Welcome, Humble Woodworkers!
My name is Don, and I am a Humble Woodworker. (Hi Don)
Husband of a wonderful stay-at-home mom, father of 2.5 beautiful children and son of an accountant, all of my projects tend to be done on a shoestring (or in some cases, half a shoestring). I've accumulated some tools over the years, but I still run a pretty humble shop.
This site has been created to encourage other Humble Woodworkers. You know who you are. Do you still only own a tablesaw and a drill so all of your projects exclusively have straight lines and are fastened with (often reclaimed) screws? When you buy a sheet of plywood/MDF/etc, do you take a drawing and list of cuts to the hardware store to have the associate do most of your cutting for you? Do you watch for furniture on large trash day from which you can salvage pieces? When something you build is not longer needed, do the larger pieces of wood & any hardware (including screws) get reused? Does all of the wood in your shop have a little green paint on it? Does all your paint have an orange spot on the can & no UPC? Be proud! You may never be a Norm Abram or even a Steve Ramsey, but that's OK. The main thing is that you enjoy what you do.
By the way: that list above? All but the first two (ok, sometimes the second one) still apply to me. Did you perhaps not recognize the significance of the green/orange paint above? Then read on, brother (or sister), let me show you the way!
Husband of a wonderful stay-at-home mom, father of 2.5 beautiful children and son of an accountant, all of my projects tend to be done on a shoestring (or in some cases, half a shoestring). I've accumulated some tools over the years, but I still run a pretty humble shop.
This site has been created to encourage other Humble Woodworkers. You know who you are. Do you still only own a tablesaw and a drill so all of your projects exclusively have straight lines and are fastened with (often reclaimed) screws? When you buy a sheet of plywood/MDF/etc, do you take a drawing and list of cuts to the hardware store to have the associate do most of your cutting for you? Do you watch for furniture on large trash day from which you can salvage pieces? When something you build is not longer needed, do the larger pieces of wood & any hardware (including screws) get reused? Does all of the wood in your shop have a little green paint on it? Does all your paint have an orange spot on the can & no UPC? Be proud! You may never be a Norm Abram or even a Steve Ramsey, but that's OK. The main thing is that you enjoy what you do.
By the way: that list above? All but the first two (ok, sometimes the second one) still apply to me. Did you perhaps not recognize the significance of the green/orange paint above? Then read on, brother (or sister), let me show you the way!
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