Now that the last of the kids has been packed off to college it is time
to have some fun...

Is there an something introductory available for those of us who have a
quarter of a century of near rust except for household trivia?

Immediate interest is kitchen cabinets, but real interest is in
furniture perhaps moving into carving and inlay work.

George

PS. http://www.r-bonomi.com/rec.woodworking/ doesn't work.

on behalf of wrote:

Is there an something introductory available for those of us who have a
quarter of a century of near rust except for household trivia?

Hrm... FAQ? Maybe. I have no idea. There probably is, but who cares.
Pull up a chair and sit a spell. You'll figure it out.

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George wrote:
Now that the last of the kids has been packed off to college it is time
to have some fun...

I'm doing an experiment this week between Christmas and New
Years to see if retirement life can be fun for me. So far
the early results indicate a resounding yes. Sadly it's not
an experiment I can continue.

sigh...

Is there an something introductory available for those of us who have a
quarter of a century of near rust except for household trivia?

This makes it sound like you'd like an intro to Al Gore's
Wunderful Whirled Wide Web in which case yes there are sites
out there as well as books. It's been nearly a decade but I
found the Dummy's Guide a good intro. No really/not a put
down.

Immediate interest is kitchen cabinets, but real interest is in
furniture perhaps moving into carving and inlay work.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Now this sounds like you'd like an intro to
wreck.wood in which case I'd suggest a trip to Google and
specifically the newsgroup archives. Google the word FAQ
and slide down to the name David Eisen.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...n&lr=&ie=UTF-8

Then it's just a matter of hanging out.

PS. http://www.r-bonomi.com/rec.woodworking/ doesn't work.

I can imagine.

UA100

Unisaw A100 wrote in
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Now this sounds like you'd like an intro to
wreck.wood in which case I'd suggest a trip to Google and
specifically the newsgroup archives. Google the word FAQ
and slide down to the name David Eisen.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...n&lr=&ie=UTF-8

Then it's just a matter of hanging out.

PS. http://www.r-bonomi.com/rec.woodworking/ doesn't work.

I can imagine.

UA100


And no one can really understand this place without this link:

http://www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html

Patriarch

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:12:42 GMT, Unisaw A100 wrote:

George wrote:
Now that the last of the kids has been packed off to college it is time
to have some fun...

I'm doing an experiment this week between Christmas and New
Years to see if retirement life can be fun for me. So far
the early results indicate a resounding yes. Sadly it's not
an experiment I can continue.

sigh...


I got to do that experiment for the past 3 weeks (had some PTO I *had* to
take). Yep, I could be a retired person, nope, can't afford to be a
retired person. :-( I do know that, as long as sufficient funds are
available to fund my habit, I would *not* be bored. I made tremendous
strides on my entertainment center -- got all 12 drawers cut and assembled,
as of this afternoon, 8 of them have been installed. Sidenote: the 12
drawers were an addition to the WoodSmith plan. One of those,"I can add
drawers instead of shelves, it shouldn't be that much extra work" dumb
ideas. Oh, "and I'll do rabbeted 1/2 blind dovetails since they'll look
better" just to add another bunch of hours to the process.



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Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry

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Mark & Juanita wrote in
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snip
I made tremendous
strides on my entertainment center -- got all 12 drawers cut and
assembled, as of this afternoon, 8 of them have been installed.
Sidenote: the 12 drawers were an addition to the WoodSmith plan. One
of those,"I can add drawers instead of shelves, it shouldn't be that
much extra work" dumb ideas. Oh, "and I'll do rabbeted 1/2 blind
dovetails since they'll look better" just to add another bunch of
hours to the process.


I've learned that, at some point, it's just 'showing off', the wife gets
real impatient, and I just want the darn thing finished and off of the
bench. If I'd have kept it simpler to begin with, it would likely have
been better, because I would have been interested all of the way to the
end.

Anybody remember "Short Attention Span Theater"?

Patriarch

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:06:00 GMT, Patriarch
wrote:

Mark & Juanita wrote in
:

snip
I made tremendous
strides on my entertainment center -- got all 12 drawers cut and
assembled, as of this afternoon, 8 of them have been installed.
Sidenote: the 12 drawers were an addition to the WoodSmith plan. One
of those,"I can add drawers instead of shelves, it shouldn't be that
much extra work" dumb ideas. Oh, "and I'll do rabbeted 1/2 blind
dovetails since they'll look better" just to add another bunch of
hours to the process.


I've learned that, at some point, it's just 'showing off', the wife gets
real impatient, and I just want the darn thing finished and off of the
bench. If I'd have kept it simpler to begin with, it would likely have
been better, because I would have been interested all of the way to the
end.


So far, she's been quite patient and is happy with how things are turning
out. With the exception of the rabbetted part, this was good practice for
the kitchen drawers for the remodel to follow building the bunk-bed/study
center for our son -- so, say 3 years down the road. ;-)

Anybody remember "Short Attention Span Theater"?

Patriarch



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Now we'll just use some glue to hold things in place until the brads dry

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Mark & Juanita wrote:
Yep, I could be a retired person, nope, can't afford to be a
retired person. :-( I do know that, as long as sufficient funds are
available to fund my habit, I would *not* be bored.


Is it Japan that designates certain people as National
Treasures? These are usually artists and artisans who
receive grants for just being and these grants allow them to
go on about their lives doing their works without the
pressures of *making a living*.

Me? I'm thinking that's one of the things wrong with this
country. That and the fact that I'd never be one of the
chosen few who would be paid to do the things I really like.

Hmmm and of course, sigh...

UA100

"Unisaw A100" wrote in message
...
Mark & Juanita wrote:
Yep, I could be a retired person, nope, can't afford to be a
retired person. :-( I do know that, as long as sufficient funds are
available to fund my habit, I would *not* be bored.


Is it Japan that designates certain people as National
Treasures? These are usually artists and artisans who
receive grants for just being and these grants allow them to
go on about their lives doing their works without the
pressures of *making a living*.

Me? I'm thinking that's one of the things wrong with this
country. That and the fact that I'd never be one of the
chosen few who would be paid to do the things I really like.

If you get elected President you get your salary for life plus other perks.

Much thanks to Patriarch for clearing up a lot of things by posting
the link to the Anti-Faq.

As a newbie who finally got around to organizing his tiny workshop,
and wondering if a table saw would even work in there, I was much
relieved to know that there was no reason to drop thousands of dollars
on so-called "quality" equipment. Maybe I'll give my Sears card a good
workout.

Also, the frivolity of doing dove-tail joints finally became clear to
me. So much money, so much detail. I'm working on a way to fake the
look of dovetail with my dremel. Nobody will notice. And all the more
time for beer drinking in front of the tube.

For those of you who are still wasting their time and money with
meaningless and endless fiddling, this faq will change your life:

http://www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking...aq.html#sect11