I made it!

[shinmai]

My compliments...very nice sense of aesthetic and proportion.

 

[Cable]

Congratulations on retirement.

 

[Carol 83]

Good for you, that you can spend your retirement doing something you love.

 

[ml_work]

Congratulations on your retirement! I know you will Enjoy it. I was talking to a guy at church a few weeks ago that had retired and he said he was bored... I started laughing ... told him I had so much I can do that I love to do ... no way that I would be bored. I am sure you will be the same with all you have listed.... Happy for You!

 

[j evans]

Congratulations on your retirement. Hope that it is everything that it can be for you. You deserve the right to do what makes you happy. Great stands, now if I could just grow a tree worthy of such a nice piece of art.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Great you could choose your time to call it a day at last. Enjoy.

 

[Adair M]

Congratulations, Al! I’m sure you will enjoy being able to do what you want on your own schedule.

I have always admired your stands! Those Shohin box stands you made a couple years ago were lovely.

I know you said you weren’t going to take requests, but if you ever make a Shohin stand in this style, please make one for me:



Best of luck in your new adventures!

 

[Cajunrider]

Congratulations!

 

[Dav4]

Congratulations, Al! I’m sure you will enjoy being able to do what you want on your own schedule.

I have always admired your stands! Those Shohin box stands you made a couple years ago were lovely.
I know you said you weren’t going to take requests, but if you ever make a Shohin stand in this style, please make one for me:

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Best of luck in your new adventures!

Me, too!

 

[hemmy]

I have quite a few clubs that I have said no to for demo's and workshops due to work constraints.

Come on down to Santa Barbara (pretty please)!!

 

[Smoke]

Come on down to Santa Barbara (pretty please)!!

Is Ann Erb still down there? I know her quite well.

 

[queenofsheba52]

Hearty congrats on your retirement! Hubby and I have been retired for two years how and it's the best.

 

[M. Frary]

This is cool.
I've wanted an Al Keppler stand since I found out he made them.

 

[0soyoung]

This is cool.
I've wanted an Al Keppler stand since I found out he made them.

Did you learn about it here on BNut or before?

 

[Mike Westervelt]

I like them all but really like the spider web one. These looks exceptional. You must have a pretty good bit of tools and experience or be extremely good with moderate tools. joints and such look great. can we see some close ups?

I love that pattern too Robert, it's actually a old Chinese ice ray pattern, used for lattice work.

 

[atlarsenal]

Today marks my first official day of retirement. I quit my job this morning, am going to pursue other avenues.

One avenue I am eager to re engage in, is building stands. I have not built any since way before my wife passed in 2017 and I think it had been about two year before that. 2015 was the last stands I built which was the two box stands.

I will be building stands and posting some here that will be for sale. I am not going to do custom work. I wish to build stands and then just sell them. I may build a like stand in a different size for someone, but that would be my range as far as custom.

Happier days!

Some stands from years gone by I've built.
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Very nice!

 

[hemmy]

Is Ann Erb still down there? I know her quite well.

She is and will be organizing the show again this May. We are in a new spot for the 2nd year, no longer at the botanic garden. But we have more indoor show space and sales area. We’d love to have you for a Tuesday night meeting or maybe we could set up a special weekend workshop.

 

[M. Frary]

Did you learn about it here on BNut or before?

I learned about them here. Just after I became a member.
I think.
Must have.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Bon Voyage!

 

[BigBen]

Just saw this thread, sorry I'm late to the party.
Congratulations on your retirement and best of luck with your new adventures, Smoke.

I'm "in" for about another 1 1/2 to 2 years or so, then done.
I'm SOOOO looking forward to retirement...