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Offline WiebeLC

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Hello from Alberta
« on: September 29, 2012, 03:53:53 PM »
I wanted to introduce myself earlier but I kept forgetting. I'm 17 and I live in La Crete, Alberta, Canada. My dad has been collecting tools for as long as I can remember, and he has passed the bug on to me. This summer I started working at the La Crete Mennonite Heritage Village. When we found some tools in storage that I couldn't identify I found this site and joined. It has been very useful already and I have barely scratched the surface of the collection. There are a couple hundred of tools that I hope to identify and hopefully make a proper exhibit of. At home my dad's collection consists mostly of handplanes (about 40) and some other woodworking tools.
I'm very grateful for the help I have been given so far, and I hope to use this forum a lot in the future.
 

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2012, 04:11:26 PM »
Welcome to Tool Talk, from Prince George  B.C.

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2012, 05:14:25 PM »
Welcome & Aloha from Hawaii...
We like photos of your tools, worth a 1000 words...
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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2012, 05:58:03 PM »
Welcome    WiebeLC!

Those Mennonites don't know anything about woodworking... ;)

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2012, 06:44:51 PM »
Howdy and welcome from Arkansas.
"FORGED IN THE USA" myself.  Be good to your tools!

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2012, 06:53:35 PM »
Hi, And welcome from Florida.  Nice to see young people get interested in old tools.

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2012, 08:57:30 PM »
Welcome to Tool Talk! And thanks for introducing yourself.
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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2012, 09:36:46 PM »
Great to see someone young with an interest in history on here. For most of us the moon landing is current events. I wanted to visit the museum in Lacrete this summer but maybe next year.

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2012, 10:13:15 PM »

We landed on the moon? When did *that* happen? yeash, I sleep for a couple years and look what happens...


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Offline WiebeLC

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2012, 01:02:15 PM »
I can't post pic from my iPad but I hope to get some pics online soon. Dad came back from Indiana yesterday with a couple good finds. He managed to find a Stanley 113 type one with decent finish left. It's pretty hard to find anything interesting around here anymore.

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2012, 07:22:20 PM »
Glad to see you here.  Welcome aboard.  We love pictures here, and also mystery tools. 

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Re: Hello from Alberta
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2012, 09:05:54 PM »
   Welcome..........from Oklahoma.........glad to have you aboard