There is also a healthy culture of custom furniture, cabinetry, and other
highly skilled woodwork in Chicago. Check in the yellow pages when you get
there under Furniture, Millwork, Cabinetry, etc. Many of the shops have
lovely studios.
Dave
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:05:48 GMT, "<<<___ Bob ___>>>"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Is there still a place called "Craftsman Wood Supply" ?? ?? ?? They
were once
> >in the city at 2121 Mary St. .. .. then they moved out to the 'burbs ..
.. ..
> >haven't been back there in many years.
>
> There's a blast from the past. Craftsman Wood Service. I don't know
> how I ever found Mary St. in the days before computer maps. It's only
> about 100' long off Archer Av.
>
> Yeah, Craftsman moved from there a long time ago; maybe late '70s or
> early '80s? They moved to an industrial park not too far off North Av.
> somewhere out by Villa Park. Addison, maybe? I just can't remember. I
> only visited that location once, I think.
>
> Anyway, when the mail order woodworking revolution really took off in
> the late '80s, they sort of dipped below the radar. I don't really
> know if they are still there or not.
>
> Another place that disappeared was Craft Patterns. They were a great
> resource for clock movements and had a nice store on the corner of 64
> and 83, but they disappered, too. I still saw ads in the paper for
> their patterns in the '90s from a St. Charles addy, but I never tried
> to find if there was a brick & mortar associated with them.
>
> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
Is there still a place called "Craftsman Wood Supply" ?? ?? ?? They were once
in the city at 2121 Mary St. .. .. then they moved out to the 'burbs .. .. ..
haven't been back there in many years.
LRod wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:22:52 GMT, "JunkCan" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I'll be in Chicago the week before thanksgiving. Any good shops, shows, etc.
> >for a fanatical woodworking "tourist"?
>
> If you're going to be in the 'burbs at all, there are three Berland's
> House of Tools locations (Palatine, Lombard, Joliet), any one of which
> is worth spending some time at. I can't imagine a bigger tool store
> anywhere, and probably none as interesting, with the possible
> exception of Seven Corners Ace in St. Paul, MN.
>
> In Villa Park (another 'burb) is Owl Lumber which is an excellent
> example of what a woodworker's lumber yard is supposed to be like. No
> tools.
>
> If you can get way out in the sticks, there's The Hardwood Connection
> in Sycamore (west of town; wood and tools), and the Kirkland Sawmill
> in Kirkland (west of Genoa; much closer to Rockford than Chicago -
> just wood).
>
> There is a Rockler and a couple of Woodcrafts in the 'burbs, as well,
> but they're no more special than your local Rockler and Woodcraft.
>
> There's a place called "R.A. Ness" or something like that in the north
> 'burbs, but I've never been there, and don't know anything about it.
>
> About two miles south of Morris (halfway to Bloomington; I-80 and SR
> 47) there's a Woodworkers Store, that has wood and some tools. It
> depends on where you're starting from; I wouldn't drive out from the
> Loop to visit it.
>
> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
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<<<__ Bob __>>>
Thought Owl was in Des Plaines on Graceland
LRod wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:22:52 GMT, "JunkCan" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I'll be in Chicago the week before thanksgiving. Any good shops, shows, etc.
>>for a fanatical woodworking "tourist"?
>
>
> If you're going to be in the 'burbs at all, there are three Berland's
> House of Tools locations (Palatine, Lombard, Joliet), any one of which
> is worth spending some time at. I can't imagine a bigger tool store
> anywhere, and probably none as interesting, with the possible
> exception of Seven Corners Ace in St. Paul, MN.
>
> In Villa Park (another 'burb) is Owl Lumber which is an excellent
> example of what a woodworker's lumber yard is supposed to be like. No
> tools.
>
> If you can get way out in the sticks, there's The Hardwood Connection
> in Sycamore (west of town; wood and tools), and the Kirkland Sawmill
> in Kirkland (west of Genoa; much closer to Rockford than Chicago -
> just wood).
>
> There is a Rockler and a couple of Woodcrafts in the 'burbs, as well,
> but they're no more special than your local Rockler and Woodcraft.
>
> There's a place called "R.A. Ness" or something like that in the north
> 'burbs, but I've never been there, and don't know anything about it.
>
> About two miles south of Morris (halfway to Bloomington; I-80 and SR
> 47) there's a Woodworkers Store, that has wood and some tools. It
> depends on where you're starting from; I wouldn't drive out from the
> Loop to visit it.
>
>
> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:22:52 GMT, "JunkCan" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I'll be in Chicago the week before thanksgiving. Any good shops, shows, etc.
>for a fanatical woodworking "tourist"?
If you're going to be in the 'burbs at all, there are three Berland's
House of Tools locations (Palatine, Lombard, Joliet), any one of which
is worth spending some time at. I can't imagine a bigger tool store
anywhere, and probably none as interesting, with the possible
exception of Seven Corners Ace in St. Paul, MN.
In Villa Park (another 'burb) is Owl Lumber which is an excellent
example of what a woodworker's lumber yard is supposed to be like. No
tools.
If you can get way out in the sticks, there's The Hardwood Connection
in Sycamore (west of town; wood and tools), and the Kirkland Sawmill
in Kirkland (west of Genoa; much closer to Rockford than Chicago -
just wood).
There is a Rockler and a couple of Woodcrafts in the 'burbs, as well,
but they're no more special than your local Rockler and Woodcraft.
There's a place called "R.A. Ness" or something like that in the north
'burbs, but I've never been there, and don't know anything about it.
About two miles south of Morris (halfway to Bloomington; I-80 and SR
47) there's a Woodworkers Store, that has wood and some tools. It
depends on where you're starting from; I wouldn't drive out from the
Loop to visit it.
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:05:48 GMT, "<<<___ Bob ___>>>"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Is there still a place called "Craftsman Wood Supply" ?? ?? ?? They were once
>in the city at 2121 Mary St. .. .. then they moved out to the 'burbs .. .. ..
>haven't been back there in many years.
There's a blast from the past. Craftsman Wood Service. I don't know
how I ever found Mary St. in the days before computer maps. It's only
about 100' long off Archer Av.
Yeah, Craftsman moved from there a long time ago; maybe late '70s or
early '80s? They moved to an industrial park not too far off North Av.
somewhere out by Villa Park. Addison, maybe? I just can't remember. I
only visited that location once, I think.
Anyway, when the mail order woodworking revolution really took off in
the late '80s, they sort of dipped below the radar. I don't really
know if they are still there or not.
Another place that disappeared was Craft Patterns. They were a great
resource for clock movements and had a nice store on the corner of 64
and 83, but they disappered, too. I still saw ads in the paper for
their patterns in the '90s from a St. Charles addy, but I never tried
to find if there was a brick & mortar associated with them.
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:22:52 GMT, "JunkCan" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I'll be in Chicago the week before thanksgiving. Any good shops, shows, etc.
>for a fanatical woodworking "tourist"?
You can shop anywhere.
Get out to Oak Park and take the walking tours either inside Frank
Lloyd Wright's house, or around the neighbourhood to see the exteriors
of the other houses he designed there. If you're downtown, the
skyscraper walking tours are good too.
--
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"JunkCan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:wKkpb.90553$Tr4.249403@attbi_s03...
> I'll be in Chicago the week before thanksgiving. Any good shops, shows,
etc.
> for a fanatical woodworking "tourist"?
>
>
Sorry, this has nothing to do with woodworking, but if you're in Chicago,
why not go see a couple of good blues shows?
If you haven't been there, the museum of science and industry is
fascinating.
That pretty much sums up all the places I know of. If you go to the Berlands
in Joliet (Berlands is truly Heaven) there is a fairly new Rockler store in
Tinley park There is also a place called Wood World somewhere on the North
side of Chicago. I havn't made it up there yet myself.
Leslie
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 04:22:52 GMT, "JunkCan" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I'll be in Chicago the week before thanksgiving. Any good shops, shows,
etc.
> >for a fanatical woodworking "tourist"?
>
> If you're going to be in the 'burbs at all, there are three Berland's
> House of Tools locations (Palatine, Lombard, Joliet), any one of which
> is worth spending some time at. I can't imagine a bigger tool store
> anywhere, and probably none as interesting, with the possible
> exception of Seven Corners Ace in St. Paul, MN.
>
> In Villa Park (another 'burb) is Owl Lumber which is an excellent
> example of what a woodworker's lumber yard is supposed to be like. No
> tools.
>
> If you can get way out in the sticks, there's The Hardwood Connection
> in Sycamore (west of town; wood and tools), and the Kirkland Sawmill
> in Kirkland (west of Genoa; much closer to Rockford than Chicago -
> just wood).
>
> There is a Rockler and a couple of Woodcrafts in the 'burbs, as well,
> but they're no more special than your local Rockler and Woodcraft.
>
> There's a place called "R.A. Ness" or something like that in the north
> 'burbs, but I've never been there, and don't know anything about it.
>
> About two miles south of Morris (halfway to Bloomington; I-80 and SR
> 47) there's a Woodworkers Store, that has wood and some tools. It
> depends on where you're starting from; I wouldn't drive out from the
> Loop to visit it.
>
>
> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
And if the BORG are here does that mean that the Enterprise will come back
from the future and save us?
Steve
"Phil Crow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] (Dan Valleskey) wrote in message
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> > No B.S. posted in the last 24 hrs. Now, let's all cross our fingers.
> >
> > -Dan
>
> Yeah, well, somebody likes big hairy something and the Puppy Wizard
> changed my life. In addition, some kind of something is the best for
> developing something and The Crazy Boys are doing some kind of
> paratrooper thing this weekend. What kind of table saw should I buy?
> Also, what does SWMBO mean?
>
> -Phil Crow
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> [email protected] (Dan Valleskey) wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>> No B.S. posted in the last 24 hrs. Now, let's all cross our fingers.
>>
>> -Dan
>
> Yeah, well, somebody likes big hairy something and the Puppy Wizard
> changed my life. In addition, some kind of something is the best for
> developing something and The Crazy Boys are doing some kind of
> paratrooper thing this weekend. What kind of table saw should I buy?
> Also, what does SWMBO mean?
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=swmbo
"Brian Siano" wrote ...
> I might as well ask everyone the same question for Philadelphia.
Just south of Philly in Wilmington, Delaware is the Winterthur Museum with
the reconstructed Dominy Workshops and a very nice furniture display. To the
north of Philly is the Henry Chapman Mercer Museum on Doylestown. They have
a very large collection of antique tools. West there is a Woodcraft store
in Downingtown. Philly also has a good furniture show once a year but I
don't know when the next one is.
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[email protected] (Dan Valleskey) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> No B.S. posted in the last 24 hrs. Now, let's all cross our fingers.
>
> -Dan
Yeah, well, somebody likes big hairy something and the Puppy Wizard
changed my life. In addition, some kind of something is the best for
developing something and The Crazy Boys are doing some kind of
paratrooper thing this weekend. What kind of table saw should I buy?
Also, what does SWMBO mean?
-Phil Crow
"JunkCan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:wKkpb.90553$Tr4.249403@attbi_s03...
> I'll be in Chicago the week before thanksgiving. Any good shops, shows,
etc.
> for a fanatical woodworking "tourist"?
>
>
Sorry, this has nothing to do with woodworking, but if you're in Chicago,
why not go see a couple of good blues shows?
If you haven't been there, the museum of science and industry is
fascinating.
In article <[email protected]>,
Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Get out to Oak Park and take the walking tours either inside Frank
> Lloyd Wright's house, or around the neighbourhood to see the exteriors
> of the other houses he designed there.
There's also the Robie House near U of Chicago.
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In article <h50tb.197266$Tr4.564237@attbi_s03>,
"Keith Carlson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry, this has nothing to do with woodworking,
...
> If you haven't been there, the museum of science and industry is
> fascinating.
This museum has the people slices in one of the stairways. That had
to be done with a bandsaw. That's at least semi-wood working related.
Also, IIRC, there's a steam lumbermill in there somewhere too.
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"lex" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
: Thought Owl was in Des Plaines on Graceland
There are 2 Owl's. The second is in Lombard
http://www.owlhardwood.com/