Tim Daneliuk wrote:
I'll 'fess up, I've most of the things below at least once and sometimes
more than once -
Hrmph. I don't consider myself a woodworking rookie, but there are a bunch
on here I haven't done.
- You've blown a hole in the door of your garage-cum-workshop when a piece
of oak gets trapped between the router bit going 24,000 rpm and the
Nope. It didn't leave a hole. It was a table saw, not a router. It hit
the wall, not the door.
- Your saw blade cost as much/more than your table saw.
Nope. I can't see it either. Decent saws are $300-$2,000... Is there
actually a saw blade that costs more than $300?
- The only thing original about your table saw is the the motor and
the on-off switch.
I haven't customized this POS at all.
- You'd rather take SWMBO (She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed) to a jewelry store than
Hell no! Why pay money for useless pieces of shiny metal and rock that
don't do anything?
Besides, we don't have any woodworking stores.
- You have storage problems because you cannot bear to part with that
"gorgeous grained" 2" wide piece of cherry offcut.
Yes, definitely.
- You own more than one router, and realize that you probably "need"
more still.
I only own one, and I hate it. I might change my mind about routers once I
get a real one though.
- You ask SWMBO if it would be alright to install an air compressor system
Air tools are for grease monkeys.
- You're a white-collar professional who has to go to Bermuda once
a year to ever actually see daylight, but own a big, bad truck and
insist you bought it for "practical" reasons.
I'd like to buy a truck, but a used truck costs four times more than a used
car, because trucks are currently "cool." I know a lady at Lowe's who pays
more on her truck payment than I pay on my house payment. That's nuts.
- You dropped your subscriptions to Sports Illustrated and Playboy to
leave more time to read through the new Tool Crib And Trend Lines
catalogs which appear in your mailbox every two or three days.
Sports suck, and Playboy is boring. Who needs porn when you have a gorgeous
200-pound hottie at home anyway?
- Your fantasy life includes dreams of the 14" Radial Arm Saw at Home
Depot.
I have no desire to buy a RAS. My fantasy life includes dreams of copious
square footage, big juice, and industrial quality wood mangling machines.
- You spend as much/more time building fixtures, jigs, tooling, and
storage
for same as you do actually building final projects.
Definitely.
- Your own list of household "Things To Do" is much longer than the one
SWMBO has for you.
Yup.
- You go to a trendy party or business function and spend half the evening
admiring the finish on the oak bar. Others join you. All of you
ignore the stunning 23 year old blonde bartender/actress.
Not a chance. Well, maybe a chance since she's blonde, but if she's a
brunette or redhead, forget the bar.
Besides, I'm too busy in my shop to have time to waste on something stupid
like going to a party.
- You have memorized the features, prices, virtues, and vices of every
Delta, DeWalt, Jet and Grizzly power tool. You have saved up for the
ones you want. You cannot buy them because there isn't a free square
inch of space in your garage-cum-workshop.
More or less, except for the having saved up bit.
- You contemplate petitioning the Homeowner's Association for your
townhome
Hell no! I wouldn't live in a neighborhood that had a Homeowner's
Association. I'm a homeowner, dammit! That means if it isn't illegal,
it's nobody's business. Paint it purple and fill the yard with pukey ducks
and pink flamingos. Let my grass grow to the bottom of the windows! Yeah!
I don't tell anybody else what to do, and if people don't like what I do,
they can **** off. That's why I make house payments and pay property
taxes.
- You start designing your Dream House which turns out to be an efficiency
apartment over a 35,000 sq ft shop. You are thwarted by SWMBO who
firmly believes that living quarters should include a kitchen and
bathroom.
50,000 sq ft, and on the same level as the shop.
- You consider your investment in Law School/Engineering/Medicine/Business
a "complete waste" and ponder the $6/hr apprenticeship being offered
at the local cabinet-maker's shop as a real career opportunity.
If only...
So anyway, that was only a few yups. I guess I fail.
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Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
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