Nice 'Creeker visit with Alan Turner

[Jim Becker]

I stopped by the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop this afternoon on the way back from the DC area and had a very nice chat with Alan Turner...I even fondled a couple hand planes and chisels as well as drooled (well...figuratively speaking) over some of Mario's incredible work.

The workshop has changed quite a bit since my last visit during the grand opening celebration...there are walls, purple doors (!), a new spray booth under construction, etc. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me...this time around.

[Don Bullock]

Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me...this time around.

Now Jim, even a newbee like me knows that you have to have pictures.

[Tom Henry]

No pics...didn't happen... I am sure that Alan will back that story...
Jim we have our MCWG meetings at PFW. You should join us!!!

[Dave Anderson NH]

Tom and Don are right Jim., but I'm gonna bail you out this time. I had the opportunity to drop by PFW on my annual trip to Colonial Williamsburg a couple of weeks ago. The changes and improvements in the shop are amazing to see. What a difference from a few months ago. I went in with Alan on a Saturday morning and got to see the start of a carcass making class that Mario Rodriguez was running with Alan's assistance. As usual, I was lurking around with my camera and sneaking in the occasional shot. Here's Alan finishing off one of the stools that the students use at their work benches.

[Bill Grumbine]

Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me...this time around.

No camera? Are you sure you're really Jim Becker? This sounds mighty suspicious to me.

Bill

[Dan Racette]

Whoa, Jim, you better get Alan on the line and have him send you some pics!! You might have a riot on your hands!

[Jerry Olexa]

I guess it didn't happen....

[Glenn Clabo]

Wuz a matter Jim...a bad hair day?

[Zahid Naqvi]

Hey! I remember that shop, but it was without the purple colors then. I did see a Krenov style wooden handplane Mario had lying around, you could tell it came from skilled hands. Alan is a good host, and very patient too

[Jim Becker]

Oh, ok...I could have shot something with my phone, but it wouldn't have been worth posting--the girls messed up something that I haven't had time to fix. Incredibly, however, the place looked like Dave's picture! And those stools are very comfortable. The logistics of my trip requiring about 8 hours of driving rather than the train or plane did nothing to mitigate my CRS disease relative to throwing one of the cameras in my bag. This time...

But I also missed Mario by a few minutes. It would have been nice to chat with him, too...