Originally Posted by
chris carter
I don't think Schwarz kept building benches because he never found one he could enjoy using. He has previously referenced a number of benches he likes. He just finds benches interesting so he keeps building them. And given his occupation, it helps pay the bills - so there's some good incentive there.
Originally Posted by
Edward Weber
Yes, no doubt, the same goes for his tool chests.
It's just that we're all not in that same boat.
He gets a pretty penny for the chests he builds. The same for all the chairs he has built.
Like the benches he builds, some of it is for the money, some of it is for the learning. Building a low, Roman staked bench likely incorporates mechanical properties that can be applied to his building of stick chairs.
He doesn't teach classes as much as he has in the past. That could be pandemic related. It could be related to the success of his publishing business and his ability to make decent money making chairs, chests and what ever else folks will give him money to make.
BTW, his evangelical fervor for SYP often makes me feel like taking my truck to the nearest place stocking it and picking up a load.
jtk
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