Flat work

Good, John

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In New Jersey

I'm sure he'll appreciate your effort.

Suggestion: Ad a bracket of some sort to the table where he can hang the lap board when its not being used. That way he will always know where it is and it will be within reach.

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john lucas

I thought about that but I think he will just prop it up beside his lazy boy recliner when not in use. Don't know. He just called me out of the blue. He is a retired Journalism professor that I worked with for many years. I had not seen him since we both retired 5 years ago. I get a call saying he wants to have lunch and has something to show me. He never asked it I wanted to do it he just sort of gave me the drawings and we started discussing how he wanted it done. I figured what the heck. He's a nice guy. I hired many of his students to work in the photo lab and as extra photographers. 2 of them worked with me very closely. One was working on an engineering degree. Quit school and became a very successful photographer in Knoxville. The other quit school and move to Florida to become a private investigator. He was very good at finding things about people on the internet. while he was there he wrote some kind of program that the baseball teams are using and the Yankee's hired him. Now he runs their digital media.

Anyway after my Dad passed at 94 I'm much more sensitive to the needs of people in the 90's age bracket.

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Don Orr

Nice work and thoughtful gesture.

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John K Jordan

Ok, who are you anyway and what happened to the woodturner John Lucas?

Excellent job! And functional. And likely so appreciated!

Hey, if you need some more "scraps" for projects like this I have a little 4/4 walnut and plenty of 4/4 cherry you can have, sliced up on the sawmill some years ago. This thickness of wood mostly goes to waste around here.

JKJ

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Ray Mtn. Home Ar.

Nice job . I like all the detail work you added.

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Yonak

john, these are such beautiful pieces and so well conceived. It's beyond me why some people don't like to mix wood species. Really well done. You should consider backing away from your lathe once in awhile and making more "flat" pieces.