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5/10/04, 10:33 PM #1

walt quadrato
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walt quadrato

>O.K.! who's up for 6 days of the largest flea market I know of? Brimfield starts tomorrow. I'll be there at 5am..who else is game?

walt q

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5/10/04, 11:06 PM #2

Jack Guzman from Maine
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Brimfield ,Where?(what state?)

Jack Guzman from Maine

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I am a carpenter by trade.Also a handyman/Jack -of-all-trades.I work around my neighborhood mostly helping people keep up their old houses.I have a fairly large woodworking shop in my house where I work with both hand and power tools. At the moment I'm focusing on Windsor chairs building.I will build most anything if needed. I'm always learning,adapting,changing trying to broaden my woodworking skills.I work mostly with hand tools in my shop but will use power if it is a better way to get the desired result. My wife,Donna,and I live in the woods of Maine with our dogs,cats,and birds. We have 5 grown kids and six grandchildren. Woodcentral has been central to my growth as a woodworker. I pass through this place every day.

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5/10/04, 11:27 PM #3

Angelo in Cornwall, NY
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Angelo in Cornwall, NY

>LOML and I are going to try for Thurs. That is, if you've left any old rust for anyone else!

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5/11/04, 2:26 AM #4

John Aniano in Central NJ
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>Walt,

You are a lucky man! Leave some bargains for the July show!

John

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My bowmaking web site I have done some sort of woodworking since I was 6 years old. In 5th grade I tried, with my father's help, to make a pine violin. It hangs on the wall in my shop. Later in middle school I had basic wood shop class. No project I can remember that survived from then! In high school, I took wood shop I and II, and metal shop I and II. This along with the usual college prep courses - my counselors thought I was nuts! I made a number of clocks during high school, maybe 2 dozen altogether, including wall clocks, shelf clocks and a pocket watch with wooden case, some of which I still have. I began to collect, restore and use old wood working tools. I especially like 19th century English tools. After graduation, I made a grandfather clock which is now on the landing of my home staircase. I made the metal dial and metal hands as well. In college, I studied Industrial Arts to be a shop teacher. I made a number of projects including a multi-wood specie flax-style spinning wheel and a walnut tool box. In 1978 I began to make stringed instrument bows, self-taught at first. After graduation, between 1982 and '83, I worked for William Salchow, who, at the time, was the best known bow maker in New York City. I stopped bow making in the mid-80's to attend college again, this time for ceramic engineering. Got married in 1988 to my wife Debbie. With her help (although I did a lot of the cooking, hey, I had the time!) I pursued a BS and MS in ceramic engineering. Worked for ~12 years as an engineer in the field of fiber optics (I have one patent to show for it). In 2002 I switched back to making and repairing bows. In 2006 I won a gold medal at the Violin Society of America's International competition. Later, in 2010, I got a second gold medal. Not easy for 50+ year old eyes! I continue to do some general woodworking - dovetailed drawers, frame and panel work, restoration tasks for our 260+ year old home - things like that. Mostly hand work. I have only a few power tools - a tiny 7" blade INCA table saw (which never gets used), 6" Atlas Jointer, 14" Rockwell bandsaw, a circa 1943 Delta 768 10" bandsaw, a 9", 3 foot Southbend metal lathe, Rusnok milling machine, a no-name wood lathe, and Jet drill press. I am a member of the Central Jersey Woodworkers Association - I was the vice president for the CJWA a few years back. I took Mike Dunbar's class in the late '90s and made a sackback chair. Back in ~2010 I outfitted a new, passive solar shop space for bow making and general woodworking. New benches, tool racks, etc. Still working (ever so slowly) on my 10 foot long Roubo-style bench. As of November 2018, the four pieces of ash that will comprise the top need to be milled and fitted, but the base is ~95% finished. Absolutely the largest and heaviest item I've ever made. It has been a fun journey so far!

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5/11/04, 8:01 PM #5

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>day one a little disappointing..a bunch of Witherby chisels and a few Sargent LA turtle back blocks..and a strange #6 with an odd lateral adjustment...and a bunch of misc hammers and gouges...3 more fields open tomorrow...bright & early at 5AM

walt

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5/11/04, 10:41 PM #6

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>Angelo, two good tool merchants to check..first is in "Quaker Acres" second booth on the main drag..you can park there too....second is a guy from New Hampshire Bob Marshall ...who I think is the last booth in the left aisle in "the meadows" new england motel opens tomorrow..last year this guy from the midwest set up and he had a bunch of nice English infills..along with some nice bowsaws and spokeshaves..hope he's there this year...as long as you're traveling..and if you're going on I-84..my shop is exit 21 off the highway..stop by if you have a chhance..489 meadow st Waterbury CT 203-574-7805.

walt

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5/12/04, 1:28 PM #7

Dave W
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Brimfield Fair - Brimfield, Massachusetts

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>Brimfield is in Massachusetts. They host an annual extravaganza of a fair at which virtually everything under the sun is sold by independent dealers. It's an on-the-lawn, sell-from-the-back-of-the-truck kind of thing. Huge.

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5/12/04, 2:12 PM #8

Roger Nixon
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>So this is where you get all those nice tools!

Good Huntin'!

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5/12/04, 9:55 PM #9

Jack Guzman from Maine
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Jack Guzman from Maine

>Thanks for the response. I've been waiting two days for a response to that very simple question. I was starting to think people didn't want too much competition at the tool sales.

I thought that was in Massachusetts just wasn't sure. I remember years ago Grafton and Hubbardston Mass. both had pretty big ongoing flea markets. I wish I was close enough for a sunday flea market cruise now and then. All we get around here are yard sales.---Crackerjack

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I am a carpenter by trade.Also a handyman/Jack -of-all-trades.I work around my neighborhood mostly helping people keep up their old houses.I have a fairly large woodworking shop in my house where I work with both hand and power tools. At the moment I'm focusing on Windsor chairs building.I will build most anything if needed. I'm always learning,adapting,changing trying to broaden my woodworking skills.I work mostly with hand tools in my shop but will use power if it is a better way to get the desired result. My wife,Donna,and I live in the woods of Maine with our dogs,cats,and birds. We have 5 grown kids and six grandchildren. Woodcentral has been central to my growth as a woodworker. I pass through this place every day.

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5/16/04, 12:35 AM #10

Lee Herbert
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>Guys:

Went today and picked up a Stanley 151 shave and a MF low angle 56 block. Good condition, reasonable price. Was looking at a MF 07 rabbet block, but couldn't part with the $135 they wanted. I'll keep the Stanley 140 I have for now.

Many dealers overpriced on tools, especially collectables. Maybe better pickings in July or September.

Lee

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