tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post7872904600763496621..comments2024-03-09T22:40:48.096+01:00Comments on Toolerable: Professional Woodworker?Brian Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-45472498021687192102012-08-18T09:57:56.886+02:002012-08-18T09:57:56.886+02:00Perfectly said.
I would love to be a professional...Perfectly said.<br /><br />I would love to be a professional woodworker if I could do it with no compromises. So, as soon as I figure that out, I'm outa here!Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-85400489335395221212012-08-18T00:01:55.795+02:002012-08-18T00:01:55.795+02:00I agree.
I changed the roof on our barn toghether...I agree.<br /><br />I changed the roof on our barn toghether with an apprentice carpenter. I told him that I had always wanted to build a house the old fashioned way, with through mortises and timberframing joinery. He couldn't even pretend that it could be interesting. His response was that a metal fastener was quicker and just as strong. Perhaps he is right, but it wouldn't be as satisfying for me to do it that way. The same goes for the other parts of woodworking. There was a quote in an issue of WWM. I can't remember by whom, but it goes like this:<br />What I make may be for others, but how I make them is for me.<br />Brgds<br />JonasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-54163523041211162182012-08-08T17:41:34.970+02:002012-08-08T17:41:34.970+02:00Hi Ralph,
I think you said it best. I have nothi...Hi Ralph,<br /><br />I think you said it best. I have nothing against professionals, and I would love to make a living at it, but I would want to do it my way.<br /><br />What do you do when someone says they will pay a bunch of money for something, and they want it sooner than you feel comfortable? Take the money and make shortcuts, or don't take the money and go hungry?<br /><br />Right now I am having a blast working wood, making my own mistakes, and taking my time. I don't have to use biscuits and I can complicate things way beyond what would be a reasonable amount of labor to pay for, as my labor is cheap on my own projects. I can't imagine it any other way for me.Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591297260116621731.post-69551088609792396522012-08-08T12:06:10.982+02:002012-08-08T12:06:10.982+02:00My sentiments too. I like making what I want, when...My sentiments too. I like making what I want, when I want, and moving at a pace I want. I tried the pro thing and it sucked the life right out of my desire to work wood.<br />ralphRalph Boumenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606484453109932074noreply@blogger.com