Ole gal finally spent all day at show usually the ole guy did all the sales, just cause of my palatable personality, hehe, i can sell a cheese man cheese, so, and i have a gaggle of fun doing it, some amazing folks in the world, and getting them to talk and share their life tales is a hoot. but with that you sure do find some, well lets say well, we can let that lay for now.

anyhows awesome day, colder than bejeebus in the dark hours of the am setting up, sun popped out around 8 or so, warmed up decent, then breeze came up and ruined it, had to put the jackets back on. sales were brisk, had a knucklehead create an issue with the ole gal next to me, some folks for sure, anyhowz, ole boy in picture is a friend, retired gendarme, and pen maker, he and his pal, make some bootiful pens, we tend to set up next to each other to you know keep the sanctity of honest folks, if you get the drift. was only about a dozen of us crafters, but busy day for sure.

happy sunday, hope the sun shows up, as it is its day for it.

rj in az

 

and the ole gal is in chair talking with Don the pen master, hehe, kinda where she was most of day, lol

Rj

So, were your sales as brisk as the weather was? Nice interesting bunch of boards and trivets, there. I really like the curvy styled one. Other than your "pen pal ", were there many other wood guys, there?

How many shows do you do this time of the year?

no on other wood guys, gwen gal who runs the deal, tries to keep it to one per type of craft, its not a big show but been doing for years and well do quite well, it keeps wood, sandpaper and other stuff flowing into shop, going to venture out to another slightly larger show next month, we do it for something to do with product we make, have a few friends who come over and spend time, i'm not a pen maker, tried it just couldn't keep focused on it, but do make a lotta stuff on lathe and working at doing more. time, seems to be fleeting, since retirement, 

and yeah was a real busy day, sold a lot, so off to timber hardwoods again this week, and grab some hard maple, and a few other odds and ends. 

only one sat a month for this group, and its a hoot, have quite a few second and third sales, and a lotta want custom boards, i try to make it difficult for customs and i'm not really looking for a job, its a hobby one that pays for itself mostly, and keeps me outta the ''bar'' lol.

happy sunday 

rj in az

Timbers used to have a nice selection of BB. Do they still? They also have lots of used but still droolworthy big machines, too. Some...I say...some...in my price range. I bought a Delta bench top mortiser there. Used it on a couple Stickly chairs then sold it.

40 minutes ago, knockonit said:

time, seems to be fleeting, since retirement, 

 

Yep, seems like that old clock done went into double time. 

yeah clock sure did, 

and yes i did hit up their ""WISH"" shop, lol, lotsa machines, and wowza has big metal gone up.

they had some nice material, boy howdy everything has gone skyward in value for sure, glad i keep looking for deals on lumber via all sales sites, some fellas and gals giving up on woodworking can be a boon, a deal does come along once in awhile worth driving a ways. 

gonna head down to casa grande soon and hit up johns salvage yard and see what he has in slabs and misc, i can put to work, maybe a few turning pieces. only time will tell

happy sunday

rj in az

RJ, what a wonderful display of your craft, glad to hear you do well in the show and all sounds like have a decently good time. In my eyes there is no better view than a craftsman wares being displayed in one place, with all those different woodsy colors and shapes and forms, it's real art.

 

Ok, I gotta ask this RJ, it's been awhile and I know you got a great sense of humor after reading you for awhile, so, your picture of you, the tin foil. Explanation please? Or not.

thanks, i have some other items on the list, to build, this keeps ole gal busy, and off the tv and computer, gotta keep her moving so she doesn't freeze up on me, lol. 

and its fun, easy to do. 

 

the picture is from a ''thing'' on another site i used to frequent, being an avid shooter and reloader and sometime gun smith, got into a discussion and the conspiracy guys got into a long protracted story, so i fabricated a ''conspiracy idea'' and got a gaggle of them hooked, hence had to take a pic of me shielding my grey matter from the ''ozone and space waves'' trying to indoctrinate me into their ''guild'', had it going for almost a year till i gave it up as ''bullpucky'' amazing how gullible some folks wanna be to blame their failures on others, i had fun, so thats the gist of it, and by the way, there are some crazy odd folks in the world, while being crazy and odd, some are amazingly intelligent which confused me in their easily being maniuplated, i guess they wanted to believe.

 

sorry for long gist, you asked, lol

 

and yeah, its said i have a rather odd sense of humor, but its just me, lotsa things in the world to be ultra serious about, but in the end if you can't smile, what reason to be around.

rj in az

6 minutes ago, knockonit said:

sorry for long gist, you asked, lol

And enjoyed every word! Thanks for the explanation RJ, I've run into some of those folks too, they can take the wind from the sail if you give them the time

Fantastic Display!

thanks Lew, and i sold all my french style rolling pins yesterday, so back to the lathe to make some more, i also make a tortilla roller for some gals, it caught on for some of the bakers, have a gaggle of gals, that love the pastry boards i built and pins, just a hoot to make and sell

thanks for kind words.

3 hours ago, knockonit said:

yeah clock sure did, 

and yes i did hit up their ""WISH"" shop, lol, lotsa machines, and wowza has big metal gone up.

they had some nice material, boy howdy everything has gone skyward in value for sure, glad i keep looking for deals on lumber via all sales sites, some fellas and gals giving up on woodworking can be a boon, a deal does come along once in awhile worth driving a ways. 

gonna head down to casa grande soon and hit up johns salvage yard and see what he has in slabs and misc, i can put to work, maybe a few turning pieces. only time will tell

happy sunday

rj in az

Let me know when your headed to John's  place and I'll meet ya there. Then, maybe lunch at Bedillons. If you haven't tried them, you're in for a treat. 

58 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Let me know when your headed to John's  place and I'll meet ya there. Then, maybe lunch at Bedillons. If you haven't tried them, you're in for a treat. 

will do, be probalby mid am to late am, gonna bring mad max with me, he loves the place, and always get a kick out of him finding a pc of nice looking wood, he has lotsa ideas, but lacks time to make it happen, but soon. 

look forward to it

rj

3 hours ago, knockonit said:

will do, be probalby mid am to late am, gonna bring mad max with me, he loves the place, and always get a kick out of him finding a pc of nice looking wood, he has lotsa ideas, but lacks time to make it happen, but soon. 

look forward to it 

rj

What day? 

i have to check to see if max is back in town and be sure john is around, will do tomorrow sometime, i'm in no hurry to see him, so probably mid to late in week, will confirm as soon as i put two and two together

rj

Love the display and variety of wares Rj. Glad it offsets the "hobby" costs. Sounds like you have a good clientele following and more inportant a fun, relaxing time with friends. Thanks for sharing a day in the life. Plus I got to see what blue skies look like as a bonus.

thanks for the kind words, and yeah, me likes the blue sky, sometimes a cloud helps when the sun begins its ugly period, but i like it betta than the cold.

ole gal does a nice job, guess she keeps me around to do the hard stuff

lol

rj in az

15 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

What day? 

WEll Gene gonna have to push this to next week, was just informed i have committments mid day today and tomorrow, and wed, is my range day, as of an hour ago, and ole gal let me know shes gonna need a ride to airport as shes headed to the bay area to see here sisters for a week on thursday mid day of course which fouls everyting up for the day, taking a couple daughters and all the grandkids, so gonn have to rent a dang van to get'm all there, ugh. 

sorry for delay, but will make it happen the following week, and will have it organized long before the blessed day event

rj in az

Edited January 23, 20233 yr by knockonit

3 minutes ago, knockonit said:

WEll Gene gonna have to push this to next week, was just informed i have committments mid day today and tomorrow, and wed, is my range day, as of an hour ago, and ole gal let me know shes gonna need a ride to airport as shes headed to the bay area to see here sisters for a week on thursday mid day of course which fouls everyting up for the day, taking a couple daughters and all the grandkids, so gonn have to rent a dang van to get'm all there, ugh. 

sorry for delay, but will make it happen the following week, and will have it organized long before the blessed day event

rj in az

OK, Looks like the decks are clea next week.