Mark covered the basics right after introductions and coffee then it was straight to hands on. Starting with how to take a back saw apart and clean it. We went through all the stages of building/restoring hand saws, all hands on, with either Mark or one of the guys watching and advising.
La Crosse is a beautiful little town on the River and Mark is a great host, if you are interested in saw maintenance it is worth the weekend for the course.
There were a couple of last minute cancelations so instead of the usual six there were only three in the class.
Dude! I missed it. Thought you were gonna give me a holler when you were in town.
ReplyDeleteMark is a great guy and he teaches a class as quality as his saws. (That's high quality). I'm glad you found La Crosse to be a nice place. I feel fortunate to live here and look on the river and bluffs everyday.
It's probably just as well. I spent all day Saturday salvaging beams from a barn that'd been slotted to be burned down. I was a sore son of a gun by Saturday night.
Hopefully we'll have the chance to meet further on down the line.
Derek
Derek,
ReplyDeleteI wish we could have connected, next time. It was a good class and you have a beautiful setting in which to live and work. I don't envy the salvaging but it is hard to beat the wood after all the work is done.
Mark was finishing up a new large tenon saw for me while I was there, it shipped yesterday.
Take care and let me know if you ever make it to the desert,
ken