Dan Forman
04-08-2011, 3:04 AM
Hayes Rutherford has been sitting in on a few of our local club meetings, and as of tonight is our newest member. As he lives about two hours away, I invited him to make a day of it and come over for the afternoon. Turns out he's a much earlier riser than me, so he had a chance to some some shopping before I was up and about - I'm sure he will report on his new toy, so I won't say any more about that.
I'm still recovering from my hand injury last week, and haven't felt like doing much in the shop, but did manage to finish cleaning it up. Hayes wanted to try out the Monster articulated system, so after a bit of chatting and lunch, we descended to the basement to fire up the lathe. Hayes picked out a chunk of elm and went to work on an end grain hollow form. As it turns out, time ran out before it was finished, and we had to head to the meeting, but he got a good feel of how the system works.
Unfortunately, I forgot to take any pics to document the occasion, seems once we get to yakking all else is forgotten - didn't even have a chance for a proper guitar show and tell, though he did spy my tweed Victoria amp hiding under a table. Guess that will have to wait for the next meeting.
I hope he enjoyed the day as much as I did - next time I should have my hand back in full use, and will be better able to play the proper host.
Dan
I'm still recovering from my hand injury last week, and haven't felt like doing much in the shop, but did manage to finish cleaning it up. Hayes wanted to try out the Monster articulated system, so after a bit of chatting and lunch, we descended to the basement to fire up the lathe. Hayes picked out a chunk of elm and went to work on an end grain hollow form. As it turns out, time ran out before it was finished, and we had to head to the meeting, but he got a good feel of how the system works.
Unfortunately, I forgot to take any pics to document the occasion, seems once we get to yakking all else is forgotten - didn't even have a chance for a proper guitar show and tell, though he did spy my tweed Victoria amp hiding under a table. Guess that will have to wait for the next meeting.
I hope he enjoyed the day as much as I did - next time I should have my hand back in full use, and will be better able to play the proper host.
Dan