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Thanks Mark. I've taken the official tour and I own the book. I was hoping for more detailed info and pictures. The pieces in the collection are truly the best of the best. The official tour rushes you through very fast and your not allowed in several rooms. If you can arrange a SAPFM tour...

Does anyone know if there is an online furniture research database for the Dept of State collection similar to Winterthur? Thanks

Send me your email. I have drawings and roughly 1000 photos. [email protected]

Planning an extended trip to the mid year conference. I'm looking for homes/museums/furniture to see in or close to Fredericksburg. I'm not finding a lot of information online. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks

I thought I had seen it all. Saw this in a store in Kentucky. The shop owner had no idea what it was. I thought it might be a pool cue holder of some sort but it's too light and no base. Any ideas what it could be?

My shop caught fire last week due to a mouse eating thru an electrical cord on a small fan. Luckily on 20% of the shop structure will have to be replaced and the large tools were only smoke and water damaged. All hand and power tools are being restored. Its amazing the amount of rust that forms...

Planning a two week trip for the Mid Year Conference in July. Need help from all the locals. What are the furniture sights to see in Massachusetts / Conn / surrounding areas. We're already signed up for the Boston MFA and the Peabody Essex. The Yale furniture study is closed for relocating to...

I like most woodworkers, have dozens of extra antiques tools laying around that I've collected over the years. Well I finally found something I could do with a few of them that the boss even loved. Bob Baker

I know I'm not the first person to pull a bone head move like this. I veneered several panels back in the spring with Titebond Hide Glue. After several months the veneers pulled loose. I checked the bottle and the glue was over a year out of date. In the trash. Is there a way to repair / save...

I'm in the process of doing my adaption of a Seymour tall case clock. Just finished attending a talk by Jeff Headley on tall case clocks last weekend. The question, why did period builders do quarter columns on the waste and not full columns as on the front corners of the hood? Cost?, Material...

I am going to be in Dallas this week with a lot of free time on my hands between meetings. Does anyone know of any museums or homes where I can spend my spare time studying furniture?  Thanks Bob Baker

I have veneered and installed several crotch walnut panels in our family room using Unibond 800 as the veneer adhesive to plywood. Winter came and the humidifiers broke. One of the panels has dried out and the veneer has split and separated from the panel in numerous locations. The raised veneer...

Is the a place on the web site I can check to see when my dues need to be renewed? Thanks Bob Baker bbaker143143

Has anyone had an opportunity to spend time in the Winterthur library? My mother is a member at Winterthur and received a notification that the library is currently studying the legalities for ways to allow for the reproduction of some of their information for private and public non- monetary...

First, has anyone heard if Irion is planning to publish or make available any of their information, photos, drawings, sketches on their Greatest Commission Ever, 90 Best Period Reproductions? The second part of the question; has the SAPFM ever considered establishing an on-line photo/ plan /...