Celebrities: Can I have your Autograph?

John : several interview about his Extreme Birdhouses. One of the most recent is in the April/May 2007 editions of “Out Here”, a Canadian Publication. (Also available in PDF form at www.outhere.ca ) Note: John’s article is the “centrefold” article.

John has also been interviewed for the May 2007 issue of Canadian Home Workshop Magazine.

Congratulations John on your well-deserved honour.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Sorry Debbie.
I can’t help you, but I hope you can find someone.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

you mean you haven’t been famous Dick? No articles in the local papers? Nothing?

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

That’s right, never. I looked in the archives of our local paper.
They spelled my name wrong in the birth announcement. LOL

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

well at least you weren’t in the Obits ;)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Now you picked up some dry humor.LOL You must have learned it on LJ.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

gotta learn from the best.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

me neither Deb. I had a blurb in our local paper when I got drafted, probably glad to get rid of me. I did see Black Sabbath and Deep Purple while in Germany. I guess that would’nt count. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Dusty was recently featured on HGTV’s “Look what I did” (April 17, 2007).

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

yah, Mike, unless your name was on the flyers.. I don’t think that really counts.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks again Debbie

Mike that is one concert that i would have loved to see.
They are both going to be in concert in july in London Ontario.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

I forgot about being in a movie once.
I was in the Civil Air Patrol Cadets when I was in High School. I went on a two week encampment at Rapid City Air Force Base. They made a recruiting movie for the CAPC, that was to be narrated by Arthur Godfrey. The Movie was done in 1949. I was one of 5 cadets that were picked from about 300, to be in the movie.
Here’s a good one for you though. I have never seen the movie. LOL :(

I’ve check on the internet a couple of years ago, but couldn’t find it.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

you’ve never seen it?? How sad!
Ok. you have to find it… a few emails here, a few phone calls there….

That reminded me that I was interviewed by one of our local politicians. The interview was held at Queen’s Park in Toronto and was aired on cable TV for about 6 months. I had been facilitating a parenting program at our local correctional centre which was to be closed down. I was one of the advocates for keep it open rather than herding the gentlemen into the “super jail”. We didn’t win that one :(

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

TheWoodWhisperer famous over and over but best known for his podcasts. (See the LJ interview with Marc)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Matt also has his own podcast and has been interviewed for LJ.com

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Matt also wrote the column in the latest Woodcraft Magazine about woodworking on the internet.

-- JP, Shelbyville, KY

Debbie
I agree with you that Dick C should be for his work! (Maybe a book?)

I majored in Hotel & Restaurant Management in College. Northwood Institute of Indiana, near French Lick Indiana. (Back in the Stone Age-1974) I was on the front page of the food section of the Indianapolis Star making some cakes…does that count???
Randy
I wasn’t on the front page of today’s paper, in the obits., which is good….I think.

P.S. I was in college when Larry Bird was attending Springs Valley High School in French Lick. (Does this help any?)

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

JP.. excellent addition to our list.

P-Jack .. oh yyes, that definitely counts!! and so where’s the pic of the pic?? :)

(I had to laugh at your 1974 comment. My daughter’s school is putting pictures of the teachers (from their own high school years) in their yearbook and the teachers asked her to bring in a picture of herself from the late ‘70s/early /80’s.. She said, “Oh, you want BABY pictures!”... They didn’t think that was funny lol. (She was born 1979, while most of them, well, weren’t ;)
And just to add to the laugh, well we laughed – a lot—she found a picture of her 7th birthday and she was wearing her birthday present: a walkman (about 1/2 of her height, clipped to her belt) and big honkin’ headphones. She looked SO cool hahahaa I’m still laughing).

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nothing to do with woodworking, but I managed to stumble into the IMDB

-- Dan Lyke, Lagunitas California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

oooh bravo.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Dennis Mitchell might be in the paper when he joins the Chamber of Commerce.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

My baby Cradle / Glider in Feb Woodcraft magazine
Mark had the poker chip boxes on the front cover and an article in the same issue.
I was in Popular Woodworking eZine on my most memorable wood find.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

oh right.. I was going to put yours in Karson and my phone rang and then I forgot. sorry about that!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Karson, Matt and Marc (all previously mentioned) have graced the pages of Woodcraft Magazine…

several of us have been interviewed here, but I think you mean elsewheres, right Debbie?

-- The opposite of war isn't peace. It's creation. -- Wood T's: http://www.printfection.com/snbcreative

Donna’s an Author. I’m currently reading her bandsaw book.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Krum, Has had many articles about herself.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

We can’t forget Thor.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Stay tuned for the upcoming Lumber Jocks Podcast (hosted by yours truly) which will feature an interview with a VERY famous member of Lumberjocks.

-- Erik garagewoodworker.blogspot.com

woo hoo – more podcasts!

-- The opposite of war isn't peace. It's creation. -- Wood T's: http://www.printfection.com/snbcreative

this is getting to be quite the list!!
Scott—anyone, anything…. if there’s been the ol’ 10 min. of fame: let’s hear about it.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I took first place in an Ice Sculpture Contest held during our cities centennial celebration in 1993. I did a large bust of Abe Lincoln. Although myself I didn’t think it was that good. Ice Sculpture Contest“></td></tr><tr><td>1993 – Ice Sculpture contest winner</td></tr></table>

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

that’s awesome !!!! You just never cease to amaze me!!!

Congrats.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’m not so sure I deserve it but I’m soon to be published…or at least my gate/arbor will be in a new Sunset DIY book. And Fine Woodworking.com just went live with a Sketchup blog (Design,Click, Build) where I’m a featured contributor (if only my woodworking skills matched my Sketchup skills I’d be happy)

http://blogs.taunton.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=fw-designforum&redirCnt=1

You’ll need to subscibe (many of you may already). FWW online is a great resource.
You can also see the video tutorials I’m doing for Sketchup at brightcove.com if you don’t feel like subscribing to FWW. One of my co-contributors is also posting some tutorials as well. just do a search on brightcove for “sketchup tutorials”.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Congratulations Bob
It,s a nice feeling to get published , It just adds to the enjoyment of building or creating something for yourself or someone else .

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

Excellent idea, Debbie. Keep the list growing and congrats to everybody!

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com

Try Googling yourself. You could be surprised with what you find.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

As an amateur hobbyist, the traditional tool chest that I posted as a project here on lumberjocks is the only thing that has granted me a couple of passing glances. I would have to dig out the issues for the month and year, but there’s a picture of the chest in the project section of the American Handyman magazine (8-10 years ago?) and I also won my DeWalt tabletop planer by submitting pictures of the chest to a tool storage contest in Wood magazine (4-6 years ago?) – honorable mention.

-- Paul, Texas

This is completely non-woodworking related but does reflect skills from another career.

I designed the new official University Seal for my alma mater after they became part of the Texas A&M system. It made the local news but that’s it. As far as being “published”, the seal appears on every diploma issued by the university since 1993.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

that’s pretty darned impressive!!!!! Nice.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

More non-woodworking related, but creative…

I was a writer/”actor”/producer on a student run variety tv show (local access) back in college. (totally extra curricular, this wasn’t for a class, credit or anything, just the love of the game). ”I’m not an actor, but I play one on tv….”

I had some recurring bits, in one I played a meteorologist – the gag was I didn’t wear pants. I was “recognized” by the manager of a local fast food place – he leaned over the counter (thankfully from a distance) and said “I was just checking to make sure you had pants on.” My puzzled expression got a quizzical and less confident “You do the weather, right?”
“Yeah.”

Freshman year I painted the college logo on one of the walls in the student gov’t offices (about 4 or 5 feet across). A couple years later I caught a glimpse of it on the 5:00 (real, out-of-state) TV news, back in my hometown… So my work has been on TV without my doing! Sadly, the building has been demolished to make way for a new student union. I don’t even have a photo of it. Got $50 for the job though.

-- The opposite of war isn't peace. It's creation. -- Wood T's: http://www.printfection.com/snbcreative

Thanks, Debbie. It really made my Mom’s dad pretty proud as he taught there for several years.

Scott, that’s hilarious. You never know who is going to recognize you from somewhere else…

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

great story Scott.. (still laughing)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Here’s a new one to add to this list. CarverRog has a piture of ””The Shroud””:http://lumberjocks.com/projects/504 in the new issue of Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine

Congratulations Rog !

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

http://lumberjocks.com/topics/572

Need I say more??? :D

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

let’s not forget another author in our group, OspreyBait has at least one book on bird carving out there. http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/darryl/topics

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

I do have one thing to add, that isn’t all that significant, at the time I hated the mans innards, but while stationed in Ft. Gordon, GA. I was on a detail to welcome General Westmoreland to our base. During inspection I was picked as the most stract soldier of the detail. Stract meaning having your stuff together, or you were the spiffyist guy on the detail and got to stand down, (replaced). So I never got to meet General Westmoreland. who cares… jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

In the military, I got to fly Al Gore’s car around one….. lol Does that count.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I don’t know about being a ‘celebrity,’ but I guess if Sandor Nagyszalanczy comes up and hugs me when we meet, I’m pretty well known in the woodworking world due to my writing and book reviews. (and I can spell his name, too.)
Last year I won second place in the Golden Hammer Awards sponsored by the Nat’l. Assoc. of Home & Workshop Writers for a long article in WoodCraft magazine, so that was my 15 minutes of fame. I was second to Sandor and Jeff Jewitt trailed in third, so I was in excellent company and was honored to be included. I was working too hard this year to even compete, and all those writers wondered what happened to my submission, sigh. Too bad a penchant for food and living indoors has to get in the way of the fun stuff!

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

congrats Barb!!
I don’t know who Sandor is .. but I’m sure he must be impressive to be mentioned along side your name :D

Congrats on the honour!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/1826

The above is a link to Donna’s FAMOUS month!! no “5 minutes of fame” limit here!!
Congrats Donna

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks Debbie-
Sandor is the big name Taunton author of:
Setting Up Shop
The Art of Fine Tools
Tools Rare & Ingenious and
Taunton’s Complete Illus. Guide to Jigs & Fixtures.
Also many many many magazine articles. He’s won Six Golden Hammer Awards
over the years, and at the awards breakfast, walked behind my chair singing
‘If I Had A Hammer’ because I only won a plaque. What a guy.
-Barb

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

hahaha that’s funny. Gotta love a guy with that kind of sense of humour :)
Impressive list he has

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Ms. Debbie,

Being a Tool hero, thanks to LJ, Jude Herr, has to be tops, so far!.

I attended a seminar in Seattle. The subject was internet marketing. There were “Hot Seats” which a panel of successful internet marketers, reviewing web sites created by people from the audience, and giving advice. These were pre arranged, but I managed to get a spot.

The site was for ezee-feed, and instead of getting the site critiqued, I got an hour’s worth of questions and compliments on the product and the process I went through to get it to that point. And a few praises on the home made website.

A big ego booster for me!

That’s probably my biggest claim to fame, other having my work published in some magazines, but no mention of me! Just the work.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Does this count?

http://www.woodworkersguildofga.org/Galleries/2003Woodshow/images/P2280006.jpg

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Why sure it does! Nice piece and nice ribbon.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Lee – that’s cool but I can’t believe a magazine mentioned your work without mentioning you!! Huh.

Xavier—that’s definitely a claim to fame. Congrats!!!! (awesome piece).

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Gosh, Deb, I once rode in a Marleboro ad shoot. Randy and George Krier and I were hired to chase horses around for the cameras. However, we were airbrushed out of the finished product. I guess we didn’t look like Marleboro men.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

that’s close enough for me. congrats on the invisible 15 min. of fame

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

One of my presentation got a write up a while back but that was for computer crap <laugh>
http://www.dacs.org/archive/9810/rev0998.htm
I am only famous in my own mind :)

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

that’s awesome!!!! Famouser- and famouser!!! Congrats.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’ve been on the local television news several times (New Orleans) – but unfortunately it was because someone had met a tragic end or went to jail – I guess I’m only famous to my 3 granddaughters – I’m a great Paw Paw :-))

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

fame is fame…. sad as it is :(
but famous to grandchildren is awesome!!! :D :D

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I forgot! Back in 1978-80 my job was delivering single engine aircraft all over the world. On one trip in 1979 my fellow pilot was a very attractive lady. We got to Paris at a time when we could not get transportation back to London so the writer for the French Private Pilot magazine flew us back to London in a Cessna 310 and wrote a 4 page article about international delivery pilots. I’m sure it was because she was so much better looking than I.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

4 page.. wow. haha re: reason

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

My family were featured in this episode of Landscape Smart and I even do some woodworking on the show when I make my then 18mth old a tiny little Adirondack chair.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

BOB BABCOCK is the most famous lumberjock hero.

He is mentioned and even has sketchup models in the latest FINEWOODWORKING MAGAZINE DEC 2007 N0. 194

way-to-go BOB

big praize from DAN

-- Hey ! I was born in IOWA .... don't blame me

well isn’t that cool—Damian and Bob :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thos. Angle, Frank, Karson, a few others and I, are in this issue of the LJ E mag!

Does this count? Fine Woodworking no…my name in print yes (county paper, probably 100 people really read it, 40 of which were family) It still got some urban logging converts and saved some beautiful trees from the landfill/burnpile.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

I have a good friend (well, maybe not a good friend but I know him fairly well. Ok, maybe not fairly well but kinda well. Alright, to be honest I talked to him at a dinner party) who once was in a restaurant and sat two tables away from someone who knew the third cousin (or was it second cousin? hmmmm) of the assistant to Brad Pitt’s next door neighbor’s part time driver. Does this count at all? I don’t have documentation but I could probably scrounge up the guys phone number (well, probably not).

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

The Urban Logger—- cool !!

Chip, I’m impressed! :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Ferry pilot, What a job, Sawdust!

Your claim of fame has made me rememer the time when Ian Seager, the publisher and owner of the ”Flyer” magazine of the UK, when to Spain. I flew him around piloting his Cessna 182 while he holded his expensive Nikon SLR camera out of the open window taking pictures for an upcoming article.

I ended up being mentioned in that article, as well as having a couple of my pictures published. That got me a free subscription to the magazine and some freebies from the boss himself. Previously we only knew each other throug the magazine’s web mailing list.

By the way, do you remember the french lady’s name? And the magazine’s? A lot of my friends happen to be french pilots and who knows… the world’s so small!

-- Jojo · shopless in Kyoto

If we are scraping the cobwebs off long forgotten brain cells, I was once featured in a mag for building an experimental plane in my garage. The reporter was more impressed that our cat got stuck on a fresh fiberglass layup than my skills as a craftsman (in those days, craftperson now). My personal fame continues to await discovery.

If it is of interest to you, I was interviewed by a leading Newspaper in Finland in March and another newspaper is coming on Monday to do another interview. The stories are about me, and my passion for woodworking – I am trying to teach them that IKEA is not the only place to shop. The only problem is the articles are in Finnish. I never been famous before, infamous yes, but never famous !

I’ll post them if anybody wants to look at them.

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

how wonderful, Tony—AND helping people learn about quality

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

In my 20’s a story was told about me in a Romance Novel (On Wings of Passion). Unfortunately it described something I did on an airplane that was not romantic in nature.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Damn Wayne! Behind that sweet doggy face it turns out that you are a bad guy! ;o)

Tony, curse and swearing aren’t allowed here, how you dare to mention that four letter word? The passion people has for I**A… drives me crazy. :o(

-- Jojo · shopless in Kyoto

The local FOXTV Station filmed our unique house as they interviewed me on its features and how it was built and aired it on their Home & Lifestyle program a few months ago.

I’ve been in two winners lists in Chip Chats magazine for best of division entries in a Northwets Carvers Association show in Puyallup, WA and in a Quilceda Carvers show in Monrore, WA. I also had a picture of another entry in Chip Chats for a second best of show in Mesa, AZ.

And I just got a free copy of Fine Woodworking mag. I am in the Reader’s Gallery – page 87 of the Dec issue (#194).

-- Ric :{)

Well deb, as I have said on my page I am a retired firefighter. Over the years I have had many pictures in the papers, been on TV but not always for famous making reasons (fires,accidents). But did make the paper several times for community related work thru the fire department. But the best part of it all every year we would go to the elementary school & show the kids our fire engines & equipment and teach fire safety and the local papers would cover it. But wait, I still haven’t told you the best part————here it comes!—————the kids from those visits are now adults & still come to me & say how are you fireman bob, I still remember what you taught us in school about fire safety! Kinda brings a tear to you eye don’t it!

-- Bob "life is one big school & we are the students"

One of my dads best friends is a business partner of Mr. Lee of Lee Valley Tools… any good? I have had no special claim to fame with woodworking but have had some opportunity to meet famous people… I met Marc and his wife Nicole (The WoodWhisperer) at the AWFS show… I also got to meet Norm Abrams and David Marks there…

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Bob… that is so precious :) You must grin from head to toe when that happens.

Drew: that counts in my books!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

They’ve got a picture of me on the bulliten board at the post office…. oops.. never mind ;)

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

Wow there sure are a lot of famous woodworkers here !

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

I won a WoodWhisperer T shirt.
How did Marc get that stain on his shirt contest.
answer
Shaken, not stirred

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

Check out the latest issue of American Woodorking #132 November 2007.
They featured my workshop on page 80 as well as my blast gate invention on page 53.

OK, I’ll add my little bit. There is an article on me and my saddle shop in the spring or summer issue of “Cowboy” magazine. Back in the ‘70’s I did some illustrations for “Western Horseman” and had my Christmas card with original art and poem featured. I did quite a few illustrations for the Prescot Courior(Prescott,Ariz.) for the cover of their weekend magazine. I had an article published in “Cowboy” magazine in’95.

I drove wagon #1 on the Wyoming Centenial Wagon Train from Fort Casper to Cody. We were freighting headquarters. We were on the trail for 30 days. My photo was on the front page of the Rocky Montain News. Jim Angel of the AP rode with Carleen and I on the first day and wrote an article about us. AP later sent a reporter and she wrote another article about Carleen and I. We have a whole trunk of clippings and photos from publications from that 30 days.

` I think when we were farming with horses near Union, Oregon, the local newspaper photgrapher stopped by every time he couldn’t think of anything else and we would wind up in the paper again. The Observer from LaGrande did a two page article on us. Our local paper here did a feature article on us last winter. Maybe soon we will get an article on woodworking.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

just look at the gang!! Holy Moly… some pretty famous people here!!

Autographs.. autographs!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)