Bart Leetch
08-02-2005, 10:44 AM
Hello everyone I would like to introduce John Griffin. Whom I met on another forum
He has built some bookcases, and a wall cabinet, some quilt racks for his wife, and a behind the sofa table. Most have been in cherry (bookcases were oak) although he says he would really like to try a Morris chair in QS white oak next and fume it for the finish.
He has taken a course with Mike Dunbar for a week and built a couple of Windsor chairs & said they came out OK considering he was only using hand tools. He really doesn’t like milk paint finish but would really like to trying to build one out of oak and staining it so the grain would be visible.
He said he has small house syndrome & space limitations don’t allow for much of a shop. That was one reason he was intrigued by building Windsor chairs because he only needed a bench and hand tools. But he was blessed by being able to join a woodworking club in lower Connecticut, which has a fully equipped shop.
He is always looking to learn, & when he found my link to Saw Mill Creek, thought here was another great source of information. He reads both FW and FHB every month & likes This Old House, too. Even after 30 years thinks he’s a novice, in need of assistance on many occasions & having resources like these bulletin boards is really great.
So lets give him a great big welcome to Sawmill Creek.
He has built some bookcases, and a wall cabinet, some quilt racks for his wife, and a behind the sofa table. Most have been in cherry (bookcases were oak) although he says he would really like to try a Morris chair in QS white oak next and fume it for the finish.
He has taken a course with Mike Dunbar for a week and built a couple of Windsor chairs & said they came out OK considering he was only using hand tools. He really doesn’t like milk paint finish but would really like to trying to build one out of oak and staining it so the grain would be visible.
He said he has small house syndrome & space limitations don’t allow for much of a shop. That was one reason he was intrigued by building Windsor chairs because he only needed a bench and hand tools. But he was blessed by being able to join a woodworking club in lower Connecticut, which has a fully equipped shop.
He is always looking to learn, & when he found my link to Saw Mill Creek, thought here was another great source of information. He reads both FW and FHB every month & likes This Old House, too. Even after 30 years thinks he’s a novice, in need of assistance on many occasions & having resources like these bulletin boards is really great.
So lets give him a great big welcome to Sawmill Creek.