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Forum topic by Safetyboy posted 586 days ago 261 views 0 times favorited 16 replies Add to Favorites Watch
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Safetyboy

87 posts in 658 days


586 days ago

I think I’m developing a problem:

I think about WW all the time – I check the forums during lunch & breaks at work, and again before I go to bed. My reading material is almost entirely WW books & tool catalogues. I’ll spend 1/2 an hour in the shop just admiring a finish, and trying to figure out how to make it smoother.

I can never seem to get enough time in the shop… I consider heading out as soon as dinner is over, and again after we put the boy to bed. If I didn’t feel guilty about family time, I’d be in there every weeknight. I get up earlier on Saturdays than the rest of the week to get the max time in.

I have a huge long list of stuff I want to build or install for the shop:
—dust collection
—some sleds for the tablesaw
—tool chest to keep the rust off my planes & chisels
—hanging case to keep the saws in
—low assembly table

I have a list of skills I need to learn & practice:
—sharpening
—panel glue-up
—planing
—dovetails
—M & T

Then I might finally get back to making furniture:
—bookshelf for boy #2 on the way
—toybox
—blanket chest for LOML
—media cabinet for my sister

I’m exaggerating – but only a little. Does this sound familiar? Smack me around and give me some perspective. I feel like I need a 12-step program for WW to get some control…

- Kevin

-- -- Kevin in Mentor, Ohio

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ChicoWoodnut

895 posts in 714 days


586 days ago

Feed it!

or

Saw through it buddy!

LOL

I feel your pain

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

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RAH

413 posts in 776 days


586 days ago

I wanted to get to the shop every night also, family time prevailed. However my wife and I came up with Wed. night as shop night and a light dinner and she would work on her projects. Works well, took away the feeling of wanting to be in the shop every night.

-- Ron Central, CA

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Don Niermann

155 posts in 871 days


586 days ago

I don’t think any of us got our shops or tools put togeather in a short time. Just start and keep plugging.
Don

-- WOOD/DON (...one has the right to ones opinion but not the right to ones own facts...)

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kenn

218 posts in 619 days


586 days ago

Enjoy the process of thinking it through as much as the actual doing. That just means you’re doing something you love.

-- Every cloud has a silver lining

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Russel

2065 posts in 838 days


585 days ago

Workin’ the wood is an addictive hobby. There’s always one more thing to build; one more tool to buy; one more technique you could do better. Fortunately, as time goes on, you end up with a whole lot of really nice and interesting stuff for your home and family.

-- Working at Woodworking http://www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

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motthunter

2079 posts in 698 days


585 days ago

sorry that I can’t respond to this post right now… I am thinking about woodworking..

-- making sawdust....

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Scott Bryan

20784 posts in 721 days


585 days ago

Jevin,

You ARE in the right place. Most of us here share the same passion. It is difficult to find time to fuel our addiction with demands from family and work but that only serves to make the time in the shop more appreciated.

Now if I could only figure out how to post responses and run a table saw at the same time…............

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Paul D

2125 posts in 647 days


585 days ago

Welcome to the club! It gets better, at least that’s what I’m being told …

;)

-- Paul D, Atlanta GA

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mrtrim

1698 posts in 779 days


585 days ago

horse hocky ! your nowhere near needing the 12 step . when you start reading tool descriptions out of your rockler mags for bedtime stories , well then maybe ! lol

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odie

1604 posts in 739 days


585 days ago

Do you think about it when you are trying to sleep ? I bought some new tools I am trying to fit into my shop. That added little bit has forced me to sign up for WWA. Not a pretty sight … a bunch of grown men and women sitting around trying not to talk about WOOD. Do you need there web sight ??? HELP

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

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MrWoody

285 posts in 673 days


585 days ago

I don’t have time to be addicted the woodworking anymore. I’m severely hooked on LJ’s ;^(

-- If we learn from our mistakes, I'm getting a fantastic education.

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 613 days


585 days ago

Wait a minute…. There’s a problem with being overly obsessed with woodworking? Stop It!.. you’re starting shake my reality. That’s it, I’m locking myself in my shop so no one can tell me different…

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

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mrtrim

1698 posts in 779 days


585 days ago

if you insist on thearapy heres a therapist! http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/frank

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Boardman

158 posts in 660 days


585 days ago

As the addiction gets worse you’ll find yourself driving along looking at trees in a yard or in the woods and fantasizing about the lumber it could yield. Soon you will be able to identify every tree you see down to large weeds.

When you start hiding little baggies of sawdust around the house so you can get up in the middle of the night and sniff them, you’ve reached the Point of No Return.

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TomK

504 posts in 773 days


585 days ago

Hi, my name’s Tom, and I too am a woodaholic.

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

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VTWoody

95 posts in 956 days


585 days ago

There are definitely worse addictions!

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