It’s surely entirely made from MDF.
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MDF, drywall screws that are a little too short and glue that had the top left off of the bottle.
Amen brother.
No electricity. :~)
(I'm really not trying to pick a fight with anyone. Sometimes I get in this stupid mood to stir)
Paul
"No electricity. :~)"
They say that one man's hell is another man's heaven (grin)
I have electric tools, but prefer not to use them if I don't gotta!
Of Course, I would be really lost without the electric lights! (my shop is in the basement - grin)
But my vote for "woodworker's hell" is getting your shop and your chops in tune, then discovering you are violently allergic to wood dust!
Mike
Boy, Yer' not kiddin'. No matter what your preference in wood removal, an allergic reaction to it's dust would be a sad day.
Paul
MDF is not as bad as some of that Asian sheet goods they call plywood.
There, just like the real world, you'll aways need one more clamp than you own.
I love the machine-ability of it, the stability, and the economics... but after hauling it from one end of my shop to the next all day long I'm just beat. On top of that, even with dedicated respirator use I get a nose full of it. It's just miserable to work with.
Agree with you on the MDF. The dust sticks to everything and it is heavier than a blivit.
My second choice is Veritas marking knives. They come in great shape, easy to use with the double edges. Then you drop one. It never lands handle first. To prove it I bought a second one and the same thing happened.
Woodworkers hell. No getting away from it.
MDF, too short drywall screws, old glue and nothing but Black and Decker tools as far as the eye can see.
-pjw
and from the sounds of it- there must be cafe access
T
MDF, too short drywall screws, old glue, nothing but Black and Decker tools as far as the eye can see, and one dead rechargeable battery.
charlie -- "Count your blessings....it could always be worse!"
MDF, too short drywall screws, old glue, nothing but Black and Decker tools as far as the eye can see, one dead rechargeable battery and no Knots.
4'x10'x1" MDF, no helper, too-short drywall screws, old glue, nothing but Black and Decker tools as far as the eye can see, one dead rechargeable battery and no Knots.
4'x10'x1" MDF, no helper, too-short drywall screws, old glue, nothing but Black and Decker tools as far as the eye can see, one dead rechargeable battery, no Knots and a spouse that really like things that are painted white.
Woodworker's Hell?
A shop full of all the right tools, and no lumber, wood scraps, or trees...
aka: all dressed up and no where to go.
The wife that likes white paint hits way too close to home.
My whole town seems to like it. But it still pays the bills ;)
It's fine as long as it's not in my house.
And the charger doesn't work any more and it's Sunday late afternoon.
ASK
Woodworkers Hell would be: Life without my friends at Knots.
Anybody can live without woodworking.
But how can anyone live well without being able to talk about woodworking?
Actually, anyone can live without talking about things like how to do woodworking skills, but real hell is when you can't talk about woodworking topics that are really obscure and peripheral.
I just can't imagine life without my friends on Knots.
Thank you all for being there for me.
You are my "support group".
Other people have Alcoholics Anonomous or a private shrink. I have my friends on Knots, and almost all of them are sane.
Heck, if it weren't for Knots, I'd be spending more time in my workshop.
:-)
Have fun. And keep on postin'! MORE HUMOR!
Mel
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
I will make sure I get there in style in a plain but well made Oak job without adornment or presumtion.
How about a shop full of great tools and no time to use them..
That's the hell that I am in now.
I think that woodworker's hell is a bunch of talented woodworkers arguing about politics, all with entrenched points of view and the inability to recognize that intelligent people may have differing points of view.
Oh, wait, that's the cafe.
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36938.22 in reply to 36938.21
I think that woodworker's hell is a bunch of talented woodworkers arguing about politics, all with entrenched points of view and the inability to recognize that intelligent people may have differing points of view.
Oh, wait, that's the cafe.
ROFLMAO. :)
Rolling
On
Floor
Laughing
My
####'etts'
Off.
ROFLMAO.
How about time motivation' skill' tools' materials' and a house full of sleeping kids a wife who wonders if your doing "it" with your power tools again and the dark of the night with sleeping neighbors all around who own guns!!!!!!!!
Chaim"paitience little grasshopper" when you can take the chisel from my hand you can then leave the school!
Chaim,
Your hell certainly trumps mine...one of the few rewards of getting older is that there is no longer a houseful of sleeping kids and the grandchildren visits are finite ( and in the case of my favorite, she loves to be in the shop with Papaw, allowing me to get just a little taste while she's there)
As to the armed neighbors, I guess bulletproofing the shop and running from there to the house in serpentine routes would be the best advice I can offer.
Neil
I was gluing-up a 60" diameter arch of ash. In hindight, my lams were a little too thick at 5/16". I was using clamps to form 3 lams against a form of three layers of 3/4 plywood. I added 2 more lams after the first 3 had set-up.I had heard that PVA glues over time will creep, so I went to Polyurethane - and pre-wet the lams.It was a Chinese Fire Drill - FOAM, very sticky FOAM, was all over the place! On the table, on the floor, on my clamps, on my hands (gloves) on my shoes and the lams were stiff so it was hard work to draw them into place. It was so bad, I stopped and started laughing.I got the job done - and so far - no creep.Frosty"I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922
I did a similar thing once gluing up a countertop. I was gluing strips about 1-1/2" X 2", 8' and 2' long, butt jointed to be 10' total, all aligned with biscuits. I was doing this in units, with each glue-up being 5 strips wide.
This was the first time I'd used polyurathane glue and the foam got ahead of me. Of course, I've had a lot of glue on my hands in the past so, not too worried, I simply carried on until the job was done. Then, I headed for the sink to wash the glue off my hands & arms. That's when I discovered that water actually makes poly glue cure and get even stickier! I was sticky for hours and doomed to spend a week with black splotched hands and arms up to my elbows. What a mess!
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
laquer thinner will clean up the mess, also think a product called "Goop Off" will work
"laquer thinner will clean up the mess, also think a product called "Goop Off" will work"
Yep, I know that now, the the first time out of the chute with poly is an experience I'll not forget. ;-(
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
Yup,
Gorilla glue, the toughest glue on planet earth - to remove!
Heh Heh, I hear ya there!
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Here's my version of Woodworkers Hell.... Absolutely dull tools and only balsa and ironwood in the lumber rack.
SawdustSteve
I always got a laugh outa that. I spend all that time building something that I hope will last for generations to come but the glue I used has an expiration date on it.
? !
Great! Does that date apply before or after the glue dries?
ChuckN and I have nothing of value to add to this discussion.
Edited 7/28/2007 7:50 pm ET by ChuckN
Working in an Ethan Allen furniture factory.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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