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Passed Friends cont.

10/15/2014

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This is going kinda way back to my teen years, when my best friend, Mark, and I would spend time at his grandpa's house.  His grandpa, Owen Kunkel, was a home builder who constructed some of the finer homes in Medford, OR, until becoming disabled from a heart attack.  Owen encouraged my interest in architecture, and he had a reputation for perfection.  Depending I guess on your own disposition, you either approve of or find overbearing a perfectionist sensibility, and therefore may or may not demand perfect knot-free boards precisely cut and fitted with no tool or brush marks and built to last for decades or dare I dream centuries workmanship.  Those are the questions one asks of himself when putting steel to wood.

Fast forward a few years, and Owen's daughter asks if I would like to have some of his woodworking items.  I received several things, but what I use most are some carving gouges, especially when violin or mandolin making.  I also use his rafter square frequently.  I see Owen's kind and encouraging face often when I work.


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    It's me again, John Dancer, and I thought it would be of interest to someone if I were to journal the process of building whatever it is I happen to be building at the time, so that one could gain...um...valuable insights of my philosophy and methods.  In other words, these posts will reveal some of the "how and why" of my work.  Again, I thank you for visiting, and wish you well in your quest for...um... knowledge. 

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