How well do you treat your tools and yourself?

I just installed brand new Freud diablo blades in my table saw and mitre saw…10” for the table and 12” for the mitre….cuts wood like butter

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

i don’t need to put duck tape over my wifes mouth i like to hear what she has to say, plus i have everything i need. you need to take a step back and look at yourself bro.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

I took your duct-tape comment in the tongue-in-cheek fashion it was (hopefully…probably!) intended :-) LOL! My wife is used to the “summer frenzy” of tool purchases ever since I announced that “for the next few years, i”m really going to focus on building up my shop.” That was a couple years ago, and I think I’m finally getting there. No new “big iron” this summer, but did get a few goodies:

—replaced my astonishingly loud Big Lots compressor with a Mac2400
—replaced my stock gauge with an Osbourne EB3
—picked up an Akeda dovetail jig (my first—and last—dovetail jig)
—two identical ebay Rigid routers
—assorted little items like drill bits etc.
—clamps, clamps, and more clamps

Now, all that said, she expects product! This year she finally realized that she should keep a list of furniture projects for me. The honeymoon is over! :-)

-- Laziness - Apathy = Efficiency

There isn’t much I want or need these days. I’d like to get another sector and a pair of side snipe planes but I’ll need to make my own side snipes. I just have to make some more floats before I can do that. I’ve done a poor job of taking care of myself physically and a heart attack a month ago is a sign I need to slow down. We have three more workshop/presentation events scheduled and that should be the end of that. I’m still way behind in work and will have the stress of that as long as I can keep working.

jeez roper didnt mean to hurt your feelings like that…didnt expect your leash to be on too tight…its a joke man have a sense of humour like thiel ;)

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

thats harsh lwllms take care…i can’t get too much goin right now either i have brain surgery on oct 9th to remove scar tissue which causes me to be an epileptic.

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

Thiel, I was thinking of buying a dovetail jig why is this your first and last, bad experience?

-- Florida Panhandler

Nothing I really want or need. don’t have time to use what I have:-)) Planes form Lee Valley could replace my Stanleys, I suppose??

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

you know what im beginning to love about this is the ideas you give me of what to put on my xmas list for shop upgrades :) Lee valley is my castle…anything you can think of its there…even things you wouldnt think of are there.

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

A Veritas medium shoulder plane is waiting for me when I get home

I am a very very spoiled woodworker and treated myself to a new Festool plunge router, a Festool dovetail jig and a “Hoffmann” haunched joinery press with highspeed router…..............

a ceiling hung dust extration system, more lights,

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Not to gloat or anything, but MY WIFE couldn’t be more supportive of my woodworking. In the last couple of years she has bought me a Jet 14-42 lathe, a full set of Bridge City Chisels, a Festool CT 33 Dust Collector, HNT Gordon Shoulder Plane, as well as several other smaller items. No way am I going for the duct tape here. She’s spent more on my tools lately than I have. I guess she would be an enabler?

I did buy a Freud Premier Fusion saw blade for my 12” Makita Sliding Miter saw. I love it. Also just bought a 12” Makita Planer. So far I’m very pleased with it.

You should see my buying habits when there’s not a recession! Lately I just quit eating—LOL

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

My darling wife is VERY supportive of my woodworking addiction… So no problems there…

Let’s see. Blades? Freud Diablo’s in both the TS and Miter saw replacing a missing blade (The TS didn’t have one when I bought it) and an OEM piece of junk…
Band saw is fitted with a selection of Timberwolf blades.
Router bits have been upgraded from a POS Craftsman 6 pc 1/4” shank set to a 66pc MLCS 1/2” shank set and a fist full of specialty profiles bought individually.
Grizzly 31pc Forstner bit set replaced a 7 pc Porter Cable set.

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

trust me mark it takes alot more then that to hurt my feelings, just wanted you to know that there are some of us out there that like hearing what our wife have to say.oh ya and you don’t need a leash when you like where you are in life.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

i like this
“you don’t need a leash when you like where you are in life”

Just bought a Jet dust collector and one of those ceiling mounted filtration thingies. Thought I had all the tools I neded until I took a Shaker Box workshop. Now I need a belt/disk sander and a 2 burher electric hot plate. Just like Kent, my wife is an enabler.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

Oh yes my wife does not interfere whatever I buy she just says you worked hard all your working days ,and I want you to have it go for it no problems here.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

My better half never complains ?.............ya right!!.....the one and only time I asked her “permission” to buy a tool she said “NO, we cant afford it”

So I promptly went out and bought a kich butt, state of the art, big Stihl chainsaw. I took it home and cutdown a crapload of big huge poplar trees that were threatening the septic system and one of the trees didnt fall right, it grabbed the saw and promtly spit it out landing firmly on top of it and crushed it turning it into an orange ink blot

I did ask the vender if it was warrentied…..............he laughed

she didnt

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

ya i got the wife tellin me not to buy things half the time but I got all the bills payed beforehand…but when it comes to building things for her its no problem when it comes to buying tools..lol…the next thing to convince her to is gonna be hard… how do you convince your wife to buying a bigger workshop? When I win the lottery? drop dead?

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

but as far as my shop is now….i write off 3000$ worth of tools each yr and my workshop is loaded with top of the line dewalts, rigids, and milwaukees…i also have hundreds of dollars worth of clamps and increasing.

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

O and P.S to the little girls who got their tampons up too far….ITS A JOKE!

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

Canadians joke and take jokes calm down

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

My wifes easy to understand …. No1 i dont tell her when i bye something …No2 when she does find out i RUN .... No3 when she catches me i just explain that she goes to the hairdressers every six weeks and I’M BALD so we all get what we need or want LOL…......

-- cut it saw it scrap it

i love jokes, heres a good one for you , it’s in your hand every time you pee…..

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

Some folks are taking the “political correctness” way too far. Actually, my better half thought this blog was quite amusing…and saw the joke right away. I just wonder when we lost our sense of humor? I know there are some things that can be tasteless…but wow….I don’t see this as even close.

Now as for tools….I always collaborate with my other half….that way we can work it so that any planed purchases don’t blow the budget and end up eating savings…or costing interest (I am a fervant anti credit consumer – If I can’t afford to pay cash…I won’t buy….only exceptions are home and perhaps a car now and then)...This year has been very good to me…been very busy…so as a reward…..I have been able to buy myself a couple luxuries….one was a new PM Lathe…which I now use constantly…the other was a new grizzly TS….(another workhorse).....one thing about saving and buying when you can afford….I find that I appreciate the item much more…as I know exactly what each one cost me in pain and sweat.

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

lol kudos pommy…ya theres times when i have to even it out with her too….i get a new tool and shes off to the spa or the mall

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

It’s not the new girl I have to duct tape. She likes woodworking with me. It’s the ex’s mouth that needs taped. Everytime I here her voice it says “got any money for me?” If she caught wind of me spending what little I have on tools she’d freak out and off to court we would go.
However, if I were to buy anything right now it would be a few new planes, a variety of hand saws, and a hybrid table saw for the garage. I definitely need a better table saw for sure, but the little things will be more affordable. I’d like to get some resaw blades for the bandsaw, need to get the blades sharpened for the TS, blah blah blah. I need this, and that, lol. The list is never ending for a woodworker.
Mark, how dare you post a joke! Don’t you know this is a world of depression and we don’t need humor. LOL. Thanks Roper for keeping him in line. We all need a grouch keeping us from laughing.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Oh no not a joke kolwdwrkr lol..better make the mallet for the judge to sentence me… kol thats gotta suck having the x on your ass…you wont need the duct tape you’ll need the tuck tape..lol don’t let any vapour out… but thats gotta be pretty cool for you that you gotta girl to work along with you…so are you teachin her or is she teachin you? lol…and how much work can you actually get done? :P anywho man keep the laughs comin…we need the humour.

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

hey roper….if you had a gay guy on your ass would you beat him off?

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

My wife fully supports my woodworking. Look at my blog Birthday Boy Today. I just ordered a new bandsaw, drill press, shaper, jointer/planer combo and a new drum sander for my new shop. Worked hard my whole life and yes I did earn it. She totally agrees! Thanks for asking.

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

first you talk about duct taping your wifes mouth, then you go into some gay bashing jokes, man you must live right up there on broke back mountain with the rest of the red necks, thanks for making my day more enjoyable since i have been unable to work for the last four day due to my manly duties of taking care of a sick kid.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

roper…look at your scenery…first off, you’re in the mountains so how can u say im brokeback, and whats the matter with bashin a gay? are you that too? and how can you call me the redneck when you’re the american and live hell of alot more south than i do…hick boy…and taking care of a sick kid sounds like a nurses duty nothin manly there

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

my wife is sitting here laughin at you bro watchin you take this joke so far

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

pull your skirt up

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

lets just set the record straight , you have no wife , no shop, and no life, have fun with that, oh ya and by the way next time finish your thought in one post.oh ya and i live in the mountains alright but there isn’t a redneck around.hows that canadian tux doing for ya denim or die.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

man ur just makin me laugh each time u respond…i never knew a fag like you could set the record “straight”...go milk your wife…lol

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

hows this

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

for one

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

post….lol…like i said man have a sense of humour and stop taking this joke so far and serious…im just riding you out now for fun now

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

and how do i not have a wife life and shop? u know me now? or r u still tryin to come up with a way to offend me?

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

guess you can see me from your brokeback mountain top…yodel to me

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

My mom supports my woodworking, well she gets most of my stuff. LOL! I am cleaning up my shop so I treat my tool prettry fair.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

I wish I had my parents get my stuff…I’m almost 22 years old and the only thing I got was my 13” planer from my ol’ man

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

wow i got you goin pretty good now , this is just what i needed today i was bored as hell until your dumb ass came around, ya the view from up here is a lot better then yours i’m sure, and i’m not really sure about the last post because i buy all my own tools. get it i buy all MY own tools don’t need to ask.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

give it up roper…ur the one who took offence to the whole topic n stood for the gays and now u keep comin back. youre the one taking nerve to come back not me so u seem to be alot more wound than u sound

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

and see why couldnt you just say that in the first place ” i buy all my own tools” ...thats all this was about….nothin offensive and you took it that way.

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

What is a redneck ?

-- Scott, South Carolina

Scott….look up Jeff Foxworthy….LOL

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

thanks for the fun today mark, i really am at home with a sick kid, and i am about to make dinner for my family. to bad you live so far away or we would need to have a beer and finish this conversation. have a great night and no hard feelings.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

lmao

you know you’re a redneck when… you play horseshoes with broken toilet seat lids, you can hunt on your front lawn, you or a family member or both have gotten married on jerry springer

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

ah no problem roper nice match….lol…no hard feelings…by the way i like canadian tuxes…theyre comfy….u had me beat anyway…i had nothin else to say….and buy me some tools would u dammit? ur going on my buddy list for this one…lmao

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

sorry bout your boy i didint mean to be so offensive

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

OK, I’ve been having some medical issues for close to a year now, so I have not been working on much. Got myself a brand new 33mm stent in the left ventrical a few weeks ago and I’m feeling 1,000% better already. Only thing new is a set of Bosch jig saw blades I needed because I have finally started a kitchen renovation for LOML. She would be the one to duct tape me if needed, I listen to every word she says. You guys say your wives understand your woodworking hobby, does she really? After 35 years working as a mechanic, I can’t take cold weather anymore. My little block garage gets too cold in the winter time for me to work out there. 2 years ago, LOML solved that problem for me, she set me up with space in the house for a winter shop. I have a workbench, my benchtop tools stored on a shelving unit and I bought a jet mini lathe for the new shop. My winter shop is in our bedroom! I swear, and it was her doing!!!!!!!!

-- Dan-- Info for all @ http://www.hoistman.com

whhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa???? thanx papadan im gonna have a few words with my wife…i’ll be right back!!!.....lol…jk….ya those bosch blades work like magic for me i bought a brand new set and with the varieties that come with it make it handy to have…sharp and heat resistant

-- Every woodworker cuts a finger off atleast twice in their life! Mark, Windsor, Ontario

You’re a lucky man papadan!! Glad you’re better. We all have out hurtles to confront. Today I was cutting dovetails and got so confused I had to quit for the day. It’s been 5 years since I fired the doctors and quit taking Topamax for migraines. They said it would be out of my system in 2 weeks. It was 3 years before I could type again. I never had cognitive issues even with unbearable pain until I was overdosed on Topamax.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.