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I love tools - any tool

After retirement I planned to design and build an EDM machine and some solar energy systems (and I still plan to do so). But I got sidetracked when I bought a mill and lathe to support my endeavors. I needed tooling for my machines. At first I bought the wrong tooling, Then I paid to much for tooling. Then I figured out how to get good tooling cheap, so I bought lots of it to offset the cost of the stuff I paid to much for (seemed logical at the time). My first attempt to sell off some of my excess tooling on eBay ended up paying for all the other tooling I had bought. So I bought more and made enough (using my own primitive website) to pay for both machines. I was hooked (I could play with lots of different tools and make money doing it). 10+ years later I've bought and sold approximately 50,000 items, have 10,000 items currently posted for sale and another 10,000 items waiting to be posted. Just a "small" diversion from my original retirement plans.

Now I'm looking to get back to those projects I put on hold 10 years ago, plus a long list I've made in the interim. So I've basically stopped buying and will soon start dumping small slow moving stuff (inserts, drill bits, taps, end mills, etc.) on eBay at $0.99 start bid with no reserve. If someone would be interested in taking Tools-n-Gizmos off my hands (website, inventory, supporting systems, etc) for a bargain basement price, call me - lets chat.


Who am I ?

14pt DotBorn Bemidji MN (named Steven Hofford Jones at birth)
14pt DotAdopted as Steve Richard Stovner
14pt DotGrew up Poor Farm Boy in Southwest WA (Ridgefield, Brush Prairie)
14pt DotAlmost always in trouble as a kid.
14pt DotLeft home at 14 and worked on a dairy milking 120 head before and after school
14pt DotHigh School dropout.
14pt DotUS Army 101st Airborne 506th Recon 1962-63
14pt DotUS Army Aviation Electronics Instructor 1963-66
14pt DotBoeing Electronics Tech (Audio Systems)
14pt DotNight School for 7 years
14pt DotBoard member - several nonprofit corporations aiding handicapped kids
14pt DotElectronics technical service rep (747 PES/PSS)
14pt DotHoneywell Marine Systems Environmental Test Engineer
14pt DotTau Beta Phi Engineering Honor Society
14pt DotBSEE from U of W with focus on Applied Math and Computer Science
14pt DotBoeing Flight Deck Systems Engineer (Crew systems)
14pt DotCreated & Published Marine Market Classified Ads
14pt DotBoeing Aircraft Electronic Systems Engineer (EFIS & AIMS)
14pt DotAuthored several ARINC industry standards
14pt DotBoeing Aircraft Software Systems and Processes (LSAP, EDS, BEDS, RAM4)
14pt DotBoeing Associate Technical Fellow
14pt DotMarried twice, Father of 2, Grandfather of 4, Great-Grandfather of 1 (as of 4/12)
14pt DotLived on Sailboat for 20 years
14pt DotRetired from Boeing at 55
14pt DotMarried to the love of my life for over 30 years - lost her to appendix cancer in 2011
14pt DotHave lived in 6 states, visited 41 states and 8 countries
14pt DotLogger, Welder, Machinist, Programmer, Carpenter, Mechanic,,,,
14pt DotInventor, Patent holder, Opinionated Visionary
14pt DotTools-n-Gizmos.com creator/owner/pion
14pt DotBackgammon, Blackjack and Poker player
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