-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oldtools@w...
[mailto:owner-oldtools@w...]On Behalf Of Sam Gibbs
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:46 PM
To: OLDTOOLS@w...
Subject: Bio for Sam Gibbs
Sam wrote:-
>>Greetings Gallots,
>>I've been watching the goings on of your Porch from the road and thought
>>I'd come closer and introduce myself. My name is Sam Gibbs, I'm 24,
married
>>and live in Northeast Mississippi. I manage data networks for a large
health
>>care system.
Welcome to the porch Sam, nice to have a young 'un join us!
>>Now it's time for me to setup my own shop......
>>One day I was searching the web for information on wood and came across
www.shavings.net.
That would be John Guntermans web - sadly, he doesn't hang out here anymore
since he had his trick knee fixed - prefers hanging out with people who ride
titanium-framed bikes now:)
>>I discovered I could start now, with some simple hand tools and minimal
space. I decided this >>was the way for me, simple and inexpensive. My dad
donated a bench that he wasn't using, my
>>wife got me a marking gauge, try square, and bevel gauge for Christmas,
and I've bought some
>>clamps and chisels. I've been searching through the local antiques stores
for some planes and >>saws, but all I've found is a rusted plane sole, and a
worm eaten wooden plane, both
>>ridiculously priced. There's a monthly flea market nearby, so I'm going to
try there next.
Watch out for a guy named Todd - you never know where he will pop up, but he
will have got there before you and be walking away with an armful of minty
saws while you are still wiping the sleep from your eyes!
Best place to find great tools is right here on this list, at least until
you know what you are looking for. There are many Galoots who sell their
stuff here and they won't rip you off or sell you something that won't work
as promised.
>>Ya'll are my kind of people, witty, crafty, do it better
>>yourself kinda folks, mind if I just sit here on the steps and listen?
Sit as long as you want.
Just be careful when you stand up - the floor is extremely slippery and most
of the folks here will go out of their way to give you a 'shove' down the
slippery slope!!
You have just stumbled across the 'Medellin Cartel' of the tool world!
Enjoy the ride!
Cheers,
Dave Harris (Michigaloot)
http://members.cac.net/gvanman
|