I must say this is a strange thread. I may have come in a bit late on
the subject, but in my view....money is time and time is money. It's
just what value each individual puts on each that determine their avenue
of approach to things. One thing for sure, attacking each other in this
manner is just a waste of time, energy and if one sees fit to
include...money. Wouldn't you rather be planning or building your next
woodworking project (whatever it may be) than bickering over the
perception of what's more important...money or time.

DM

Bay Area Dave wrote in
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I agree with the squirrel on this one...Not everyone enjoys making all
of their shop equipment; they've got their eye on the furniture
making, or whatever wood projects suit their fancy. Some guys will
scrounge around for weeks or months for a used motor, pulleys,
switches, wire, brackets, pulleys, nuts/bolts, belts, framistans,
doohickeys, thingamjigs, whatchacallits, etc instead of shelling out
$89 for a belt sander. To each his own. Try not to be so critical of
those who focus their energies in this endeavor we all refer to as
"Woodworking". Narrow-mindedness never solved anything.

dave

Upscale wrote:

Secret wrote in message
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(RM MS) wrote in
news:29796-3F4F97E4-63@storefull- 2293.public.lawson.webtv.net:
And the value of that time is what? 0?
I'm all for do it yourself and being inventive, but sometimes it's
just frivolous. I could put in 2 hours of overtime, and make FAR more
than what the cost of the factory built base is, purchase the
purpose-built welded steel item and still have money left over.
More-over with spare time being at a premium, I'd rather work on the
projects that interest me than spend time dicking around trying to
cobble up solutions to problems that have already been solved. I
suspect that I'm far from alone in that


With an outlook like that, why would you do any woodworking at all?
Everything you've ever made has likely been made by someone else and
is just as likely forsale somewhere cheaper than what you could make
at your job. The joy is in the making, the fixing and the sense of
accomplishment, not a cost/time ratio based against your job. With
your outlook, it must be really difficult to construct anything.