"Man In The Doorway"
What drives the common woodworker? A deeply suppressed desire to please
the long deceased father who never gave him love as a child? The need
to be seen as an alpha male by everyone else around him? The
insecurities of being a non-intellectual blue-collar common man with
calluses on his hands and feet?
Why do hobbyist woodworkers feel the need to own the same caliber tools
as the professionals? Is there really anything wrong with Craftsman or
Black and Decker products? Probably not. Insecurity motivates too many
woodworkers to waste hard earned cash on tools they have absolutely no
use for. Why do they feel such a need to show off, when nobody really
cares what they own? .... when nobody really cares about their
projects? .... when anyone could go out and buy the same desk, futon,
or humidor for half of what is costs to build one?
Insecurity!


What a load of crap. Tripe indeed. Personally I feel perfectly secure and I LOVE
the beauty of classical woodworking and the classical results. What the hell is
your problem??? Because, to quote my ever lovin' Mother:

"you're lookin' in a mirror"

Alex