There is a brilliant post over in rec.woodworking by Tom Watson entitled Dead Man's Tools. It details the life and times of an old wood turner and his lathe. Wonderful stuff. The google address is;
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Tom Watson Post
Jul 17, 2003
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:45:42 GMT, "Lee Michaels" wrote: Real tear jerker brought back many memories of my dad and how he came about to be the capenter/cabinet maker he turned out to enjoy so much.Still have his toolbox in my shop and look and touch it with good memories. Don
Tom is a wonderful story teller. Google the archives for the newsgroup rec.wooworking - searching for "Nowrecki"for tales of the private eye Nowrecki as he hunts down spammers. And look for Walt Akers and Snakes, Dumps and Justice or The Great Clock Incident
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