I have three Steve Knight planes, two smoothers and a 24" long jointer.
I have three Steve Knight planes, two smoothers and a 24" long jointer.
Pete, did you meet Paddy in '02? I know he was on a cross country jaunt then. I don't know where else he went, but on the return trip he stayed with Keith Bohn in Milwaukee one night and with us in MN the next. We went to Minneapolis and hooked up with a couple Oldtools guys one night.
Bruce, way before that, probably fall of 1996!
Pete,
How about a bit if history of Independence Toolworks? How did you and Patrick get hooked up?
TIA
If the thunder don't get you, the lightning will.
rec.ww is where I first caught the handtool bug.
It's still somewhat alive and kicking. You can access it via google groups web interface.
I was around on rec the wood in the old days. I stumbled across my Gunterman spoke shave the other day, does anyone else remember those?
I got to go tool hunting with Pete Taran once, and met Patrick Leach at an MWTCA meet. Those were the good old days!
Bruce Willman
FYI folks
Steve Knight gave up making planes because the time involved vs the selling prices wasn't paying his bills. He bought a CNC router and it kept him quite busy allowing him to discontinue making planes.
John Gunterman divorced, moved from NH to TN, left the IT world, and finally followed his dream of becoming a Memphis cop. He also joined the Navy reserve which took him in spite of his age because of his computer skills. About 5 years ago he emailed me from a deployment in Kuwait. John has pretty much given up woodworking as far as I know.
And yes, I was on both the Rec and Badger Pond going way back. I still peruse the Old Tools list summaries but haven't posted in years.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH
I recall one of those fantasy discussions that sometimes happened on the Wreck, involving Gunterman. Someone asked the question what was the most dangerous weapon they had in their shop. Of course, people replied hammers, chisels, crowbars, etc. John's response was a broomstick. Someone scoffed at that idea, and his response was that he was a black belt in tae kwon do and "you wouldn't believe what I can do with a broomstick." I always liked that one.