Ms Debbie P's 2007 Shop Tour and Inspection #13: Wednesday Workshop: Gary CN"s Man Cave with a side trip to the comics.

phew.. that was quite the journey, getting to your shop, Gary!
Thanks for the invite.

I have to say, stepping into your shop made me a little embarrassed—in our shop at home, we have dust and cobwebs hanging from the floor above us. And the floor … well.. ours is not sparkling clean like yours, let’s just say that!

I also really liked how you have hung your tools on the wall for easy access. We don’t have “walls” ...just some pink insulation.
You are an inspiration.

Congrats on the well-deserved “pass”.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great shop.

Although, on these inspections we better not catch Deb trying to smuggle any wood across the boarder into Canada…...

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Which direction is that wood smuggling concern?

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Into Canada….. There is some valuable Osage Orange in that part of the country….

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Gary;

A nicely organized shop. Very clean so big points there.

Good job!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Should have pick up some while in Kansas. 75% of the fence posts in the rural areas are Osage Orange (Hedgeapple). More evidence of my misspent youth, I could have been an Osage Orange lumber tycoon.

Song time! (to the tune of Frank Zappa’s _Montana)

Movin’ back to Kansas soon,
Gonna be an Osage Orange tycoon.
Grow it up,
Choppin’ it down
puttin’ it in a little box
I can ship to Hamilton (Ontario)…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Lee – too clean I’d say – no woodworking being don here. LOL

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

ha I’m growing my OWN osage orange!! Not sure the person on the lawn mower appreciates it.. but I like it!!! :)
And when i’m 90 I can cut it down, dry it ‘til I’m 95 and then build something with it…

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Wait till the thorns come in. Rick’s gonna love it.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Another great tour. Thanks Guys and gals.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Thanks for the Kudos, It’s still somewhat clean right now. I’ll post a photo of the just
completed Extreme Cape Cod Birdhouse soon. I’m sure I have a photo or 2 with the place a mess.

Gary

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

oh it has thorns!!!! those babies are HUGE!!

Gary.. what a beautiful pix.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

That’s a dandy shop. Too clean and makes me feel bad as I wade through the shavings and sawdust here. “Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati”? Is flunkus a real Latin word? I take that to mean, “We only fail when we die.” Is that correct? Sorta reminds me of Gus’s Motto on the Hat Creek Cattle Company sign in “Lonesome Dove”. I never understood that one either.
Tom

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

It’s dog Latin for “When all else fails, play dead.” (from the New Red Green show, or so I’m told)
Kind of like “Nil Illegitimo Caborundum”, Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down, which was adopted by “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell, US general in the Pacific Theater of Operations in WWII.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Re Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

It’s posted on the door here” http://www.redgreen.com/": with translation

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

Okay, it’s beat the bushes time in tour land. I have no prospects lined up for next week’s tour.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

no volunteers?? Say it ain’t so!!!!

I’m ready and waiting…

(photo by Douglas, of course)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Get on the bus!
We have a winner for the coming week. But, there are only so many slots open for the 2007 shop tours. If any of you were vaguely considering volunteering to allow us to use your posted shop pictures for the tour now is the time to send a message.

I personally would like to balance out the yin-yang essence of these tours by seeing the shop of one of the growing number of female woodworkers joining on here (I find it encouraging that there seems to be a number of females coming aboard. The nurturant qualities of Lumberjocks versus some of the other boastful/flame-war/chest-thumping forums would seem to make this a more likely occurence, IMHO).

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Great shop Gary.

LOL…sweet ride Deb.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

isn’t it awesome Bob?? !!
Now if only I knew how to drive a standard!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)