Selling Jim Conley's Workshop

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David Conley

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Many of you knew my dad, Jim Conley. His house is east of Charlottesville about 3 to 5 minutes off of the I-64, Boyd Tavern’s exit. If you are going to the Colonial Williamsburg’s Working Wood in the 18th Century Conference or in the area, I will be helping my brother (Frank) cleanout, and sell the contents from my dad’s workshops before and after the CW Conference. Dad had all the standard large woodworking equipment (even unusual specialty items like a large overhead router), and metal lathes. He also had a fair amount of wood. His last unfinished project was a mahogany Bombay Highboy. The lower-case sides are out of single mahogany boards (must be about 5” thick). He also collected unique items such as antique bottles, Rose Medallion China, Ivory Nitschke …

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