Alan Lightstone
03-15-2022, 9:57 AM
So this is my 3,000th post here on SMC. (It actually is more, but weirdly my user ID vanished many years ago, and I set it up again, with the counter starting at zero. But at least 12 years here at SMC.)
I can't describe how many useful tips and advice I have gotten from the many members and moderators here. I started woodworking as a hobby having no previous experience. Bought many tools (cheap ones that I have long since disposed of and regretted), and now some pretty darn nice ones.
I've built a few big projects, lots of small ones, and keep learning. I think I've gotten quite a bit better, but it's not for me to decide that.
Sometimes I've given advice. Hopefully most of it good, some of it bad. Hopefully not much of it controversial.
I've seen a million discussions/arguments over SawStops. Makes me shake my head every time I see them. I've sometimes jumped in when I saw bad medical advice being given. it was like when I was practicing medicine and saw a motorcyclist come in for surgery with his 3rd bad accident. I would always tell them, "You know, you really *&%@ at this. You need to sell the bike." And they would always say, "No way. I'm going to rebuild it". I'd shake my head, walk away, and put them back together again.
We've all (I hope) lasted through a pandemic, which will now be endemic throughout the rest of our lives. It has changed society and all of us. For me, in particular, woodworking has been a fantastic escape from that.
I would thank people individually for their help, but the list is endless. Let's just leave it at I really believe that this forum is a special place, with very special helpful people. A real gem.
I can't describe how many useful tips and advice I have gotten from the many members and moderators here. I started woodworking as a hobby having no previous experience. Bought many tools (cheap ones that I have long since disposed of and regretted), and now some pretty darn nice ones.
I've built a few big projects, lots of small ones, and keep learning. I think I've gotten quite a bit better, but it's not for me to decide that.
Sometimes I've given advice. Hopefully most of it good, some of it bad. Hopefully not much of it controversial.
I've seen a million discussions/arguments over SawStops. Makes me shake my head every time I see them. I've sometimes jumped in when I saw bad medical advice being given. it was like when I was practicing medicine and saw a motorcyclist come in for surgery with his 3rd bad accident. I would always tell them, "You know, you really *&%@ at this. You need to sell the bike." And they would always say, "No way. I'm going to rebuild it". I'd shake my head, walk away, and put them back together again.
We've all (I hope) lasted through a pandemic, which will now be endemic throughout the rest of our lives. It has changed society and all of us. For me, in particular, woodworking has been a fantastic escape from that.
I would thank people individually for their help, but the list is endless. Let's just leave it at I really believe that this forum is a special place, with very special helpful people. A real gem.