HUGE Thanks to Barry Gross for........

[seamus7227]

.....giving me the opportunity to have some of my work published in his latest edition(3rd) of his "Pen Turners Workbook".

Myself, Don Ward(its_virgil), and Harry Anderson(plano_harry) as well as other penmakers, attended the 2013 Dallas/Ft.Worth Woodworking Show today, where we picked up our autographed copies from the man himself. Contrary to popular belief by some, Barry was very genuine and a pleasure to talk to. His booth, run by he and his wife, had lots of exciting things on display to include a new pen press which i now gotta have! If you havent seen it, go check it out. No more losing the plastic spacers or the tightening and loosening of a knuckle busting oversized screw. Here are some pictures after the show was coming to an end this evening. Hope you enjoy!!!



I also want to thank Plano_harry for helping us out with the "hands-on penturning" area as well. And a big THANKS to Mike and Kirk at Craft Supplies for having everything set up and ready for us!!

 

[thewishman]

Congrats on being published! Barry is a nice guy, and fun to talk with.

 

[MarkD]

Congrats on being published Seamus! Looks like you guys had a great time at the event.

 

[RMayoIII]

His booth, run by he and his wife, had lots of exciting things on display to include a new pen press which i now gotta have! If you havent seen it, go check it out. No more losing the plastic spacers or the tightening and loosening of a knuckle busting oversized screw.

I've been using that press since it first came out and the new model is better than the original (I own both):biggrin:

 

[brownsfn2]

+1 on making sure you get the new version. The old one would get our of alignment and did not seem to have as much power.

I saw their booth in Columbus and talked to his wife. She is really nice.

 

[Katsin]

Congatulations Seamus.

I just recently went to the NJ presentation of that show and enjoyed seeing Barry present. I also picked up that pen press and have been quite pleased with it so far. I recommend putting some sticky felt dots or gluing some leather onto the ends though as they are not very soft.

 

[its_virgil]

Yep, we had fun. I was there for both Sat and Sun. Thanks Seamus for helping. Thanks also to PlanoHarry Anderson for helping out. I came home with one of those pen presses. They are super nice. Seamus, you may come over and use it when you need to. I also came home with eyes swollen and itching and also some terrible itching on my face and neck. I am somewhat allergic to lacewood, tigerwood, and/or fish scale oak. Time for another anit-itch cream application.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Sadly, I am too far away from Texas to attend that show, but thanks for showing those pages!!! I see a couple other names I recognize, LOL.

 

[seamus7227]

Sadly, I am too far away from Texas to attend that show, but thanks for showing those pages!!! I see a couple other names I recognize, LOL.

Hey! And a big Congrats to you too Glenn!!!:good: That would have been really cool to have had you in the picture as well!

 

[traderdon55]

I wish I had known Barry Gross was there. I attended Sunday but never made it around to his booth. If I had known he was there I would have made it a point to get by his booth to meet him.