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The April General Guild Meeting will be held at the Lindsay Cabinetmakers' shop at 63 Nottingham Road in Deerfield, NH. Our host and featured presenter is Greg Brown, who shares this large, open collective with several other professional cabinet makers.
The morning agenda will include two presentations: Bob Zahn, a Guild member, physician and long time woodworker, will speak on shop safety, including one aspect that many of us probably do not emphasize enough – anyone care to guess what that may be? We will then “hear” from our very own Granite State Luthiers sub-group - a presentation of their art and perhaps some music as well. These presentations will be followed by a short Guild business meeting, and lunch - be sure to bring your lunch as well as a chair.
Our afternoon session will feature a demonstration by Greg Brown titled "Add a “Twist” to Your Carving: Winding Stems and Carving in the Round." He will also show us his "Sharpening Strategies for Tricky Gouges."
Here's a short bio from Greg:
Working in numerous shops and diverse environments throughout Hartford and Boston, my training was constantly evolving while teaching myself to carve. To further my skills, I enrolled at Boston’s North Bennet Street School with the goal of focusing more on freestanding work and refined joinery. In 2010, I was offered an opportunity to be a partner in a 12,000 sq ft collective in Deerfield, NH where I have hung my shield ever since. Along with running my own business in custom woodwork and carving, I also educate, write and am a member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association. When not in the shop, I’m an avid fly fisherman and fly tyer.
Please be aware that there is a scammer answering these ads. Be careful!!!!
I recommend that you only take CASH or checks from people you know. Very little of the stuff that is advertised is so rare or such a great deal that someone would hire an “agent” to ship it.
BE CAREFUL!!!!
Peter
If you are selling something online, as a business or through classifieds ads, you may be targeted by an overpayment scam.
The scammer will contact you, make you an offer—often quite generous—then make payment through credit card or cheque. They will be for an amount that is greater than the agreed price.
The scammer will contact you with an apology for the overpayment, offering a fake excuse. The scammer might tell you that the extra money was included to cover agent’s fees or extra shipping costs. Or they may just say they simply made a mistake when writing the cheque.
The scammer will then ask you to refund the excess amount or they will ask for you to forward the amount through to a third party. They will ask for this to through an online banking transfer, pre-loaded money card, or a wire transfer such as Western Union. You then discover that their cheque has bounced or the credit card had been a stolen or fake card.
A newer variation on this scam involves online sales, usually through classified sites, where the scammer pretends to have made a payment for a larger than agreed amount through services such as PayPal by sending a fake receipt of payment. The scammer will claim that the money is being held until you forward on the extra money.
If you send any money, you will not get it back. If you have already sent the ‘sold’ item you will lose this as well. At the very least, the scammer will have wasted your time and prevented you from accepting any legitimate offers on your sale.
I just wanted other Sellers to be careful as I see some valuable machines for sale here.
