If you can't beat them, join them

she did great..she’ll soon need her own LJ’s page!!!! Enjoy your time in the shop together!

-- We call the destruction of replaceable human made items vandalism, while the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources is called development.

She has a couple more yard sale finds she is refinishing now. I may have her sign up and post them herself, but she is worried about criticism. I told her people here are very accepting and supportive. Take a look at my projects list….

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Don’t Worry – Be Happy !!!!

She Done Good !!!!

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

Nice! Maybe she can give my wife a call…

-- - The mightiest oak in the forest is just a little nut that held its ground.

Nice work on her part. Sounds like good times ahead for the two of you. My wife and I fish a lot. Sometimes I just man the boat and get the net. She does just fine all by her self. I really enjoy watching her catch the fish and getting mad when she loses one. That’s the Cajun way!

a very nice save

some advice for you though

ask for a decent position and wages
if you don’t start out right
you will always be part of labor
not management

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Who knows, maybe you can make a woodworker out of her yet. She might even take over your shop. She must like doing this. Get her another antique with 15 coats of paint. She can stay busy on that and keep her mind off the shop.

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-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

She grabbed some really rough looking small, pine cabinets from an estate sale last weekend for practically nothing. We had to go to woodcraft again last night because I was out of sandpaper for the ROS and I really like the Klingspor stuff. We ended up spending about an hour in there…and … she bought herself a scroll saw. I guess it’s something she’s always wanted to do, so now she will have her chance.

As long as I don’t end up with a shop full of scented candles, doilies, and plants, it will be ok. She is very crafty anyway and a talented painter and seamstress, Honestly if she gets over her fear of power tools and gets into woodworking, I have no doubt she will surpass me in skill level in a very short time.

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The reclaimed table looks fantastic. It appears you two have a new woodworking partnership in the making. One can create and the other can finish. Good luck in determining the senior partner.

-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln

She did a swell job! Rescuing that piece and finishing it so well is quite admirable. You, my friend, are a lucky guy.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

And she was worried about criticism. Just have her read all of the above.

-- "The greatest pleasure in life is doing what others say you cannot do."-Walter Bagehot

Looks great she did a good job. Weather she does much more or not at least she can truly appreciate the process especially sanding.

-- Russ