6 word story

What’s a buddy for ?

“I feel boxed in at times”

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

Glued it, screwed it, re-dood it :)

-- If you can't set a good example, at least serve as a horrible warning... www.rarewoodcreations.com

Too Long, Too short, Just Right

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Too much wood, not enough time!

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Watching glue dry makes time fly.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

I’m glad dad showed me how!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Cut it, Glue it, Post it

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

Making sawdust is the best therapy.

-- Betsy - There is no strength where there is no struggle

I came. I saw. I sawed.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

round peg fits in square hole

-- Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

Cut three times, still too short.
Measure, mark, cut, assemble, finish, repeat.

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif

Iretsu – I really eat this stuff up

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

better than sitting in a cubical

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Awesome, now I can breathe now. Let’s hear some others!

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic!

no brain, no pain ... whoops that’s only 4

-- a legend in my own mind ...

Joint, plane, rip – milling is fullfilling!

-- Steve - "Dang, no matter how many times I run it through the planner it's still too thin!"

Dream it, build it, share it.

-- http://www.grandprairiewoodworks.com

Hello Allison;

….Desire. Aspire. Acquire. Inspire. Admire…..Wood !

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

Select, plane, rout, assemble, finish, box

I came, I saw, I built.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Tried, Failed, Learned, Tried Again, Good.

-- If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a darn fool about it.

“Sleep all night; work all day”.

(singing).

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

“I’m a LumberJock and I’m Okay”

(singing with Debbie)

-- Frank Auge---Nichols NY----"My opinion is neither copyrighted nor trademarked, but it is price competitive."

EYE WOOD,
I COULD,
ITS GOOD

-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ

Oops… I can repair that… Maybe

-- Thuan

square and level figments of imagination

-- Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

As a shop teacher of 34 years (including some wood shop), I would say,

“Never gave up on a student”

-- Bill

I can make one of those.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

One of my old favorites …..

“Cut it twice … still too short”

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

Carve… wood… leather…love ‘em both

-- Growing older but not up!

got my paycheck today ….
gonna spend it like a crazy fool ….

dang. missed again

-- a legend in my own mind ...

Wood, wood, wood, wood, wood, wood.

-- Dust collectors suck.

I wish I could make that.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I know I can make that!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Knot Working Would be Wood Working;
Would be Not Working at All.

-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ

Would if I could work wood.

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif

Grandfather, Father, Son, Grandson…Wood Lives

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

gone arrived cut glued sanded finished

-- making sawdust....

wood:

buy, like, save, use?, buy more!

-- Greg, CT

Heres my wifes : Draw It, Saw It, Awe It

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

I am so glad this came out like this! Every one of these are special, kind a gives insight on each personal person. Now how come we did not think of this before ands make our own book entitled Lumberjock’s ?
LOL! Any way I’d love to see some more. Here’s the original link that got me going http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/features/2008/02/memoir/gallery/index.html To FrankA and msDebbie P , I Have been singing what you wrote all day, Hubby states iIhave to knock it off unless i can sing tenor, ten or 15 miles away from home! Can’t help myself. That was left wide open! PEACE!!!

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark, Professionals built the Titanic!

lol re: singing… uh oh…
once that song gets in your head… you just can’t get it out!
I think some of the LumberJocks have been singing it for months!

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

Creativity is necessary to healthy life.

-- Anchul - Warrensburg, MO: As a Pastor, I am just trying to get closer to Jesus. He was a woodworker too.

“Knowledge isn’t as important as imagination”

-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com

Shopsmith five basic tools plus me

-- You get no points when you punt

I wonder…maybe, oh yeah! Nice.

-- Jason, AL

Design visions, joinery decisions, many revisions.

-- Jack - Mission Viejo, Calif

Bull sugar Maple splinter punk Ash

-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> why's there a light in fridge and not the freezer? , aka, the wood hunter.aka tigermaple5

O that’s great , I’m gonna say that all day tomorrow , bullsugarmaple punk Ash
walnut under my fingernails I FREAGIN LUV IT

-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> why's there a light in fridge and not the freezer? , aka, the wood hunter.aka tigermaple5

Build it…Give it for a smile…Make someone’s day.

-- A duck that brags on his own pond, soon swims alone.

missed nail hit finger try again

-- Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

an exact match with “minor improvements”

Which way did my finger go ?

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

note to self; don’t paint walnut

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

Your life boring? Become a Lumberjock!

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

Purchase two pencils for each workstation.
Attach pencils to a short string.
Let string get caught in machine.
Watch fingers get slowly pulled in.
Luckily wobble dado will not cut.
You learn so much from Lumberjocks.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Measure twice, cut, need new board

high shelf, need ladder, used chair
chair with wheels, knee versus concrete
concrete wins, knee hurts, wife laughs

rabbet joint, precut all, groove misaligned

wood putty and glue, need you!!!

Paint is great, hides my mistakes

plywood won’t warp, except for me.

toybox for child, splinters for dad

It is all about the wood

-- Leon -- Houston, TX - " I create all my own designs and it looks like it "

File to fit, paint to hide.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Never, never, never, never paint walnut

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

“Can’t forget … perfection is a myth”

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

I can’t claim this as I read it in a response to some forum message on LJ, but it is how I like to approach things…

When in doubt, make it stout.

My very first project as a teenager involved the use of wafer board and plans from one of the Popular XXX (Mechanics I think) magazine yearly plywood design contests they run. Poorly executed, the whole thing racked over until it collapsed. I cross to the other side of the aisle in HD when I pass wafer board, and to this day I always over engineer everything.

Build a box, get a bandsaw.
Bend a 2×4, get world fame.
Design a bookcase, get a

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Like I always say to my patient spouse.
BUY IT!!!! I COULD BUILD ONE!

-- DocK, WV

desk job suck, me want hammer

mind dreams, hand concieves, wife believes

-- DocK, WV

Power on…cut wood….power off

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

Buy tools…sneak home…hide receipt

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

I bet you could sell those!

-- The name is "Splinter"... I'm the son-of-a-son-of-a-carpenter

Dream it, Design it, Build it!

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

never tell LumberJocks about painted walnut

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

Walnut? Who said I liked Walnut?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Walnut! You bet I like Walnut!

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Knowledge, skill, creativity, and passion utilized

-- Stuart, North Dakota

I surfed. I ordered. I’m broke.

-- Make things with wood.

I wish I had that tool.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Maple Oak Cherry Walnut Pine recycle

Old door found in trash, I can use that wood.
This Pallet looks like Hickory
What can I do with the Hawthorne tree branch.

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

Wood, like mind, terrible to waste

-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter

“Arbor nut fell into saw cabinet”

-- Earle Wright, Lenoir City, Tennessee

Imagination in bloom becomes and heirloom

“Arbor nut fell into saw cabinet”, been there, done that. ;)

-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter

—too much coffee equals shaky hands

—power tools on, blades a’ runnin’

—Hey, was that my finger again?

—Hon, what’s the number to ER?

—hold on, gotta grab my coffee

—maybe I’ll stick to hand tools

—man, that plane iron’s really sharp

—I am a little accident proned…

—(jokes aside, I’ve still got’em all)... lol

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Responses to my wife:

But, I need this tool, really!

I promise, I’ll finish this weekend

and…

Thank you for believing in me

-- Hutch - North Dallas, Tx - Safety First

Sell one box, justify entire shop.

-- Dust collectors suck.

So many trees, so little carbide..

-- Dust collectors suck.

Seed
Sapling
Tree
Lumber
Box
Heirloom

-- Dust collectors suck.

Stumbled upon wood, now I’m addicted!

-- Daniel, Tumwater, Wa U.S.A.

STOP! Look out for that ….......

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

Found LumberJocks, Got addicted, Can’t Stop

Gotta Stop, No Time in Shop

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Eyes heavy, need sleep, so what?

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Honey, can I buy more tools?

-- Maplewood, MN

I’m just amazed, leaves me dazed.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

I’m going downstairs to the shop.

-- Maplewood, MN

Really dear, I can build that.

-- Maplewood, MN

Main rule: No picture, didn’t happen.

-- Maplewood, MN

No Ugly Wood! Some Just Prettyer!

I’d rather be covered in saw dust!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Not promoting vulgarity but it seems that many 6 word chains of expletives creep into thought frequently.

Also, “Oops, at least I have firewood”

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Only short one end.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

My wife: like it make it !!!

-- Nathan South Afirica

Don’t do that, again.

“Smooth face…..but has a knot”

-- "Big" John

Just one more tool I promise.

-- Billp