Oh yeah!! This is the place, and these are the people. I found a home 
here several years ago.

If you like old tools and the old ways of doing things, this is the 
place for you.

Welcome aboard!

On Apr 2, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:

> 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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Jim Thompson, the old millrat in Riverside, CA.

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