April 2007 Meeting Report
Steven Makin hosted the April 2007 meeting at the recently opened Lane Stanton Vance wood products facility in Tempe, where Steve happens to be the Big Cheese. Steve has been involved in the sale of wood products in the Valley for many years, and was recruited by LSV to head their wholesale, to-the-trade warehouse (their first outside California). LSV has had regional sales people working in the Phoenix area for a long time, with orders being shipped from California, but the new walk-in warehouse is focused on small shops who need to be able to buy smaller quantities and (as we all like to do) poke through the pile.
It’s a huge facility, well-stocked with hardwoods and sheet goods of various types. Steve’s long and intimate knowledge of area shops and needs allows him to tailor the on-hand product selection and provide materials that are in common use here. Of course with the buying, milling, and shipping capacities of LSV at his back, Steve can get just about anything anyone happens to need, from timber to veneer to sheet stock to custom mouldings.
Professionals are welcome to visit the facility at 443 W. Alameda Dr., Suite 125, Tempe 85282. You can contact Steve by phone at 480-736-3999 or by email at stevenmakin@lsvlumber.com.
OTHER WSG NEWS ….AWFS, Vegas - in case there’s interest in a group expedition to this years AWFS show in Las Vegas, July 18-21, contact WSG Prez Josh Kuhlmann. Ther’s an early registration deadline of June 25. Furniture Society members also receive a registration and event discount.
Furniture Society Conference - just another reminder, it’s in Victoria, BC Canada this year, June 20-23. There will be some WSG presence in attendance - Paula Cooperrider and Andy Glantz are on the FS board, and David Fleming (L’Éclat) works on the FS web site and database.
Riordan Mansion tour - Josh Kuhlmann and Jeremiah Polynone are working on organizing a group schlepp up the hill sometime this summer for a tour of the Riordan Mansion in Flagstaff. Stay tuned for more info.
GROUP PROJECT…
The 2007 “Who’s Your Daddy?” project has undergone two iterations so far. Doug Forsha started the trouble with a veneered panel of pomele sapele; next, Steve Makin placed the panel in a mitered frame of yellowheart. The piece now goes to Bernie Becker, and we’ll see next month what Bernie decides to do with it. There are no restrictions on what each succeeding maker can do with (or to) the piece as he or she receives it. Saw it in half, paint it, grind it up into sawdust and cast it in epoxy resin - whoever has it can have their way with it, no questions asked.
SIMPLE CHAIRS…
The deadline for completion and show-and-tell has been officially moved back to the June meeting.
MAY MEETING…
Architect Amit Upadhye is scheduled to lead a group tour of a residence he designed that is now under cnstruction in Scottsdale. Tentative date is the morning of Saturday, May 19. Location and other information will be posted here as soon as available.
Cheers,
La Scheggia