Galootapalooza Primer

Ga·loota·palooza   Noun.  

A summer get together in the Chicago area of galoots from far and wide.
First recorded use 1996.

Dates

Galootapalooza XIII will be August 2^nd and 3^rd, 2008.

Galootapalooza XII Countdown

Currently Planned

• Sunday: A joint MWTCA/EAIA tool meet at Garfield Farm

Possible activities for Saturday (we are actively seeking your input!)

• Drawbore pin class/demo
• A spokeshave making class taught by Gil Chesbro
• Make a Traditional Bowsaw taught by Gil Chesbro - featured on galootapalooza.org
• A shaving horse making class
• A charcoal making demo
• Router Plane (71, ..) Plane Off
• Some sort of clock making demo- cuckoo's anyone?
• Visiting the Arlington Heights Historical Society
• A demo on making leather washers for chisel handlers.
• Babbet pouring demo
• Melting and casting aluminum
• Patent searching demo and possible field trip to the Chicago Patent Library
• A flea market raid
• <your suggestion here!>

Nothing will be scheduled until interest is shown- so speak up!

History

Past Galootapalooza events	Galootapalooza Hosts Past and Present	Lore
Drawbore pin demo An infill making class tought by Ben Knebel and Doug Evans- purveyors of the then Shepherd Tool company. A foundry tour A Shaker Box making class Heat treating demo Patternmaking demo Epoxy Trick demo Violin maker's shop tour Saw sharpening demo Shell carving class Spoke shave making class Metal dovetail peening demo Bow saw making class Saw evolution presentation	Ralph Brendler Russ Allen Mike Lindgren Jerry Serviss Doug McLerran Mike Lindgren Wes Groot Mike Duchaj Mike Duchaj John Meikrantz Mike Duchaj Slav Jelesiljevich ???	Gill Chesbro snags a 112 for $60 at the flea market. (Galootapalooza III) Tod Herrli does a heat treating demo at about 9pm on Jerry Serviss' driveway. The next year Jerry moves. (Galootapalooza IV) billp scores a mother lode of wood en route to Galootapalooza XI. Ralph Brendler snags a Stickley Brother's rocker at the flea market. (Galootapalooza XII)

Web Resources

Note that the links below to the Galootapalooza Posts may not work. From time to time the message numbers change at the archive as more early messages are added. A good indication of this is if the message retrieved has nothing to do with Galootapalooza. I try to keep the links up to date. The search button below will search for Galootapalooza messages if the links break.

	Galootapalooza Posts¹	Links
I	Ralph Brendler starts it all! Recaps by Ralph Brendler Mike Davies	Galootapalooza I
II	Ralph's announcement Recaps by Ralph Brendler Alan Graham Steve Kordick Joe Palazzolo	Galootapalooza II (see note ²)
III	Mike Lindgren's announcement Recaps by Joe Palazzolo David Sutton Jerry Serviss	Joe Palazzolo's web page Wes Groot's web page Ralph's GIII page seems to be gone?
IV	Ralph's announcement My (redundant!) announcement Recaps by Alan Graham Mark van Roojen Doug McLerran Joe Palazzolo Tad Anhalt	Galootapalooza IV More of Galootaplooza IV (nearly lost with the demise of @Home!!)
V	Doug McLerran's announcement Ralph Brendler's additions Recaps by Jerry Serviss Mark van Roojen Joe Palazzolo Ralph Brendler	Galootapalooza V More of Galootapalooza V (no longer a broken link!!)
VI	Ralph's announcement More detail- also by Ralph Recaps by Mark van Roojen Joe Palazzolo Mike Lindgren Fausto Momoli Scott Post	available soon? ever? Ok, who took pictures? Don't tell me we have to wait for film to be developed!
VII	Wes' announcement Recaps by Ralph Brendler Wes Groot Mike Duchaj	Galootapalooza VII
VIII	My announcement Recaps by Mike Lindgren Ralph Brendler	Galootapalooza VIII
IX	My announcement Recaps by Scott Wells Ralph Brendler Russ Allen	GIX web pages by: Cian Perez Bill Peterson Mike Urness Wes Groot
X	Wes' announcement Recaps by were there any?	GX web pages by: Mike Urness
XI	Mike Duchaj's announcement Wes' web page and rsvp form Recaps by Wes Groot Andy Baughn	GXI web pages by: Phil Cannon billp Wes Groot

¹ Most are links to Chris Swingley's oldtools archive egroups/yahoo.
² Brought back from the brink of extinction by The Internet Archive

2009

Galootapalooza XIV will be August 1^st and 2^nd, 2009.
Algorithm for determining the date: It's the first Sunday of August and the preceding Saturday.
(Honestly, I didn't make it up!)
Speak up if you'd like to be the host, otherwise Jerry will assign one :-)