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PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:20 pm 
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I'm about 2 hours north in Illinois and like the idea, but not sure yet about the date. You won't leave without some wood. I've been there once.

I'll check back in.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:26 pm 
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Don't know about the date yet but I'm interested. I live in NW AR so 5 1/2 hours to St. Louis.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:59 am 
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I spoke with Jerry about Number of people and he suggested that people could bring a friend if they are into wood working as well . Somthing to think about .. Keep checking back.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:39 am 
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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:39 am 
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Hello .
I am looking forward to the St Louis Gathering , May 21st .

Please email me at wiksnwudwerks@aol.com so that I have your email address . I will be sending out a email soon to everyone with the information on the days activities .

Look forward to hearing from you soon

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:52 pm 
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Man I can't be gone this long from the forum ever again. You all are way ahead of me now. LOL


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:15 am 
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The date works fine for me so count me in. I will be bringing a wood enthusiast along for the trip. Looking forward to meeting everyone.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:54 pm 
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BUMP !! Emails going out tonight , if you dont get one let me know . Thanks everone for the midwest support !!

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:19 am 
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Bump . Please RSVP Thanks [:Y:]

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
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Already mentioned in an email to Jim, but it occurs to me that we should discuss demonstrations on the forum here :)

I'd be happy to do one. Probably inlay, since I've done quite a bit of it, it wouldn't take too long, and doesn't require having a guitar at a specific state of progress. Maybe do one step of a multi-part design... actually the rosette for my next one (no circles involved!) would be a very good example, with both wood and shell involved, and it would be easy to thickness the top and cut a few inlay pieces to get ready for it. But being a newbie, I'd probably do better to keep my mouth shut and ears open, so if anyone else has something more interesting, go for it.

What I would most like to see someone else demonstrate is brace carving/voicing, but that might be tough to do in an unusual environment. French polishing could also be good. Particularly the pumice pore filling stage.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:48 am 
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Dennis , Please plan on bringing material for a good inlay demo , That would be great to see ! Thanks for offering ! [:Y:] [clap]

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:42 am 
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Bump , Please rsvp .

Talked to hibdon hardwood this morning after the storm and they are ok so far they were not affected severly by the storm this past week .

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:54 am 
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Hello all, I'm brand new here. I live in St. Louis and am likely to attend (just need to confirm a potential conflict). I very excited to actually meet other builders. . . I know the idea of setting up demonstrations was kicked around, who is planning on dong something like this? I have no skills to demo, but would love to pick up some tips. . .

Hope to see you all there,

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:45 am 
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Dennis has offered to do a small inlay demo , Thats all we have so far . Either way we will have a great time Im sure . And Welcome to the OLF ! [clap]

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:35 pm 
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Wish I could make it but a 8 hour trek is more than I'm willing to go.

Have fun fellas!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:55 am 
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Okay, I'm in. . .

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PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:26 am 
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Great Looking forward to seeing you Brian !

Still waiting to hear from some ! Email me so I can give Jerry as accurate a count as possible ! Thanks !

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
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PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:35 pm 
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Still determining if I have a work conflict......will let you know when I have this resolved.

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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 5:58 pm 
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Hello everyone . I have talked again to Jerry and he would like a total head count by the 10TH of may . I said we were planning on ( 20 ) People and thats what they are getting food and refreshmants ready for . I am aware that some may not know until the last minute , but please if you can let me know asap .
Looking forward to seeing everyone !!

Thanks

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/


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PostPosted: Fri May 06, 2011 11:37 am 
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I plan to attend. I would like to see some of your binding jigs, neck angle jigs, etc. I've yet to do a binding jig or a fretboard radius jig. Maybe someone could demo final set up.

I could volunteer a demonstation on how not to do something, poor work habits, unsafe practices, money management disasters, etc.

John Mayes, I wish you were making the trip. I've learned a lot from your DVD's. Maybe at future meeting we could host John and each of us pony up for a presentation to off-set travel expenses?

Thanks Wudwerker and Hibdon, see you on the 21st!

Danny R. Little


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Last Post On The St.Louis Gathering . As it stands these are the people who have committed to being there , or are trying to get there . If I have missed anyone please let me know . Thanks Everyone for the help and response we should have a great day !

Looking forward to seeing everyone ! [:Y:]

( 2 ) Chuck H
( 1 ) Darryl Young
( 1 ) Dennis K
( 1 ) Ken Jeffs
( 2 ) Chris (infinity luthiers)
( 1 ) Chris Askins
( 1 ) Cecil Carrol
( 2 ) Don Ile
( 1 ) Larry Ayres
( 2 ) Doug Moore
( 1 ) Bryan Bear
( 1 ) K Quine
( 1 ) James Lindley
( 2 ) Danny Little
( 1 ) Craig Finnegan

( 20 ) people committed

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/


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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:55 pm 
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I am looking forward to the first St. Louis "Gathering". It will be nice to put together names and faces. I just want to say Thanks to both WudWerkr, for his efforts in planning, and Hibdon hardwoods for their hospitality. I could be the beginning of something special.

(the "Gathering" - a Luth-in around Hibdon's woodstock ...has a 60's ring to it)


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I'm planning to attend.

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:53 am 
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Jim, (Wud)

How are we doing for tables? Let me know how many we may still need. I can do a demo on using a card scraper (sharping and use) if any are interested. I will be bring what jigs I use.

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Darryl Young wrote:
I'm planning to attend.



Thanks Darryl , got ya on the list ! [:Y:]

See ya Saturday .

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/


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