[speaker001:] wood working do you do much in the way of wood working
[speaker002:] not a terrific amount to be honest with you uh I really don't have much in the way of tools I'd like to get a router and uh some other things like that but I really don't have much how about yourself
[speaker001:] I'm in about the same condition um had access to a fair amount of my father's place before I
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] moved away but uh it's been several years ago
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but I've always always enjoyed what chances I had to do wood working
[speaker002:] you know I've made a just some simple things here just some shelves and uh saw horses you know nothing real complicated did a little bit of framing when I was going to you know in high school
[speaker001:] framing like picture framing
[speaker002:] right yeah no uh uh home framing I guess that's not wood working that's construction I guess but in high school shop you know like every body had to build a couple of things and I really liked it I thought it was a lot of fun
[speaker001:] yeah oh okay yeah okay well it was yeah
[speaker002:] but you do need the tools I don't have much in the way of tools to be honest I don't have a table saw or a drill press or any of that kind of stuff
[speaker001:] yeah my right now what I've got in the way of wood working tools is a circular saw and a uh square
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] that's it well a drill I do have a drill
[speaker002:] no I've got a drill and I think I got a jig saw and I got a a circular saw but
[speaker001:] yeah I don't know the wood working projects I've been involved with lately we uh converted a uh a very large section of shelving from an a restaurant that went belly up into a small smaller set for the home it something for my text books and my computer to stand on
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] um no
[speaker002:] well that's kind of similar to what I've done uh had a father-in-law that got a bunch of uh uh real nice heavy doors from a motel that went out of business
[speaker001:] ooh
[speaker002:] and uh they made a great table top so I made a nice work bench with a peg board back on it and
[speaker001:] um-hum it's smooth faced doors
[speaker002:] pardon me
[speaker001:] these are like smooth faced doors
[speaker002:] yeah they're solid core and uh they they made a real terrific uh table top for a for a work bench there
[speaker001:] yeah it would
[speaker002:] so you know it's real steady and
[speaker001:] that would make a good table top
[speaker002:] well it's you know I watch this guy on TV once in a while
[speaker001:] oh the fellow with the beard that's hooked up with Sears now
[speaker002:] is it the New Yankee oh no no it's this other guy it's called the New Yankee uh Workshop I don't know if you've ever seen him or not
[speaker001:] Villa or something like doohinkey
[speaker002:] new Yankee New Yankee
[speaker001:] New Yankee Workshop
[speaker002:] I think that's what it's called but he makes uh mostly furniture items you know he'll make a a mirror or a chest of drawers or a table
[speaker001:] oh okay it's a series though huh
[speaker002:] and uh it's fascinating to watch him work you know he does a terrific job but he's got every single thing you can imagine you know
[speaker001:] yeah oh yeah he's got a he's got the sort of thing that that uh you know a professional shop would envy envy more than likely
[speaker002:] yeah yeah he's he's got all the all those things you'd like and and uh that's the problem I watch him do those things and I say you know I probably could do that given a little bit of experience yeah
[speaker001:] if I had yes
[speaker002:] if I had five or ten thousand dollars in equipment like I'm sure he has
[speaker001:] yeah well actually a lot of that stuff you can still do but it just takes more time and and a lot more talent when you have you got limited resources
[speaker002:] yeah that that's true you have to be better than than he is and that's hard to do what gets makes you a little nervous when you you know you're on a real nice piece of hard wood you don't wanna mess up on it
[speaker001:] yeah oh yeah it's expensive stuff and
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] last piece of hard wood that I bought was uh let's see a a one by ten by
[speaker002:] so
[speaker001:] one one inch by ten inch by four foot piece of uh
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] of walnut
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] oh beautiful piece of walnut
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and now now for the life of me I don't know what I did with that board I carried it around I I got it all sanded out and planed out and never did get done with what ever it was I'd originally planned to do with it and I think I wound up giving it to my little brother
[speaker002:] oh is that right
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] anyway well I've been tempted once in a while to uh I don't know you have these uh community education programs
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] where you're adult education you can you can take a class in the evenings where you go at the local high school or the community college and sign up for a wood working class I've been tempted to do that
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] I have some a friend that made a microwave stand and some you know some other kinds of things like that did a nice job and then you know then you can use their stuff
[speaker001:] I've well it's one night a week and I think it's something you'd probably really enjoy
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I don't know I was uh thirty three and I and just started college
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and I mean going into it was like oh it sounds you know like it'd be fun but and I had all kinds of little buts that never really amounted to much but you know when I finally got into it I was so glad I did
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah well well that's the one hobby I'd like to develop more I'll be honest with you uh
[speaker001:] yeah yeah it it it's I mean hobbies like that are therapeutic too
[speaker002:] it'd be yeah