Today I wanted to move to Germany. Buy some lederhosen. Raise some sheep.
Because of an unfortunate flood in eastern Bavaria, Dictum GmbH had to move my Roorkhee chair class to Munich. But the Munich workshop didn’t have enough lathes for the 10 students. So we had to move today’s class to Dictum’s shop in Singerhof, which is located two hours northeast of Munich.
And boy was it worth the drive. The Singerhof shop is located in an old farm (the students guess it dated from the 1700s). The farm was large enough that it had its own chapel. And all the buildings surrounded a common courtyard.
Dictum’s shop on the grounds is in a stone room with vaulted ceilings and stone columns. And for the first time during all my visits to Europe, I wanted to move here.
I told Petra Steinberger, the director of Dictum, that I wanted to purchase the farm.
She shook her head.
“After me,” she said.
It was a great day of turning – introducing many students to the lathe for the first time. Tomorrow we return to Munich to start making the leather for the seats.
If, of course, the rivets we ordered actually arrive.
— Christopher Schwarz
Uh oh! You back in the weeds taking pictures .. or short cuts. Stay clear of the poison ivy or whatever poison thing they have over there. 🙂 Signed, Jealous
Boy, if those old walls could talk !
You must have found the beer vending machine!
You are in the right place to do work like this! This looks like an old monastery!
The Latin Verb would be:
“laborare est orare”
Enjoy!
Lathes instead of cows :)) a Lathe barn – nice
Actually, a farm like this is much more affordable in the French countryside. If you really want to be tempted…
So a couple of questions come to my mind. The interior doesn’t look like it was originally designed to be a workshop; so, what was the original use for the building? Are there two levels in the interior? The outside shots look like there should be another level, but the interior shots don’t seem to go as high as the exterior appears it should.
You can’t find this in Kentucky? 🙂