Goodbye Shop
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2017
- This week I tell you the story on how I first came to be in my shop, but also say goodbye to it. Cody and I are moving out of the City and into the country. We are still staying in Texas, but just wanted a little more leg room. Even though it's tough saying goodbye to a space I've invested a lot of time getting exactly the way I want/need it, I'm still very much looking forward to the future. I'll be designing and building my next shop which will be a huge challenge, but one that I am really looking forward to. Stay tuned because I'm bringing you guys along with me. Oh and don't worry, I'll still be making videos in the mean time. I'll just be floating around shopless for a while. ; )
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wish you luck in your next project! sure will miss your vids in the mean while.
Thanks, but I'm not going anywhere. : ) I'm still going to be posting videos, I just won't have a shop.
April Wilkerson gr8t video! thanks for sharing. curious.....howd you get the grizzly bandsaw on the truck? cherry picker?
Hi April, you are an inspiration. So much so I have decided to start making. Just moved to a property with a workshop. Hoping to say hi next month in Newark UK.
Your next Video should be you building a Shop from the ground up,
watching your Vids its obvious your a natural Woodsmith, it would
definately be a challenge, but great experience for you. Always sad to move,
best of luck to you.
What makes you think she won't have videos about building the new shop? As someone well into the process of building my own shop, it's a fun experience and nice to be able to stand inside this thing that not so long ago was just a 3D model on my computer.
So sad see you go..... I really do miss your show and you have very good projects. Hopefully someday you'll be back? Love your work. You're ROCK..... Thanks for sharing your videos. God bless you and your familia
Miss me? : ) No worries JDF, I'm still going to be making videos in the mean time!! You'll see me just like normal, just without a shop. ; )
April Wilkerson
Yeah, I mean your shop... sorry I mistyped. 😎
April Wilkerson hey April love the videos and follow you on everything. Love the work and the way you and your family treat people. Keep up the good work and will see ya in the next one.
"...You'll see me just like normal..."
NO! Don't you DARE go Normal!
Does this mean there'll be a future shop build series in the future?
You were the first youtube creator I ever subscribed to after I stumbled onto a video of you talking about quitting your job to try to do this as a career. Kind of caught my interest. I once commented that you were the type of individual that was going to be successful in whatever career path you took... it was that obvious. I'm glad you are doing it in the noble craft of working with your hands. Its been a delight watching your progress.
May your next shop be as awesome as you are, April.
My wife and I recently sold our first home. I cried like a baby. We did a lot of remodeling there, a lot of frustrating but rewarding times.
Strong, sentiment means you did something there very worthwhile and genuine.
DavyBab
Well said Davy!
I saw it and got it! My late wife did most of it but then we left it! SZ was the end result! Age has a time, stay well. Go the next step forward!
Bye shop, we'll miss you as well!
Thank you for sharing this personal milestone, it's great to see how everything, including you, evolved over the years. Looking forward to seeing the new shop get built and evolve in the future.
Haha, I never thought about my audience missing my shop. : )
i know when i get to the place i want... i'm building my shop first!!!
then the kitchen, then the rest of the house lol
April Wilkerson You are such an insparation! ( Spelt Right ? ) 👍
Congratulations to you guys!!! Next phase!!
: ) Thanks Jimmy, and to you guys!
April Wilkerson is next weeks video going to be you building your shop
April Wilkerson , I know how you feel about changing shops, I did the same almost a year ago. the main things I would recommend are build it bigger than you think you will need, wire it good with lots of outlet circuts led lighting and spray foam insulation. if you look,at some of my old videos you will see the shop differences
April Wilkerson also don't go away, we all love seeing your projects
Spray foam insulation is good, but only if mixed properly. Look up poisoned houses here on CZcams, and you will see many who used it, then had an uninhabitable space because of the wrong chemical mixes. I am a fan of using fiberglass insulation, and styro board insulation, because there are now worries. :)
Long time watcher, first time commenter. When I saw the video title, I could not believe it. Not only is that shop a part of you, but you are a part of that shop (and that home). I nearly cried when you did not do the signature A.W. wave at the end. You have done so much making your home a better place. The new owners better appreciate all you have done! Your channel should be part of the Listing :-). Your home is famous! It is certainly bittersweet, but I am definitely looking forward to all of the new projects you will have. At one point, I actually wondered if you would ever run out, but no more! Congrats on your next step in life. I cannot wait to see the new shop you build. It is going to be absolutely amazing.
: ) If you can believe it, I still had five pages of to-do projects I wanted to get done for the house. But oh well. The house and shop were perfect but just in the wrong location. Cody and I have always wanted to be in the country so no matter how fond of the house I was, I knew from the day we bought it that it wasn't going to be our forever home. It's alright though, it's part of our story and I'm glad for it.
April,Do you plan on getting farm animals? Chickens are wonderful!! I've had them for more than 18 years now.They are very entertaining and some can be down right loyal!
plz don't make me miss you so much ..... waiting for your sunrise
You are not alone! All of me in Australia likes April and the morning sun to come in a few months!
Yeah April I know how you feel. I had the same feelings when I sold my big rig and closed my business. It's sad though all the hard work you put into your shop and your home. But your new adventure of planing and building your new homestead will make it all the more enjoyable. Please keep us all informed so we can watch your shop and you grow like the last one.
Congrats on the new house ty for the memories time for a new chapter and ty for the videos
Wow! big news April, looking forward to seeing you build the new shop. So COOL!
Ahh, yes, big new. It's exciting. : )
April, look at this way. This shop was a stepping stone for you to now build the shop you want to have at your new place in the country. Sit down and draw up some sketches of the perfect shop for you with an attached office space including a bathroom. You can have airfilteration set up so that saw dust gets cleaned in the air-filteration unit. Hubby can build his dream shop for his toys with drive-through roll up doors with his bathroom and office. Perfect!!!! Love your videos!!! Hugs!!!
Awesome story April, you can see how much that space meant to you. I'm excited to see you embark on this new chapter.
Good luck and can't wait to follow your new build from start to finish,it's going to be an epic build/project. But never forget you are not doing this without a hell of a lot of moral support from all of your CZcams followers/supporters.👍👍✌️
: ) Aw that's extremely nice of you to bring up, and thank you for the support.
April Wilkerson Thanks👍But I am sure that's how a lot of us feel😊😊
It is bitter sweet. When you build, hopefully you'll film it. Also, might want to build a bit larger than you think you need. As you said, more tools, more projects, etc. Cheers.
Oh yes, I film everything. ; )
@@AprilWilkerson OH, April are You coming to Australia? I need You now!
best of luck April & Cody. it is a bitter sweet thing saying goodbye to one place and moving onto the next adventure.
The shop is sad to see you leave, as we are, but the memories from that shop-priceless! Now comes the knuckle-biting, waiting for the next chapter. A woodworker's daytime soap opera, if you will. Stay tuned, for "The Days In The New Shop"... Thanks for your lessons I have learned from...you rock!
Been watching almost from the beginning. CZcams suggested you based on one of the "professionals" I subscribe to, but you've become my favorite. It's awesome to watch your talent grow and I look forward to your next chapter! Enjoy life!
Awesome! What a fantastic and real story. Best of success to you
My wife and I decide to move out of FL to TN. I had a shop just like yours, built from the ground up in a two car garage. It was the place I learned all of machining and welding skills. I had to sell a lot of machinery that meant a lot to me, like a vertical mill I restored from scratch, or the cabinets I learned to weld together. We spend about a year in a temporary home until getting a new home. It was a good time to step back and plan what I really wanted. Now it's an air conditioned space twice the size of what I had before. Anyway, life is a journey, not the destination. Good luck April!
Wow! What an absolute TRIP! I came across your site a few moments ago and, you, just like me, are evolving, growing, learning, and gaining courage to do an be what your talents and abilities dictate you should do and be! I am so proud of you and, even if he does not say so, your guy is proud of you too. Men like women who blossom and do things that are helpful to the family, and who are not so timid that they never bust out of their shells and become the artists that are inside of them. I do a great many kinds of things and I do many of them very well. I take raw fiber (wool, cotton, etc) and turn them into yarn on spinning wheels that are older than I am (1840 to 1900) and then, on a loom that is being renovated by myself, want to weave those yarns into fiber for clothes that I want to design myself. I also knit, crochet, make my own bath and laundry soaps, make wine, cheese, my own apple cider vinegar, bake all of my own breads, cakes, rolls, etc and many other things. Last year a friend of mine let me turn wood for the first time and I have the piece I made in my weaving room! Now I come across you just now and, even as you are saying goodby to your shop, FEAR NOT! You are about to embark upon an EPIC journey of self discovery and real fun. There will be challenges, but they are going to be what make you into who you were meant to be and will tell you more about yourself than you can even imagine! You Go Girl! I had no idea I could ever renovate an 8 shaft floor loom and reconfigure a major design error!! I did not know I liked wood turning or wood working. My husband asked me night before last, as I watched a Japanese wood worker make a simple but lovely chair, if learning how to wood work was on my agenda next and I said "yes". Well..here I am. Watching you and saying,,BONUS!!! May I embark on your journey with you? So many of us are learning, growing, becoming what we were meant to be and having a bundle of fun at the same time!! I will be 60 years old in May of 2017 and this old dog has learned so many new tricks that I just don't think I am....old.
Barb Rickman
Always loved your shop. I get jealous every time I walk in to my single car garage/shop that I can barely fit my tools into. I question why we bought this place every time I go in there, then remember my wife fell in love with the spa style bathroom, haha
Being able to afford to build a shop, man....that's amazing.
Lynn Mckenney keep the dream of a bigger shop alive , start small you'll get there . You just have to be creative and if you have a shop full of tools you must be creative to begin with ! You got this !! He'll I'm jealous of you I have no shop and Barely any tools , so you're doing better than me at the moment 😉
Lynn, I am essentially in the same boat except I'm stuck in my basement and live in the city in a rental so really have to count pennies at this point and hopefully with the couple of projects I'm working on now, business picks up to where I can soon afford to move and buy a home where I can build my shop in the county.
As many of my viewers know, I started without a shop working in a garden.
Then I moved back to Croatia and I work now in a shop half size that of a single car garage, in the basement in an apartment building, and guess what - I love it! Do I wish I had a bigger one, and in a private house? Of course!
I think 1 of my favorite things from your videos was watching your reaction when you completed 1 of your projects. as your skills grew it felt like my confidence grew to try new things as well. You inspired a lot of people to go for it and try to make more. thanks for that, I can't wait to see what you so next
Hi April, been in your shoes. Built a shop from the ground up, set it up over the years and then sold the house because my youngest daugher and the quality of school she went to was more important. I even sold my machines to pay for the remodel to the house before we sold it. I built the house too...long story short, I am in a new space and aquired more machines and am in the process of setting up. Yes, I shed a few tears when all was gone and the shop was empty....my daughter turned out great! :-)
You got cramped, and good you found a home that will allow you to build a shop from the ground up, with a purpose. You'll have fun and we'll all watch in envy.
I have always had and used tools around the house but it was you that inspired me to create and build things. From growth chart rulers to scrap wood storage racks, thanks to you, many things around the house look like yours. I feel like we are all moving with you. Best of luck with the new house and shop.
Love the story! Looking forward to your new story and the next step in the journey :)
This makes me sad. And excited at the same time.
I was sad at first because I have that kind of affection for my little 1 car garage shop. It has shown me i'm much more capable than I ever thought I was. When you mentioned that you would be building your own shop at your new home I couldn't help but smile and laugh. Cant wait to see what you come up with and to see where you go from here. Thanks for all the great videos and inspiration.
Look at this way April. You've had your first dedicated shop. Now you get to build one tailored to your needs. Spend a lot of time planning. That way you can make things flow smoothly right through the shop.
Good luck.
Onward and upward! Good luck April!
I can't wait to see you build the new shop for your self
I've been watching your channel since nearly the beginning and I can't wait to see what you come up with in your next shop.
Well done April, your an awesome woodworker and i'd hazard a guess and say you'd be a good person to have around. You've probably worked this out already but whatever size shop you think you need at your new joint, build it 3 times as big. You'll never regret it. All the best for the future you two and thanks April for your ideas along the way
it is very sad! But good is part of life, is not saying goodbye, is to grow! Let's go for more projects and more videos! a big hug!
: ) big hug
I cannot believe I just watched this video and got a tear in my eye. Unbelievable.
A.W. - I know the new place will be awesome when you make it that way. Good luck.
:) I like that...'when I make it that way'. I hope so. It's going to be a challenge building it from the ground up, but it's exciting.
TE DESEJO SORTE, E NOS MANTEM INFORMADOS QUANDO COMEÇAR A CONSTRUIR OK UM FORTE ABRAÇO PRA VCS
You weren't the only one, Chris.
I can't believe that I am about to cry, going to miss you during your down time until you get the new and improved shop up and going. Very happy for you and hubby. Glad to hear that you are going to do "on the fly" woodworking to keep us entertained. I would like to pass on one suggestion on planning your new shop. Take enough time to list everything you want in the new shop (dream big) and add at least 15% more space, electrical and dust collection that you think you will need. It is better to have more than you need that to have to compromise.
3:51 - that rolling lumber rack....just what I need to make! Thanks for sharing, April!
You have a golden opportunity to build a shop exactly the way you want it, unencumbered by any restrictions imposed by an existing structure. Still, I can completely understand how you might be feeling now about leaving a space you invested so much time and effort into. But, as you said, all that time and effort has resulted in who you are and what you have accomplished until now, so while you are losing a physical space, you are taking all the experience and memories with you. Building a new shop from scratch will also be an education, I'm sure! Looking forward to your future videos of that process, as I am sure I will learn even more than I have from watching your videos so far.
Congratulations on a new beginning.😊
April.....Spent last weekend packing up my shop as well. Started using it in 1998. So much learning and sawdust and memories. Moved everything into storage while we sell the house. It was / is so more emotional than I thought. I appreciated your video. Thank you.
You have inspired me to show all I know to my daughter. I plan on showing her your videos to empower her, and then give her the knowledge I have that was passed on to me. She I only two now, but she watches me during all my projects. God bless you.
A very touching video, April. You're right. That shop is where you became what you are, and I have enjoyed seeing your enthusiasm in making it your own. I understand that you're sad, in a way, to leave all those great memories. But you're an upbeat person and I'm sure we'll see you throwing yourself full steam into designing and building the new shop. We're all looking forward to the time when you get started.
Yep, and one bright side to me being a CZcamsr is I have tons of videos documenting the shop progress and the great time I've had in it. : )
That can be more valuable to you than you know. I'm in real estate, and I can tell you that having all of those pictures and that video available would make it possible for me to prepare a great marketing presentation on the condition of the property. Buyers will like new stairs, fence, and walkways you installed, but they'll love it when you can show them that everything was done properly, and they don't have to worry about it falling apart in 5 years. Good luck in the new adventure, and I can't wait to see what happens next!
Looking forward to seeing your next project and shop. It will be fun to see how you plan your new space resulting from your gained knowledge.
Best wishes!
Only an artist would understand the feelings conveyed... It has been a pleasure to watch you learn and grow while you've set up this shop and I look forward to the future as you continue to grow and create your new shop from the ground up! Good luck and keep up the good work!!!
: ) Thanks Mike.
You held your emotions pretty good on camera! I'm a 57 year old man and I'd a been all tears if I had experienced what you have in the WilkerDo's shop. Good luck in the country it is a learning curve. Plan your shopping trips and make good grocery & house/shop needs lists. Going into town should always be to kill two birds with one stone.
thank you for sharing. I know it's hard to say good by to a shop space, and know there is excitement in a new one. keep up your craftiness, you are an inspiration. especially for women who enjoy woodworking and struggle to find space in a male dominated craft.
It's hard to say goodbye when you've invested so much work in your home (workshop, fences, sheds, patios, etc.), but I hope you enjoy your new home and have fun building a new shop. I look forward to watching your progress. Life is better in the country. Take care!
The fence was one of my favorite series... that and her work with her dad.
My wife and I both worked full time and attended college full time. Kudos to you and your husband. No doubt your new shop will be truly awesome! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!
April, I have followed you and some of the awesome designs that you have shared with the world. Yes, you may be closing one book, but you have a new book to write. Just imagine, now you can take the time to plan and build something that you can really call your own and you can share it with the world. You dreams. I'm really excited to see what you and your hubby come up with.
Blessings.
*God bless you where ever you go.*
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Just wonderful a reply. I could not go better!
This video is my first introduction to your channel and I clicked because of your title. I make custom boat canvas and am currently in my third shop in 15 years. In leaving my prior two shops, I was immediately moving into remodeled or new and improved space but it was still a bit emotional saying goodbye. I like my house but there is nothing quite so personal and gratifying as the space where we imagine, design, fabricate and sometimes do over. Just walking in and turning on the lights feels good. I subscribed and look forward to watching your videos and seeing what you build for your new space. Best wishes on your new adventure!
Welcome to the community.. April's videos are wonderful. Enjoy!
April, what a fantastic video. I TOTALLY get how you feel, but remember once you start your new shop you will be so thrilled! I am in a similiar situation. I have a small shop behind my garage. It's my santuary, "happy place", and so much more. Later this year, we will be moving to Florida from Maryland. There I am taking the one car garage and making it my new "happy place"! I am already planning in my head everything I will be doing. I will besad leaving this one, but I know the new one will be bigger and better! Your videos have been so instrumental in giving me great ideas and guidance in becoming a better woodworker. Congrats on your new place! You go girl!!! I will be waiting for your next video!!!
Aww April. Sad but exciting at the same time! I have enjoyed watching you progress in your woodworking and have found your videos very entertaining and funny. Cant wait until you update us all in your new digs! I am a woodworker too and have spent many years making my shop perfect for my needs, so I am a bit transported whenever I watch newer, young woodworkers going through the same process. Of course I am also jealous of all the sponsors too! Good luck to you awesome woodworker!
I think my fave video from you was the 2x4 shutters......watching your creativity come to life while you tackled and problem solved was great. You are Maker Personified April :-)
It's always a Melancholy moment when you've emptied out a space with so many memories. You will make the new shop what you want it to be, and the sadness will make way for the next more spectacular chapter. Get R Done April!! Can't wait to see you grow into the new chapter. Cheers!! Zip~
Forward not stand still! Relax and sleep over it and tomorrow all will be new and so well!
I'm a grown man, I shed a tear. Sad to see you move from the happy builds and memories. I can only hope you build a place you will fall in love with and create more builds and memories and continue to grow in your passion and in your sanctuary. Can't wait to see what you have envisioned in a personalized shop built up from the ground up from your beautiful mind. Keep us all posted, you have my attention and support.
Heeey! I started watching you bout 4 yrs. ago. Being old and broken, the way you spoke and taught us was grand...can't Thank You enough. I'll be here waiting for your words of instruction (Teach) and the word sawl! Love that word! Please do another Q&A with the folks...that was awesome!
Dang April....I teared up a little!
This is probably the saddest video Ive seen in a while. I was getting choked up as you were talking and then stop talking looking around at everything that you carefully laid out overtime. I can relate in a different way after a divorce and losing my shop. Thanks for sharing and cannot wait till you break ground with your new build!
Summed it up pretty well there Rocky, and I too can relate to loosing a workshop due to divorce. :((
Major Bummer.
I am with You! Always was so but it will go on!
It was never about the building and always about you and the work you did there. We watched you grow with hard work and absolutely no fear of tackling any project. I'm looking forward to seeing you build your new shop and all the projects that are yet to come. Good luck to you and Cody in your new home.
April, Your videos are well done and excellent for the beginner or intermediate woodworker. Glad you are doing so well and can't wait to see your new shop completion. Keep your enthusiasm out in front of us. God Bless!!!!!!!
It's like your first love... you never forget it.
You need a shop on the order of Frank Howarth's.
that is exactly what I thought when April said she/they will be building a shop at new property
Ooh agreed. : ) Ha, I'm going to email Frank to pick his brain.
Check out Alain Vaillancourt's shop build for some inspiration. :) Will miss the old shop but building a new one will be an epic adventure.
Dude, we ALL need shops like Frank's! :)
i think frank's shop is to small. it has great ceiling height but it's too small otherwise ☺
What an exciting new adventure for you April! Best of luck with the move and I can't wait to see you build your new shop! Loved hearing your story!
April - So many of your videos were improvements to the house. Soon the new owners will enjoy those improvements. Of course in the new house you get to do that again. Can't wait to see the new workshop as well as all the new projects.
Will you build one big shop and share it or have two buildings? As someone with my own shop on 15 acres living out in the sticks is the best!
Well the house has a garage that will be Cody's. However, I might still end up building him something as well....maybe a toy storage area though instead of a shop. Something for him to park all the toys in until he wants to ride or work on them. That way he doesn't have to crowd his shop with storage.
Relax Sonny! There is work that never got done. So get to it and than relax!
OMG i just cried. which i am cool with. however i am on a train full of passengers going into london to start a nightshif. Hurry up and make me laugh. xx
I've been watching you and learning a lot from your various projects, thank you! Looking forward to what's coming next, all the best wishes for your new adventure in the countryside.
While I'm sad to see the shop for the last time, I am filled with anticipation to see all the new projects your new location will bring. I very much enjoy seeing your videos that have inspired me to get into woodworking. Gig 'Em
Its going to be super fun to see you design and build your own shop, even though it will take some time to get it done its going to be an awesome journey for you guys... do you have a deadline of some sort for when the new shop will be done ? 4-6 months maybe ?
No deadline. I have a big trip coming up in March and April so I hope to start after that. Who knows how long it will take me to design and build though.
Ok yeah.. well, this will be a cool project, cant wait to see you getting started with it.. :D
I do hope you plan to include us in the planning and building of the new shop.
its a pity that ure leaving it now that u just did the whole exterior the way u like it, the stairs, the floor outside...
alce pinot, selling the house could have been one of the main reasons those projects were done too
Yep, like Justin said. Even when Cody and I purchased the home we both knew it wouldn't be our forever home. The entire time I was living here, I knew we would be moving when we could. The projects like the stairs needed to be done before selling the home and we saved tons of money by me tackling them instead of paying a contractor. : )
This reminds me of the house my wife and i live in right now.My wife does pet grooming and we said we were going to split the shop in half since it's a two car garage. Long story short I ended up with a corner and then not even that. I think your husband is awesome in that he is backing you as you evolved into a 'maker'.
Blessings as you move to the next space......enjoy the journey.
At least You got each other! I am not so lucky anymore but had plenty of good memories and they staid with me all the time! I never let go!
Congratulations you two! Thanks for the update and for taking us along! Can't wait to see what you come up with in your new house! And shops!
I came across your videos when I wanted to build a workbench. And I must say I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. You have a love for that I see in your face. I've been working with wood (building houses) since the age of 15, I'm 41 (own my own company) now and still love it. So thank you fun putting a smile on my face. You rock and can't wait to see your next adventure.
What's crazy is that I'll miss your shop because of the wonderful lessons that you've shared out of it. Thank you for letting us share in your experiences and for helping us improve as creators. Good luck with your new shop.
April Sometimes moving is better, my first shop was a 2 car
garage and I set it up just the way I wanted it then I saw a house for sale
that had more land so I bought it for the future of having a larger shop. So
two years after buying the house I staked out a spot, went to the Kubota dealer
bought a new tractor cleared the land and built a 30 by 60 new shop from the
ground up I divided it in 2 half for a wood shop and the other half for all the
toys and I love it, so does everyone else that wants to work on their toys. I’m
now looking at a bigger piece of property and it does not have a shop, so I may
just have to stake out another area and build one, it’s all about the pride you
put in to it that gives you that warm fuzzy feeling in the end.
Good luck in your next endevour April, you'll have a blast designing and building your next shop. And now you know what you want from it, you'll be able to build it just how you want from scratch - that's a dream!
I'm sorry to hear that you have to leave your shop. I wish you all the best in your new home and I hope to see more of you when you're settled down there. You're such an inspiring woman!! Thank you for sharing all these great video's with us......😘
April this video made me sad and happy for you! The sentimental value you hold for your shop really shows thru! I wish you the best of luck and can't wait to see more upcoming videos and not to mention your new shop!
April, Thanks for sharing and just know that your shop will be missed by many more people than just you alone. I can't wait to see your tailor made, super shop, that I know you will create! Have a safe move!
That really played with my heart strings. The shop I've been using to fall in love with woodworking for the past year and a half is closing, so I'm dealing with my own type of loss while trying to figure out what's next, and it's a weird comfort to know that others feel the same when they have to walk away from their personal makerspaces too.
Good luck on this new adventure and all the creating that is to come.
It was easy to see how you feel about the old shop. Could see you get teary eyed from time to time. Ah change is good and i'm sure they new place will be even better!!
Cheers to both of you and enjoy the new place!!
My wife and I recently decided to quit the useless grind and travel the country in a fifth wheel, which meant that I too had to leave my shop and most of my big tools. It was way harder than I thought it would be. I feel your sentiment and your sadness for that place. This one got me in the feels. Thanks April.
April will need her own tractor now! The country and a shop is great place for KIDS (and big dogs) to grow up! Best of luck all ya'll.
The page is so hard to turn, but when we are met with that clean fresh page, lookout! So glad to be a part of the first shop. There will only be first once.. I can't wait to see how you fill that new page.
Hang in there! New shop won't ever replace this one, but you'll learn new things there, too, and we'll all look forward to you taking us along for the ride.
I moved from the city (SoCal) to the country (middle-of-no-where-Missouri) nearly five years ago. Love it. I'll never life in the city again. Enjoy this next chapter in your life!
A new challenge is always something to look forward too. Thanks for what you did in the shop - taught me a lot about woodworking. Look forward to seeing you design and build the new one.
Glad to see that you left a little of yourself in the corner of "the shop that April built... the shop that nurtured a maker". Hopefully the next tenants will find your little tid bit and discover you and your passion. But somehow I'm sure Forest will be there to welcome them and fill them in on his famous former neighbors. I, like the rest of your fans will enjoy watching as you and the new shop grow.
Proud of you, young Lady. You got style.
I would never have imagined myself getting even a little choked up over someone closing down their shop...until now.
Congratulations. I look forward to seeing the next phase of your career.
all of that work you did to your home. so sad to leave it. but a new home and new land means new projects. a new shop from the ground up. a shop owners dream. I wish you the best of luck in your new ventures. cant wait to see what you have planed
Congratulations April. Onward and upward I always say. Thanks for inviting us into your world.
April I'm sorry to see your shop go, but I know your new shop will be great. Looking forward to seeing some videos in your new shop, as well as watching you design and build it.
Take care my friend and thanks for sharing
This is the second video of yours I've run across today and I'm subscribed. I would have cried like a baby leaving that shop. Mine is an 8'x32' shack repurposed from a fireworks stand that my ranch owner(boss/landlord) put in and I have to deal with a dirt floor and dirty power that blows lightbulbs constantly. I'm just getting back into woodworking after over a decade away from it aside from general construction and channels like yours are my guide back into a craft I loved.
Jeez, April, you're amazing! You're sentimental, creative, gorgeous, and absolutely entertaining and one hell of an artist. You'll do fine in your new shop. But.. you're gonna need to get it up & going soon.. where to store all those tools until the shop's finished?!?!
I had a house some years ago with no land to build a shop. So I had to put my shop in the basement. Built in 1915, the basement was almost an entire floor from the surface. So all the tools had to be carried in, then out when I sold the place. Oh, and 1915 doors weren't nearly as wide as doors today. But I digress.. get the shop up & running as soon as possible so you don't have to store all the tools in a very unhelpful place.
Great memories! Thanks to both of you for sharing your journey with all of us. Good luck with the move. Can't wait to see what you design for the new one.
Moving to the country is so worth it! We moved from Euless to East Tx and it was the best thing we ever done. Same shop size currently, but we have more land so I can build my dream shop eventually!
Best move ever I promise
good look with the move, boy he's a looky chap. you love tools, know how to use them correctly, love working on projects, but from the videos still a lady to boot. and very pleasant on the eyes. really hope it all goes well for you both, it's a wrench moving home but much harder moving the workshop it takes years for it to feel right. bless and love from the UK.
YOU GUYS SEEM LIKE A REALLY GREAT COUPLE, BOTHE CRAFTSMAN AND I WISH YOU BOTH BLESSINGS AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR NEW HOME AND SHOPS. THANKS FOR THE GREAT VIDEOS IN THE OLD SHOP.
Hope it all goes well April. Can imagine you'd be in two minds, gutted and excited - could see that clearly in the video. Reckon you'll make it even better and love it even more. Good luck to you both!