Woodworker's Journal summer-2009, страница 54
Students like Katie Fogarty take great pride in their woodworking projects. sander. He likes to dream of becoming a professional after he retires from a job in computers, "graduating from microchips to wood chips." As for his finishing class, he says he has a brand-new outlook on the whole process: "When I built my first few projects, finishing was no more than an afterthought. It was like ending a really good meal with a bowl of Jell-O®. Now I know that there are some very nice gourmet desserts available." Life Lessons from the Shops of our readersWoodworker's Journal readers responded to editor in chief Rob Johnstone's call for "life lessons learned from the shop" with these bits of wisdom: Whenever anything is dropped, it will always end up in the most inconvenient spot for retrieval. Dan Schlegel Toledo, Ohio Our Low Country Turners group (Savannah, Georgia) has a saying that, when experiencing a serious "catch" while turning wood that tears a chunk out of a piece being worked on, the event merely provides the turner with a "design opportunity." While said primarily in jest, we have found that (after cussing a bit) if you step back and take a serious look at some practical way to salvage the work in progress, you can indeed end up with an even more creative and improved design than the one you initially had in mind. Douglas H. West Hilton Head Island, South Carolina If you can't fix it with a hammer, you must have an electrical problem. Just because you're not bleeding, doesn't mean you're safe. Think of your wife as you would a piece of good lumber: sometimes the age, knots and defects make it that much more beautiful. If you stop and wonder if something you're doing is safe, it's probably not. If you're holding a board while applying finish on one side and drop it, the probability of it hitting the floor finish side up is inversely proportional to the amount of dust on the floor. Greg L.Summers, Director Norman, Oklahoma summer 2009 59 |
