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Bryan Pfeiffer's avatar

It’s a well-worn phrase, but certainly appropriate here: Walter, you never cease to amaze me.

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

Bryan, what a lovely sentiment! Thanks, and I hope I never cease to amaze you.

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Carol Hirth's avatar

I recall your detailed construction of the dressing table for your daughter. It was amazing, but the work required for this project is staggering. You certainly enjoy a challenge and work it through, emphasis on the work. My admiration of the result and of you are HUGE! Thanks for your writing as well which also is excellent.

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

Carol, It is wonderful to have a fan as enthusiastic as you, and I thank you so much! I will try to keep up to your standards, but of course, I get a lot of pleasure out of both woodworking and writing! Knowing that I am pleasing others is the cherry on the cake (or is it the coke?).

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Cara Austin's avatar

Gorgeous. I'm open to being adopted if your daughter runs out of space for your special projects.

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

Sure deal! I'll stick some postage stamps on it and mail it to you. But really, I may run out of time before I run out of wood or projects.

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Dana C. Bryan's avatar

Erika's a lucky girl!

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

I'd like to think so...

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Mackenzie Rivers's avatar

Enjoyed this so much, and the result is beautiful. You have given me newfound love and respect for my grandfather, who built several “custom requests” of furniture for me.

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

You are a lucky grand daughter!

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Dennis Howard's avatar

Coincidentally, I read a meditation this morning that mentioned Occam's Razor. Richard Rohr wrote, "The early English Franciscan brother William of Ockham (c. 1285–c. 1349) had an overriding principle that’s called “Occam’s razor” (using the Latin spelling of his name). As he put it, “The answer that demands the fewest assumptions is likely the correct one.” If his students wanted to discover the truth of something, he encouraged them to “shave” away as many assumptions, beliefs, or complicating explanations as possible. Great truth might well be mysterious, Ockham believed, but it is never complex. The better answer is almost always the simpler one was his conclusion."

I know your woodworking backwards is not exactly analogous, but the shaving away seems to fit "Tschinkel's razor." Beautiful work!

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

Wasn't what I did more like trying shave with the wrong side of the razor? But thanks for the compliment. On to the next project...

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Peggy Moran's avatar

Well done Walter,

BEST WISHES, Peggy

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

Thanks, Peggy!

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Michael's avatar

Wonderful, Walter! I'm sending this along to a master wood craftsman who also designs and brilliantly executes such furniture.

What a lot of work and time you both out in.

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Walter Tschinkel's avatar

Thanks, Michael. Curious to see what the master craftsman thinks...

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Michael's avatar

I think he may have had similar experiences Walter 😉

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