Comments

1. 
   JasonT | Jan 10, 2009 03:54am | #1

   what a tremendous amount of work to use such narrow glued up material for the cover. Beyond that well done!

2. 
   Ron_Messersmith | Jan 16, 2009 05:47am | #2

   Hi Jason,

   Was a little surprise by your profile comment that you thought your workshop experiences were a waste of time. I also have obtained most of my woodworking knowledge from books and trial and error. However, I have attended most all of Mike Dunbar's Windsor chair workshops and have loved all of them. I try to get to one workshop a year somewhere between Washington and Texas. I visit my mother in Quitman, Texas (100 miles east of Dallas) every year and try to write off some of my mileage by attending woodworking workshops. Your postings show some nice work. Keep up the good work. Nice looking boy!!

   Ron Messersmith

3. 
   JasonT | Jan 30, 2009 03:08am | #3

   Interesting we both like and mentioned a windsor chair course. I took a couple courses at the local woodcraft and I guess maybe I would have gotten something out of it if I knew nothing at all about woodworking.
   I then took a course at significant time and expense through Conover's Workshop and I guess that completely soured me on classes. The instructor spent most of the time doing his own project rather than helping elevate the students level of work. I learned more from other students. Classes are definitely a personal experience and I think the quality of instruction has alot to do with it.
   For the time and money I am learning alot in the books