Just got back from visiting my daughter and son-in-law in Minneapolis.
Five-hour drive one way. By the strangest coincidence there was a
woodworking show in town and we all made a trip to the fairgrounds where I
had a chance to chat with Mike from American Sycamore Woodworkers' Retreat.
They had some *beautiful* pieces on display. The curly maple rocker
especially.
Watched the guy with the foot-treadle lathe, sat in on the demo on resawing
with a bandsaw, discussed workbench-making, watched Wayne Barton chip
carving, bought a chip-carving knife, got lots of shop ideas, and generally
enjoyed myself. Didn't buy anything big but I dropped a bundle on supplies,
including the Frank Klausz videos. When the folks at the Lee Valley booth
told me if I wanted anything from the catalog that wasn't on display they'd
order it for me and pay the taxes and shipping, I couldn't resist just a
couple toys.
I was told there was another one coming in April, supposed to be twice as
big. All in all, that was a fun time. I wouldn't have been able to go if I
didn't have somebody there to put me up for the weekend. Bless her heart
for not moving so far away I never get to see her. :-)
Dan
Dan <[email protected]> writes:
>I was told there was another one coming in April, supposed to be twice as
>big. All in all, that was a fun time. I wouldn't have been able to go if I
>didn't have somebody there to put me up for the weekend. Bless her heart
>for not moving so far away I never get to see her. :-)
I live in the Twin Cities and didn't get a chance to go. It sounds like I
missed a great show.
The show in April will be The Woodworking Show. If it is anything like
last year, it will be a joke. Two years ago it was good, but way
overcrowded. Last year, the show was way smaller, not crowded, but prices
were outrageous.
Brian Elfert
Dan <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Just got back from visiting my daughter and son-in-law in Minneapolis.
> Five-hour drive one way. By the strangest coincidence there was a
> woodworking show in town and we all made a trip to the fairgrounds where I
> had a chance to chat with Mike from American Sycamore Woodworkers' Retreat.
> They had some *beautiful* pieces on display. The curly maple rocker
> especially.
>
> Watched the guy with the foot-treadle lathe, sat in on the demo on resawing
> with a bandsaw, discussed workbench-making, watched Wayne Barton chip
> carving, bought a chip-carving knife, got lots of shop ideas, and generally
> enjoyed myself. Didn't buy anything big but I dropped a bundle on supplies,
> including the Frank Klausz videos. When the folks at the Lee Valley booth
> told me if I wanted anything from the catalog that wasn't on display they'd
> order it for me and pay the taxes and shipping, I couldn't resist just a
> couple toys.
>
> I was told there was another one coming in April, supposed to be twice as
> big. All in all, that was a fun time. I wouldn't have been able to go if I
> didn't have somebody there to put me up for the weekend. Bless her heart
> for not moving so far away I never get to see her. :-)
>
> Dan
Dan it was great to meet you and thanks for attending the show and
stopping by to chat. I sure enjoyed the show myself. The guy with
the foot-treadle lathe is Don Weber, one of my instructors. His
classes are a hoot. Not only is he a great woodworker and
instructor...he is a real character. We have alot of fun when he is
here at ASWR. I am glad you enjoyed the show and hope to see you next
year.
thanks,
Mike from American Sycamore
On Mon 20 Oct 2003 04:55:19a, Traves W. Coppock <newsgroups-AT-
farmvalleywoodworks-DOT-com> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> where did ya drive here from?
Madison WI.
> Traves, who at the show dropped a LOT of cash. . .
Pretty easy to do. Everybody's just so happy to chat for a while. If they
can't loosen your wallet for themselves, maybe they can get you to pry it
open for somebody else. :-)
Dan
On Mon 20 Oct 2003 10:08:22a, Brian Elfert <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I live in the Twin Cities and didn't get a chance to go. It sounds
> like I missed a great show.
The only ones I've been to are the last one in Milwaukee and the little
bitty one in a tent in the Woodraft parking lot last month. So I ain't all
that experienced. This one was better than either of those. Except that the
Woodcraft show had that $300 used Jet bandsaw with the riser block, so
maybe all things considered, I liked that one better...
> The show in April will be The Woodworking Show. If it is anything
> like last year, it will be a joke. Two years ago it was good, but way
> overcrowded. Last year, the show was way smaller, not crowded, but
> prices were outrageous.
Hm. Sounds like I got lucky for once. The guy I talked to was Mike from
PSwood.com. He said the April show was going to have over a hundred
vendors, and he sounded like he was a full-time showvendor. Wouldn't be the
first time I was wrong, but I think I'm still gonna check it out. Who
knows? Any excuse to visit my kid. Or is it any excuse to go to a show?
Dan
On Mon 20 Oct 2003 09:53:52p, [email protected] (Mike at American Sycamore)
wrote in news:[email protected]:
> Dan it was great to meet you and thanks for attending the show and
> stopping by to chat. I sure enjoyed the show myself. The guy with
> the foot-treadle lathe is Don Weber, one of my instructors. His
> classes are a hoot. Not only is he a great woodworker and
> instructor...he is a real character. We have alot of fun when he is
> here at ASWR. I am glad you enjoyed the show and hope to see you next
> year.
>
Good to see you too, Mike. Where's Don from? I couldn't place the accent. I
was thinking New England, maybe New Hampshire, but now I'm not so sure. :-)
Dan
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 03:55:51 -0000, Dan <[email protected]> Crawled out
of the shop and said. . .:
>Just got back from visiting my daughter and son-in-law in Minneapolis.
>Five-hour drive one way.
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where did ya drive here from?
Traves, who at the show dropped a LOT of cash. . .