05-11-2017, 07:11 PM
My customer needed some simple shelves for her closet. With some scrap plywood, I made the three shelves in about an hour and thought about how sometimes woodworking is very involved, takes time, and requires a lot of tools/skill/patience. Sometimes it's a fairly straightforward task like these shelves. A couple of pieces cut to size, a little glue, and some nail gun action.
I shared this story with my friend at Guitar Merchant (next door). He shook his head and said, "If I needed something like that, I would have to get a whole sheet of plywood and struggle over how to cut the pieces and with what tool. I'd probably cut them three times and crooked, keep wondering if I had the right sized nails, and kill an entire day. Then I'd be mad every time I saw them in the closet, knowing it wasn't straight and my banged finger still hasn't healed."
I shared this story with my friend at Guitar Merchant (next door). He shook his head and said, "If I needed something like that, I would have to get a whole sheet of plywood and struggle over how to cut the pieces and with what tool. I'd probably cut them three times and crooked, keep wondering if I had the right sized nails, and kill an entire day. Then I'd be mad every time I saw them in the closet, knowing it wasn't straight and my banged finger still hasn't healed."