Woodworker's Journal summer-2009, страница 41

Bob Rich wrote to Woodworker's Journal that he was "85 years young" and had been woodworking since he was 10.

The Sherburn, Massachusetts, resident also sent a detailed sketch of his shop, with some history of his tools and his tool-buying life. "When I was 14, I bought my first machine. It was from Kresge's and it cost $1.50.1 took it back. A year later, my father gave me a 'synchrosaw,' which had a vibrating motor. That cost $7.50 and was a satisfactory tool." He now has a shop that's about 1,053 square feet, with over 100 tools.

Bob's shop has overhead storage for portable power tools; a wall cabinet for drill bits and cutters; and more storage for tenoning and abrasives supplies — and snacks.

Shop tools may be important to Amelia Redig of River Falls, Wisconsin, but she doesn't fight the wood:

"I try to let the wood develop while I'm turning it," she told the Journal. "I have a form in mind, but the wood determines where I go." And, she notes, "In turning, you're not just working with a cutting tool; you ARK the cutter."

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