I have commandeered the basement in our house. It is the only place that my wife won't touch. I have a nice little finished room down there with some old la-z-boys and my playstation, a fridge for the adult beverages, a big hookah for my sanity. :)
The other side has my potential woodworking shop. I spent the whole day down there working yesterday, built my little girl (http://www.cvwp.com/company-staff.html) a nice little doggie bed so she can climb into a "big" bed like her owners. I thought I did a pretty good job for not having worked anything wood in 5-6 years or so. I find woodworking very relaxing, just fire up the football/baseball game on the radio, and measure and cut away. Of course, the stress level goes up when Brett Favre throws 100 interceptions during a playoff game AT HOME, but that is another tangent altogether. Ray At 02:53 PM 1/10/2005, you wrote: >On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:33:16 -0500, Jerry Johnson ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for the hand tools, I find auctions to be a good place. Most tool > collectors like bright, shiny tools. The good stuff is often available by > the box lot for $20 or so. Just picked up a set of Buck Brother chisels > and gouges (32 mixed sizes and shapes) for $25.00 in October. I haven't > reconditioned them all yet, but I have turned new handles. > >Oh man, I borrowed an old (50's) Craftsman hand plane from a friend >for a project I was working on. It was so amazing. Solid construction >and it made the most beautiful ribbons. I could shave for six feet and >get a continuous ribbon. No jittering. > >In comparison, the plane I bought new for the project from a local >hardware store barely even worked. It jittered like crazy and the >shavings were all broken and rough. > >I'd love to do woodworking, but I don't have the place for the >equipment. I can barely fit the DeWalt 12" compound miter saw as it >is. > >-Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141921 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
