And Merle gave me some wood....

[Sonny Edmonds]

Off to Betty's God Mothers this weekend.
Well, amoungst other things we went over to her boyfriends home. Well Merle does a bit of woodworking as well.
So next time we are up (in July) he has a beam of redwood for me that is 6"w x 14"t x about 6' long. He showed me some of the pieces he had from it that had been resawn and it's real pretty heartwood redwood.
It came from a beam from an old bridge.
He has some popular wood he wants me to have as well for turning.
Merle has a shop full of equipment, and a lathe he said he hasn't used in probably 18 years.
He has the tinyest Jointer I ever saw. A 4" cast iron jointer. (And a couple of other 6" jointers.) But that 4" is just the cutest little thing!
So the next trip will be in the truck. He's got some really interesting pieces in his firewood pile, as well.
He sawed and milled out his own paneling in his home and draw knifed the beams to give it a hunting lodge feel.
I'm looking forward to getting to know him much better. I want to hear the story behind the 7 x 6 set of elk antlers and the rest of the trophies he has as well in his home.
Visiting all the family is fun, but on this voyage I think I found a new friend as well.

:D

Sonny Edmonds
"Precision Firewood Specialist"
http://home.earthlink.net/~sonnypie/
God Bless America !

[dicklaxt1]

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afriend , a woodworker and an ourdoorsman....my kind of guy

dick

[WoodMangler]

Sounds like ya had a pretty good time eh... always nice to meet someone who likes the same chit you do...
They live far from ya?

[Sonny Edmonds]

Yep, Merle is 77.
For the past 3 weeks he's been recovering from his first (and last) motorcycle accident. He got a wild hair and bought a 1200 cc Sportster.
After a few falls in the yard on the grass, he ventured onto the road that circles his neighborhood. Somehow he managed to go through an open wrought iron gate, between a set of huge landscaping boulders, acrossed a lawn and between a couple of more bolders, acrossed the circle drive and ran into his neighbors house. SPLAT!
Unconsious, he arrived at the hospital. Dislocated right shoulder, massive brusing to his right side, but alive. 2 days later he woke up with Evelyn by his side.
She didn't know he had had a wreck until her grand daughter called her and asked how he was doing. Evelyn thought Merle had stood her up for a date the night before. :o
They've been "an item" for a number of months now. Quite a charicter.
I have always liked him. Now I'm getting to know this nice old chap better.
And yeah Dick, he's one of our types of guys. Next time up I'll get some pictures to email Ya. :)

:D

Sonny Edmonds
"Precision Firewood Specialist"
http://home.earthlink.net/~sonnypie/
God Bless America !

[carl civi]

Is he gonna keep his cycle,at 77 your liable to forget where the break is ,what happen to the gas ,where the heck is that lower gear.
Some kinda guy,hope i`m going to be like him. regards Carl