[Woodcarver] Request for Assistance

[Michael Conway]

Hello All,
 
First may I appoligize for what may end up looking like a crosspost when the day is done.  But, in a desparate plea, I need to ask something of all the fine woodworkers/woodcarvers in the list I know most of us subscribe to...  And to the point.  I was hospitalized recently due to my recurring heart problems, which ate up all my funds (from income tax) that were supposed to be for moving to Tennessee, and purchasing some hand, and power tools.  So now I am left with no access to a "real" cabinetmakers shop, and junk tools that were purchased from Ben Franklyns as a gift.  So I am stuck sitting around the house with no capacity to even try and improve my carving skills.  I am just wondering if some of us may have "better" (better than I am attempting to use) quality tools that they might not want due to their inferior quality to your favored tools.  I am really trying not to insult you fine crafts people who work hard sometimes even at a day job that has little or anything to do with
 our mutual passion for cutting, chipping, and carving wood into beautiful works, but with my primary income to cover my bills coming from a measily sum offered to me by Social Security, and my wife has a hard time holding down a job that will allow her to take the time off when I am hospitalized (since I am the only available babysitter).  It is so hard to ask this sort of thing since I know how hard you all have to work to have time to enjoy our artistry, and acquire tools, and such, but I know no other way to get on my feet at this time since carving has been very thereputic.  Even if someone wished to drop 2 or 5 dollars, maybe I can bundle it together, and actually buy a reasonable set of tools like one of the flexcut travelling sets, or the warren tools travelling set and the like, since either of those would be a galactic leap above what I currently use (a $10 set that came from Ben Franklyns, and a set of 6 Stanley chisels for carpentry, and my old rubber mallet).
 
If anyone wanted to offer any assistance, or even an old no longer used tool my appreciation for such a gift would be unequaled.  I can be contacted at:
 
Michael Conway
P.O. Box 2363
Candler, N.C. 28715
 
I thank you in advance for any assistance if even they can only be your wellwishes, and prayers.
 
Blessings and Peace to you all.
Sincerely,
Michael
Michael D. Conway




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