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162703 John Broling <jbroling@y...> 2006‑08‑18 Bio
Galoots,

Greetings from humid Gainesville, Florida!  After many
months (years?) of lurking, I have decided to crawl
out from beneath the porch.  I initially got into
woodworking to build decent furniture (Shaker and A&C,
hopefully) for the family, and after a brief foray
into normdom, have come to appreciate the quiet and
easy pace of non-electric woodworking.  So far I've
managed to accumulate a number of no-name saws which
share one common feature (dullness), a No. 7 of
non-gloatable price, a beater No. 5 which I've
converted to scrub duty, a Craftsman No. 4C with
plastic handles (I'm calling it a C because the sides
are corrugated), and an assortment of brace bits.  

Recently I built a version of Chris Schwarz's Roubo
bench, which now doubles as wood storage, and despite
the above collection (and one other hand tool which
shall remain nameless), managed to build a bench
square, sturdy, and heavy (due to the project maple
stored underneath).  I'm happiest with the top, which
I flattened entirely by hand (don't ask me about the
bottom, which I only flattened at the leg mortises). 
The top is 4.5" thick and is 80" by 21".  That's a
little narrow, but I now know that a 2x4 is 1.5" thick
and not 1.75"!

I've recently acquired a complete (save two cutters)
45, also non-gloatable.  Bret sold me a saw vise
(works great, thanks!), so this weekend I plan on
filing one of the rip saws.

Okay, back to work! Gotta bed to finish.

J.
 

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