Greg Young
03-30-2009, 2:55 PM
My first thoughts have been borne out – a real community of sincere, helpful people.
Some of you have asked where I am…..Toronto, Canada. Big place, lots of big places to buy any wood you want but, quelle dommage, the Brazilians have stopped cutting T. A. mahogany, God’s best wood. They stopped for good reason though.
As to all of you who have expressed an interest in photos. I’m assembling a bunch now and will post some. I have lots but there were times that leaving the job and getting paid seemed a lot more appealing than taking photographs. A lot of us woodworkers with creative sensibilities don’t mesh well with high-end design-builders and owners, (if you ever get to see the owners).
What a shame, I probably don’t remember now a lot of what I’ve made. Good tip here for amateurs who want to be pro - be careful what you get into and try not to get jaded, it’s really easy to build a $250,000.00 conservatory that is perfection but cost you $300,000.00. Never do it only because you “can”, it’ll be like a colonoscopy - your vanity and dignity will be very very secondary.
Thanks too to all of you who asked about my hand. Don’t put small pieces of wood near a moving dado to ”eyeball” something; I still can’t believe what I did.
Greg
Some of you have asked where I am…..Toronto, Canada. Big place, lots of big places to buy any wood you want but, quelle dommage, the Brazilians have stopped cutting T. A. mahogany, God’s best wood. They stopped for good reason though.
As to all of you who have expressed an interest in photos. I’m assembling a bunch now and will post some. I have lots but there were times that leaving the job and getting paid seemed a lot more appealing than taking photographs. A lot of us woodworkers with creative sensibilities don’t mesh well with high-end design-builders and owners, (if you ever get to see the owners).
What a shame, I probably don’t remember now a lot of what I’ve made. Good tip here for amateurs who want to be pro - be careful what you get into and try not to get jaded, it’s really easy to build a $250,000.00 conservatory that is perfection but cost you $300,000.00. Never do it only because you “can”, it’ll be like a colonoscopy - your vanity and dignity will be very very secondary.
Thanks too to all of you who asked about my hand. Don’t put small pieces of wood near a moving dado to ”eyeball” something; I still can’t believe what I did.
Greg