Reality Woodworking Show ?

Hoosier_Daddy · Feb 3, 2004

I have this thing about weekends that comes natural to me. You can ask Wifey, Kids and any of my close friends about it.

I tend to bleed at some time before Monday morning.

Because of this I have adapted a theory: "If the wound heals well in a few days then this 54 year old body is in good health".

Tom

dummy · Feb 4, 2004

My new Grizzly tool catalog came yesterday. As I was perusing the pages, I realized it's not as much about all the neat tools that Norm and the others have. Alot of it is the dedicated SPACE thay have available. If I want to cut a full sheet of plywood on the table saw, I usually have to move 2 or 3 other things out of the way first. And the dedicated paint room looks surprisingly exactly like my layout area and workbench area and......

wroughtn_harv · Feb 4, 2004

( I tend to bleed at some time before Monday morning.)

I can relate to that. It's just that I bleed all week it seems. And it's always been that way. The kids learned to count by sitting on my lap and counting "owies".

The pad on my right thumb disappeared when it encountered a fluting blade on the table saw while doing my deck. Yup, my redwood deck has a fluted surface. About halfway through I slipped, just a little, but enough. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

What was hilarious about that was after I drove myself to the emergency room the old doctor informed he could take some skin from my backside to replace the part lost to the saw. Instantly I saw giving some of my fellow commuters a good old thumbs up instead of, well, you know. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

We had a small weinerschnitzel at the time. So when I got back to the house I pulled the table saw, radial arm saw, router table etc out into the drive to continue where I'd left off. I looked down at the pile of sawdust from the accident and there was the dog rooting through like a hog in a slough.

So ever since when someone asked why I didn't have it sewed back on I tell them that the dog ate it. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

But now with an old man's skin as thin as onion paper I bleed all the time. It never bothers me but it irritates the wife when I stain another shirt or jeans. Spooks some of the customers too. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Boondox · Feb 4, 2004

Efficient use of space is something we all strive for, but till my shop was recently enlarged I was in the hurt locker where space was concerned. Now my big woodworking table doubles as an outfeed table for both the table saw and the band saw, both of which are on casters and can be wheeled out of the way. I'm building a miter saw station right into my lumber storage racking to save more space. And lastly, with the higher ceiling all of my cabinets will be well up so they don't cut into that precious floor space.

But I sure wish these ideas would have come to me years ago! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Pete

Golfgar4 · Feb 4, 2004

( I tend to bleed at some time before Monday morning.
)

Geesh, I need to show this thread to my wife! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

It seems that at some point every Sunday, my wife asks me what part of me I damaged this weekend. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif She says that if she ever sees me without a wound on my body somewhere, she'll check my pulse because I'll probably be dead and not moving! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

dummy · Feb 4, 2004

A neat trick I saw for a new shop setup. Next to the lumber rack / feed table, my brother-in-law installed a window. Why? He explained that it was so he could back up the truck to the window and unload the lumber without allowing all of the heat to escape the shop, plus if something was just a tad too long for the saw - just hang it out the window!

trkbldr · Feb 4, 2004

Golfgar4, your name and previous posts certainly indicate you are an avid golfer. My question is, how do you get so banged up on the golf course? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JazzDad · Feb 4, 2004

Like most, I've got my battle scars. Unfortunately, the wood usually wins.

What gets me about these shows is the time compression. I have never been able to build a barn in 30 minutes (minus the times out for the commercials).

I could co-host the new show. I got a name for it even: This Old Putz. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Golfgar4 · Feb 4, 2004

( My question is, how do you get so banged up on the golf course? )

HAH! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Those hard balls can go off in all different kinds of directions when they hit things like trees, buildings, carts, ball washer stands, trash cans, fences, and people!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Actually, I get banged up from doing the chores around the house. So to protect myself, I tell my wife I have to play lots of golf ..........it's called SELF PRESERVATION!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

wroughtn_harv · Feb 5, 2004

( So to protect myself, I tell my wife I have to play lots of golf ..........it's called SELF PRESERVATION!! )

My experience with golf was a little different than yours. In my early twenties I worked at the phone company, was married, going to college at night via VA, and decided to learn to play golf because, well, guys at work did it on weekends.

I bought the stuff, took the lessons, and it darn near drove me crazy. Everyone else on the course was having a good time, an occasional beer, lots of laughing, etc. Of all the things I do well screwing up isn't high on the list. And with golf it seemed that I could get close but it was still a miss. "An inch is as good as a mile" took on a whole new meaning. It didn't take long to figure out that golf gave one more opportunities for screwing up than it did for screwing off. I had to stop or blow a gasket.

Needless to say after starting golf I had to have a legitimate reason for not continuing. Quitting isn't a nice word, doesn't fit well if you know what I mean.

So I became "busy".

And "busy" became "fun".

It's worked well all these years.

But every now and then I'll be off, oh, just a little bit. I'll think of golf, and get "busy" before I blow a fuse. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif