Niki

[jow104]

I have learnt of the sad new of Niki a true woodwork forum member here and other forums worldwide.

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Niki passed away this week after a long illness (info from an e-mail a friend of mine on another forum received).

Condolences to his wife Regina on this sad news.

Ray

[jmk89]

That is very sad.

Regina and Niki will be in my thoughts and prayers. His innovative jigs made from simple materials were an inspiration to me.

[munruben]

What terribly sad news. Niki contributed so much to this forum and other forums over the years. His incredible ability to create jigs that were super standard will be a monument to him.
My thoughts go out to his wife and family. It is indeed a very sad loss to all.

[wheelinround]

My heart felt sadness as I read this Niki will surely be missed his ideas and WIP's shall remain for all to see.

[Cliff Rogers]

Bugger.

[artme]

Sad news indeed. We knew Niki had had some problems but his last post indicated he was OK.

My thoughts are with his family.

[Groggy]

Sad days indeed.

For those who didn't know niki, here is a list of all his threads:

niki's threads (http://www.woodworkforums.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=9000&starteronly=1)

[munruben]

Sad days indeed.

For those who didn't know niki, here is a list of all his threads:

niki's threads (http://www.woodworkforums.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=9000&starteronly=1)Thanks for that Groggy, unfortunately many of the pictures included in the original threads have been removed from their location and not available any longer to view which is a pity. Nevertheless, there are some good threads well worth reading again.

[jmk89]

How about a memorial from the forum for niki - use the wayback machine (http://www.archive.org/index.php)to retrieve niki's photos and make his threads a library collection?

[wheelinround]

How about a memorial from the forum for niki - use the wayback machine (http://www.archive.org/index.php)to retrieve niki's photos and make his threads a library collection?


:clap::repplus:

I know Niki was a member of a number of forums and he had been trying to update the photo's and some of the jigs until he took ill.

I'll do a search on the other forums and see what I can find.

Ray

[ToothFairy]

What a tragedy. What a loss.

- Michael

[joe greiner]

Worst news so far this year.

+2 for a memorial.

Without cheers,
Joe

[jow104]

:clap::repplus:

I know Niki was a member of a number of forums and he had been trying to update the photo's and some of the jigs until he took ill.

I'll do a search on the other forums and see what I can find.

Ray


There are some links to help you along here perhaps, I hope you dont mind if I piggie back on your post with Ukworkshop.


Woodworking Spotlight – Niki Avrahami | Tom's Workbench (http://tomsworkbench.com/2008/01/25/woodworking-spotlight-niki-avrahami/)

[jow104]

Here I think are all the ukworkshop entries.

The wonderful world of Niki's Jigs :: UKworkshop.co.uk (http://ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/the-wonderful-world-of-niki-s-jigs-t21712.html?highlight=wonderful%20nikis%20jigs)

[Mr Brush]

Very sad news indeed......

Hopefully one way or another all of Niki's (considerable) contributions can be preserved on the forum.

[Batpig]

Yes - sad alright. He was a true gentleman - always helpful, always polite, always enthusiastic. The ideal embodiment of the true spirit of Woodworking - an international "language" in itself that is understood in most countries, and has helped in its way to keep barriers down...

Rest In Peace Niki. We hope you've truly found "Shalom" in the Promised Land...

[wheelinround]

There are some links to help you along here perhaps, I hope you dont mind if I piggie back on your post with Ukworkshop.


Woodworking Spotlight – Niki Avrahami | Tom's Workbench (http://tomsworkbench.com/2008/01/25/woodworking-spotlight-niki-avrahami/)

I had not seen that thanks for posting :2tsup:

also for the UKforums list I am going to e busy for the next few days so the other one's I'll have to find will take a while.

Its the photo's that need the preservation as Niki stored them elsewhere these could soon be lost due to inactivity or if he paid for it.

Ray

[wheelinround]

I have just been through the UK forums links and I think thats the whole lot as Niki used to post the same on all forums.


Ray

EDIT 9.23am Only difference would be the comments and responses made on each forum which could/would envoke new ideas and thoughts.

[DJ’s Timber]

Just to let you all know, Niki's images here on the forum will be saved and uploaded directly to the forum's server over the next few weeks in case we lose any, due to inactivity on the Photobucket account.

[munruben]

Just to let you all know, Niki's images here on the forum will be saved and uploaded directly to the forum's server over the next few weeks in case we lose any, due to inactivity on the Photobucket account.Thats great news DJ:2tsup:

[Bob38S]

What a bugger.

- here was a bloke who appeared to get the world's greatest pleasure out of sharing an original idea or offering suggestions as to how a jig/process could be improved.

Definitely one of the "Givers" of this world - Niki, your ideas, comments, thoughts will certainly be missed.

My condolences to the family.

Bob

[petersemple]

I haven't built any of Niki's jigs, but I have admired the creativity and workmanship he put into them, and the enthusiasm with which he displayed and described them, as well as the simplicity of a lot of them.

Peter

[Al B]

Sad news indeed!! My condolences to his family. I've always enjoyed the information and pics that Nikki always put into his posts, he seemed to always come up with some great ideas and willing to offer advice when required.

[K_S]

Always sad to lose anyone, but more so if popular and a contributor.

[graemet]

What a shame we all have to go sometime, in Niki's case it was far too soon. I always enjoyed his posts and insights into any problems he encountered.
RIP mate.

[jmk89]

Here's an appreciation of Niki (http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/02/22/put-it-down/) by Tom Iovino

[wheelinround]

Here's an appreciation of Niki (http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/02/22/put-it-down/) by Tom Iovino


Thanks for that :2tsup: it would be nice if his family knew how much he was appreciated and they could see the world wide tributes.

[jow104]

Thanks for that :2tsup: it would be nice if his family knew how much he was appreciated and they could see the world wide tributes.


Ray who is a ukworkshop member as well as this forum (think Triton) posted this on the uk forum

Argee



Yes, links to all the comments from all the forums have been sent to Regina, who has been very touched by them.

Here is a link to another forum with loads of Niki's jigs - some of which you might not have seen before.

Ray

[wheelinround]

Ray who is a ukworkshop member as well as this forum (think Triton) posted this on the uk forum

Argee



Yes, links to all the comments from all the forums have been sent to Regina, who has been very touched by them.

Here is a link to another forum with loads of Niki's jigs - some of which you might not have seen before.

Ray

That fantastic news :U:U haven't been to UKforum for a bit so will have to go visit and have a read.

Thanks for the heads up.

Ray

[Workingwoods]

Apologies in advance for dragging up an old thread, but I figured the folks here might be interested. (And Mods please feel free to move this if you think it should be in a separate thread.)

I'm Vaughn McMillan, a woodworker (woodturner, primarily) and a technical writer and editor. Although I don't recall posting here before, I've peeked in for several years. Some of you may know me from other woodworking forums. I'm one of the founders of the Family Woodworking forums and one of the Admins there. Like many of you, I was an online friend and admirer of Niki's.

Niki's widow Regina has asked me to help her on a book project. We have begun gathering and cataloging all of Niki's tutorial posts from all the forums he posted to, and plan to publish them in paperback book form as a tribute to his work. It is Regina's intent to create a permanent and tangible record of Niki's ingenuity, and make it available (most likely via Amazon so it can be distributed worldwide) at an affordable cost to as many people as possible. Her motive is to share and honor, not profit. Regina has no book publishing experience, so when I mentioned to her that I do, she asked me to help. For the record, my only payment will be the knowledge that I'm helping to honor a man who selflessly helped thousands of other woodworkers.

As you likely know, Niki participated in quite a few forums around the world. Although he often posted the same pictures and tutorials on different sites, the comments and questions that followed those posts differed from site to site, and those discussions often added details or clarity to Niki's original post. Gathering all of those posts is going to be a formidable task. (Due to copyright and content ownership issues, we don't plan to include quoted posts from others, but we may decide to summarize specific questions and include Niki's answers in the book.)

I am mentioning this project to you, since we could use some help gathering questions and comments regarding Niki's posts here at Woodwork Forums. I'm looking for someone who has the time and ability to extract Niki's threads (including the comments) from the forums here and put them into consolidated files (Word documents, preferably). We're mostly interested in the text, since the photos were the same from forum to forum.

If you can help, please send me a message at book [at] workingwoods.com. If you can't help, I understand and appreciate your time.

Thanks in advance, and if you have any bright ideas that might help us or the book, please don't hesitate to let me know.

All the best -

- Vaughn McMillan

BTW, Regina still checks in on the many forums Niki frequented, and she truly appreciates the outpouring of support shown by the woodworking community worldwide. She's the person who directed me to this forum. :wink:

[artme]

Vaughn what you are about to embark on is a wonderful idea and will probably prove to be a fascinating journey.

All the best to you and Regina in your endeavours. The results will be eagerly awaited by many woodworkers around the world.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[wheelinround]

Vaughn I have a great selection saved pages of Niki's material off this forum Groggy off this forum did a selection link this is Niki's material off the UK Forum The wonderful world of Niki's Jigs :: UKworkshop.co.uk (http://ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/the-wonderful-world-of-niki-s-jigs-t21712.html?highlight=wonderful%20nikis%20jigs)

I downloaded from the UK forum a PDF of all his post its a large file 67meg :C I can't locate it its not in my Niki's Jigs folder it was put together by one of the UK forumites.:2tsup: :U The link is in the above thread but here is the download link
http://yourhome.org.uk/The_Wonderful_World_of_Nikis_Jigs.pdf

Vaughn hope this helps

Ray

[Workingwoods]

Ray, thanks much for the links. (Downloading the PDF as I type.) I had previously seen (and bookmarked) the list of Niki's posts on the UK Forum, but the PDF file is new to me, and it's going to be an excellent resource. Again, thanks. :2tsup: Do you happen to know who on the UK Forum put it together? I'd like to thank them personally for the help.

[wheelinround]

Mods my apologies in advance for doing this but its for a good no that should be a great cause.

Vaughn the fellow is down the list of the first link of posts here is his post, I have just noticed that it was a 2008 and I reckon from then till Niki's passing there has still got to be quite a few missing.




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(http://ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/posting.php?mode=quote&p=241632) It's annoying when the pictures disappear from old posts, and I didn't want to loose all of Niki's wonderful jigs the next time a photo site goes out of business, so a couple of nights ago, I pointed a web crawler at this page, and compiled the results into one massive PDF file (complete with an index).

It's 67MB and a whopping 1202 pages long, so don't expect it to download too quickly.

http://yourhome.org.uk/The_Wonderful_World_of_Nikis_Jigs.pdf
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[wheelinround]

Vaghn just did a "all Niki's posts for this forum serach" http://www.woodworkforums.com/search.php?searchid=5795164

Ray

[Workingwoods]

Mods my apologies in advance for doing this but its for a good no that should be a great cause.

Vaughn the fellow is down the list of the first link of posts here is his post, I have just noticed that it was a 2008 and I reckon from then till Niki's passing there has still got to be quite a few missing.

Awesome, and thanks. http://tg3k.com/images/Smilies/clap.gif

BTW, I've not had a chance to check yet, but there's a possibility that the PDF file has some of the missing photos that were lost on Niki's old Photobucket account. We are hoping to find the original (full size) versions of Niki's pictures, but at this point, any photos are good photos.

[wheelinround]

Again to much in a hurry Vaughn in This post by Groggy in this thread is his link

http://www.woodworkforums.com/f68/niki-113616/#post1115091