woodworking

[Clayton717]

My local woodcraft posted this on their facebook page and I thought I would share it with all of you. I think I'm going to hang this up in my shop. Then the next time I hear "that's to much", or " I can buy it at the store for less."  I'll just point to the sign and say have a good day shopping at the store.

[LarryEA]

Thank you Clayton for sharing this. It's a good reminder to me of what we do.

[dgman]

I love it. I think I will copy and frame it and have it on display at every show I do! Thanks for posting it!

[amazingkevin]

You got a real point  there!

[Fab4]

Hi Clayton

So true

I saved a copy

Thanks

Fab4

[oldhudson]

I'm not trying to steal this thread but after I read your post I immediately thought about this quote. I've had it on my shop wall long enough that the paper is yellowing. It's from John Ruskin, the English critic. I think he was talking about architecture but it applies to woodworking, IMHO.

 

"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for the present delight nor the present use alone. Let it be such work as our decendants will thank us for and let us think, as we join one board to another, that a time is to come when that wood will be held sacred because our hands have touched it, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of it, "See! This our father did for us.""

 

I read this every so ofter, especially when I'm trying to decide how much effort to put into a project. Should I screw two boards together or cut a mortise and tenon joint? Should I sand to 150g or or 220g? etc. so on a so forth.

 

If I've transgressed here I apologize.

[grosa]

That is so true.

[Wilson's Woodworking]

I love both of them. I had shared the first one on my page yesterday and I am sharing the quote that oldhudson shared today.

[Around the corner]

Too bad a person couldn't have a stamp to put on all our work.People don't realize how much soul we put into our work. Greatest woodworking phrase I have heard. Damian