Show's Over Folks

Here I am turning and talking at the NWA Showcase this past weekend. It was a great show. We sold a slew of my calipers and met lots of nice folks. Most of my showing experience has been with a less focused group of onlookers, so talking and demonstrating to a group of woodworkers and enthusiasts proved to be a real pleasure.

Below is Mike Czaja (on the left) who's been reading the blog since its inception. I'd like to thank all the folks who read the blog for coming up and talking to me, it helps me explain to Sue why I am up until Midnight editing videos or writing posts!

I also got to meet some folks whose work I've admired such as Michael Mocho, Jim Tolpin and Thomas Wetzel. I also spoke with Don Flaws of Berne, New York who sells antique tools. He had some lovely straight drawknives (save yourself the trouble and only buy straight knives!) You can reach him at (518) 872- 1615.

I hope to see you there next year, they've asked me to return as a presenter at the Totally Turning Symposium which runs along with the showcase.

Off Again

It seems like I just got back, and now I'm off again, this time to the
Northeastern Woodworkers Association Showcase in Saratoga Springs, New York. The show runs this Saturday and Sunday.
I attended the showcase last year and was very impressed by the scale, variety and quality of the exhibits. This year, I'll be one of those exhibits, demonstrating turning while showing off my Galbert Caliper. I'm also bringing along some chairs and the Chair Notes Covergirl!
I hope you can make, perhaps you'll see why Chris Schwarz calls it "My Favorite Woodworking Show"

Spring Things

I worried all winter. Worried that I wouldn't make it back in time from Arrowmont to fully enjoy sugaring season. This may seem like a small concern, but for me, it's the one ray of hope that gets me through those last long months of winter. Luckily, I came home right on time. I won't be making as much as last year, but I'll stock Sue and I for the year. The photo is of my pal Andrew manning the rig. He came up from the city to brave the dawn cold and watch the sunrise over the boiling pans.

As the day wore on, it warmed up nicely, giving Lily a chance to lay in the sun and dream of chickens.


With spring so heavy in the air, we decided to expand our little enterprise to include goats. Below you see the chairnotes covergirl and interspecies peacemaker introducing our new additions to our dogs. We were lucky to find a wonderful local goat farmer who bottle feeds his goats to make them very human friendly. They like nothing more that to hang out and walk around with you, while tending to the lawn. I hope Mark from Jericho Farms is reading this. It was under his tutelage (and he thought he was taking a class from me!) that I started to understand the concept of living with the land, not just on top of it.


We hope to breed the female this winter for some spring kids and milk for yogurt and cheese. I guess I have another reason to look forward to spring.