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140871 "James DuPrie" <j.duprie@u...> 2005‑01‑20 Bio update
Well the recent ummmmm debate about sigs got me thinking. Its been a =
looong
time since I last updated bio, so I wandered over to the bio section, =
and ,
well, its been a *long* time, so here's an update:

I still live in southern New Hampshire, and I still make furniture and =
other
stuff out of wood. I've got a major back problem, so I'm only up and =
about
for a couple of hours a day. I'm still a user - I do have some =
"collectable"
tools, but they get used on a regular basis.

My shop is a 40x55 foot room with 10' ceilings, lots of nasty electron
killers (I make a good portion of my income at this, and all hand work =
just
doesn't pay....). I try to run a local galoot gathering every year
(galoot-a-thon Northeast), but the past few years it hasn't happened. =
This
year (2005) I'm shooting fro something during the summer, and hopefully =
I'll
be able to keep it an annual event.

I've been working with wood for about 25 years now. I started out making
furniture for around the house with my dad, then we started making =
clocks
(the case, works, etc were all wood). In High school I made and sold a =
few
all wood clocks, and some small casework. In college (college lasted =
about
15 years, I was restricted to a small workshop (my kitchen), and did all
hand work, but still managed to move a few pieces a year. After college, =
I
spent about a decade riding the high tech startup roller coaster, now =
I'm
back in academia (for my day job anyway).

By training I'm a research biologist (developmental neurobiology, if you
care). I spend a lot of time developing and building tools to let me do =
my
research, so I get to do a lot of design and building even for work.

Guess that's about it for now.....

--JD

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