Am I Normal???

I am a recent convert to woodworking and have already received valuable advice on this site. The problem is however, that I am more an addict than a convert. I exhibit new symptoms daily and am now a little worried. Missus and my mates think I am weird.

Symptoms include:

1. Having pizza delivered to the workshop so that I can continue working whilst eating at the same time.
2. Removed my "no junk mail" sign from the letterbox in the hope I will receive hardward catalogues and get depressed when they don't arrive.
3. Been thrown out of Bunnings for loitering.
4. When I'm not working I'm cleaning my powertools over and over and over again.
5. I save matchbox sized cutoffs because in my mind I know I will use them again one day, although this day hasn't come yet I'm sure it will soon.
6.My wife is due in April and likes the name Ryan. I prefer Ryobi.
7. I build a set of shelves and then sit in front of them for hours just admiring my workmanship.

Is this normal??

Should I expect other symptoms to rear their lovely head??

Have no where else to turn and would like to hear from other warped individuals.

Regards
ASH

That sounds normal for a woodie to me.

Except I live 55 klms from the nearest pizza shop and they wont deliver.

That sounds normal to EXCEPT............number 7 .

You forgot to say you had a coldie in hand at the time :D

What symptoms?

All sounds perfectly rational behaviour to me.

Ya cant be normal, your here....:D :D :D :D :D

What about Festool for a name, its a manly name.

Cheers, Al the deranged

You forgot one:

8. Spending more on new tools than feeding the kids.

Just wait 'till you discover hand tools :)

PS: Stanley is my suggestion.

Buy a lathe. It will set your head spinning. A whole lot of new symptoms awaits you, making sawdust and decorative firewood.


Oh what a feeling.!!!!!!!!


Macca

:D :D :D

and if its a girl Makita is a nice finnish name :D

IF you want to send your kid to one of those wanker private schools you could burden the little bugger with "Lie-Neilsen"

otherwise quite rational. One additional observation is the "I cant finish this particular project unless I purchase <Insert tool here>... May I buy this pleae darling SWMBO ?"

You forgot: "Spending more time surfing woodwork web sites than working"


How about Clifton for a boy's name. Cliff for short. Nice and
blokey.

Delta for a girl.

Or if she has twin boys you could call them Spear and Jackson.

:) :)

Craig

Ash you are an addict.

But admitting as much is a big first step in your recovery.

Next you must find a very good friend or sponser to help you by removing the temptaion. Once anything to do with woodworking is in my shed I will help your will power by not giving them back under any circumstances.

So just PM me and I'll pop over and collect your tools, mags, wood, ......

:D

Ash,

you are normal mate! As long as you don't start collecting clamps.


Aslo I'd like to call my son Mu jing fang. (No sorry honey it is your department!:eek: )


Scott

How about plain old " Woodie " for a fella or " Dusty " for a gal. Have your hands gone black from hardwood yet?

Hey,
good post.
Now I know I'm normal too.
I cop heaps of flack for #7. (and the improved #7 too)
But try being addicted with a cast on your hand for 10 weeks (and counting).
Sooooooo frustrating. still, managed a few shelves for the kids and partway through a "fire truck" toy.
I hate that Timbecom catalogue, so much stuff I cant buy.
:(

I would like some help
Ihave recently retired and I would like to replace the contents of my woodworking shop, there is so much great stuff about these days compared with what used to be I am contemplating purchasing :-a sliding compound mitre saw
a good sized band saw
a woodlathe
a thickneser
a vertical drill press and some dowell and dovetail jigs etc.
I have been looking at a variety of good outlets incuding
Carba-tec;Herless;Total Tools,Woodworking machinery specialists,etc and so on.

I would like to know what brands are considered to be good value for the hobbyist considering that a lot of the very attractive items offered by the above stores, are manufactured in China and sold under the stores own name. The quallity is unknown to people such as I who are still using our 30 year old docking saw

I see that Riobi seems to have become cheap and nasty as does a lot of Black and Decker and the green Bosche. De-Walt is too expensive for people such as me.
on the surface Carba-tec seems to offer very good choices as does Electra Beckam. But I am uncertain as things have changed so much since I was last in the market