Gary wrote:

>    Currently I volunteer on weekends as an apprentice for Tom Clark, the
>master cabinetmaker at the Ohio Village in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio
>Village is a *process* museum sponsored by the Ohio Historical Society.
>The Village is a recreation of a typical Ohio town around the 1860's. They
>have a cabinetmaker, blacksmith, tinsmith and print shop among other
>things. The printer does hand engraved woodcuts also. Tom, the master
>cabinetmaker, is also extremely talented. There is one electric outlet in
>his shop and that is for the coffeepot. All of the furniture, tools and
>caskets that come out of his shop have been built using hand tools only.
>Every day I spend in the shop I learn something new. Tom was trained by
>several European trained cabinetmakers and is a wealth of woodworking
>wisdom and knowledge.

Welcome to the Porch! A lot of us would love to have the opportunity you
have in your association with Ohio Village and Tom Clark. Most of the
rest of us are engaged in a protracted form of Distance Learning.

Longtime Porch denizen Don McConnell also studied under Tom Clark and
learned well judging from what I have seen of his work. Speaking of Don,
I called him last night and it looks like his computer will be back up
and running in the near future.

>Among other things he has/is teaching me plane making, carving, saw
>sharpening!

All grist for the mill here. Don't be a stranger.
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