Woodworking's fringe benefits

[Gary 669]

Touching wood. And lots of it.

 

Ha! I see what you did there, says the 13 year old in me.

[chefmagnus@grics.net 41]

You can get your own wood putty from your ears...

Chef

[nginear 7]

The look of shock and surprise not only on my face, but on my wife's when something actually turns out the way it was planned.

[Rick A McQuay 72]

Mostly I enjoy making something tangible but with woodworking specifically there isn't anything I don't enjoy except when a machine is working correctly. And of course I love the aforementioned throngs of women that follow me as I walk through town with a finely tuned #4 on my hip and dual #8's strapped across my back. There might even be a Stanley 220 tucked in my boot, just in case. Always ready to make quick shavings of any errant lumber that crosses my path. Girls picking up the shavings that trail me everywhere and saving it in their scrapbook. It's like an Axe commercial.

[Coop 6397]

Mostly I enjoy making something tangible but with woodworking specifically there isn't anything I don't enjoy except when a machine is working correctly. And of course I love the aforementioned throngs of women that follow me as I walk through town with a finely tuned #4 on my hip and dual #8's strapped across my back. There might even be a Stanley 220 tucked in my boot, just in case. Always ready to make quick shavings of any errant lumber that crosses my path. Girls picking up the shavings that trail me everywhere and saving it in their scrapbook. It's like an Axe commercial.

Then you wake up only to find your shavings have turned to sawdust and the girls are actually crows looking for a handout

[Rick A McQuay 72]

Then you wake up only to find your shavings have turned to sawdust and the girls are actually crows looking for a handout

I feel like there is a joke in there, somewhere.

[vinnyjojo 1442]

That, or it's a Moody Blues lyric from the end of Knights in white satin

[Eric. 8805]

Breathe deep the gathering gloom

Watch lights fade from every room

Bedsitter people look back and lament

Another day's useless energy spent

 

something something something

 

But we decide which is right

And which is an illusion

 

BOONNNGGGggggg

 

Love that album.

[Rick A McQuay 72]

Moody Blues, I like their stuff but my tastes were more heavy back in the day. Now I want to go listen to their albums.

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[tcarswell 67]

Being called an artist. It still blows my mind my whole life I have barely been able to draw stick figures . But with wood I can create what some people consider art.