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148827 | "Lloyd and Rene" <LloydRene@s...> | 2005‑08‑19 | MY BIO |
=A0 Hello all, my name is Lloyd Alexander, I am 37 years old. I live in San Pablo, CA. with my wife Rene and our daughter Diana. I am Cabinetmaker .I work at a shop that has about 45 employees. We supply cabinets for new tract houses. Everyday we build cabinets for 3 to 4 houses depending on size of the house. That is kitchens, bathrooms, hall linens entertainment cabinets, just about anything for the inside of the house. I work with red oak, maple, cherry, beech everyday. We build are own doors drawers, boxes, spray them, prep them and ship them. We do everything. I work with machines that cost more than my house. I find that incredible and I work there. Almost everything is CNC controlled. I=92ve been an employee there for 18 years. When I started there were only 6 employees. We come a long way. You might say that working with wood comes natural to me. My father is a master carpenter. My grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather were all carpenters. All the men on my Dads side of the family have always been carpenters. So I carrying the tradition on plus I=92m a natural at it and I enjoy it. =A0 When you live in a family of carpenter you give woodworking tools as gifts. Two years ago, I decided that I would get my dad a new plane for Christmas. I started looking around and discovered EBAY (Big mistake, I=92ve been hooked ever since). I bought him a matching pair of Record planes No.10 and 10 =BD. Then I thought that I would like my own set. I decided that I would collect Stanley =93type 11=94 because that is what my grandfather would have used and it was the end of the First World War and when America was booming. Now I have in my collection of Stanley =93type11=94 planes=A0 No.1 ,No.2,No.2c,No.3,No.3c,No.4,No.4c,No.4 =BD,No.4 =BDc,No.5,No.5c,No.5 =BD,No.5 =BD c,No.6,No.6c,No.7,No.7c,No.8,No.8c all with 3 dates on the bed =93V=94 logos and full or close to full cutters and No.10,No.10c,No.10 =BD ,No.10 =BDc,No.10 =BC , No.10 =BC c. also plane numbers 98,62,97,40. And not to forget the block planes numbers 9 =BD,16,15,17,18,19,60,60 =BD ,61,63,65,65 =BD 203,220,102,110,75, Also with =93V=94 cutters. My wife calls me =93justplanecrazy=94. I think she might be right! =A0I thought that I was compulsive after reading a couple of other bios and posts; I=92m starting to feel like I=92m among people just like me. In my two years of collecting I have cruised ,pass the porch several times and always looked at it .I thought that =93ok this time I=92m going to do it=94 but never did. But today I thought what the heck. I=92ll do it, and you know what, it was easy. I already feel like I=92m among friends. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Sincerely =A0Lloyd Alexander =A0 ______________________________________________________________ |
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159083 | Tim Pendleton <tpendleton@v...> | 2006‑04‑06 | Re: My Bio |
Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote: > > > HWMBO has stated that the size of my shop must not exceed my > workbench (except during times of active use), thus eliminating any > possibility of major power tools. Rather than whine, I've decided to > embrace constraints (especially given the rents around here, it makes > sense to) and become a proper galoot. > Hi Deirdre, Welcome to the list. Have you considered a really large workbench? :) Tim Chilly today in NJ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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159088 | Alan DuBoff <aland@s...> | 2006‑04‑06 | Re: My Bio |
On Thursday 06 April 2006 03:25 pm, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote: > Hi, I've been on this list for a week or two, but haven't introduced > myself. I've always found it a bit strange that one is required to post their bio when posting to this list, at least in the sense of how the inet works. But it's not asking too much of one, IMO, and the porch is a pretty good group of folks. > I started on rec.ww ages ago as a Normite, though I did own a couple > of planes. I still occasionally post, but I'm now more active on > woodnet et al. I used to post on Woodnet quite a bit, but find there's a lot of white noise for me these days. > HWMBO has stated that the size of my shop must not exceed my > workbench (except during times of active use) He should consider allowing a possible cabinet on the wall to store some tools, but a properly designed workbench would be able to hold most hand tools. Do you have a limit on the size of your bench? |
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159089 | Alan DuBoff <aland@s...> | 2006‑04‑06 | Re: My Bio |
On Thursday 06 April 2006 10:58 pm, Alan DuBoff wrote: > There was a guy over on Woodnet that has a very small room in a San > Fransisco apartment, and built a pretty nice bench for handtool work. > > http://www.the-leveys.us:6080/Projects/minibench/mini-bench.htm Ooops, that was the mini-bench. If limited to tools fitting on your bench, don't pick this small one!;-) This is the guy in San Fransisco: http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=handto- ols&Number=2164112 -- Alan DuBoff - Software Orchestration GPG: 1024D/B7A9EBEE 5E00 57CD 5336 5E0B 288B 4126 0D49 0D99 B7A9 EBEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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159094 | Alan DuBoff <aland@s...> | 2006‑04‑07 | Re: My Bio |
On Friday 07 April 2006 02:14 am, paul womack wrote: > Chuckle. Some galoot practices require a lot of space; What I find interesting about hand tools is that there seems to be various ways that people arrive at using them. In some cases it's because of environment, such as size of space, or it's in an apartment, can't make noise, no power, etc...these seem like imposed conditions. And then there are others that have the preference to use hand tools by other means, but not imposed conditions. It's interesting how even though all of us have different reasons for liking hand tools, we can and do enjoy them in the end. -- Alan DuBoff - Software Orchestration GPG: 1024D/B7A9EBEE 5E00 57CD 5336 5E0B 288B 4126 0D49 0D99 B7A9 EBEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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159098 | <raweber@m...> | 2006‑04‑07 | Re: My Bio |
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:22:44 +0100 paul womack |
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159092 | paul womack <pwomack@p...> | 2006‑04‑07 | Re: My Bio |
Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote: > HWMBO has stated that the size of my shop must not exceed my workbench > (except during times of active use), thus eliminating any possibility > of major power tools. Chuckle. Some galoot practices require a lot of space; treadle lathes and pole lathes are large, and marquetry donkeys/mules are chunky too :-) BugBear (who has room for neither) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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159093 | paul womack <pwomack@p...> | 2006‑04‑07 | Re: My Bio |
Alan DuBoff wrote: > On Thursday 06 April 2006 03:25 pm, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote: > >>Hi, I've been on this list for a week or two, but haven't >>introduced myself. > > > I've always found it a bit strange that one is required to post > their bio when posting to this list, at least in the sense of how > the inet works. This ain't the net. It's the Porch, an altogether pleasant corner of the net, with its own rules and customs. BugBear ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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