I can't believe there is no posting yet on the DOC shop crawl! Bunch o'slackers.
I really enjoyed the DOC crawl. The weather was great, and each shop had something unique.
Finally, I want to thank all the hosts for opening their shops and letting two dozen people or so trample through. And of course, Mr Froglips himself, for all his organization. :kermit:
I'll post pictures tomorrow. Been a long day.
I really enjoyed the DOC crawl. The weather was great, and each shop had something unique.
- Bob's shop was a model in efficient storage, and his lathe with tool stand took center stage.
- Dan's shop was the poster child for shop-in-reorg, I loved the layout graph you made so we could all brainstorm. And the tiled table you made looked even better in person than from your pictures.
- George ("Father of Froglips") showed off some amazing bowls, and the custom designed lathe was _very_ impressive. We even got a demo with George hogging off some wood.
- David built a very slick mechanized adjustable height assembly table with torsion box top. We then got a tour of some absolutely gorgeous furniture - the new dining room table, the bed featured in last year's calendar, the coffee table and TV stand. Each piece features like 6,000 angles tapered sliding wedged pinned variable spaced bridled dovetails.
- John shared with us his woodworking journey on adopting only hand tools. His roubo bench, steam box and spring pole lathes were very impressive, and his humor and modesty had us all entertained. And more wood was hogged off, this time off a mahogany bed post
- Finally, we went to Amy's shop. If you've seen Travis' shop, it's kind of like that, but organized :mrgreen:. Amy has a SERIOUS wood fetish. I think she already has more lumber she can use up in a lifetime. She showed some fantastic work-in-progress, with banding on the legs, dovetails, etc. She's been hanging around David too much, obviously.
Finally, I want to thank all the hosts for opening their shops and letting two dozen people or so trample through. And of course, Mr Froglips himself, for all his organization. :kermit:
I'll post pictures tomorrow. Been a long day.