Mr. Sawdust clearly felt a genuine appreciation for President Jimmy Carter — in part, undoubtedly, for his shared interest in the woodworking trade.

To explain a little further — better yet, to let Wallace explain it himself — here’s a little something found in the April 1981 Issue of the original Bench Talk Newsletter

April 1981

On that note, we’ll leave you here with a few photos of Jimmy, one of America’s most well-known woodworkers-in-chief —

On a related note, you can see a bit more about Jimmy Carter’s appreciation for woodworking as part of this excellent Sam Maloof documentary…