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- From: hosken@spss.com (Bill Hosken)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Roy Underhill is a good turner. Norm ain't.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.151433.27258@spss.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 15:14:33 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.011059.13502@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <4320064@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>
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- rainer@spot.Colorado.EDU (Rainer Malzbender) writes:
- >In article <4320061@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz) writes:
- >> Norm is not the craftsman that Roy is, but he gets things done. Nice
- >> plans, sometimes, and good tips on construction. But when it comes to
- >> fine woodworking, Roy is your man.
- >
- >Not! I've never seen either Norm or Roy (especially not Roy!) build anything
- >that even remotely would qualify for a Fine Woodworking cover. We need a
- >new show by someone who's not addicted to Shaker furniture or to the "gotta
- >start by mining the ore if you want to make a table" school of woodworking.
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- You might want to look at the cover of the March/April 1982 issue of FWW.
- It shows someone handling a froe and would fit in any of Ray Underhill's books.
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- Both Norm and Roy have a similar message. It is something like, "You can do it,
- go ahead and try." There tools and methods vary but they are not aiming the
- message at skilled woodworkers.
-