Hello everyone.
Just to tell you that I am still alive.
I have been reading most of my buddies’ posts but did not have time to comment or post anything myself.
The reason I have been quiet is that I have resigned from my work and I am in the process of moving to another town to start a new job. I had therefore to dismantle my workshop in order to sell my home more easily.
It will probably be another 6 or 9 months before I can have a proper house of my own with a real workshop again.
Last month I was on holiday in Japan (one advantage of being temporarily jobless is that you can take 1 month long holidays…)
I think that I managed to stay rather reasonable when it came to buying tools there; even my wife asked me whether I did not want to buy more tools….
Here are the only tools I brought back to France, although many more caught my eye at one particular flea market.
The most expensive tool was probably the hatchet, although I managed to haggle a slightly lower price. Can’t wait to try it when shaping blanks for the pole lathe.
Everyone, keep posting great blog entries and projects. I don’t have much time to get involved myself but I still enjoy reading about what everyone is doing in the mean time.
Cheers,
-- Fabrice - "On est bien bête mais on sent bien quand on se fait mal" - my grandfather
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jap
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#1 posted 11-27-2012 12:51 PM
cool tools
-- Joel
Don W
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#2 posted 11-27-2012 01:21 PM
good luck with the move. It looks like you have some cool tools when your back up and running.
-- http://timetestedtools.net - Collecting is an investment in the past, and the future.
ward63
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#3 posted 11-27-2012 01:49 PM
They are cool tools, I rarely find good tools at flea markets here, they are usually over-priced junk.
The camellia oil is a blade saver! Smart buy!
Sodabowski
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#4 posted 11-27-2012 02:48 PM
The show must go on :)
-- Thomas - there are no problems, there are only solutions.
Brit
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#5 posted 11-27-2012 10:07 PM
Nice to hear from you Fabrice. Nice tools you bought there. I look forward to seeing what you make with them. Take care my friend.
-- Andy - Old Chinese proverb says: "If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it."
Mauricio
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#6 posted 11-28-2012 09:27 PM
Moving sucks, nice tools, hope you get settled soon, Take care!
-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch
llwynog
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#7 posted 11-30-2012 08:16 AM
Thanks everyone.
I have been workshop less for over a month now and it really starts to itch…
-- Fabrice - "On est bien bête mais on sent bien quand on se fait mal" - my grandfather
Dave
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#8 posted 12-04-2012 12:36 AM
You will get it back bigger and better. Good luck.
-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com
Druid
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#9 posted 12-10-2013 03:59 AM
Still waiting to hear when you are back on line . . . My workshop is currently a bit cool to work. It’s -14ºC in there, so I’m staying in the house today. Let’s hear from you.
-- John, British Columbia, Canada
llwynog
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#10 posted 12-11-2013 10:19 PM
Dear John,
Thank you for the wakeup call. I have indeed settled somehow in my new house and I need to post about my latest projects. I will try to upload something new soon….
-- Fabrice - "On est bien bête mais on sent bien quand on se fait mal" - my grandfather
Brit
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#11 posted 12-11-2013 11:03 PM
Good call Druid and good to have you back Fabrice.
-- Andy - Old Chinese proverb says: "If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it."
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