On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:43:05 -0400, "Bill"
wrote:


Are most woodworkers artists or engineers, or neither, or both?
For the sake of narrowing the field, feel free to assume the population of
this forum.

More than ever, I keep getting inclinations that I should be drawing and
drafting.
I think I can draw better than people who can't. ; ) My dad was a civil
engineer
who made copious plans for "everything". His buddy was a civil engineer
who
made projects (mostly "rustic stuff") by the seat of this pants!

I may try SketchUp (motivated by the recent "How To Design Furniture"
publication
by Taunton Press). I didn't think the 4-page introduction to the software
was detailed enough--but it was nice to learn about the (free) software. I
may give it a
try it in a few minutes...just to see whether it may be worthwhile for me.
I can
hardly wait gulp! ; )

Bill


I'm a retired engineer. I can't design a round hole without creating
a Pro-E model of it first :-)

One time when our daughter was about 9 or 10 she needed a birdhouse
made for a school project. I asked what kind of birds are suppose to
live in it? How big will it need to be? Will it have a roof with a
peak or will it just have a single slope? She responded with "I don't
know but let's go to the shop start cuttin'." At that point I began
to wonder if she was mine :-)

Gordon Shumway

One positive thing about 'Cash for Clunkers' is that
it took thousands of Obama bumper stickers off the road.