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Larry Atha's avatar

Hi Daniel, I’m Larry. I’m an engineer with both a mechanical and electronics background. (>34 years of post university experience).

I’m an amateur luthier and a German hand tool enthusiast. I’m reworking the arrangement of my tools in my shed (which is larger than yours - mine is 25 feet x 10 feet inside). I bought some stationary but still small power tools during the pandemic in 2020-2021 when I could not get to the shared shop I had been using for table saw/band saw/router table/ etc. But now it is too tight in here to get anything done and I have a bunch of stuff everywhere. So I am slowly trying to get it all together and get back to building instruments and furniture and not working on my shop and buying tools(I might have a mild problem when it comes to this).

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Greg Pennell's avatar

Hello there! My name is Greg, and I’m 66, retired(twice), and live in rural eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains. I grew up around woodworking, my grandfather had a well equipped cabinet shop, and my father and uncles were all craftsmen of one sort or another. I’ve always done small-ish woodworking projects, and after retiring from a career in the Army, and again from construction management, decided to build a small shop and teach myself joinery and furniture making. I use a hybrid approach, with both a few power tools, and a constantly growing hand tool collection. My current obsession is stick chairs…🫣

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