Thanks to everyone that attended the CS bbq.....

[Terry Hatfield]

Everyone,

Thanks to everyone who attended the BBq. We are already looking forward to next year!!!! Here are a couple of pics that I took.

Special thanks to Greg and to Woodcraft. Greg brought some awesome wood. Here are the KC boys along with Chris checking out the goodies.

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Hey Dennis, you got all my stuff sharpened yet????

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Here is Tracy Peacock getting some expert scroll saw instruction from the master.

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Kids and tractors...nothing like 'um.

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Thanks again to all who attended. Special thanks to those who donated door prizes or did demos.

Terry and Cheryl

[Jim Ketron]

Looks like you guys/gals had a lot of fun!!
Hope to make it to one of your BBQ one day!
Jim

[Thomas Glenn]

The thanks goes to you & cheryl I dont know whenI had so much fun and learned More It was grate.Was nice to meet so many SMC people in person. The BBQ was the best ever Thanks agan.
Tom Glenn

[Kevin Gerstenecker]

I couldn't agree more or said it better Thomas! Terry, your the BEST!

[Greg Heppeard]

Terry.

Thanks to you and Cheryl for the great food, hospitality and new friends. Sorry we dusted your shop up. And tell Cheryl I'll try not to make any more Clinton quips.

[Joe Meazle]

Terry,

Thanks to you and your better half for all of the hospitality and good eats. I just met you and I already feel like an old friend. It was great meeting everyone.
Joe

[Dennis Peacock]

Just so everyone will have a better understanding of WHY I will NOT be posting a lot of pics this year......

<b>I sharpened over FORTY(40) turning tools, chisels, knives and such!!</b> I was lucky though....David Rose forgot to bring his bushhog blades with him again this year.!!! I guess I'll get to keep my stone for a little while longer know since I didn't have to work over Rose's bushhog blades!!

The Tormek and almost every accessory I have (minus the skew jig and new micro-adjust for the Tormek) got a LOT of working out this BBQ. Next year....I'll have to have at least TWO Tormek's running at the same time to keep up with the demand. Steve Clardy walked in with an ARM LOAD turning tools and some I had to do Free Hand on the Tormek because some of the tools he had are "custom" shapes and grinds........and the whole time the KC boys were keeping me pretty busy with "hey....I need you to put me another edge on this bowl gouge" thing while they were turning that ROCK of a piece of wood called Walnut.

Hey Chris....I got that rock...I mean walnut here. I will need you address so I can send it to you when I get it done.

[Scott Coffelt]

Thanks for having us, and thanks for the turning lessons boys. That was one heck of a chuk of walnut. I got Chris back to the airport with all of his stuff.

The airport folks weren't too happy with the weight of the luggage though.

[Chris Padilla]

Shoot, we have so many threads going on this, I can't keep track of what I said where so....thank, again, Terry...awesome job!

Scott, UA ended up only taking one end off and then wondered why the machine tripped and "told them" to look further into the box. I think they repacked it better than we did! Everything arrived safe and sound back home here in San Jose!

Awesome weekend, Terry!

[Larry Browning]

Terry,
Thanks for such a fantastic weekend! What a great time we all had. This was my first one of these and I know it won't be my last. It is so nice to meet so many of my online friends in person. Can't wait until next year.

Larry

[Kelly C. Hanna]

The thanks should go to you and Cheryl, Terry! You guys are to be commended for all the hard work you put forth to host the BBQ. Terry stood watch over the smoker for 13 hours on Friday and Cheryl worked her job and then came home to cater to everyone. To say nothing of all the hard work both of you endured before any of us got there. The BBQ food was fantastic, we never went hungry the whole time we were there. The brisket was the best I have ever had!

We had a great time and thanks to eveyone who attended....it was great to finally meet you guys. I really enjoyed talking to everyone.

Terry, your shop looks even better in person. I wish I had my camera ready when we moved the lathe though....WE FOUND DUST!!

I got a bunch of pics, but it will be a few days until I can get them posted...I have a new tablesaw to put together first.

Another thanks to Dennis Peacock for putting a new edge on my Leatherman knife! That thing was on it's last leg. You're a wizard on that Tormek! Thanks also for donating that great trivet to the mix of prizes. We have been slowly collecting them since we got married.

Speaking of that, this was our 7th anniversary trip...it was so nice for the wife to let me spend so much time at the shop. I had to concede to Friday morning breakfast and some time at the campsite, but that was a small price to pay for a great weekend. Jana had a great time overall (she got really tired on Friday nite, though) and thought everyone was very nice. She really enjoyed talking to the wives in attendance.

We went on up to Eureka Springs on Sunday for a couple of hours before heading back home. Sure was a neat place, but I could never live there! It's a curio shoppers dreamland. I had to promise to return someday to peruse the shops. Won't be too hard to do cause there's a lot of sightseeing involved.

Terry, you were right, I felt like I was back in the 70's for a few hours...

Thanks again Terry! I will post a new thread when I get the webpage up this week. Hope to see you guys again next month here in Texas!!

[Mike Hannah]

I agree the thanks are for Terry and Cheryl. Your hospitality was outstanding. Great eats, great company and for me being the baby of the group (woodworking wise) I learned a lot of techniques. Can't wait till next year!

[Steve Clardy]

To Terry and wife for putting up with me and all the gang that showed up and ate them out of house and home.
Had a great time, meet some nice folks.
Got to spend friday afternoon and all day saturday there watching the chips fly and fall on Terrys shop floor.
Heres my vote for the best picture of the weekend, one that wayne took.

Steve

[David Rose]

Terry and Cheryl... I don't know what to say. You "did it up" this year even more spectacularly than in the past. You are just awesome host and hostess. It takes real talent to work so hard and yet look so laid back most of the time.

All the prizes, all the food and the extra brought in, the "workers"... the whole thing was priceless.

But the new friends and renewed friendships really are what "make" it. Thanks to the place, host and hostess, and great eats it was possible.

I just got an email from Bobby Hatfield. Add his name to those who have said "they wish they could have been here". He was fighting with some new medication.

David

[Kelly C. Hanna]

David, I really injoyed the bending demo...I am going to make something interesting out of the two bent oak strips you gave me!!