Tools of the Trade: Sanding Mops

So, you couldn't use these to mop a floor.

Manuals

I have some built-in learning disorders that make reading blocks of a small, close type challenging to read. In addition, the English used in the manuals is so poor that three pages in, you are skipping whole chapters looking for what you need.

Utility

workers spend money on foolish things every year. Why? We see it on the web in a video or the catalog and realize that it is the solution to a problem we do not have. So out flashes the credit card, and next week we are looking for storage space for the new item.

Flashback Friday – July 16 – Critical Tool?

Articles regularly appear in the woodworking periodicals about the essential power tool in your shop. The authors make convincing arguments for their choices, too. I prefer to think in terms of what suite of crucial tools makes your work possible? Your answer will vary with the materials you work with, how you change them, and the product you produce.

Free

've always been a fan of the old saying that free is worth what you pay for it.

Opportunity Too

It was one of those "Don't you dare, come any closer" situations. It was an after-the-show dinner at a restaurant set on a pier.

All That’s New

Craftspeople and artists repurpose industrial tools and materials for art and craft all the time. Some people hate it and protest that it's neither art nor craft. I'd point out that modern artist paints owe more than a bit of thanks to industrial chemistry.

Proficient

Periodically carving becomes a fad and not a cheap one.

Facile Bonum Est

us how we came up with so many neat program ideas. We were flattered by the compliment, but my colleague and I looked at each other, hemmed and hawed a bit, and then expressed our formula

Work Smart

If you buy too many woodworking magazines, you may develop shop and tool envy.