Who is the Festool or Woodworking (Hero) person you would most like to meet?

[dltflt]

Norm Abram. I always made time to watch him.

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Shane

Of course - you're great buddies with Norm, lucky guy - you not him (that is Brit humour!).

Please tell your friend Norm that he has at least one fan over here in Blighty - and tell him that I expect to meet him about this time next year.

Peter

 

[Kev]

Probably a bit of a tangent ... but I'd love to be able to sit and watch one or two of the finest craftsmen that make such things as violins, etc and just be able to ask "why are you doing that?" about a hundred times.

A craftsman (one of the locals) Mark Riley, that makes Balsa surfboards would be one of the people I'd like to ear bend for a while ... http://shop.balsasurfboardsriley.com.au/

 

[sancho57]

Ah-ha, so Norm could be my woodwork and Festool hero !

Aside from him, I would really like to meet Paul Marcel and Rick Christopherson - before I bought any Festool kit I spent 2 months doing market research, joined the FOG and benefitted  from Paul's videos and Ricks fantastic supplemental manuals. I want to meet them to thank them for their help. I would also really like to meet all of the moderators here on the FOG and thank them for all of the hard work that they do on our behalf.

I would also like to meet the guy who designed the DF700 - a wonderful piece of engineering.

Peter

Hero status is a big ask in my books ... I would tend to save that for someone that saves or changes lives. When it comes to "buy a beer" status though, everyone you've mentioned would qualify, including yourself.

Kev.

All the systainers Kev has, I'd like a peek inside them

 

[Stephen B]

I use a bunch of my grandfather's old tools. I would have loved it if he was the one to teach me how to use them.  

My thought too. A great grandfather, two grandfathers and a father all craftsman in wood and no longer available for long talks about their skills, some of which are now lost to us all.

I would also like to meet Festool's head designer.

There are also some FOG members, but I will not embarrass them or myself. And there are others I could just share a beer with and talk tools.

 

[PaulMarcel]

Cool thread especially since someone wants to come over and have some of my beer!

I'd love to get together with all the nuts with video cameras; give and get tips, ideas, "can't believe I left that on the bench when I recorded" stories; fun stuff.

FOG hero to meet, though... Vinny, definitely (VSM_4 the artist formerly known as vindingo).  Great work and a lot of green in motion!

There are some movie set builders here, too. The whole way it is built differently would be intriguing to see; tight schedules, very temporary, needs to look like any number of things. Likely some creative problem solving going on there and that's always interesting.

Kinda awkward having to pick one person here; plenty I'd like to hang out with and a lot of great craftsmen.

 

[Guilliaume woodworks]

When I first read post topic about woodworking hero...... Fog member Vinnie/VSM 4 first came to mind...from his design, to expert craftsmanship , it's truly amazing.

 

[ScotF]

Great thread...I would like to meet lots of people from FOG...I have learned from and admire so many folks from here.  Vinny's work is inspiring and I always appreciate Peter's thinking and how to use tools....great ideas.  I have had the pleasure of meeting Paul-Marcel at WIA last year (although he may not remember me) and would love to see him make videos.  One of these days I will hopefully meet Shane.

Scot

 

[jonny round boy]

Nothing to do with Festool, but slightly to do with woodworking (and lots of other projects) - I'd like to meet Adam Savage.

I've always liked Mythbusters, but recently I've discovered the Tested YouTube channel. There's all sorts of random stuff on there (and I've lost probably a couple of days over the last 3 weeks or so) but I really like Adam's 'one day build' segments. They hark back to his days working as a modelmaker at ILM, and have to some extent inspired my latest custom systainer project, which I've been doing over the last couple of days & will be posting about this weekend.

As many people have said there are so many fantastic members on here it's hard to single one or two out. I'd love a 'FOG expo' at some point - a massive 3 or 4-day FOG meet with hundreds of members from all over the world, with demos, classes, and lots of good beer & food!!! That's probably the only thing that would ever cause me to sell some Festools to buy a ticket!

 

[Stephen B]

Cool thread especially since someone wants to come over and have some of my beer!

Is the beer any good?!! [big grin]

 

[Stone Message]

Cool thread especially since someone wants to come over and have some of my beer!

Is the beer any good?!! [big grin]

This is so typical of an Australian - not a question about the local climate, customs or way of life of the natives. No attempt to ask after Paul's health and success at work -  just a quick one about the beer. Paul will tell you that the beer in the US is great (it is certainly is now that micro breweries have caught on) but everyone has the best beer in their own country - even British beer is pretty good.

Peter

 

[PaulMarcel]

Oh, good zinger, Peter... ha ha

The local brewery makes a lot of hoppy IPAs and brings in a lot of great IPAs as guest taps.  I can't drink the stuff heavily advertised on TV... bleck, the foam off the IPAs is better than a bottle of those.

The three times I went to London, I enjoyed the beers a lot.  Next trip, though, I want to try Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" beer just because

 

[Stone Message]

.....  Next trip, though, I want to try Iron Maiden's "The Trooper" beer just because

I will endeavour to make that happen !

Peter

 

[Kev]

Cool thread especially since someone wants to come over and have some of my beer!

Is the beer any good?!! [big grin]

This is so typical of an Australian - not a question about the local climate, customs or way of life of the natives. No attempt to ask after Paul's health and success at work -  just a quick one about the beer. Paul will tell you that the beer in the US is great (it is certainly is now that micro breweries have caught on) but everyone has the best beer in their own country - even British beer is pretty good.

Peter

To be honest, the question would normally be "Is the beer any good and what are the women like?" ... Stephen's just being polite  [smile]

 

[Stone Message]

I have just sent this picture to a friend of mine and then realised that it would fit this thread. My son organised a tour of the Fullers Brewery in London for my 60th birthday - it was great fun but they made me drink so much beer !

I might take Paul Marcel there when he visits London next year as he seems to love his beer.

Peter

 

[PaulMarcel]

Must be serious beer if you need to wear a safety vest while enjoying!

 

[Stone Message]

Must be serious beer if you need to wear a safety vest while enjoying!

No it is quite simple, he is the guide - after 15 pints of Fullers London Pride you can just spot him at 3 feet and he gently leads people to their taxis.

Peter

 

[Stephen B]

Cool thread especially since someone wants to come over and have some of my beer!

Is the beer any good?!! [big grin]

This is so typical of an Australian - not a question about the local climate, customs or way of life of the natives. No attempt to ask after Paul's health and success at work -  just a quick one about the beer. Paul will tell you that the beer in the US is great (it is certainly is now that micro breweries have caught on) but everyone has the best beer in their own country - even British beer is pretty good.

Peter

Good one Peter, and great replies by Kev and Paul. Woke up this morning, switched on the I Pad and  nearly woke up the whole household I laughed so much. [big grin]

However, Peter as you know beer allows you to see the 'history and culture' -  a pub crawl with a local around the bars of inner Edinburgh in 1990 introduced me to warm dark beer. A few days later a really dark ale in a pub half way round a walk in Yorkshire. And so much history in each pub. Now we have two micro breweries making dark ales within 20 km of here. Their ales are a pleasure over winter. In summer though I still enjoy cold filtered beers, something I discovered in Canada, although my favourite now is Japanese in origin. See, social history and 'culture' [and beer] !!   [wink]

Oh, and Paul, I do apologise, now we all have had some metaphoric beer, 'how are you?   [unsure]

 

 

[Stone Message]

Great stuff - we will have to have a get together at some point - maybe next year.

Peter

 

[fatroman]

I would have really enjoyed talking with Sam Maloof and George Nakashima about design.  Their stuff is so iconic to the point of cliche, but when done right it still looks great. 

I had the opportunity to listen to, and speak with David Moser at a Thos. Moser store in San Francisco. He had some interesting ideas about the industry and I admire what the company has done in the way of readily available hand made furniture. 

I use a bunch of my grandfather's old tools. I would have loved it if he was the one to teach me how to use them. 

I bumped into Norm when I was in a salvage yard buying a clawfoot tub for a bath reno. Nice guy.

But the one I'd have loved to have sat down with for a long time would be Gustav Stickley. Both for his furniture as well as his architectural outlook.

Definitely buy you a beer, too.