Posts Tagged ‘Woodworking’
Harry Potter . . . and the Magical Chisel
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
I’ve got a hobby.
Woodworking came straight from my grandfather and is thick in my blood. He had me working the drill press when I was still in single digits. Long hours in his New Mexico workshop by some might be considered child labor, but I loved it. We’d make wooden guns, trains, dog-mansions, and even a sweeeeet multi-story fort. Most recently, we built a customized recording studio desk out of leftover black lab counters he pulled from Sandia Nuclear Laboratory. The desk drawers have stains from where scientists would put their coffee mugs.
Realizing a hobby is kind of like pursuing a girlfriend. It’s usually not economical…but when you do spend money on it, it feels good…like Christmas good. For my birthday this year, I gifted myself a really nice chisel (lie-Neilson). This is no normal chisel. This chisel feels like Harry Potter’s wand…
What’s my first project you ask? I think I’ll start with this…
Perhaps this is more realistic…
