ALL these BIOs!

This GREAT!

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Midkiff [mailto:annarborandrew@y...]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:42 PM
To: oldtools
Subject: Re: [oldtools] Bio

My parents taught at the American School in Lahore,
Pakistan from 1997-2001. When they needed some
cabinets made to store my mom's shoes they called in
the carpenter who, in a couple of days, assembled a
custom-built shoe cabinet to hold over 100 pairs
(filled very quickly) using no power tools, no plans,
no bench and only a few tools out in the driveway of
my parents' house. They also had an Afghan refugee who
they regularly commissioned to make tables and things.
They just showed him pictures of furniture in
magazines and asked him to make something similar. His
take on ball-and-claw-foot cabriole legs is quite, um,
unique. They definitely fit the 4'x6' inlaid-stone top
they had the table built for. It's not of the highest
quality of furniture making, but the wood is local
rosewood and it is solid. 

AAAndrew
Still struggling to find time to get back to making
his tv table in Durham, NC.
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