Welcome!  Glad to have you here.  I bought my first hand plane about
3 years ago.  My 9-year-old GIT made me count them the other day;
I'm up to 110.  I hope to even use one soon ;-)

Gary K
Close to Buffalo NY
where all of the basements are flooded . . .

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Thompson" 
To: "oldtools" 
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 9:24 PM
Subject: [oldtools] Greetings.

> Greetings Galoots, Neanderthals, and assorted misfits:
>
> I'm what you would call a woodworking wannabe. I've got a basement full of
> electron fed tools that have almost never been used.
>
> About a year ago I stumbled onto the Neanderthal forum over at
> sawmillcreek.org. Something in the obsessive compulsive part of my brain
> (some would say that's the whole bundle) clicked. An ill advised #4
> purchase off ebay led to some research. Garret Hack books, supertools.com,
> Bailey type studies.
>
> And so now I bottom feed on ebay, scouting for the mislabeled, the
> misspelled, the things that have escaped the view of the thundering ebay
> hordes.
>
> I've got more low knob stanley rust than anyone needs.
>
> An almost perfect Ohio Tool #7 (I think at this point I'm supposed to let
> Jeff know that's a Jointer) for $10 because the owner posted it as a 
> SAVAGE
> plane, the name of a previous owner stamped into the otherwise unlabeled 
> iron.
>
> I got two Disston 10" back saws for $10 because the seller posted them as
> "OISSTON?"
>
> And sadly, I just missed a Keen Kutter K8 (That's a stanley bedrock
> rebranded Jointer plane, Jeff) for $20 because the mad hordes found it
> right at the last minute, realized the "FOR PARTS" was bogus since all 
> that
> was wrong was a cracked tote, and outbid me up near $90 within the last 15
> seconds.
>
> So, the other day, through some twist of fate I stumbled on Tom Price's
> Galoot's Progress page. I read the FAQ about the Galoots. And one thought
> went through my head.
>
> "These are my people."
>
> So, here I am. In the very early stages of sliding headfirst down the
> slippery slope. I've been lurking for a few days to get the feel for the
> content, and I can tell I'm home.
>
> _______________
> Chris Thompson
>
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