OK, folks, today’s poll didn’t go up this morning. I was busy making eggs benedict and taking someone very special to the beach. Yes, it’s Mother’s Day, and that’s where my priority was today.
With all the hoopla about Mother’s Day, it got me thinking. I’ve build stuff for my mom, and she’s been out to the shop to watch me work. But, she’s told me on more than one occasion that she’s worried about me getting hurt in the shop.
So, this week’s poll is about your mom and whether or not she ever worried about you being out in the shop.
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By the way, Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!
Routers are very useful tools in the shop. And, they only become more useful if you mount them in a table.
Once your router is mounted in a table, the world of larger cope and stick or panel raising bits is open. Mortising on long pieces. Centered grooves. The table gives you flexibility.
The one feature that appears on some tables but not others is a miter groove. While some woodworkers swear by their miter grooves, others believe them to be unnecessary.
This week, tell us if you have a miter groove on your router table.
It costs money to woodwork. Buying new tools, bits, blades, sandpaper, wood, hardware… well, it all adds up.
This week’s quick poll deals with how you handle the finances of woodworking. Do you use the general family funds? Have you set up a separate account for woodworking? Do you keep a mason jar full of cash buried in the back yard?
There are some times I could spend every waking minute of every day in the shop. Then, there’s this little thing called life that gets in the way.
Family illnesses. Work assignments. Raising kids. Or, simply burnout…
So, this week, let us know how long your longest hiatus from woodworking was. Now, of course, I am referring to time away from the shop AFTER you started woodworking… so, if you started woodworking at age 30, I don’t want to know about those first 30 years, OK?
There are few things that every woodworker has in common. A love of wood. A need to build…
And – given enough time – we all shuffle off this mortal coil.
Of course, while the woodworker may pass on, their tools continue to live on. This week, have you ever purchased a tool from a deceased woodworker through classified ads, garage sales or more formal estate sales, or is the thought of using someone else’s tools just a little too creepy for you?
