So This Is Where Jago Keeps His Thoughts: The Smell of Freshly Cut Wood

This past month I was asked by my farming boss Don to help him do some cut a sheet of plywood into pieces and hep him assemble boxes for Peacock production of Cats. I was also fortunate to be able to drive his brand new truck he just purchased. He wanted me to see how it ran. We went for lunch at Quiznos and over to DQ for some dessert then took the truck on a quick highway drive to show me how she ran. Being in Peacock's wood shop sure brought back memories. I think I lived in there I think. In my grade 12 year I built my mother a buffet and hutch. I had many classmates think I was crazy for doing such a large project but I pulled it off. It had rave reviews making it onto to Peacock's website. It sat on display in the office for a week till I had time to pick it up. I think I had three offers to buy it. I could have sold it for 4 times the amount it took for materials. I think mom would have been angry if I did sell it seeing she hadn't even seen it yet.

The Buffet and Hutch

Last weekend I finally got around to cleaning up my shop and getting it somewhat organized so I could do some wood projects. First on the agenda was to build some simple frames for some paintings that we bought in Barcelona on our honeymoon. I had some pine from an old futon dad had that I used to make the frames. I basically used most of my big tools I have in the shop: Tablesaw even with dado blade, Planer, Jointer, and Miter saw. When I put the pine through the planer for the first time and it sure brought back good memories from the fresh smell of pine that filled the shop. Now to most of you, this probably means nothing, but to a woodworker, a great smell. So here are some pictures of my shop.