Do your new tools need an offering of blood like mine do?

My cabinetmaking teacher says if he doesent have a minor cut from something in the morning its going to be a bad day lol.

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.

“DRINK OF MY BLOOD, MY LITTLE MINIONS, AND CRAFT OFFERINGS OF WOOD UNTO ME!”

-- - Jei, Rockford IL - When in doubt, spray it with WD-40 and wrap it with duct tape. The details will attend to themselves.

Blood it happens

-- http://artisticwoodstudio.com Custom furniture

T’is the baptism of the tool. Sooner or later, most tools bite, no matter how careful you are.

-- If you try to fail and succeed, what have you done?

A coworker and I would play rock, paper, scissors in the morning to see who would have to cut themselves that day just so that we could have a good day.

-- "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."--Cary Grant from the movie Arsenic and Old Lace

It’s not whether you’ll get cut today, just how much will you bleed and on what tool or part you’re making.

-- Robert - Haven Wood Crafts

It seems to happen to me. As long as the cut is not caused by “stupid” it usually isn’t too bad.

-- I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way!

I don’t use a branding iron to identify my projects. I just leave DNA samples.

-- Hey, woodworking ain't brain surgery. Just do something and keep trying till you get it. Doc

same here it happens to me too, if it’s not a cut it’s a real bad bump that hurts for awhile.

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

I know vampires are in vogue right now, but I didn’t realize it extended to the workshop.

-- Glen

I know what you mean when you talk about the blood, but it seems to me, all my new tools like to be damaged a little bit on their first use. I’m not kidding. I think every single thing I’ve bought has been damaged in the first 24 hours they’re in the shop. I’d go in to detail, but better not.