[speaker001:] do any woodworking at all
[speaker002:] yes as a matter of fact I do I uh I I took a lot of shop classes when I was in junior high and high school
[speaker001:] oh great
[speaker002:] and uh had a had a lot of fun in it I I made uh a table with a shelf underneath that goes that's for my room and uh
[speaker001:] oh how nice
[speaker002:] stereo cabinets and all kinds of stuff
[speaker001:] oh wow you do do a lot do you have your own tools or do you have some
[speaker002:] yeah my my dad has uh let's see a a radial arm saw and all that kind of stuff out in the garage that that I use once in a while now I don't have a lot of time for that kind of thing any more but
[speaker001:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker002:] whenever he needs a help hand doing something that he's making then I go out there and help him
[speaker001:] oh that's nice so do you um what kind of wood do you use usually the pine or
[speaker002:] uh it depends on the project really uh
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] I think I made my stereo cabinet out of pine
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] um something my dad's been he made my grandmother a jewelry box and he made that out of poplar
[speaker001:] oh oh how neat
[speaker002:] yeah uh
[speaker001:] so he's done he's done wood projects too
[speaker002:] yeah I I I think my my involvement in in school got him in that
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] hold on for just one second
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] okay
[speaker001:] oh well that's that's good So do you stain them and all that yourself when you're finished with them
[speaker002:] yeah yeah there's just about everything I make is either it's either stained or
[speaker001:] oh uh-huh
[speaker002:] that definitely is a real if you like the color of the wood it's real nice to just put on that clear finish coat that keeps it sealed up and
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh
[speaker002:] looks nice
[speaker001:] oh well that's interesting I I've always been interested in woodworking I the type I do is a little bit different but I after the projects are done I like to paint them and um you know make different types of
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] oh I just finished some Christmas decorations a friend's husband cut cut them out for us and then we you know got together and painted them
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and um he does you know he makes the shelves to hang on your wall or he makes bookshelves or corner cupboards and I think it's fascinating I I really think it's if you have the tools yeah I think you'd have to have the tools to make it
[speaker002:] yeah it's it's a lot of fun as long you you got the right tools and everything
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh do you so you don't have much time for it though even though you you have access to the tools now
[speaker002:] yeah yeah right I haven't done anything on my own for about six years now
[speaker001:] uh well now do you follow a pattern or do you just kind of
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] start measuring and cutting or
[speaker002:] if if you're if if you start to make something you have to like basically draw draw the design of whatever it is you want
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and and determine the the measurements uh of everything
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] and then make sure that that make sure that that what you put on paper will work and then put it to wood
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh do you save a lot of money rather than buying the finished project
[speaker002:] yeah you you really you can save a whole a a a lot of money
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] you can go to a like a a furniture shop and a stereo cabinet like I built only a lot smaller would cost you probably in the neighborhood of forty to fifty dollars
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh
[speaker002:] I think I spent a total of maybe fifteen to twenty
[speaker001:] oh wow that is a big difference
[speaker002:] yeah and and had wood left over and you know to use for other other things
[speaker001:] oh wow oh that is a
[speaker002:] and it and it and I and I got my when I made it it's made to the specifications that I wanted because I have an oversize stereo
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] that wouldn't fit in most newer stereo cabinets because they make all those
[speaker001:] uh-huh so you got what you want besides getting it for a better price and
[speaker002:] yeah they make all those smaller components and this is a stereo that I've had since I think about nineteen eighty
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] so
[speaker001:] oh well that's great how do
[speaker002:] that that kind of thing works out to your advantage as well you can make it to to fit your design instead of whatever they give you
[speaker001:] right huh so you've made the a stereo cabinet and what else did you say
[speaker002:] uh I've made a it's a it's a table that has a shelf underneath
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] uh I've made a it it's supposed to be a uh old style lamp holder you know like oil lamp holder
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh oh how neat
[speaker002:] with a with a mirror in the back of it but I don't have a lamp to put in it
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] so I just use it as a mirror in my room
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] huh well that's interesting I I like a lot of the old-fashioned type furniture the washbasin type things and I guess you could make that
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] now where you don't find those in the stores to buy very often you can make the kind of
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] things that you want have you ever made any type of chair
[speaker002:] no I I never dove into the chairs it
[speaker001:] I wonder if they would be a harder type project would it
[speaker002:] um it depends on how intricate the the the design is and whether or not you're going to uh