A Three Hour Tour...
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:27 pm
(with apologies to bad sitcoms everywhere)
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
a tale you might relate with,
that started from a trip to Craig's list,
and came home with a Shopsmith.
The budget started getting rough,
the tiny budget was tossed.
If not for the courage of the Mastercard crew
the Shopsmith would be lost.
The Shopsmith would be lost.
....
Well, my Shopsmith had its maiden voyage today.
After weeks of ebay, Craig's list, generous forum members, and Shopsmith email specials, my Mark V is finally equipped with needed parts, blades, and safety gear. Over the last few days I've been aligning and adjusting my fool heart out, until this afternoon I was finally satisfied that all was in order.
I woke my stepson early (before 3 in the afternoon) and took him out to introduce him to the world of safe woodworking. (Failing that, we could sure use 1.5 million.) I had some baseboard trim that needed cutting, and the machine was a dream to use. After demonstrating a few cuts I had stepson donn safety glasses and he used a table saw for the first time in his life.
Today was a modest task, but as they say, every voyage starts with a single step.
EDIT: Corrected time thanks to heads-up by horologist
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
a tale you might relate with,
that started from a trip to Craig's list,
and came home with a Shopsmith.
The budget started getting rough,
the tiny budget was tossed.
If not for the courage of the Mastercard crew
the Shopsmith would be lost.
The Shopsmith would be lost.
....
Well, my Shopsmith had its maiden voyage today.
After weeks of ebay, Craig's list, generous forum members, and Shopsmith email specials, my Mark V is finally equipped with needed parts, blades, and safety gear. Over the last few days I've been aligning and adjusting my fool heart out, until this afternoon I was finally satisfied that all was in order.
I woke my stepson early (before 3 in the afternoon) and took him out to introduce him to the world of safe woodworking. (Failing that, we could sure use 1.5 million.) I had some baseboard trim that needed cutting, and the machine was a dream to use. After demonstrating a few cuts I had stepson donn safety glasses and he used a table saw for the first time in his life.
Today was a modest task, but as they say, every voyage starts with a single step.
EDIT: Corrected time thanks to heads-up by horologist
