Steve-Rice
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Gentlemen,
A few years ago, some friends from my woodworker's guild and I made a pilot for a woodworking TV show for a local public TV station. The idea was to tour local woodshops and see the kinds of things people were making in our area.
After a brief intro to the show, we visit the woodshop of Bill Nyberg. Bill's father was a furniture maker during the first half of the 20th century and Bill had an interesting collection of several of his father's very old tools and machinery, in addition to his own newer stuff.
Our pilot never got off the ground, but we had some fun making it. Although we made this video several years ago, I decided to post it to the FOG now to honor Bill as he unfortunately lost his battle with cancer last week.
Although Bill didn't own any Festool stuff, he was definitely "one of us" in that he loved woodworking, furniture making and his tools. Bill was an eccentric, but interesting character and he was even published in Fine Woodworking a couple of times.
I'll apologize in advance as I'm definitely not a polished TV host and some of the banter is pretty corny, but Bill's collection of old machinery is kind of interesting and I hope some of you will enjoy this despite the flaws.
So here's to you, Bill. Thanks for the laughs and all the interesting things you taught me. Rest in peace, my friend...
A few years ago, some friends from my woodworker's guild and I made a pilot for a woodworking TV show for a local public TV station. The idea was to tour local woodshops and see the kinds of things people were making in our area.
After a brief intro to the show, we visit the woodshop of Bill Nyberg. Bill's father was a furniture maker during the first half of the 20th century and Bill had an interesting collection of several of his father's very old tools and machinery, in addition to his own newer stuff.
Our pilot never got off the ground, but we had some fun making it. Although we made this video several years ago, I decided to post it to the FOG now to honor Bill as he unfortunately lost his battle with cancer last week.
Although Bill didn't own any Festool stuff, he was definitely "one of us" in that he loved woodworking, furniture making and his tools. Bill was an eccentric, but interesting character and he was even published in Fine Woodworking a couple of times.
I'll apologize in advance as I'm definitely not a polished TV host and some of the banter is pretty corny, but Bill's collection of old machinery is kind of interesting and I hope some of you will enjoy this despite the flaws.
So here's to you, Bill. Thanks for the laughs and all the interesting things you taught me. Rest in peace, my friend...
