number nine, number nine...
last but not least.......
Ninth: big excitement!
I want to try to clarify & correct my handling of Dean K’s pickle.
Clearly I would not want to embarrass him! :P (it’s okay, we’ve become friends)
Dean was unsure about his ability to take on his own Morris chair build.
I have said the same words in this story about myself.
Early on, he shared with me that he got his act and courage together...
and had started a bent arm Morris chair out of sapele.
I believed at that time is was wonderful that he declared he was starting his chair!
Somewhere along the way, Dean got himself stuck-up-a-tree by a building challenge.
That can-will-should happen to anyone pushing deeper into woodworking.
We figured it out & he fixed it & has nearly finished! We just did it privately and it was great!
To clarify I will share just the technical solution gleaned from those exchanges.
Here is an excerpt by DK explaining his successful resolution:
FYI, I fixed my problem. It was so simple in the end. I simply used my marking knife to scribe around the leg at the underside of the front leg.
Then I used a chisel and cut a relief at about 1/16th deep (if that) making it a little deeper at the back of the leg since the gap was at the front of the leg.
In effect, I made the leg itself into a second tenon (but very very slight at less than 1/16th.
The gap is gone and suddenly woodworking is fun again!
So thanks for all your support and encouragement!
If I was overenthusiastic in my delving into and shining light upon Dean’s chair building challenge,
it was only an abundance of good will & intent. - not to in any way disparage :o eek!
Times since I have regretted my aggressive efforts to resolve his obstacle.
My heart was in the right place, to be certain, but perhaps my actions lacked insight?
Ohh - how to contain such exuberance??
Over time I have decided that putting too-fine-a-point on another person’s problem… Is maybe not so kind?
I meant to be kind, but maybe typing sometimes belies kindness and/or what-we-meant?
In no way, at any time, did I mean to act in such a way as to embarrass DK.
His challenge demonstrated healthy growing pains within beloved craft,
and only good things were shown about him in their overcoming.
The thing that was not shown publicly, was the warm exchanges Dean and I have shared during & since...
that time he painted himself into a corner in his home woodshop!
Dean came, he dared to build, he stumbled, he corrected and Dean conquered!!
I admire the way Dean has overcome his own challenges in life & workshop.
Well, if I thought back then, Dean starting his chair was wonderful…
I now have the benefit of knowing his victory over hardwood is beyond wonderful!
It was with sunny pride that I first saw Dean K’s chair posted GMC linear posting#648.
I have learned that there is no such thing as… “late” to this party my friend.
Dean wanted folks to know that he was not some clumsy craftsman.(obviously!)
Our group effort and his ability overcame his problem long ago.
It just never got posted & updated here. Just look what Dean did in his basement…
Congratulations Dean!
He told me he would not have built his chair, if not for my efforts, which really rang-my-bell.
So I showed Dean's chair beaming to my darling wife, and she was deeply affected.
The realization of his chair is one of the many-amazing-things in my life.
Her response upon looking-at Dean's accomplished chair,
& learning-of my tiny role as catalyst may have been a little misty!
Nat's reaction drove home for me the power of our sharing, and I may have caught a tear-or-two too!
Dean, I may have helped convince you to tackle this project…..
But all of the accomplishment & tremendous execution of your gorgeous chair…
Is all yours to hold yourself up tall & proud!
You marched ahead bravely after serious health challenges!
You marched ahead bravely in your basement shop!
Such a wonderful example for us all!!!
Congratulations! bravo bravo
Late is nothing old pal,
And I say “ever is better than never!”
Darn straight!
Wishing all of you peace and shop time,
On we roll,
Walt
Ps
My 3 personal announcements will follow in this thread.
I may try to clack-them-out one at a time…..
I struggle to input so much typing.
Head too fast/hands too slow!
:D
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roundball not pucks & cups...
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Originally Posted by
Dean Karavite
Hey Walt,
I did not notice until just now you were from Windsor.
I am originally from Detroit!
ya Dean, we're cool.
If you ever make it anywhere near your home town,
I'd relish a chance to shake your hand?
But it is with regret that I must report I swore-off hockey in the sting of my Edmonton Oilers trading Gretzky(1988) to win a cup in LA.
Yes, that is heresy for a Canuck! We did pull 4 cups with the Oilers of old!
Since the Bad Boy Pistons emerged in the late 80's, back in the real NBA - the man's game - I am a homer.
I jumped ship to the Pistons in 1988, when they almost won it all!
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[short version of my big theory - they legislated out real defense of a driving player when they took away hand checking]
We have had 3 championships during my tenure as a dyed-in-the-wool Detroit Pistons fan.(89, 90, 04)
I bleed Pistons colours and just know we shall rise again to relevance & title contention!
sorry Dean, I'm a pro hoops fan.
I follow just one sport, just one team, and I will go down with the ship for my Detroit Pistons.
nice chatting with you,
glad to be here
Walt
ps
I am sooo pleased that you built your chair, and now you have it to enjoy.
May I suggest you never part with it?
you earned it, and you deserve it!
:D