Well, not so much a fear, but a deep distrust in my abilities to start with raw materials and figure out how to turn the stock into parts and assemble something that looks like (or better than) what you can buy in stores.
But the Lady Vor comes from a long line of manly-men, and she wanted windowboxes for the new house. So I had her buy me a table saw.
And, after reading a book and some practice, last weekend I made my first window box from scratch. Even cut it so that the front and back slope out at a 10% angle, and cut in dadoes for the sides and bottom. Turned out better than I think anybody hoped, so now I get to make more (and, eventually, make them out of more expensive wood. Just couldn’t bring myself to start with redwood.). And, after that, I think it’s time to conquer a bookcase.
Congratulations, LordVor, on you new found woodie!
There’s a great deal of pleasure to be had creating something from scratch. And the power tools help. Pretty soon you’ll be making shelves for more tools to make more shelves to hold more tools ad infinitum.
I am happy for you. Making sawdust is one of my most satisfying pursuits. After 11 years of owning a table saw, I probably have only utilized less than half its functions. So, happy learning and building.
Ruby , a standing joke between my wife and I is that I can’t get a router until I’m good enough with the table saw to build a table to mount it to. So yeah, I get your drift.
Good for you! Remember, that you have to work from easy to hard, the more practice you get the better your results will be. If you try a really ambitious project right away, you might become discouraged. Keep a journal- it enables you to repeat things without trial and error. And, most important, WORK SAFELY! Power tools have no mercy, they will chew up fingers without remorse. I speak from experience, and type slowly because I have a woodworking-related typing impediment.
