Dr. Josef Arnould Project

What a wonderful story and a great project…

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Good story and build Len a super looking coat rack.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Nice finish on this one Dusty along with the story…BC

Got to love those barter deals, You get treatment and he get a coat rack (a heck of a nice one at that).

-- I am responsible for how I respond to everything in my life - - Katy TX

Great job: I also like barter work. I made a puilpit for a sawmill owner and I ended up with 19” 12’ long cherry and some 16” boards also. I also traded a computer and software for about 4,000 bd ft of mixed hardwoods. The sawmill osner was selling the mill and anything left on the property on the day of the sale went to the new owner.

So my friend had nothing to loose by blessing me with some wood.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thank you , Gentlemen , for all of the nice comments / compliments…

Sorry if I misled you in any way …it wasn’t a real “barter” deal . Dr. Arnould provided the means for me to get better out of the kindness of his heart , and I in turn asked his staff members what I could do to “repay” him. He seemed pleasantly surprised with the outcome : )
Now I hear that he might need one for his main office as well. I’m waiting for feedback from his crew as to what size it needs to be and what type of wood .

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Nice coat rack!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

The hardware sets it all off perfectly

-- Norman

Thank you Matt : )

NormG , thank you for noticing and mentioning the hardware…I spent a lot of time searching for hooks that would hold up well in a public place but not look too industrial : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Nice coat rack, Len, I particularly like the grain showing so beautifully around the penny.
That was a nice touch… I wasn’t sure … I thought it might be his first penny… kind like restaurants post their first dollar!
Ellen

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Thanks for the compliment AND the laughter , Ellen : ) How’s the weather out there on the East Coast ? Gray , cool and humid here in the West…It would be a great day to be in the shop if I didn’t have all of this housework to do !! LOL Have a great weekend !

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Nice coat rack. I love the penny idea to show the year of fabrication.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Thank you , Rex …I’ve been using that idea for toooo many years now on most of my projects other than cutting boards. Last year (2009) was tough though…I was unable to find a single 2009 penny even at the bank !

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Hi Len,
Nicely done, and I like the penny. I have used the same “dating” method on my carvings for a number of years now, but there is one drawback. Since the pennies are not issued on January 1st each year, there is always a “waiting period” before they appear in use, like right now. In my area, they typically start to show up around late March, so the simple cure that I now have is to carve, mark, or stamp a ”+1” to the right of the penny (from the year previous to the carving being done). I figure that the Antiques Roadshow of the future should be able to figure that one out.
Keep up the excellent work.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

Hi Druid,
After not finding a single 2009 penny to use , I was told many reasons including one that said that it costs too much to produce pennies nowadays , so they are only going to make them every other year now…just a rumor as far as I know , but …maybe nickles from now on ? LOL
Thanks for commenting on my project : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.