Meeting members near where you are.

[doc henderson]

What Forestry Forum members do you all know near you?  Kansas is not a huge forestry area, but we have lots of woodworkers and a few logger/sawyers.  In the middle of another thread, another member and I realized we live only 6 miles apart.  I have got aquatinted with @farmfromkansas and a few others but never met.  I got to meet, tour the property and see a Walnut log of his Neighbor.  Please meet @Osage 




 

[doc henderson]

@Tom the Sawyer and I met on the forum and in person at the 2019 (I think) Sawing project in Georgia @customsawyer



 

The functions have been great to get to know others that we talk to on a daily basis here on the forum.

[barbender]

I've met 2 in my area. One I met through the forum (Gearbox) now I can't get rid of the guy😂😂 another I met working next to his place and realized he was a Forum member (DeepWoods)

[Jim_Rogers]

This past weekend I traveled to a timber framing event in VA.

On my way I stopped by scsmith42 place to visit him. He took a picture of us in his shop with is camera which had a timer on it. He's supposed to post that picture.

But while I was there, I saw his next victim on the blocks to be slabbed up:





of all the logs in his yard, this is one of the small ones.

On my way home from the weekend event in Lexington, VA, I stopped by a job site and met up with @DonP:





Don's on the left, me on the right, in front of the historic farm house that he's been working on for some time. 
He showed me some of his work to restore the foundation under this house:



 

    

He, in my opinion, is doing a great job at it.

Jim Rogers  

[IndiLina]

If anyone in the north central North Carolina region wants to show off their setup, let me know! I could off-bearer for a couple hours. 

[Crusarius]

This is a kool thread, I love meeting new ppl, especially with similar interests. Of course, I can come off as a bad word I cannot type on the forum. But I try not to

[SawyerTed]

I've met several members.  I went to visit Southside and Wudman at Southside's mill a while back and PatrickNC came by our business and got a tour here.  RWTF, aka Rupert,  all the way from the UK stopped in and visited at one of my semi-stationary milling sites.  Of course Joe Whitley the Wood-mizer dealer here in NC is a member as well.  

Several are  within two or three hours but we haven't met yet.  Samandothers, SeaLark37, DonP, scsmith, Jim_Rogers, and apparently IndiLina among others are all not too far away.

Looking forward to meeting members at the Sawing Project Friday and Saturday.

[olcowhand]

Besides meeting and talking to him at two Pig Roasts, I had the honor of running into @Ron Scott in Cadillac at the Wex. I know others are around here, and I may have seen them at Lutke's- but we have not been formally introduced.
Great Thread, Doc.....

[moodnacreek]

The only member I met so far was 4x4 and I went to him on my way to camp up north. The second time I stopped he was very busy loading trucks so no time. It is often like that here so I understand.  Members are welcome here but you are on your own if I am burning fuel or helping someone.

[Ianab]

Now I've never met @Magicman , but I've met his Sister, even though I didn't know it at the time. We had talked on another forum about her trip to NZ, and I gave her some tips and said she was welcome to call in if she was passing this way, She did, and mentioned how her Brother was into sawmilling as well. 

It wasn't until she got home and mentioned to MM about meeting this guy called Ian in NZ that they put 2 and 2 together.  

So you never know who you will run into. 

[Don P]

Wow, I've had that happen in country but never across the world, that is too cool  .

Jim, we need to do a pic from a higher angle, we're all beard :D

I met Tom the Sawyer, SCSmith and a number of members at a couple of Harry Watt's seminars a few years ago but largely I'm a hermit.

Crusarius, we worked for someone years ago, high maintenance trust child. During one conversation she proudly mentioned that she had been diagnosed with 27 different personalities. I replied I just had the 2 and I tried real hard not to let #2 out very often :D. 

[woodroe]

I got to meet Ray aka thecfarm over at the hardware store where he works.
Probably the best hardware store within 30 miles any direction. They had a nice of supply trees and shrubs 
when I was there last summer too. 
He set me up with some culvert he had on sale and now my
property is accessible year round for all of $120. No more mud hole.
Real nice guy and lives just over the hill from here. Thanks Ray !
Stop in to the Paris Farmers union in Jay if you are passing through and say hi to Ray.

[firefighter ontheside]

Of course I've met Doc and Old Greenhorn and Brent(Doubletreebelgians) at the roast, plus many more this past summer.  You know who you are.  It was an honor to meet all of them.  Then this January I was standing in line to pick up some of my auction wins in St Louis and got to talking to the guy in line behind me.  Turns out he is @UncleMoustache 


 

[chet]

Met follow forum admin Ron Scott because of the forum. Turns out he may have bow hunted on my property years back (unbeknown to me).  :D  His mother lived less than a mile from me, and his uncle was a firefighter on our department.
The other craziest meeting, was a trip into Canada years ago for a Forestry Equipment show with Jeff. The first person we see when we entered the gate wasn't a Canadian, but a forum member from New Zeeland.  ;D
I've met hundreds of members over the years and hope to meet many more.

[Ljohnsaw]

I've PM a few that are near me but only met one (Billy) but can't remember his FF handle.  He is rarely on here and just happened on my cabin build a couple years ago.  Great guy - bought a few cedar logs from him to complete my deck and he sawed up some cedar fence boards (~700 bd-ft) for my niece's place down in Sacramento.

[hedgerow]

Haven't met any members near me. The only one I have met was because of a fifty wedding anniversary party that was almost five hundred miles from home in UncleMoustache's home town. A buddy of mine had moved down their some years before. We rolled into town and I happen to see a older four door pickup that he Josh had posted pictures of on a different forum. Come to find out he lived down the street from my buddy and his wife and he came to the anniversary party. Had a nice visit with Josh and his wife. I hope one of these years to make it to the pig roast. 

[Wlmedley]

There are a lot of sawmill owners in my area.If you have ever flown over West Virginia you won't see much except trees :laugh:.I don't guess many are on this forum which is a shame because of the knowledge to be gained here is priceless.If any of you guys are ever close by look me up. I'll tell you all I know in about 5 minutes  :laugh:

[rusticretreater]

Yeah, we have lots of mobile sawmill owners in my neck of the woods.  Their signs dot the roadsides.  You can search for folks nearby by using the Members selection off of the main menu, then search for members.  

[Gearbox]

I've met 2 in my area. One I met through the forum (Gearbox) now I can't get rid of the guy😂😂 another I met working next to his place and realized he was a Forum member (DeepWoods)

You don't have pictures so you can't prove you know me . 

[olcowhand]

Yesterday, I had the good fortune of seeing @Ron Scott at a Juried Art show in which I was set up to display my Art. We knew we would be challenged regarding the veracity of this claim, so I snapped a quick pic. Those clouds over Ron's head quickly blew a Rain shower in, and he was trapped in my booth for a while. I was able to pick his brain about a number of current issues I'm dealing with in my Wood-related projects, and he also made some suggestions for Art pieces I should try. I still marvel at the patience and generosity of our more experienced FF Members, and their willingness to share their knowledge.
Unfortunately, the rain had a detrimental effect on my sales, but the day was a success because of our chance meeting.

 

[Southside]

I don't know, that looks like one of those "I saw a celebrity" photos taken with hat, sunglasses, hoodie on from 50' away with a potato phone.  :D

[olcowhand]

I'm glad there are members that consider Ron "Celebrity", but to some of us that get to rub elbows with VIPs, it's just casual happenstance.....
If there are any more questions regarding the integrity of those of us that were there, please limit them to the only person deserving of this scrutiny- me. :D

[Ron Scott]

The rain delay made for a good visit and a review of Olcowhand's skilled metal artwork.

[doc henderson]

Well, I had a visitor at work today.  A nice surprise.  I was sorry I was not at home to show them around.  



 

 

A member I really wanted to meet.  any guesses?

[NE Woodburner]

Bindian?