I've done a lot of framing and rough carpentry in my spare time over the
last fifteen years but I never had the time or the tools to do any serious
woodworking. Last year I was fortunate enough to have both the time &
resources (and permission from my wife) to build and outfit a decent shop.
One of the side benefits of building this detached shop was that we had to
remove about 8 large mature trees, which I had sawn into lumber. I ended up
with about 2,000 BF of mixed maple, ash & beech. This is the first large
project that I have attempted and I'm very pleased with the results. Take a
look:
http://pws.chartermi.net/~jsweeney/desk.html
Jswee
Curmudgeon in training
Congratuations. Nice work. 2000BF of lumber should keep you going for a
little while longer... ;-)
Brian.
"Jswee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've done a lot of framing and rough carpentry in my spare time over the
> last fifteen years but I never had the time or the tools to do any serious
> woodworking. Last year I was fortunate enough to have both the time &
> resources (and permission from my wife) to build and outfit a decent shop.
> One of the side benefits of building this detached shop was that we had to
> remove about 8 large mature trees, which I had sawn into lumber. I ended
up
> with about 2,000 BF of mixed maple, ash & beech. This is the first large
> project that I have attempted and I'm very pleased with the results. Take
a
> look:
>
> http://pws.chartermi.net/~jsweeney/desk.html
>
> Jswee
>
> Curmudgeon in training
>
>
"T." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sun, Feb 1, 2004, 9:53am [email protected] (Jswee) says:
> We would have had respect for you if you had said something like
> "agreement", or "acceptance", but "permission"?
>
Yeah, I know I'm pathetic. Just be glad you did'nt have to watch me beg &
grovel
for a new bandsaw recently, that was ugly, really ugly! : )
BTW she got a major chuckle when I explained SWMBO to her but
she thought there ought to be something about "worshipped" in there as well.
Jswee
Curmudgeon in training
Looks fantastic! That beech really came out nice!
Larry
Jswee wrote:
> "T." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Sun, Feb 1, 2004, 9:53am [email protected] (Jswee) says:
>> We would have had respect for you if you had said something like
>>"agreement", or "acceptance", but "permission"?
>>
>
> Yeah, I know I'm pathetic. Just be glad you did'nt have to watch me beg &
> grovel
> for a new bandsaw recently, that was ugly, really ugly! : )
>
> BTW she got a major chuckle when I explained SWMBO to her but
> she thought there ought to be something about "worshipped" in there as well.
>
> Jswee
>
> Curmudgeon in training
>
>
Sun, Feb 1, 2004, 9:53am [email protected] (Jswee) says:
<snip> I was fortunate enough to have both the time & resources (and
permission from my wife) to build and outfit a decent shop. <snip>
We would have had respect for you if you had said something like
"agreement", or "acceptance", but "permission"?
Nice secretary you made.
JOAT
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- Pete Maccarrone
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 31 Jan 2004.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Congratuations. Nice work. 2000BF of lumber should keep you going for a
> little while longer... ;-)
>
> Brian.
He did say it was his first project. If his was like mine, that would
be about the right amount of wood to allow for test setups and fixing
mistakes. :-)
"Jswee" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
> with about 2,000 BF of mixed maple, ash & beech. This is the first large
> project that I have attempted and I'm very pleased with the results. Take a
> look:
>
> http://pws.chartermi.net/~jsweeney/desk.html
Congratulations! That's a really nice looking piece.
Great job!
If this was your first project, I can only guess what you will be able to
accomplish once you have a few years under your belt.
Rob
"Jswee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've done a lot of framing and rough carpentry in my spare time over the
> last fifteen years but I never had the time or the tools to do any serious
> woodworking. Last year I was fortunate enough to have both the time &
> resources (and permission from my wife) to build and outfit a decent shop.
> One of the side benefits of building this detached shop was that we had to
> remove about 8 large mature trees, which I had sawn into lumber. I ended
up
> with about 2,000 BF of mixed maple, ash & beech. This is the first large
> project that I have attempted and I'm very pleased with the results. Take
a
> look:
>
> http://pws.chartermi.net/~jsweeney/desk.html
>
> Jswee
>
> Curmudgeon in training
>
>
Very pretty ! nice design - keep up the good work.
"Jswee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've done a lot of framing and rough carpentry in my spare time over the
> last fifteen years but I never had the time or the tools to do any serious
> woodworking. Last year I was fortunate enough to have both the time &
> resources (and permission from my wife) to build and outfit a decent shop.
> One of the side benefits of building this detached shop was that we had to
> remove about 8 large mature trees, which I had sawn into lumber. I ended
up
> with about 2,000 BF of mixed maple, ash & beech. This is the first large
> project that I have attempted and I'm very pleased with the results. Take
a
> look:
>
> http://pws.chartermi.net/~jsweeney/desk.html
>
> Jswee
>
> Curmudgeon in training
>
>
>