the absertion finally made it to press!

larry merlau

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i see the january edition of woodcraft has the story of the lost lathes that fianlly arrived in wisconsin and minnesota last summer. andy has made the big time now :D probally got all his royalities going to direct deposit.
 
Yes Larry, I saw the article in the new Woodcraft Mag, but I probably would not have read it if you had not made this post.:)
 
I saw the On line version a month ago. Andy posted it in the original Abysseration thread.
Still brings tears to my eyes...... and bank account.:D

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Sawmill Creek Forum Buddies’ Good Deed
Rewarded After Elaborate Trick
PARKERSBURG, WV – Two woodworking friends, each tricked into
believing they were helping raise funds to purchase a lathe for the other, both
received lathes in an elaborate scheme cooked up by Sawmill Creek Forum
member Andy Hoyt, with the blessing of forum owner Keith Outten.
According to Hoyt, Frank Chaffee of Arena, Wis., and Tyler Howell of
Minneapolis, Minn., received the lathes in July after learning they were the
victims of a clever trick played on them by their Sawmill Creek woodworking
forum buddies intent on getting them to learn woodturning. Woodcraft, contacted
by Hoyt, donated the lathes.
The idea for the trick germinated in the mind of Hoyt, a resident of Benton
Falls, Maine. Hoyt and fellow Creekers raised funds secretly through private
messaging last winter and provided a lathe to a fellow Creeker who was
interested in turning but could not afford to purchase a lathe.
Inspired by his success, Hoyt decided to try again, but this time he
decided to use trickery to spice up the good deed. He was able to convince
woodworking friends Chaffee and Howell that each was a part of a scheme to
secretly raise funds to purchase a lathe for the other. Hoyt selected Chaffee and
Howell because of their proximity to each other, lack of turning experience and
their personalities.
By mid-June Hoyt and his fellow conspirators had raised $1,100 and
obtained the promise of two lathes from Woodcraft Supply in Parkersburg, West
Virginia, where he collected the lathes and other tools in June. Hoyt then
delivered the lathes and tools to a fellow Creeker in Knoxville, Tenn. and from
there the “Pony Express” transported the goods from Creeker to Creeker on a
path through Tennessee to Alabama to Ohio to Michigan to Indiana to Illinois and
finally to Wisconsin and Minnesota.
# more #
Woodcraft News Release
Page 2
During this nearly month-long journey the Creekers kept the forum busy
with lighthearted comments about the status of the delivery and finally the
delivery itself on July 17. Both Chaffee and Howell, self-labeled “flatheads”
because they work with flat stock, had previously teased their fellow Creekers
who are turners.
“I am very anxious to open up the box and get started,” Howell said in a
post-delivery interview. He is currently remodeling his third house. Chaffee, who
said he has saved thousands of dollars in his purchase of tools and machines for
flatwork, thanks to Creekers’ advice, is also ready to learn to turn the vessels he
said he has long admired.
Instigator Hoyt observed, “I am charged up and reinvigorated by the spirit
of brotherhood demonstrated by the event. People are good to one another when
given the opportunity to shine brightly.”
Sawmill Creek forum owner Keith Outten encourages everyone to get
involved in some kind of project and promote it on the Creek. Outten’s Freedom
Pen Project, launched in 2004, has so far provided more than 59,000 turned
wooden pens for military personnel.
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