If you’ve been here before, you may have picked up that I love woodworking and old woodworking tools. I inherited a gene that appreciates doing things with your hands- fixing things and making things. Years ago I discovered that there are still some pretty cool old tools out there available for a good price, particularly if [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bethania’
Tools and Tin
Posted in Entertainment, Quality of Life, Woodworking, tagged Bethania, hand made, Mid-west tool collectors, old tools, old woodworking tools, Woodworking on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s a Bow Got to Do With a Dulcimer?
Posted in antique tools, Entertainment, Quality of Life, tagged Bethania, bowed dulcimer, dulcimer on November 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What do you think of when you see the word “dulcimer?” If you know anything about traditional musical instruments, particularly those familiar to our area, you may think of what we call an “Appalachian” dulcimer. That kind is laid on your lap horizontally and strummed with one hand and noted with the other. There are a few musicians who [...]
Bethania Tools Gathering
Posted in antique tools, Quality of Life, Woodworking, tagged antique tools, antique woodworking tools, Bethania on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I went to the fall meeting of the tool collectors’ association at Bethania Moravian Church near Winston-Salem. We get together periodically to see programs on old tools, primarily the woodworking type, and may trade and buy some tools. Bethania is a good place to think about old things since it is one of the oldest [...]
Old Tools at Bethania
Posted in Entertainment, tagged Bethania, MWTCA, neanderthal woodworking, old woodworking tools, Woodworking on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As planned, I went to the meeting of the Mid-West Tool Collector’s Assocation meeting yesterday held at Bethania Moravian Church, just north of Winston-Salem, NC. The meeting was great as usual, with dealers selling old woodworking tools (one of my interests), a presentation on Ornamental Turning including a demonstration of this slice of the woodworking [...]
No Tool Like an Old Tool
Posted in Entertainment, Woodworking, tagged antique tools, Bethania, Woodworking on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love old woodworking tools and use them in my workshop to make furniture. One of the ways I’ve been able to accumulate these old tools is to be a member of the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association. Next Saturday, Nov. 8, I’ll be heading to Bethania, NC for the next meeting of the M-WTCA. The meeting [...]





