Subject: Re: How often do you do it?

From: "Bradley A. Stolzer" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 21:58:03 -0500

In a message dated 97-01-27 06:52:57 EST, [email-masked] (Dave
Druckerman) writes:

<< > I'm curious how often the non-professionals among you out there are down
 > > (or out) in your shop:  frequency, and duration at a shot.  My wife
 > > occasionally rags on me (could be worse), and I'd like to know where I
 > > stand in the distribution.  Me?  Well, it comes in fits and starts, but
 > > probably averages out to about between 1 and 3 evenings per week, 3-4
 > > hours at a shot, plus about 4-8 hours per weekend.
 >
 > 1 to 2 evenings a week, for about 20 minutes a shot. Mebbe 2 hours, on a
 > good weekend. Most woodworking done while ostensibly taking out the trash,
 > and getting "lost" in the garage. This past weekend was a notable
 > exception, when I got about 5 total hours. Nearly completed something,
 > imagine that.
 >
 > O'Deen
  >>
2 evenings per week, 2-3 hours per evening, plus 3-4 hours on weekends.
 Greatest disappoinment in life:  having the evening to do woodworking, but
too tired to do it!!

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From: Termite <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:49:35 -0500

It changes up with my mood and level of energy.  My wife NEVER rags me
about it. At least I'm home and see can interrupt me if she needs to. Of
course she sees little of me when I'm in the shop.
When the mood strikes it seems that it last for about 6 months at a
strech. Durring that time I usually hit the shop (on avg.) 3 nights a
week for about (avg) 3 hours. On the weekends MANY a day up to 12 hours.
I'll get started about 7:30 in the AM and the next thing I know it's
8:00PM, I'm tired and wondering what happend, like WOW, I just came out
of some deep trance or something.  I LOVE IT - I just get totally
consumed and know nothing of the world but what's happening in my shop.
 
You need two lists of projects. One for your wife and one for you. Ask
her to set priorities on the things that she wants and mix them in with
the things that you want to make. I'm lucky in that my wife and I have
many items in common that we desire to have made. We have somewhat of a
different priority list but she understands that I must also derive a
great deal of pleasure from my projects - or why else would I do them.
This is just a release and a great pleasure, not a JOB (LUCKY ME !!!)

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From: Bill Leonard <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:33:26 -0600

Two comments on all of this "how often..." stuff:

	1 - woodus interruptus

	2 - always (always!) use protection

Bill Leonard

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From: [email-masked] (Tom Perigrin)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:46:48 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, Termite <[email-masked]>
wrote:

I generally do "campaigns" when I am building something - from 8 PM to
midnight every night, and from noon to mindnight on the weekends, straight
through until it's done.

And then the project is done, and I might ignore the shop for weeks, or
just go out to fondle a plane or clean a few things for less than a
half-hour.

Tom

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From: Bill Pounds <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 20:59:33 -0800

> I'm curious how often the non-professionals among you out there are down
> stand in the distribution.
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Why not try what I do? Tell the wife your going to the nudie bar with
your buddies, and then sneak out to the shop. Of course you have to keep
the hammering to a minimum.

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From: Roger & Jo Kempfer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:38:38 -0900

> This is just a release and a great pleasure, not a JOB (LUCKY ME !!!)

Use to hide out in the shop - get away from it all.  But then my wife 
wanted me to build five mahogony bookcases for her son in law.  OK says 
I but you have to help.  Much to my surprise she said OK.  She actually 
enjoyed it and once she found out that those beastly, loud, sharp 
spinning blades really weren't going to bite her she started enjoying 
herself.  Now we are making display cases for her daughter.  My time has 
increased substantially and its fun having her working with me although 
I tend to be a perfectionist and I know I irritate her at time.  So to 
answer your question - eight hours a day on the weekend and a couple of 
hours in the evenings two or three times per week when we are working on 
something.  It's probably going to increase because we are retiring, 
moving, finishing up a new shop and then a house.  Lots to do.

rk

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From: Private <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 11:55:17 -0500

>  Greatest disappoinment in life:  having the evening to do woodworking, but

If I'm really into a project then I spend about five hours a night,
three nights a week in the shop.  On the weekend I will spend an entire
day in the shop, then make sure that I spend the other day doing things
with my wife, um-err, live-in girlfriend.  She is very tolerant of shop
time if I'm making something for her, like a jewelry box or new bathroom
cabinetry.  I'm going to have a difficult time convincing her that my
next project, a boat, is for her though ;)

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From: BOB Hendricks <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 21:34:12 -0800

> next project, a boat, is for her though ;)
 Keep call the boat by your wifes(girlfriends) name, tell her it has
really great lines just like her. IT WORKED FOR ME!

                                           BOB

P.S.   don't ever refer to it as "SHE or HER" they don't like the
compation.