Just tooooooo funnnnnnnny not to share.
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Ugh. That one hits close to home.George AKA Rounder
"Amarillo Slim, the greatist proposition gambler of all time held to his father's maxim; You can shear a sheep many times, but you can skin him only once." -
Ouch! That hurt.Comment
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(All prices Cdn.)
Tablesaw....$400
12" CMS.....$400
6" Jointer....$560
Plethora of hand & power tools...$3000 - $6000
Husband having a hobby he enjoys and keeps him at home.....priceless!!Comment
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How did they find my wife......
That is just the talk I overheard between my wife and MIL after making my first table.
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible
T.E. LawrenceComment
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You mean we're supposed to keep track of how much things cost? That's a bummer!Ken Weaver
Clemson, SC
"A mistake is absolute proof that someone tried to do something!Comment
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A lot of truth in that one but think of all the fun we have.Comment
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What 'bout them $10000 carbon stones
that supposedly last forever - outlasting the ash in us 
Every spouse unto their own madness ;!)
/venkatComment
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That is really true for me right now. Although, it is AWESOME to have enough tools to fix and make things.
My neighbor is a single mom. The start of this season both of her mowers didn't work. Luckily, they both use the same engines. With 5 minutes work, and parts from each, I had the mower going. The best part was when I pulled once on the broken handle of the pull starter, shook my head and walked into the garage. The look on their faces were priceless. I took a scrap of 3/4 plywood. Turned on the dust collection and bandsaw. Then moved to the Ridgid sander. Then grabbed some fiber tape and taped on the new handle (the front of the handle was still there, it just hurt to pull). Then pulled it to start. It was about 90 seconds and the reaction was great. It doesn't seem like much, but I think back to being in my apartment with a cheap Skil saw and a drill, less than 2 years ago and it is amazing.
I think I have a bookcase that is around $2500. The shelves in the laundy room are about $200 per shelf. The modification of the entertainment center is probably $500. I'll throw the rest of the cost on the shed.
Joe SacherComment
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I think that a lot of it depends on the kind of projects that you work on, too. Since I've been building my kitchen cabinets, I figure that I've saved a lot of money over the full custom units that I probably would have needed to equal what I'm doing, even with the tools added in (OK, I only buy tool bargins, other than paying full price - 10% on my BT). And over time, things just get cheaper. Plus the sense of satisifaction is a great bonus. So, I guess it denends on perspective and the type of projects...
JimComment
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I am a pretty lucky guy
My wife has never once complained or made a sarcastic remark about my woodworking. I have spent a lot of money over the years on tools for remodeling and woodworking. I have a fairly well equipped shop.....but is very small. We have been looking at houses off and on for a while and every time we look at one, the first thing she says is...."is here a good place for your shop?" so I guess I am a pretty lucky guy.
I recently finished a Shaker style "Jelly Cabinet". I was planning on taking it to a resale shop and seeing if I could get a few bucks for it to cover the material costs. I just built it for the fun of it, and because I liked its design. I never intended on keeping it. After it was finished, my wife rearranged half the kitchen just so she could use the thing. She said that she would never let me just give it away because she "needed" it for storage. So it’s in our kitchen now, even though it is too large for the space and there is not one single kitchen utensil or anything else stored inside it. So her argument that she "needed" the storage space is pretty lame. Not to mention the fact that she is the most organized person I have ever met, so I know she didn’t need the extra space.
She knows I spend a fortune on my woodworking, and she never complains, not even about the hours I spend in my shop. Maybe she has made comments like the one in the cartoon to her friends when I am not around, but all in all, after 28 years, she still puts up with me, and like I said ........ I am a pretty lucky guy.
BoomerComment
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That is one of two catagories.
1. The initial cost (goes down as more tool use, but does levelize with cost of wood, time, new blades, etc)
2. The people we hope to find, to buy our slightly used tools from.
I know two people who outfited a shop like that, one uses about three things (and he knows what I am interested in if he ever sells them), the other, it was a hobby that he and his brother upgraded to a full shop, and their work is more then I will probably ever be able to do.She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.Comment
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There is a massive amount of truth in this and both the wife and I got a chuckle out of it. She has been joking with me for some time now saying “You’re out of control!” but she is just joking and is very supportive. One turning that I did awhile back we joked that we had better like it and keep it for ever because we figure it cost a couple thousand to create. At some point though you reach the stage that the purchases diminish greatly and having a small shop helps with that. (I still want to see where Pappy puts that Jointer!) In my case I have spent quite a bit of money buying the tools that I figure will pretty much be with me the rest of my life so my purchases have declined and I am now spending more on materials than tools.
KenComment
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Just an observation ....
it's funny how a simple cartoon can send so many people into a tizzy GRASPING at JUSTIFICATION
now say it with me folks .....
Hi, my name is <insert name here> and I'm a Toolaholic.
Don't you feel better now???
If it ain't broke.. don't fix it!!!... but you can always 'hop it up'
**one and only purchaser of a BT3C official thong** Comment
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Well, I built in cabinets into our walk-in closet--spent ~$600 in costs (mainly for oak plywood), got a nice result, and saved $1500-2000 it would have cost me to hire someone.
I've tried to impress such examples of woodonomics on my wife, with limited success so far.Jeff
“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--VoltaireComment
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