Kelly, you flunked out of woodshop, that's funny. Nice little story.

I have had my share of failures over the years also, who hasn't. Started with a few hand tools and mainly did stuff for the house and the kids. Then inherited some from my father, some of which were sold by the Ex, *#&@%. Since then, I have accumulated more floor tools by searching CL, a few good deals, brought them home and tuned them up, yes most of them are prior to 1985. I don't have any of that high-speed stuff in the shop. I do manage well, and my projects have come a long way over the years, still learning new technics. 

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