Gary,

Now that you are exposed, welcome.  There are several of us in the
Portland, Oregon area.  Old tool, heck is fairly accurate.

Best regards,
Kerry

At 05:50 PM 6/18/02 -0400, Gary Cavener wrote:
>I am Gary Cavener. I live in old tool heck, in Oregon City, Oregon. I have
>a shop full of p*w*r tools, which are used less and less as I learn to use
>hand tools. I am definitely a "user-collector". I have over a hundred hand
>planes, mostly Stanleys and Bedrocks,  but with a few LN, Clifton,
>woodies, a Knight smoother, etc. I also have accumulated around 40 misc.
>bench chisels and a dozen Disston saws, plus all the other marking and
>measuring and clamping tools. I humored myself that I wasn't a collector
>until the latest thread about MWTCA came up. I don't really use 3-6
>multiples of the Stanley bench planes regularly. I have trouble passing
>them up because I'm always looking to improve on the ones I use. My plan
>is always to sell the excess pieces, but that doesn't seem to happen much.
>
>'tis a slippery slope and the improved quality of hand tool work has
>greased that slope.
>
>I don't like writing bios, but after buying tools from several Galoots and
>being embarrassed that you showed yours but I hadn't shown mine, I figured
>I'd best expose myself.
>
>
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I am Gary Cavener. I live in old tool heck, in Oregon City, Oregon. I have
a shop full of p*w*r tools, which are used less and less as I learn to use
hand tools. I am definitely a "user-collector". I have over a hundred hand
planes, mostly Stanleys and Bedrocks,  but with a few LN, Clifton,
woodies, a Knight smoother, etc. I also have accumulated around 40 misc.
bench chisels and a dozen Disston saws, plus all the other marking and
measuring and clamping tools. I humored myself that I wasn't a collector
until the latest thread about MWTCA came up. I don't really use 3-6
multiples of the Stanley bench planes regularly. I have trouble passing
them up because I'm always looking to improve on the ones I use. My plan
is always to sell the excess pieces, but that doesn't seem to happen much.

'tis a slippery slope and the improved quality of hand tool work has
greased that slope.

I don't like writing bios, but after buying tools from several Galoots and
being embarrassed that you showed yours but I hadn't shown mine, I figured
I'd best expose myself.

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At 5:50 PM -0400 6/18/02, Gary Cavener wrote:
>I am Gary Cavener. I live in old tool heck, in Oregon City, Oregon. I have
>...........
>'tis a slippery slope and the improved quality of hand tool work has
>greased that slope.
>
>I don't like writing bios, but after buying tools from several Galoots and
>being embarrassed that you showed yours but I hadn't shown mine, I figured
>I'd best expose myself.

Welcome aboard Gary. Be wary though... you are fast on your way to 
being GASP!!! a collector!

Time we had more Gary's around here too.

Gary
-- 

Gary Roberts 
Dedham, MA...Antique tools, Old Books, Hong Kong cinema, what else is there?

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