I think I've said it before, but it bears repeating. There is an old Chinese curse that goes, "May you live in interesting times!" A year ago I was thinking that I had been there done that. A year later now and I'm thinking that I sure hope all that is over for a while.
The really bad stuff happened last year and I mentioned that way back. But the interesting stuff has just kept on. Minor example: Here I was yesterday thinking, "OK, now we can try to get back to normal." So I went into my shop, flipped on my table saw and got "Click!" Followed by a few more. Took apart the switch compartment, cleared out all the sawdust (25 year old saw), and tried again. "ROAR!" Well and good. Put it back together, turned it over, flipped the power switch: "Click!"
That's when I decided enough is enough. I've recovered that saw enough times and it's old enough I just don't care anymore, so I started looking for a sale. Checked around here on NCWW, craigslist, eBay and called some friends. But the answer came from right here. Tomorrow I hope to meet a new (to me) member and pick up my "new" table saw.
(Those who know me also know that my small shop cannot a handle a big saw, so I feel fortunate to find a good option that will fit in.)
So, literally, I have not done any real work in my wood shop in two years and I am hoping to get back on board in there (there are parts of a grill cabinet floor unit cut and waiting for joinery, assembly and finish) and also with NCWW as well as with my grilling buddies. "Interesting" how a dying parent, a heart attack, triple bypass, and a wife's diagnosis with alpha-gal (meat allergy) with all its chaos can turn your world upside down. I think they call it "life". But I will...
Rich
The really bad stuff happened last year and I mentioned that way back. But the interesting stuff has just kept on. Minor example: Here I was yesterday thinking, "OK, now we can try to get back to normal." So I went into my shop, flipped on my table saw and got "Click!" Followed by a few more. Took apart the switch compartment, cleared out all the sawdust (25 year old saw), and tried again. "ROAR!" Well and good. Put it back together, turned it over, flipped the power switch: "Click!"
That's when I decided enough is enough. I've recovered that saw enough times and it's old enough I just don't care anymore, so I started looking for a sale. Checked around here on NCWW, craigslist, eBay and called some friends. But the answer came from right here. Tomorrow I hope to meet a new (to me) member and pick up my "new" table saw.
(Those who know me also know that my small shop cannot a handle a big saw, so I feel fortunate to find a good option that will fit in.)
So, literally, I have not done any real work in my wood shop in two years and I am hoping to get back on board in there (there are parts of a grill cabinet floor unit cut and waiting for joinery, assembly and finish) and also with NCWW as well as with my grilling buddies. "Interesting" how a dying parent, a heart attack, triple bypass, and a wife's diagnosis with alpha-gal (meat allergy) with all its chaos can turn your world upside down. I think they call it "life". But I will...
Rich