Woodworker's Journal 1981-5-6, страница 4
Ol lUjJ LdlrV by Jim Mc Quillan A Weekend in The Big Apple The September Excellence in Woodworking show in New York City was quite an experience. We trucked a lot of stuff to the show, including the 300 pound workbench featured in the Sept/Oct '80 issue. Of the many finished projects from past issues, the little boxes with spalted wood tops proved the most intriguing to our visitors. Most had never actually seen spalted wood in the planed state and when we explained that the stuff was gleaned from piles of old firewood in Connecticut, you could see their eyes light up. I wonder how many piles of firewood were torn apart and carefully examined by the end of that weekend. The various displays of handtools and shop machinery were enough to make even the most affluent woodworkers glassy-eyed with desire. Of all the equipment on display, the one item that impressed me the most was the Hegner Multimax-2 jig saw. This little machine makes intricate cuts in hard maple up to 2 inches thick and the finished cuts are so smooth that sanding is unnecessary. I also watched an operator repeat the performance with 3/«" thick brass; again the cuts were glass smooth. As you might expect, this outstanding performance does not come cheaply. The ticket reads $799.00 but this price is close to what you will pay for a high quality scroll saw of a design that hasn't changed in years. I cannot vouch for the long-term reliability of the Hegner machine but from what I've seen, this machine will propel you into a new world of scrollsawing with no tedious finish sanding. Scholarships For Professional Woodworkers Kirby Studios in Vermont is a teaching studio offering a four year course in design and woodworking. In addition to the full course, a program of week-long, intensive workshops in woodworking techniques and design is run in the summer. As a token of their concern for the needs of professional woodworkers who have not had the benefit of formal training, Kirby Studios is offering one scholarship in each of eleven workshops during the summer of 1982. Scholarships cover the course fees; students will still have to pay for their own transportation and lodging. To qualify, an applicant should have been a practicing professional woodworker for at least a year and have had no formal training. Those interested in taking this opportunity may obtain further details by writing to Kirby Studios, North Bennington, VT 05257. An Anniversary I sat in my backyard one sultry August afternoon in 1976, a clipboard and pad of yellow paper in my lap, trying to work out the endless details involved in the planning of a publication for woodworkers. My ignorance of the perils and complexities of the periodical publishing business was exceeded only by my enthusiasm for getting started with the first issue. 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