Popular Post wouldwurker Posted January 8, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 No that's not a grammatical error... He's the pajamas of multiple cats....... If you don't know Steve he's one of the mentors here on WTO.....a few weeks ago I 'turned' an ice cream scoop handle by chucking it up on a power drill and taking it to my sander and posted a project showcase pic on the site. I mentioned in passing on the post that I had so much fun I'd love to have a lathe... Unfortunately my days of 'buy whatever I want' are over since my wife stayed home to take care of the kids recently and we're down to one income...,,Literally the day I posted Steve called me and asked me if I wanted his Rockwell Delta lathe on loaner for a while. Not a benchtop mind you...not a mini lathe...but a 6 footer. Oh yeah and also some turning tools And oh yeah...he gave me a router... And a detail sander... Oh....and about 1 million board feet of unsteamed Walnut. And 5000 pounds of cut off's... Which by the way...his cut offs are the size of my biggest pieces of lumber.... Did I mention the six-foot live edge 10/4 walnut slab? Yeah,that too.......... On the last podcast Marc read that story about Coop paying for the shipping to send that dude a planer (sorry can't remember the name of the guy with the planer ). It was a testament however to the helpfulness and generosity of the folks on this forum and the community therein..... It was timely that I point out another great example of that generosity here at wood talk online....big ups to Wdwrker. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Truly awesome! Steve is a very good worker but, more importantly a good person! I look forward to visiting him and his shop in the near future. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Yeah, just like any cooperative, it's all about the people. Good on ya steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 House for sale! I'm moving my ass to GA to be closer to the source! Great write up Vinn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Steve always gives great advice from woodworking to Irish Whiskey, and obviously he's a great person. Way to go Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Thanks for Sharing Vinny. A+++ to Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prov163 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Steve's a great guy. He's been generous with his wisdom and advice. I'm not surprised he did something like that. This forum is filled with great people. Great post Vinny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 That's awesome Vinny. Steve is the man!! Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 7 hours ago, vinnyjojo said: No that's not a grammatical error... He's the pajamas of multiple cats....... If you don't know Steve he's one of the mentors here on WTO.....a few weeks ago I 'turned' an ice cream scoop handle by chucking it up on a power drill and taking it to my sander and posted a project showcase pic on the site. I mentioned in passing on the post that I had so much fun I'd love to have a lathe... Unfortunately my days of 'buy whatever I want' are over since my wife stayed home to take care of the kids recently and we're down to one income...,,Literally the day I posted Steve called me and asked me if I wanted his Rockwell Delta lathe on loaner for a while. Not a benchtop mind you...not a mini lathe...but a 6 footer. Oh yeah and also some turning tools And oh yeah...he gave me a router... And a detail sander... Oh....and about 1 million board feet of unsteamed Walnut. And 5000 pounds of cut off's... Which by the way...his cut offs are the size of my biggest pieces of lumber.... Did I mention the six-foot live edge 10/4 walnut slab? Yeah,that too.......... On the last podcast Marc read that story about Coop paying for the shipping to send that dude a planer (sorry can't remember the name of the guy with the planer ). It was a testament however to the helpfulness and generosity of the folks on this forum and the community therein..... It was timely that I point out another great example of that generosity here at wood talk online....big ups to Wdwrker. He's hard to beat as a mentor, and one of the most generous people you'll ever want to meet.. He's ugly as sin, but one hell of a guy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I must agree that Steve is great mentor, and person in general. In fact, I find the average quality of folk in this forum to be pretty high on the "good ol' boy/gal" scale. I haven't found another place on the net anything like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 When Steve talks (posts) I listen. Never fail to learn something. But aside from knowledge he's obviously an awesome guy. Need more people in the world like him. Id echo Ross' comment too. Great collection of people here in general. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wdwerker Posted January 8, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 New shop is smaller and I haven't turned much in recent years so,the lathe was going to eat up valuable floor space. So why not let Vinny have some fun with it ? If I really need to turn something I will just do it at Vinny's shop. Walnut was salvaged from a job. Some interior desecrater had painted it white because the room was too dark. The slab was a leftover from a job and I have quite a few better and bigger pieces. I ended up moving far more medium sized scraps than I had storage space for. My grandfather would haunt me if I tossed it in the dumpster. I'd rather see it put to use. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom Cancelleri Posted January 8, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Vinny is right, Steve aka @wdwerker is awesome. He's been a huge help to me during this vanity build. His knowledge and willingness to share his knowledge, experience and even help me out with getting some Kolbe Korners to attach the drawer faces. He's been a great help. Steve for President! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 4 hours ago, wdwerker said: New shop is smaller and I haven't turned much in recent years so,the lathe was going to eat up valuable floor space. So why not let Vinny have some fun with it ? If I really need to turn something I will just do it at Vinny's shop. Walnut was salvaged from a job. Some interior desecrater had painted it white because the room was too dark. The slab was a leftover from a job and I have quite a few better and bigger pieces. I ended up moving far more medium sized scraps than I had storage space for. My grandfather would haunt me if I tossed it in the dumpster. I'd rather see it put to use. And he's humble too 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eric. Posted January 8, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Internet woodworkers tend to be on the young side, on average. That's fine, I'm one of them. But that means we tend to talk at each other with similar mentalities, similar suggestions for tool purchases, similar solutions to common problems. It's great to have a few geriatrics around like Steve, who has what most of us don't have...decades of experience. I love his old school solutions to common problems, which are almost always simple but brilliant...and they usually don't require the purchase of another $500 tool...which is what us youngins tend to fall back upon when challenged. Thanks for all the education, Steve! Sign and date your own ass! You earned it. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Dude, you gotta ask yourself, man... Do you want to be a Stu, or do you want to be a Steve? Movie reference for $1000 Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hangover? First one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 agreed - steve is a stand up guy.. he helped me a lot with my counter top build, as well as with drawer fitting in my recent kitchen update. thanks buddy! we should throw him a party!. how soon can you guys get to ontario? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 6 minutes ago, Pug said: agreed - steve is a stand up guy.. he helped me a lot with my counter top build, as well as with drawer fitting in my recent kitchen update. thanks buddy! we should throw him a party!. how soon can you guys get to ontario? July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 I saw my breath one morning in August on Vancouver island. Got home to Atllanta and it was almost 100 degrees. So heading north in the summer is good for me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Next time you're on Vancouver island, give me shout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 I love you man... seriously I love you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 you're a good man steve, rare to find these days, thanks for all the knowledge you posted here, live long and prosper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Yes that is cool what Steve has done and I wish I new just half of what he does and alot of you...Just watched marc set up a jointer ..Big help because my beds were off...Thank you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdolcourt Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Dude, you gotta ask yourself, man...Do you want to be a Stu, or do you want to be a Steve? Movie reference for $1000 Alex Tao of Steve? Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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