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walt quadrato

>Damn, Dave those bowsaws are beautiful! Guess I gotta save me up some $$$ for the spring...

walt Q


brass city tools

Re: nice job

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>everything worked. So that means you did better than a lot of the sites I've seen that have been done by professional IT geeks. I like the way the site is laid out. Perhaps the only improvement would be the way people order the items they want. I think you may get a lot more work than you can do on a part time basis; it would be interesting to find out how much sales increase due to the web site. I heard that on-line sales during the holiday season increased 35% this year.

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Robert Tutsky

>Hi Dave,

I've been folowing your effort with tool manufacturing with great interest. Finally you have your website up and running. Great job! Good luck and let us know how you're doing.

Rob

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William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Well, we left Chad's "new website" announcement post up, because he obviously needed a lot of help, and because no one complained. Tentatively, your post appears to be in the same vein, a request for help on tool design, website design, and presentation. If no one complains, I'm inclined to leave the post up. If you want to continue to advertize your business on Wood Central, please contact Ellis for banner placement, etc.

I've seen and handled your tools, and IMHO, your website doesn't do them justice :^)

A couple of comments on improvements you could make to the website:

Your "links" page doesn't include the WoodCentral Hand Tools Forum. There are a couple of other "organizatoins" missing, as well, including SawMillCreek, and Roger Nixon's Traditional Tools.

As I see it, the most important missing item is a photo and explanation of the machining of the hammer head mortise, which virtually guarantees a permanent attachment to the handle.

What is planned for the Gallery page? Photos of customers' works, or something else, like mug shots of Breakfasts in Springfield, 5ive Barns, etc.?

Suggestions for gallery

Bob Hackett

>More photos of plane till,saw till,bench,misc. tool storage ideas.Heck,just do a 360 in the shop while snapping pics and paste `em up there!

After we get tired of that(it`ll be awhile) you can just post pics of your furniture and demos of how you make your tools.

Let me know if I can be of further help.I work on commission,you can pay me in tools.;^)

Mainely,Bob

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Jim Crammond in Monroe, Mi

>Dave,

The website looks great, everything worked for me and the pages loaded fairly quickly, even with a dial up modem.

Your tools looked even better than the website, great job. You did say you would have some with you at the D.C. breakfast, didn't you?

Jim, looking forward to handling and owning a CTW tool.

some answers Sir William of Cohansey

Dave Anderson Chester,NH

>I'll be adding more links later tonite and I expect it will be an ongoing process for quite while. I just didn't want to leave the page blank.

I've already had a lot of comments from folks on the site and almost every one has helped me to improve it and clean up errors. When you spend a lot of time on something you reach a point where you can't see the forest for the trees.

As for the gallery page, I've now got some pictures up. As a very unskilled photograper lots of what I've taken in the past isn't usable and I've yet to convert a number of pictures to a web friendly size.

I've learned a lot over the past week and a half, but I still have a long way to go.

Very nice comming from...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond,CA

>another dial up dude. I like it simple and easy to nagivate. I want a bow saw or two;)too, very nice work on your site and your tools.

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Angelo Schembari in Cornwall, NY

>Excellent Job Dave!

Good luck on this newest avenue of your tool making venture.

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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>Yes. I got word earlier that Chester Tool Works will be in attendance on Saturday...along with Dave! I personally cannot wait. Pennies have been saved and the Drool is shorting out the keyboard.JR

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Lloyd Robins

>Nice job! Now I will have to look at saving pennies for a bow saw. Good luck!

Got bowsaw?

Wiley Horne--Glendora CA

>Dave, Need one of those little ones for sawing dovetail waste. Check email please.

The hammer is outstanding. Flips around so easy in the hand, and you don't need to grip it for some reason--it just kinda sits in your hand if you curl your fingers a little. Delivers a good focussed blow. Got more uses than WD-40 (almost). Lessee....C&W, Knight, Japanese (doesn't leave hammer tracks on the main blade when you set the chipbreaker), old woodies, moulding planes (really good for backing out wedges), lateral adjust on shoulder plane iron. Looks as good as it works--what else is there?

All the best for 2005! Wiley

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Ted Owen, Moderator

>It looks very good, Dave. I hope it generates lots of sales for you.

Best, Ted

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Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Looks good! You might want to consider placing a TITLE line in the HEAD segment so that when one is adding the site to a Favorites list the title does not default to "Welcome."

I Was Shocked

Binen Eastern Ia

>When I read

"so they will hold an edge and they are shipped honed and ready to use. I feel that tools should be ready to go and should not be sold as a "kit"

Attitude like that will make you a success. Congratulations some fine looking tools here. At least now I have another outlet for my addiction.

Binen

Best Wishes to ya Dave

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Certainly hope that your enterprise works out well for you, and that by turning your hobby into a business dosen't take the enjoyment and pleasure out of it.

Browsed your website for a little bit and all worked and looked well.

the only thing out of place was the title. I think Welcome to Chestertool Works needs to be all on one line.

Todd O.

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Paul Kierstead

>Unfortunately, your site is seriously broken for users who use Safari on the Mac. Using Firefox on the Mac was OK. When you use Safari, you don't see pretty much any of the text, outside of them menu at the left and the titles. You can imagine my confusion when everyone is saying great site, it will generate a lot of sales and I can't see much anything other then some pictures... heh, t'was a bit weird. Anyway, you need a geek to have a look at the problem for you; it would be a shame to have a segment of the surfing public unable to visit the site.

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Glenn Madsen

>So you are the maker of the really spiffy plane hammer that I recently bought from that other notorious spammer, Steve Knight! ;-)

I REALLY like that hammer. Now I know where to find a few more goodies.

I appreciated the post, and hope Sir William allows it to stand.

Nicely done, Dave...................

Jesper, Denmark

>I will assume that anything you ship out will be packed in red silicone foam pads with pressure sensitive adhesive backing?

Sue and Otis must have had some long walks while you were doing this, as the NH golf season must be in hibernation.

Jesper