Very intelligent curation of tools and machines ideal for a small shop. Highly tuned floor p ln an Super-logical video presentation. Looking forward to your future videos. Thank you!
I have my approximately 4’x4’ cnc router mounted on a garage storage lift and raise it above my assembly table when not in use. When I want to use it I lower it down onto my assembly table. Actually you could even raise it up while it was cutting a job so it would be out of the way. I have a blue tooth camera mounted in the dust shoe so I can watch the cutter. 😉😁
We all struggle with the storage , tools , work area, all fighting for the same space. I learned to put everything on wheels so I can quickly and easily move things around when I need to . Rotating casters on each corner allows me to move each piece in any direction and not have to steer it .If I was to use two fixed wheels on on side , that makes it harder to move.But the real problem is we all have to much stuff for to little space we have. Great video ,thanks for the tour.
Wonderful shop.. I got the same thing going not enuf space and currently working on a roubo workbench. I got 334 sqft so space is an issue fighting for every inch is fun. Take a look at the jet jjp-12hh planer jointer.. saves you a ton of room. You got a lot of machines crammed in their and could also tweak things down to free up more room. But I totally get it.. don't have to change configs all the time. I subscribed and hope to see you build some really wonderful things that I might get ideas off you.
Hi Gene, hope the roubo bench is progressing well. "Fighting for every inch is fun" is certainly the truth! I've lost count of the times I've stood in the center of my shop visualizing; "now if I move that tool an inch to the right, and this other tool two inches to the left . . ." It's a game of domino's!
Hi Jim, thanks for the comment. Lately, I have been watching a British architectural show called Grand Designs, and I can see from the show just how tight space is in many homes for a workshop. Thanks for the support!
Thanks Brad! Don't know if I'd go so far as to call myself a "Natural". Sometimes I have to shoot a lot of "Takes" before I get my lines right. I have no future in Hollywood!
Thank you Sean. I've actually been to Ireland. Spent a week in the area around Limerick and Galway. Absolutely beautiful country, I hope to go back some day.
Very nice shop sir! Looking forward to following your channel. I was born and raised in Lompoc Ca. were I started my love for woodworking in my gramps shop/garage at a very very young age. I now have all of his tools in my shop. I've had a 45 yr. Career as a Welder/Fabricator. It all started in gramps wood shop!
Thanks for the shop tour. It a very nice shop. Just subscribed and looking forward to more videos. I’m not sure where I saw this but I think it was either someone from Woodsmith magazine or maybe Wood Magazine or Woodworkers Journal magazine. They rebuilt their workbench or out feed table so their CNC was under the top on I think a slid out shelf. A friend of mine has a shop much like yours where every wall has something mounted to it. He made a winch and pulley system to lift his CNC table and his laser table into docking stations in the attic of his garage. They get pinned in place so they can’t fall down when not in use. They lower down onto either side of his outfeed/Assembly table. Since he lives in a climate that gets cold he built an insulated box that surrounds each tool while it is in the attic and helps keep his shop warm even when they are being used.
Thanks Ron! Sounds like your friend has come up with some clever solutions to solve his space problems. When, and if, I ever get a CNC or laser cutter, then I will have to solve those problems, or move to a bigger shop!
Oh wow! You have a fantastic shop Greg, and it has a sense of history with it considering your dad's cabinet and your son's vises. I only wish you had started videoing on CZcams years ago. I'm looking forward to seeing your future projects. What a great start,thanks for sharing
Thanks for the encouragement! I wish I'd been able to start this adventure a long time ago too, but the career and kids came first. Woodworking has always been my passion, and now, I've finally got the time.
Wonderful video! I really appreciate how you went into complete detail about not only what occupies the shop space, but how this is all incorporated into your workflow. Really helpful! 👍
Thanks for the feedback! I was worried that the video might be to long when I was filming it, so I actually skipped some details I would have liked to include. Maybe I'll shoot an update someday.
This is your first video??! Wow, great job on editing and how to present your shop to us. You've clearly optimized your shop. I love how everything has a place of it's own. The use of bins and those cardboard organizers. I like having a variety of hardware on hand just in case I may need it. I check thru Face Book's Market Place and Craig's list. I recently acquired a group of new steel bin/drawers full of assorted hardware. I also have an antique printer cabinet that was in a local shop. It has the old iron wheels placing it around the beginning of the 20th century. This cabinet will be the home for all of the hardware I got with the steel drawers. I'll make a cabinet in the next coming week for them. I like having some history in my shop. I have some shelves that are placed where the ceiling meets the wall that goes all around the shop that I display my antique tool collection. They are not all wood working though. There are some very ornate levels, wrenches among the rest of my tools. One section is dedicated to the "Family Tools" that I inherited from my grampa. The wood planes date back to the mid 1600's when my family ancestors migrated to this country. They have been lovingly cared for over the centuries by other woodworking ancestors and not one sign of wood boring insects that tend to destroy the old tools.. I plan to build a proper cabinet like yours just for them. When ever I make something for my siblings and my parents when they were alive, or relatives, I always use those tools to help build the gift with. I have a special iron of the family logo on it that I burn into the items I make with those tools. My family will know then that it was made with our ancestors tools that they used to build their homes and everything of wood in those homes. Its my way of honoring them and so the family doesn't forget where we came from. Well, I didn't mean to write a story here, sorry about that. You have a new subscriber though! Thanks for a great video!
Thank you again! I love the concept of using your families antique tools for some aspect of building a family gift. That seems like a perfect way to honor their memory and preserve the legacy of their own woodworking history. I also have a branding iron with my makers mark, that I use on all of my projects. Someday, when I'm long gone and dust, someone may pickup an item I built and see my makers mark on it and wonder, "who was person?"
Thanks Marty! Don't have any video of projects I built prior to starting this channel, but I do have a couple jewelry box builds documented on my website at swensonwoodshop.com. I generally wasn't in the habit of documenting the stuff I built over the last 40 years, and most of it resides in the homes of friends and family. I'm currently finishing up the Part 4 video of my Sharpening series, and then I'm starting a new build!
...just happened by your channel, and came across the cabinet, what a beauty. My wife and i are in the process of building our shop (50'x50' main shop, 30'x30' finishing room) at this moment. I seen the attention to details of it, and wondered do you have plans on it, as my wife and i would love to use serveral of them in our shop, main area, and then a few in the finish room, where we assembly everything. Thank you for showing us your beautiful shop, and i must say it has taught me alot on space saving, even in something my size. Once again, thank you. P.S. consider us Subscribed.Scottishxpride, Texas.
Wow! Your finishing room will be larger than my entire shop, and I'd probably get lost in a 50x50 shop! Hope you post some pictures of it when it's finished. Regarding the cabinet, I don't have any plans for the cabinet. I think it was originally a china cabinet, before my father converted it to a tool cabinet. I suggest you scour some antique shops and see if you can find a bargain, and then build a couple more to match the antique. Thanks for the feedback.
Very nice!!! Typed in shop tour and you came up. I enjoyed the tour and can tell you put alot of thought into your video. I subbed your channel and look forward to your next video. Have a Jesus filled day Greg in Michigan
Nice job for your first video. That is a nice set up How long did it take to build up your Powermatic collection? Those are not cheap tools...Love the cabinet. Its like the focal point of the entire shop...
Thanks Rich. I purchased most of the Powermatic tools in 2016, when I sold a classic car, and used part of the money to upgraded some older Delta tools. I decided I wanted to do woodworking, more than maintaining a car in retirement; though I do miss that car every now and then.
@@swensonwoodshop7475 Ha ha, but I bet you get more use out of your tools. I run a photography business. I am always torn between buying new equipment for the business and buying new tools. So most of the time I do both.
Great shop ! Very Well Organized and Equipped I’m sure you know this but your old Delta Bandsaw with the reduction gears are a hot item these days as they are getting harder to find in decent shape BTW there is a CZcamsr that really knows his Bandsaws as he also was a Shop Teacher for a number of years and has a lot of Machining and Metal working experience overall a pretty neat and knowledgeable guy but i forget his name at this moment although if you search 14 inch Delta Bandsaws on You Tube he will pop up he also has a nice collection of old Catalogs from several large Companies over the years
Thanks Craig! I used to have an entire shop of Delta equipment, but when Delta basically stopped making industrial quality equipment about 10 years ago, I started switching over to Powermatic. I still have some of my older Delta equipment, the metal/wood cutting bandsaw and thickness planner that are in my shop, and an DJ20 jointer and 6" belt/12" disc sander in storage. I sold my Delta Unisaw, and HD Shaper. I think the reasons I started changing over to Powermatic were: 1 - parts were readily available, whereas Delta parts were difficult to come by, and 2 - I like the industrial quality of Powermatic equipment; its heavier, and better engineered, in my humble opinion.
Man oh man, I'm envious! Your sanding block collection cost more than my jointer! And a twin screw vise mainly to hold your shooting board?! Looking forward to more videos! Where did you get the router table top??
Thanks for the encouragement. I am working on more videos, and my startup has been slower than I anticipated, mainly because I'm a one man show and I'm still figuring out the lighting, camera angles, software, etc. But that's all part of the journey. I purchased the Excalibur router table top and router lift in 2016 from Tools Plus, and I'm very happy with them. Unfortunately the Excalibur brand was manufactured by General Tools of Canada which has since gone out of business. I understand that King Canada is now manufacturing the General/Excalibur tool line under the Excelsior brand, and the XL-075 appears to be the same cast iron top I originally purchased. Not sure who, if anyone, in the USA is carrying this line of tools, other than Woodcraft selling their scroll saws.
Great video! Excellent presentation. I'm reviewing 'Shop Tour' videos to get ideas on how to make mine. We all have techniques and ideas on how to get the most out of our small home workshops. I like your presentation and style. Very professional, yet easy to understand. Thanks!! BTW, are you Scandinavian as I am? My ancestry comes from Sweden. I am now in Southwestern PA. I came here from Sacramento 9 yrs ago for my professional career, then retired here. 👍👍 😀
Thanks Gary, and good luck with your new shop! Yes I am somewhat of Scandinavian decent, as my father's side of the family came from Sweden. BTW I used to live in Media, PA.
Hi Turtle Carpenter! Professionally I'm a retired accountant, so I'd describe myself as a hobbyist, though I do have a lot of experience from growing up around several family businesses that taught me plumbing, electrical, cabinet making and construction skills during my summer breaks.
Nice shop! Great machines. Hey, we are practically neighbors - I am in Santa Cruz and fellow creators - let's have coffee. I left a contact message on your website.
Yep! I usually write out my dialog before filming so the video will flow smoothly without me fumbling around trying to remember what I was going to say next. I have no future in Hollywood, because I can't remember lines worth a damn. My boys tell me I need to be more organic, but scripting my videos just works better for me!
Classy. I too anticipate some worthwhile virtual time in your well-organized shop. Thank you for sharing.
Dust collecting and wheels; everything else is icing on the cake. Well done, sir. Subscribed.
Thank you very much!
DAMBBBBBBB...ENJOYED THE TOUR OF THE SHOP NOW THAT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.....
Thank you David
I enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing. Respectfully, John Bies, US Army Retired…
Very intelligent curation of tools and machines ideal for a small shop. Highly tuned floor p ln an Super-logical video presentation. Looking forward to your future videos. Thank you!
Thank you Michael!
You have a very nice shop and I always seem to get great ideas from people's shop tours. Thanks for this video.
Thank you
Nice job on the video and a very impressive wood shop indeed! Thanks for sharing
GREAT SHOP LAY OUT LOVE IT
Thank you!
Nice shop! Great use of space!
Very great looking shop
I have my approximately 4’x4’ cnc router mounted on a garage storage lift and raise it above my assembly table when not in use. When I want to use it I lower it down onto my assembly table. Actually you could even raise it up while it was cutting a job so it would be out of the way. I have a blue tooth camera mounted in the dust shoe so I can watch the cutter. 😉😁
Fantastic shop sir it looks great
I love the cabinet your dad built, I think it makes your shop special, Bet you think of him every time. you see it.
Thanks Phillip, and yes I do think of him often.
We all struggle with the storage , tools , work area, all fighting for the same space. I learned to put everything on wheels so I can quickly and easily move things around when I need to . Rotating casters on each corner allows me to move each piece in any direction and not have to steer it .If I was to use two fixed wheels on on side , that makes it harder to move.But the real problem is we all have to much stuff for to little space we have. Great video ,thanks for the tour.
Subscribed and anxiously awaiting more.....
Thanks Sean! I took a break over the holidays, but I'll be back in the shop very soon!
Thanks for the video. You have a very organised workshop. I can see you are making the best use of every space.
Thank you Dave!
Great layout
Wonderful shop.. I got the same thing going not enuf space and currently working on a roubo workbench. I got 334 sqft so space is an issue fighting for every inch is fun. Take a look at the jet jjp-12hh planer jointer.. saves you a ton of room. You got a lot of machines crammed in their and could also tweak things down to free up more room. But I totally get it.. don't have to change configs all the time. I subscribed and hope to see you build some really wonderful things that I might get ideas off you.
Hi Gene, hope the roubo bench is progressing well. "Fighting for every inch is fun" is certainly the truth! I've lost count of the times I've stood in the center of my shop visualizing; "now if I move that tool an inch to the right, and this other tool two inches to the left . . ." It's a game of domino's!
Appreciate the tour very nice machinery. Looking forward to see some of the videos of the stuff you make from them. Have a blessed day
Thank you Tim!
Love your organization and dedication to keeping the shop clean. You have some beautiful tools and I can't wait to see you build some projects!
It's a small shop so organization is key. A broom was the first tool my dad taught me to use!
attention to detail and quality design, hoping to see more!
Thanks Dann!
Thanks for the tour around your tiny workshop 🤣🤣 most of us in England would like one half that size, new subscriber 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Hi Jim, thanks for the comment. Lately, I have been watching a British architectural show called Grand Designs, and I can see from the show just how tight space is in many homes for a workshop. Thanks for the support!
Nice to see a woodworker from the Monterey Bay on CZcams.. nice shop sir
If you're also local to the Monterey Bay, check out our local club: montereybaywoodworkers.club
For it being your first video you are a natural. Really envious of your machinery layout. Again Great job!
Thanks Brad! Don't know if I'd go so far as to call myself a "Natural". Sometimes I have to shoot a lot of "Takes" before I get my lines right. I have no future in Hollywood!
Very professionally done video for a first time provider. Love the shop and looking forward to future projects.
Thank you David!
Nice shop. Love your hand tool collection.
Thank you!
You did an excellent job on this video. Looking forward for more in the future.
Thank you!
Thank you ....really appreciate the tour... All the best from Ireland
Thank you Sean. I've actually been to Ireland. Spent a week in the area around Limerick and Galway. Absolutely beautiful country, I hope to go back some day.
Very nice shop sir! Looking forward to following your channel. I was born and raised in Lompoc Ca. were I started my love for woodworking in my gramps
shop/garage at a very very young age. I now have all of his tools in my shop. I've had a 45 yr. Career as a
Welder/Fabricator. It all started in gramps wood shop!
Thank you Brady. I'm certain your gramp would be pleased that your carrying on the skills he taught you.
Your workshop is awe inspiring. Thanks for the tour!
Great job presenting your shop! I’m looking forward to watching your other videos. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Jim
Great shop. You really make great use of your space. Can't wait to see some of your work....subscribed.
Thank you Robert!
Subscribed!
Thank you!
Thanks for the shop tour. It a very nice shop. Just subscribed and looking forward to more videos.
I’m not sure where I saw this but I think it was either someone from Woodsmith magazine or maybe Wood Magazine or Woodworkers Journal magazine. They rebuilt their workbench or out feed table so their CNC was under the top on I think a slid out shelf.
A friend of mine has a shop much like yours where every wall has something mounted to it. He made a winch and pulley system to lift his CNC table and his laser table into docking stations in the attic of his garage. They get pinned in place so they can’t fall down when not in use. They lower down onto either side of his outfeed/Assembly table. Since he lives in a climate that gets cold he built an insulated box that surrounds each tool while it is in the attic and helps keep his shop warm even when they are being used.
Thanks Ron! Sounds like your friend has come up with some clever solutions to solve his space problems. When, and if, I ever get a CNC or laser cutter, then I will have to solve those problems, or move to a bigger shop!
Oh wow! You have a fantastic shop Greg, and it has a sense of history with it considering your dad's cabinet and your son's vises. I only wish you had started videoing on CZcams years ago. I'm looking forward to seeing your future projects. What a great start,thanks for sharing
Thanks for the encouragement! I wish I'd been able to start this adventure a long time ago too, but the career and kids came first. Woodworking has always been my passion, and now, I've finally got the time.
Wonderful video! I really appreciate how you went into complete detail about not only what occupies the shop space, but how this is all incorporated into your workflow. Really helpful! 👍
Thanks for the feedback! I was worried that the video might be to long when I was filming it, so I actually skipped some details I would have liked to include. Maybe I'll shoot an update someday.
Good video. Nicely "jammed in " shop. I am jealous.
Thank you, and yes "Jammed In" is an accurate description!
Thanks for opening your shop to us. You have a done a great job and look forward to your other videos!!
Thank you!
This is your first video??! Wow, great job on editing and how to present your shop to us. You've clearly optimized your shop. I love how everything has a place of it's own. The use of bins and those cardboard organizers. I like having a variety of hardware on hand just in case I may need it. I check thru Face Book's Market Place and Craig's list. I recently acquired a group of new steel bin/drawers full of assorted hardware. I also have an antique printer cabinet that was in a local shop. It has the old iron wheels placing it around the beginning of the 20th century. This cabinet will be the home for all of the hardware I got with the steel drawers. I'll make a cabinet in the next coming week for them. I like having some history in my shop. I have some shelves that are placed where the ceiling meets the wall that goes all around the shop that I display my antique tool collection. They are not all wood working though. There are some very ornate levels, wrenches among the rest of my tools. One section is dedicated to the "Family Tools" that I inherited from my grampa. The wood planes date back to the mid 1600's when my family ancestors migrated to this country. They have been lovingly cared for over the centuries by other woodworking ancestors and not one sign of wood boring insects that tend to destroy the old tools.. I plan to build a proper cabinet like yours just for them. When ever I make something for my siblings and my parents when they were alive, or relatives, I always use those tools to help build the gift with. I have a special iron of the family logo on it that I burn into the items I make with those tools. My family will know then that it was made with our ancestors tools that they used to build their homes and everything of wood in those homes. Its my way of honoring them and so the family doesn't forget where we came from. Well, I didn't mean to write a story here, sorry about that. You have a new subscriber though! Thanks for a great video!
Thank you again! I love the concept of using your families antique tools for some aspect of building a family gift. That seems like a perfect way to honor their memory and preserve the legacy of their own woodworking history. I also have a branding iron with my makers mark, that I use on all of my projects. Someday, when I'm long gone and dust, someone may pickup an item I built and see my makers mark on it and wonder, "who was person?"
Very well put together video. I enjoyed it. Look forward to more.
More is in the works! Thanks for taking the time to check out my channel!
I love the hand tool cabinet
Thank you Glenn
Nice retired guy's shop! Am looking forward to a video showing some of the work you've already done as well as future projects.
Thanks Marty! Don't have any video of projects I built prior to starting this channel, but I do have a couple jewelry box builds documented on my website at swensonwoodshop.com. I generally wasn't in the habit of documenting the stuff I built over the last 40 years, and most of it resides in the homes of friends and family. I'm currently finishing up the Part 4 video of my Sharpening series, and then I'm starting a new build!
@@swensonwoodshop7475 I'll be watching for your new project!
Thanks for sharing. Nicely organized shop.
Thank you Bret!
Nice shop sir and great use of the space.
Thank you Scott
Excellent
Thank you Ed!
...just happened by your channel, and came across the cabinet, what a beauty. My wife and i are in the process of building our shop (50'x50' main shop, 30'x30' finishing room) at this moment. I seen the attention to details of it, and wondered do you have plans on it, as my wife and i would love to use serveral of them in our shop, main area, and then a few in the finish room, where we assembly everything. Thank you for showing us your beautiful shop, and i must say it has taught me alot on space saving, even in something my size. Once again, thank you. P.S. consider us Subscribed.Scottishxpride, Texas.
Wow! Your finishing room will be larger than my entire shop, and I'd probably get lost in a 50x50 shop! Hope you post some pictures of it when it's finished. Regarding the cabinet, I don't have any plans for the cabinet. I think it was originally a china cabinet, before my father converted it to a tool cabinet. I suggest you scour some antique shops and see if you can find a bargain, and then build a couple more to match the antique. Thanks for the feedback.
Just found your channel and subscribed. Have an amazing weekend, Andreas from Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪
Thank you from Julius Sven's son!
Nice shop! Thanks for the tour. Subbed.
Thanks for the sub!
Can’t wait for the next one.
Sharpening Part 4 will be ready in about a week, and then I'm starting on a new build!
Very nice!!!
Typed in shop tour and you came up.
I enjoyed the tour and can tell you put alot of thought into your video. I subbed your channel and look forward to your next video.
Have a Jesus filled day
Greg in Michigan
Thank you Greg!
Awesome shop and great organisation!! Have you ever thought about getting a combination jointer / planer instead of the separate machines for milling?
Pleasure to meet you & welcome to CZcams, greetings from Australia 🍻👍👍👍
Thank you Sumo!
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Nice job for your first video. That is a nice set up How long did it take to build up your Powermatic collection? Those are not cheap tools...Love the cabinet. Its like the focal point of the entire shop...
Thanks Rich. I purchased most of the Powermatic tools in 2016, when I sold a classic car, and used part of the money to upgraded some older Delta tools. I decided I wanted to do woodworking, more than maintaining a car in retirement; though I do miss that car every now and then.
@@swensonwoodshop7475 Ha ha, but I bet you get more use out of your tools. I run a photography business. I am always torn between buying new equipment for the business and buying new tools. So most of the time I do both.
Awesome shop!
Thank you Zaxe!
Subbed. 935 baby!
Thank you!!!
Great shop ! Very Well Organized and Equipped I’m sure you know this but your old Delta Bandsaw with the reduction gears are a hot item these days as they are getting harder to find in decent shape BTW there is a CZcamsr that really knows his Bandsaws as he also was a Shop Teacher for a number of years and has a lot of Machining and Metal working experience overall a pretty neat and knowledgeable guy but i forget his name at this moment although if you search 14 inch Delta Bandsaws on You Tube he will pop up he also has a nice collection of old Catalogs from several large Companies over the years
Thanks Craig! I used to have an entire shop of Delta equipment, but when Delta basically stopped making industrial quality equipment about 10 years ago, I started switching over to Powermatic. I still have some of my older Delta equipment, the metal/wood cutting bandsaw and thickness planner that are in my shop, and an DJ20 jointer and 6" belt/12" disc sander in storage. I sold my Delta Unisaw, and HD Shaper. I think the reasons I started changing over to Powermatic were: 1 - parts were readily available, whereas Delta parts were difficult to come by, and 2 - I like the industrial quality of Powermatic equipment; its heavier, and better engineered, in my humble opinion.
Man oh man, I'm envious! Your sanding block collection cost more than my jointer! And a twin screw vise mainly to hold your shooting board?!
Looking forward to more videos! Where did you get the router table top??
Thanks for the encouragement. I am working on more videos, and my startup has been slower than I anticipated, mainly because I'm a one man show and I'm still figuring out the lighting, camera angles, software, etc. But that's all part of the journey.
I purchased the Excalibur router table top and router lift in 2016 from Tools Plus, and I'm very happy with them. Unfortunately the Excalibur brand was manufactured by General Tools of Canada which has since gone out of business. I understand that King Canada is now manufacturing the General/Excalibur tool line under the Excelsior brand, and the XL-075 appears to be the same cast iron top I originally purchased. Not sure who, if anyone, in the USA is carrying this line of tools, other than Woodcraft selling their scroll saws.
Very impressive
Thank you George!
Great video! Excellent presentation. I'm reviewing 'Shop Tour' videos to get ideas on how to make mine. We all have techniques and ideas on how to get the most out of our small home workshops. I like your presentation and style. Very professional, yet easy to understand. Thanks!! BTW, are you Scandinavian as I am? My ancestry comes from Sweden. I am now in Southwestern PA. I came here from Sacramento 9 yrs ago for my professional career, then retired here. 👍👍 😀
Thanks Gary, and good luck with your new shop! Yes I am somewhat of Scandinavian decent, as my father's side of the family came from Sweden. BTW I used to live in Media, PA.
Just subbed. Thx for sharing.
Thanks for your subscription.
It would be great if you could make some wood turning videos.
Thanks for the suggestion Alex.
You have a very nice shop ,! You mentioned 40yrs in woodworking, were you a subcontractor or has it been a hobby all that time ?
Hi Turtle Carpenter! Professionally I'm a retired accountant, so I'd describe myself as a hobbyist, though I do have a lot of experience from growing up around several family businesses that taught me plumbing, electrical, cabinet making and construction skills during my summer breaks.
do you find you use your mortiser enough to justify the cost?
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Nice shop! Great machines. Hey, we are practically neighbors - I am in Santa Cruz and fellow creators - let's have coffee. I left a contact message on your website.
Thanks, Paul!
Are you reading from a script?
Yep! I usually write out my dialog before filming so the video will flow smoothly without me fumbling around trying to remember what I was going to say next. I have no future in Hollywood, because I can't remember lines worth a damn. My boys tell me I need to be more organic, but scripting my videos just works better for me!
@@swensonwoodshop7475 good job