Calling all Indianapolis are Lumberjocks!

Sorry, But I’m see you again in Chantilly.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Now Karson, you’re letting the cat out of the bag. I wasn’t going to announce that I was going to be at Chantilly for another month or so. See you then.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

Are you teaching how to pin the dovetails? Is this the “Pinned Dovetail World Tour?”

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Are you a member of “the Society of American Period Furniture Makers” – SAPFM? I was just at the SAPFM Annual meeting in Colonial Williiamsburg and saw a highboy from Philly that had the same exact crown as your Philly Spice box. Awesome job on the spice boxes by the way! I have taken several period furniture making classes from Steve Latta at the Marc Adams School which is just SE of Indy in Franklin, In. Have you been there?

Todd,
No pinning of dovetails going on in my demos but I do cut both pins and tails :) So, in answer to your question, it’s more like the “Un-pinned Dovetail World Tour”. My next show date is the end of February (the 27th through March 1st specifically) at The WoodWorking Show in Somerset, NJ. Come on out and we can have a pinned/unpinned dovetailing demo!

ww,

I am a member of SAPFM but I did not make the annual meeting. I have not been to Marc Adams but I’ve known Steve for a couple of decades, at least. He’s a great craftsman and you’re lucky to have had the opportunity to take a class with him. Thanks for the compliments on my work.

The show in Indy was great! I’ll post a bit about it and all the other goings on on my blog in the near future. LOTS of things have been going on here and I need to get back to blogging. I was surprised to see that even with the multitude of woodworkers at the Indy show, no one identified themselves as a LJ. There just HAS to be some Lumberjocks in the Indy area. If you missed me this year, I’ll see you next. And if you did speak to me in Indy, send me a message and let me know. I have really enjoyed meeting so many Lumberjocks in the last month.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

Chuck: I probably won’t make it to Somerset NJ. That show was my old stomping ground until I moved to Delaware. But I’ll try to send some buddies your way.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †