blacksmithing, because I wanted to do it. I have my own shop, that doesn't get used as much as it should, though I have gotten to be a fairly competent smith. Tons of tools--if the Tong Wars break out again, I am set!!) The tool hunting got to be addictive and when I had all the blacksmith any marginally sane person would want I started to branch out.... ..into tools made by blacksmiths. Then a few molding planes, since we were building our own house. And then it got all out of control--wood working tools, coopers tools and lately, wheelwright and carriagemakers tools. My interests are still strongly tied to the "use it" point of view. I buy a tool because of what it did and don't give a damn who made it. I don't find Stanley the least bit interesting--figured I should collect it at one point, found I wasn't interested, and dumped the little I had, except for a few utility planes I use in the shop. I have been associated with Genesee Country Museum (near Rochester) for about 15 years, working as a craft interpreter (printer, tin, blacksmith & wagonmaker); consultant to the curator on tools, etc,; and making reproductions for use in the village buildings (most of the equipment in the broom & basket shop) lots of new "old" merchandise for the store. The big project was setting up the wheelwright/wagonmaker shop, which I did completely: built the workbenches, vices, shelving, great wheel lathe, etc, etc, much of it with traditional tools with people watching. We are now getting into wagon restoration and wheelwrighting. I do not have well developed merchantile instincts, so I do very little selling and dealing. There's going to be one hell of an auction when I'm gone!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Private replies: kinsey@u...

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