cwcarronsr

East Hartford, CT, US
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Re: UPDDATE: Shop Improvements: Outstanding ideas from the world's finest woodworkers from Fine Woodworking magazine

Looks like a great book. Please add me for consideration. As an old timer, I could use a book like this

Re: Book Giveaway: Furniture Restoration - Step-by-Step Tips and Techniques for Professional Results

I don't WORK in the woodworking/refinishing field as a profession like so many others, I'm only a retired hobbyist and novice. I seem to have less problems with following plans, sawing, drilling routing and assembling than refinishing. yet there is nothing that brings more satisfaction than to have succeeded with the finished product. I don't know why I always to seem to have so much apprehension when it comes to applying the finish to my projects except that perhaps I'm so fearful of screwing it up and making a complete mess of the finished piece with no way to recover. I don't have the most steady hands at this stage of my life, yet I find woodworking brings me such great relaxation now, that I didn't have in my adult life before retirement. I always had such a stressful job that I was plugged into practically 24/7 that I didn't have time for hobbies. I did however have great success early on in my young adult years restoring an old Oak Hutch that was built around 1920-1930. I was particularly proud of how that piece turned out and I even passed it on to two of my sisters who each had the Hutch for several years after I had it for several myself. I think that's probably what turned me on to the Woodworking/refinishing field to begin with.

Now I feel like a kid in a toy store with each new project and each new tool I undertake. I learn through hands on experience and what I read on line, mags, and a couple of Christmas gift books that my family has given me. This book looks like something I would really like to get my hands on and would be a tremendous help to an old geezer like me.

Not too old to learn,
Chuck