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Posted by Leon Fisk on April 17, 2008, 2:30 pm
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:22:48 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
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>I think the most important thing we've learned from dissecting old
>woodwork to copy it is that those old immigrant cabinetmakers were
>very clever and found simple ways to accomplish complex-looking
>tasks.
>Perhaps their knowledge is still common in Europe but they didn't
>write it up in English for us here, so about all we have to learn from
>is their work.
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If you ever make it to Michigan and enjoy odd woodworking
stuff, you should check out "The Shrine of the Pines". See:
http://www.shrineofthepines.com/
This guy did some pretty amazing things with old pine stumps
and hand tools. Made his own glue too.
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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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>woodwork to copy it is that those old immigrant cabinetmakers were
>very clever and found simple ways to accomplish complex-looking
>tasks.
>Perhaps their knowledge is still common in Europe but they didn't
>write it up in English for us here, so about all we have to learn from
>is their work.