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"Leon" wrote:

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IIRC Robatoy makes his living selling and installing counter tops. His
experience with a blade manufacturer that may target his industry may not be
the same as one that targets and services the woodworking industry. I will
agree that Robatoy makes generous contributions to this group.

*coughs*......

*wipes tear*

First of all, I want to thank the Academy

*swallows*


............for the kind words.

G

Leon recalls it, mostly correct, that I sell, fabricate and install
counter tops. I do all my own solid surface fabrication and have since
1988. I farm out the eStone (Silestone etc) and granite to some
excellent suppliers.
However, I got into the full swing of woodworking 30 years ago.
Loudspeaker boxes. Nice ones, veneered etc. A LOT of speaker boxes.
Accuracy becomes important when you make the same operation 100 times.
You screw up one tweeter hole, you screw up 100. I have built a lot of
jigs. You get fish-eyes in your finish on one box due to silicone
contamination, *I*'d be sanding till the wee hours... after a few years
the shine went off mass production and I started doing more custom work.
Wall units, that kinda thing.
It feels weird making a potato bin out of pine on a 12" SCM/Altendorf
sliding table saw. That 5 HP 600 volt 3-phase motor justa bored stiff.
Then residential and commercial cabinetry, kitchens, displays etc.
Edgebanders, that kinda stuff. Then in 1988 I added Corian to the
line-up. Just another addition to a vast array of 'multi-mediums'.
Many of you here know what I mean. Aluminum, steel, glass, neon,
plastics, HPL, laminated metals and so on. (*Tips hat to Mr. Watson on
that great video posted here some time back.) Every day a new challenge.

Statistics, (which are wrong 50% of the time) say that only 5% of the
working population truly love their job. I can safely say that I am and
have been a lucky man. There were some times when I wished I had done
something else, like when locked-up at 5PM on a Friday to do renovation
work at a bank...locked up till Sunday morning... yup..5 of us..I though
I had a good idea...get the job done. Running out of a certain fastener
at 4 AM really sucks. (Worked out fine, btw)
Or starting a gig at 3:00 AM at a Casino that HAD to be done before 8:AM
When I semi-retired (f*ucked up knees (arthritis)) in Sept 2003, I sold
and left all of the cabinet stuff behind, but kept the solid surface
clients.

***music****

The cortisone shots have really worked nicely. I am so amazed and
grateful.

(***music is getting louder****)

Sooooo...maybe a small cabinet for the hallway? I promised my wife a
head board... I like the mission style. (oops.. a double entendre??)
So even though I am a casual woodworker now, I have made a lot of
mistakes in my life that I am more than happy to share. You know, silly
****, like not taking out a zero clearance insert....G

0¿0

Rob