Just wanted to say howdy, I am the proud owner of a brand-spanking new Ryobi BT3100, purchased from the Home Depot in Rocky Mount, NC this very day - on sale for $249.
I have never owned a power tool in my life - with the exception of a Dremel which I used to wrap a very expensive model airplane into a tight little ball with, because apparently, that's the way God wanted it.
I bought the Ryobi because of two very important events in my life. One, I finally bought a danged old house instead of living in a crackerbox apartment; I'm nearly 45, thought I deserved it. And second, it is my wife's birthday yesterday, so I thought I should get her something nice. So I got her this nice table saw for me to use for her. I thought that was nice.
I read about the saw in "Make" magazine, and then I saw that they were on sale at the Home Depot, and brother, that was all I needed to know.
So it is sitting out in my garage this very minute, still in the box and all. I am not sure what to do next. The garage has no power, it was built in 1923 like my house. Well, my house has power, but for some reason, they never got around to dropping a line into the garage. That could be because you can't keep a car in it, too narrow for modern cars. You could drive in, but you'd never manage to open the doors. That's kind of weird, huh? Stuck inside your own garage, have to crawl out the windows or something.
And of course, I have no idea what to do with a table saw. I have this vague notion that I'll build something. Perhaps a book case, the built-in kind. My house (did I mention it was built in 1923?) is an honest-to-Pete Bungalow, craftstman style, and I thought I'd like a chance to learn how do something craftsman-like.
I never took a shop class or woodworking class or anything like that, but my great-granddad was a carpenter. But he was already retired when I was just a kid, his own kids had to take his power tools away, he was down to three fingers on one hand and two on the other. He thought it was kind of funny, actually. Used to do that "I'm picking my nose" trick, which looked pretty realistic with the entire tip of his finger missing - so it really looked like he was rooting around in there, and brother, did he have a honker, so there was plenty of room for it.
His name was KC Jones, not the famous railroad engineer of song and legend, but just the same, his name is on a plaque at the Greater Peoria International Airport, he was one of the founders and a pilot during the Great Depression, well, he didn't have a license, but he had a badge as a Sheriff's Deputy and he flew in booze from Canada.
So that's why I want to build a Thing.
Howdy!
Best,
Wiggy
I have never owned a power tool in my life - with the exception of a Dremel which I used to wrap a very expensive model airplane into a tight little ball with, because apparently, that's the way God wanted it.
I bought the Ryobi because of two very important events in my life. One, I finally bought a danged old house instead of living in a crackerbox apartment; I'm nearly 45, thought I deserved it. And second, it is my wife's birthday yesterday, so I thought I should get her something nice. So I got her this nice table saw for me to use for her. I thought that was nice.
I read about the saw in "Make" magazine, and then I saw that they were on sale at the Home Depot, and brother, that was all I needed to know.
So it is sitting out in my garage this very minute, still in the box and all. I am not sure what to do next. The garage has no power, it was built in 1923 like my house. Well, my house has power, but for some reason, they never got around to dropping a line into the garage. That could be because you can't keep a car in it, too narrow for modern cars. You could drive in, but you'd never manage to open the doors. That's kind of weird, huh? Stuck inside your own garage, have to crawl out the windows or something.
And of course, I have no idea what to do with a table saw. I have this vague notion that I'll build something. Perhaps a book case, the built-in kind. My house (did I mention it was built in 1923?) is an honest-to-Pete Bungalow, craftstman style, and I thought I'd like a chance to learn how do something craftsman-like.
I never took a shop class or woodworking class or anything like that, but my great-granddad was a carpenter. But he was already retired when I was just a kid, his own kids had to take his power tools away, he was down to three fingers on one hand and two on the other. He thought it was kind of funny, actually. Used to do that "I'm picking my nose" trick, which looked pretty realistic with the entire tip of his finger missing - so it really looked like he was rooting around in there, and brother, did he have a honker, so there was plenty of room for it.
His name was KC Jones, not the famous railroad engineer of song and legend, but just the same, his name is on a plaque at the Greater Peoria International Airport, he was one of the founders and a pilot during the Great Depression, well, he didn't have a license, but he had a badge as a Sheriff's Deputy and he flew in booze from Canada.
So that's why I want to build a Thing.
Howdy!
Best,
Wiggy
LCHIEN
Loring in Katy, TX USA
Comment