I suspect my approach might be a little different, but I'd be interested to see how much.The material I use is predominantly highly figured pine. This is mainly because my current wife, (I have had one less than Henry VIII,) really likes it and considers high quality timbers like Jarrah to be bland. (Not me Phully, it's the missus that thinks that.) Suits me, because with patience and a little conniving, I can buy it here for a song and she gets what she wants, I get tons of the stuff to play with and it's a very cheap hobby. (The pine is structural reject timber in the main)I never buy wood for specific project, - a self-imposed restriction is that I must use what I have at the time. As I've acquired more machinery, that has become much easier. If my wife wanted something built from Tassie Oak, for example, the reply would be "Sorry, no can do." Same with a fixed design. Not interested. It's really not that much of a restriction, - most of us could build a world class heavy workbench from matchsticks if we chose.I don't do plans and won't adhere to a specific design idea. I start with a concept, work out in my head how I'm going to achieve that with what I have to hand and let it evolve from there. (The "make do with what you have" approach instilled in me growing up on farm.) Not afraid to make radical changes as I go along. Surprisingly, I waste very little wood in spite of these changes. (Glue is truly a wonderful thing.) I'm no fine woodworker and don't aspire to be. Those of you who are professionals or skilled craftsmen would be doubtless be horrified by some of my approaches. To make something strong, functional, useful and pleasing to me is my aim.Therein, lies the joy of wookwork for me, - the challenge and satisfaction of creating something that reflects my own (lack of) skills, experience and free will, - not what some plan requires of me. Sounds artistic, but I'm certainly no artist.So what's your approach?

On Nov 12, 8:17=A0am, "diggerop" wrote, in part:Like getting on a horse, or my politics, from the left.;-)D'ohBoy

What is your approach to woodworking?

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Swingman 16 years ago

Priceless!! ROFL ...

Actually, met my first wife, and still very good friend, somewhere between Alice Springs and Darwin, but she's a POME!

... another story worth telling sometime (just as you think you're he man brave hitchhiking the bitumen between Alice and Darwin, you meet a couple of British cuties just ahead of you doing the same ...) :(

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Larry Jaques 16 years ago

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:08:57 +0800, the infamous "diggerop" scrawled the following:

Oi get it. Cute!

-- When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. -- Thomas Paine

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Larry Jaques 16 years ago

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:34:43 -0600, the infamous Swingman scrawled the following:

Especially if they're wearing only -foot- thongs, huh?

-- When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. -- Thomas Paine

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Bill 16 years ago

Lew,

If you would like to contact me off list, you can get my email address by following this link (until I remove it in few days)

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CW 16 years ago

Used to mean the same thing here. Somewhere along tthe line, the word got hijacked.

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Lew Hodgett 16 years ago

"Bill" wrote: If you would like to contact me off list, you can get my email address by

Seems you're down and I back up.

Want to try again?

Lew

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Bill 16 years ago

Here you go Lew,

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