HappyMonkey/HMD WOODSHOP - Page 8

Happy Monkey · 05-25-2004, 08:40 PM

Here are all of the parts, relocated to my bedroom.

Happy Monkey · 05-25-2004, 08:42 PM

And here, at long last, is the
completed bookcase!

Happy Monkey · 05-25-2004, 08:43 PM

And, finally, here are the proud woodworkers.

lumberjim · 05-25-2004, 08:48 PM

oh, man. and you already started your teddy bear collection. You've been around bruce too long, it would seem.

[big round of applause]

excellent! it looks just like the computer generated image you posted. I am seriously impressed. how cool to see it go from start to finish. thank you very much, Hmonkey.

Happy Monkey · 05-25-2004, 09:07 PM

Thanks. That teddy's been around for quite a while, though. I expect he lost hope for a collection long ago.

zippyt · 05-25-2004, 09:41 PM

Well done DUDE !!!!!!!!!

wolf · 05-25-2004, 11:12 PM

That is a most wonderful achievement. It is a beautiful piece of furniture! I wish I could do stuff like that. I can barely assemble Ikea furniture.

Clodfobble · 05-25-2004, 11:29 PM

Man that thing's gorgeous. I'm such a sucker for shimmery wood grain. You've definitely earned the right to be extremely proud of yourselves.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2004, 05:47 AM

Wow, you think it's bad to lose an Ikea piece in a divorce. What do you do when the judge gives her that.

Kudo's to you and your Dad!!

BrianR · 05-26-2004, 08:19 AM

Excellent work! I'm jealous. But then again, I use power tools mostly... I do not have the tools OR the skill to do it the old-fashioned way like you do!

Salud!

Griff · 05-26-2004, 08:56 AM

Awesome HM!

Happy Monkey · 05-26-2004, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BrianR
I do not have the tools OR the skill to do it the old-fashioned way like you do!

Heh. We don't have the space for all the power tools we'd like, or we'd have more. But there is satisfaction from doing it the old fashioned way.

It is sometimes funny watching "The New Yankee Workshop". If someone played a drinking game where you chug a bottle every time Norm uses a hand tool, that someone would never get drunk.

On the other hand, I think I need more power tools than they use in "The Woodwright's Shop".

glatt · 05-26-2004, 12:02 PM

The Woodwright's shop is awesome. That guy kick's Norm's ass.

What I would really like to see is a show where the woodworkers from Colonial Williamsburg make stuff with hand tools. Fine quality projects made the old fashioned way.

The Woodwright's Shop was a little too rustic (sloppy) for my tastes, but I liked the idea of doing things with hand tools.

One of the things I like most about hand tools is that they are quiet and dust free. You don't need the earplugs, fogged up goggles, and dust mask. You just pick up the tool and work.

Happy Monkey · 05-26-2004, 12:20 PM

I wouldn't skip the earplugs when using a mallet and chisel, but otherwise I agree.

On the other hand, power tools have a satisfaction of their own.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-27-2004, 08:45 PM

One of my ex-girlfriends does color matching and finishing for a shop that makes 18th century style furniture to order. This is the breakfront she's starting now.

05-25-2004, 08:40 PM	#106
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here are all of the parts, relocated to my bedroom. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-25-2004, 08:42 PM	#107
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And here, at long last, is the completed bookcase! Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-25-2004, 08:43 PM	#108
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And, finally, here are the proud woodworkers. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-25-2004, 08:48 PM	#109
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	oh, man. and you already started your teddy bear collection. You've been around bruce too long, it would seem. [big round of applause] excellent! it looks just like the computer generated image you posted. I am seriously impressed. how cool to see it go from start to finish. thank you very much, Hmonkey. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-25-2004, 09:07 PM	#110
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks. That teddy's been around for quite a while, though. I expect he lost hope for a collection long ago. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-25-2004, 09:41 PM	#111
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Well done DUDE !!!!!!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-25-2004, 11:12 PM	#112
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That is a most wonderful achievement. It is a beautiful piece of furniture! I wish I could do stuff like that. I can barely assemble Ikea furniture. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-25-2004, 11:29 PM	#113
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Man that thing's gorgeous. I'm such a sucker for shimmery wood grain. You've definitely earned the right to be extremely proud of yourselves.

05-26-2004, 05:47 AM	#114
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wow, you think it's bad to lose an Ikea piece in a divorce. What do you do when the judge gives her that. Kudo's to you and your Dad!! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-26-2004, 08:19 AM	#115
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Excellent work! I'm jealous. But then again, I use power tools mostly... I do not have the tools OR the skill to do it the old-fashioned way like you do! Salud! __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

05-26-2004, 08:56 AM	#116
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Awesome HM! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-26-2004, 12:02 PM	#118
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The Woodwright's shop is awesome. That guy kick's Norm's ass. What I would really like to see is a show where the woodworkers from Colonial Williamsburg make stuff with hand tools. Fine quality projects made the old fashioned way. The Woodwright's Shop was a little too rustic (sloppy) for my tastes, but I liked the idea of doing things with hand tools. One of the things I like most about hand tools is that they are quiet and dust free. You don't need the earplugs, fogged up goggles, and dust mask. You just pick up the tool and work.

05-26-2004, 12:20 PM	#119
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I wouldn't skip the earplugs when using a mallet and chisel, but otherwise I agree. On the other hand, power tools have a satisfaction of their own. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-27-2004, 08:45 PM	#120
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	One of my ex-girlfriends does color matching and finishing for a shop that makes 18th century style furniture to order. This is the breakfront she's starting now. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:02 PM.

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