I am sure most of you must have read the Creeker interviews Mark has been posting on the turners forum. Is there any interest in doing something similar on the Neander side? There are several folks out here whose advice has been of great help to me and I would love to know more about them. I am willing to manage the stickies if the moderator approves and if there are at least 20 people who voice their approval by posting to this thread. Here is a sampling of possible questions (taken mostly from Mark's), please add/remove/edit as you please.
1. Name (and nick names)
2. Age/DOB
3. Location present and previous
4. Tell us about your family.
5. How do you earn a living, woodworking or other, any interesting previous occupations.
6. Equipment overview (hand tools and other)
7. Tell us about the handplanes you own, and your favorites one(s) to use
8. You favorite chisels.
9. Your favorite handsaw(s).
10. Do you use western tools or Japanese, why do you prefer the ones you use.
11. Describe your shop
12. Do you have a home page.
13. Do you have any influences in your work. People whose work you like.
14. Do you have any ancestors who were woodworkers that served as inspiration.
15. What is your favorite neander project, or part of a project, you have ever done and why.
16. Do you believe there is any spiritual dimension to woodworking with handtools.
17. How much of your work is done by handtools. Do you use what is best for the job or do you use handtools because you just like the sound and feel of creating woodshavings/dust/chips by hand.
18. If you were left stranded on a deserted Island and you could keep only one woodworking tool what would it be.