Am i the only one who loves woodworking?

[Wood_Butcher_Dav]

I work with wood, mostly scroll saw projects, as my user name states

Dave

 

[hunterridgefarm]

I am rewiring my equipment now and hope to have the shop up and running by Thanksgiving. Here is a thread I started on woodworking

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...s-see-your-woodworking-skills.html?highlight=

 

[ESBkevin]

I enjoy working with wood. I'm not sure anyone else enjoys the products but I do it as a hobby.

Treated myself last year to a decent Table saw, planer/thicknesser, bandsaw, morticer etc. but don't have much space so have to drag it all outside to do anything much.

I have an endless source of pallets etc. from work so most things are made from those unless full classy finish is required.

After a long day/week in the office it's another release like seat time.

 

[Bird]

If I'm lucky, I can make a reasonably straight saw cut with my little cheap Craftsman table saw, but I've always admired what some others can do. One of my uncles simply said he was a "carpenter", but unlike lots of other carpenters I've known, he was NEVER unemployed and just had to insist on an occasional vacation from whatever job he was doing. He and a friend built each of their houses in the '40s, he built a lot of the furniture in their home, and he built a slide in pickup camper that was as good as any you'd find at an RV dealership. But for a living, he did such things as fancy display cases for Neiman Marcus, interior finish work on two of the most expensive hotels in Dallas, etc. When he finally retired, he still had people calling wanting to hire him to just supervise; wouldn't have to actually DO anything, but he always said he had no desire to be the boss or a supervisor; would rather do the work himself.

And now, one of our sons-in-law even has woodworking tools and equipment that I'd never heard of. By profession and education he's a mortician/funeral director/manager of a funeral home. But he's not only made some fancy "stuff" for family members, but made some of the furniture in the funeral home. And I guess, like my uncle, he's a perfectionist; won't quit until a job's exactly right, and his 2 car garage is the most completely equipped woodworking shop I've ever seen.

I can certainly admire people like those two, as well as some of you.

 

[Gunny]

I love working with wood. Right now I've got a 24x24 building dedicated to woodworking equipment and it's my hangout spot during the winter months, seems I just can't find the time during the warm seasons. I've built everything from kitchen cabinets to shaker peg coat racks.

Even then, I hesitate to call myself a woodworker, since it seems I can take $100 worth of good lumber and turn it into $0 worth of sawdust and $3 worth of kindling, but I do love it. Plus, I'm never out of kindling to start a fire during those cold months

 

[TnAndy]

My woodworking consists mostly of cabinets/millwork, but I do delve into furniture some. Heres a "one log" ash table and side benches I made for a friends house warming gift. All the ash is from the same log, with some walnut accents.

Usually I'm doing this kind of thing:

 

[4570Man]

Is anyone a wood turner? I have a well equipped flat work shop, but wood turning is more fun.

 

[JPRambo]

TnAndy I like that table. Can I steal the design? I just yesterday cut up some white oak from my Georgia property. I cut two trees down 2 years ago in July had it milled that November and stacked it. It has been air drying since. It might take me a year to get the table built, as others have said too much work not enough time.

 

[MossRoad]

I'm a fan of the "measure twice, cut once, return to the lumber yard to get another piece" rule.

Nice tables. :thumbsup:

 

[Billrog]

I enjoy playing in the workshop during the winter every thing I make is from wood I've milled off our property.Here's a few things if you have time .
A Few Projects by Bill Rogers | Photobucket