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I had to stop working on my shop rebuild to thank everyone here on the forum for the knowledge and time shared freely, the critiques, the advice everything that I have learned about this art up to this point has been from the resources and knowledge here on this forum Thank you all. My shop has to be rebuilt and tools have to be replaced, the day after my parents left back to NM a freak fire took me to a dead halt. I managed to save quite alot and am very blessed in that it didnt burn to the ground. Needless to say its pretty rough to finally find what feels like a good solid nich and have it go up in smoke. Once again thank you all for the time shared, to the ADMINS, AND MODERATORS great place and superb job thanks guys and gals! now I gotta get after it the shop aint gonna heal itself!!!

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stealfdawg: Sorry to hear about the fire. Don't know what all you lost, but I've got a bunch of craftools, swivel knives, and some other misc stuff. You're welcome to come up and pick out anything you want. I'm just up the road from you on I-65, next to Mammoth Cave Nat'l Park. Give me a shout if you want any of it.

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Holler at me if I can help too? I don't have a much that isn't the hobby-type quality, but I'm sure I can help with something.

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Kman and Winterbear, first off I want to say you are both fine people with huge hearts you dont know me from ADAM and yet you put out a hand to help Thank you both so much!!! There are some dang fine people on this forum and you are both among them. I would like to report that all is looking better, the fire seems to have caused more cosmetic damage to the shop than anything (no structure damage) so I have been pretty busy and the wife has been amazing she has helped mend everything both in the shop and my frazzled self! I can smile about it now and say that I am a better man for it. No loss of life or limb. also I am happy to report that most of my hand made tools are salvagable! my mauls, my boning tools and a couple of my 1st awls (which I use as lacing fids) were all saved! The other things like stiching groovers and edge bevelers may be a loss but its ok they were purchased and hobby quality (which goes to say alot) hobby quality tools are good its all I could afford and have had great results with them so they should never be scoffed at! In any case I am rebounding and stumbling both but am moving forward!!Thanks to all who took the time to encourage and offer a hand!!!!!by no means am I down and out and it may be a while before I start producing again but I feel better knowing I can come here and get a boot to the pants to get going when the losses show their ugly face...stealf..

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Stealfdawg, i'm thinking their are a lot of folks on here that have big hearts and would / will help a person out if they lost all or most of their tools and shop.

But if their like me and have been scamed in the past trying to help somebody out they want to see pictures of the damage. Your the second person in two weeks to say they have had a fire. But their have been no pictures of a fire. Now that's not to say you or the other person didn't have a fire. It just makes a person gun shy about offering their help again.

I all so know that it doesn't much of a fire to ruin every thing. I have helped gut two houses where the fire was contained to a spot that a 5 gallon would of covered. But the whole house was ruined from smoke damage and had to be gutted down to the studs. Best of luck getting things cleaned up.

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Stealfdawg, i'm thinking their are a lot of folks on here that have big hearts and would / will help a person out if they lost all or most of their tools and shop.

But if their like me and have been scamed in the past trying to help somebody out they want to see pictures of the damage. Your the second person in two weeks to say they have had a fire. But their have been no pictures of a fire. Now that's not to say you or the other person didn't have a fire. It just makes a person gun shy about offering their help again.

I all so know that it doesn't much of a fire to ruin every thing. I have helped gut two houses where the fire was contained to a spot that a 5 gallon would of covered. But the whole house was ruined from smoke damage and had to be gutted down to the studs. Best of luck getting things cleaned up.

no offense taken at all and some pix will be forthcoming me and the family have been busy as all hell and its looking better already! please do not misunderstand I was not looking for any kind of hand out period. I just wanted to talk about it with people who have the same passion. by far I'd rather eat cat litter than be any sort of leach....stealf

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Here are a few pix during the cleanup and during the new walls going in. IMG_20110719_175415.jpg

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And some progress! IMG_20110724_181149.jpgIMG_20110724_181157.jpg

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Looking at the pictures i'd say your lucky to have been able to get it put when you did. Most of the time it seems if a fire gets to the attic / roof it's pretty much a done deal.

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Yeoo. Pretty well crisped. But it could have been so much worse, I'm happy for you that most of the damage was cosmetic and most of the important tools (and the rest of the house!) are undamaged.

If you haven't already, you might ask your local hardware store if they have fire chemicals to wipe the salvaged items down with. They're degreaser and detergent types formulated to get rid of the nasty gunky grubby soot on everything.

That being said, I have a brand new, still in the bag, still dipped in edge protectant, french edge skiver. I accidentally bought one, it got lost in the chaos, so I bought another. And then found the first a week ago.

:head_hurts_kr:

I haven't taken it back yet, so you're welcome to it if you want it? It's just hobby quality (Tandy Craftool) but it does a pretty nice job.

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Looking at the pictures i'd say your lucky to have been able to get it put when you did. Most of the time it seems if a fire gets to the attic / roof it's pretty much a done deal.

The reason the fire didn't get any worse was the r19 pink insulation between the joists that and I caught it and put it out myself with a extinguisher!

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Yeoo. Pretty well crisped. But it could have been so much worse, I'm happy for you that most of the damage was cosmetic and most of the important tools (and the rest of the house!) are undamaged.

If you haven't already, you might ask your local hardware store if they have fire chemicals to wipe the salvaged items down with. They're degreaser and detergent types formulated to get rid of the nasty gunky grubby soot on everything.

That being said, I have a brand new, still in the bag, still dipped in edge protectant, french edge skiver. I accidentally bought one, it got lost in the chaos, so I bought another. And then found the first a week ago.

:head_hurts_kr:

I haven't taken it back yet, so you're welcome to it if you want it? It's just hobby quality (Tandy Craftool) but it does a pretty nice job.

KRUDCUTTER! and good ol white vinegar! Some magic erasers! Things are looking up the shop walls are now white! Bright white!

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