Hello to My Fellow C-listers!

Readers ask all the time what I think about Paul Sellers (and other A-list woodworking celebrities).

Speaking as a strictly C-list woodworking celebrity, I can honestly state: No clue. I’ve never met Mr. Sellers in person (I tried once¹). I honestly don’t know much about him or his videos because I’m too damn busy trying to eke out a living here in Kentucky.

As a result, I’m no fun when it comes to woodworker gossip.

“Tell me about Norm Abram.”

Uhhh, I stood in line for an hour at a machinery show so he could sign a publicity still. He seemed nice.

“What’s the dish on Richard Maguire – I bet you hate each other.”

Uhhh, we had a few beers at a pub in England after a woodworking show and geeked out over images over 15th century German workbenches. But otherwise… gawd, I’m busy with work.

“Frank Klausz – he must be an asshole.”

Nope. Sweetheart. I ate goulash at his house.

“Have you met Ian Kirby?”

No. He attended at a Porter-Cable press conference once that I was assigned to in New York. I kept wo…