Bought it last semester, picked up the ’08 version last week.
In a 3-ring binder so the updates are easy to add.
Any takers?
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I'll take it David.
Woods favorite carpenter
Email me your address again Matt. I'm gonna send you Maloof's book on chainsaw milling as well.
I hope you'll find it helpful as you embark on your new "hobby".
David
edit: BTW, great job on the kitchen. I hope you're making progress with your "keeper" guy. I let mine go 2 days ago--back to flying solo and busier than a one-legged man in an azz kicking contest.
The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Edited 1/12/2008 8:46 pm ET by davidhawks
Sweet man, thanks alot.
I haven't had my keeper guy onsite in a week until Friday. He made it all of an hour and I laid him off. He started mouthing off and throwing a fit about a piece of corner trim that went on a 90 degree corner of a cabinet.
I am solo too, now. And really liking it. Woods favorite carpenter
I dig ya on the "liking it" part. All day on Wed. I kept going back (in my mind) to your other thread where you said something about not having to say WTF? once.
I told my guy I need him to take a day off so I could decide if it was going to be more frustrating to go back to working alone, or to continue to use an inexperienced, unskilled helper.
Called me that night and said he and his wife took over a 3rd-shift paper route; adios.
Now I'm really saying WTF?!
Couldn't be happier.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
I did the same, I have had along time to think about the thread and what these guys do to my job site.
They add more stress, and more costs to me and the HO. Not worth it. I'll fly solo for a while and see what happens.
My brother, a factory worker, works about 2 days a week making more money than I do, is getting bored. I may bring him in to help on certain occasions.
Woods favorite carpenter
I hope that works out for you Matt.
I don't need to tell you about all the joys of working with family members.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
He knows his role, thats the important part.
He'll be an extra pair of hands thats it. If he learns something, good. But he won't be advancing to lead carpenter anytime. Woods favorite carpenter
Should work out fine then. My problem is that I always want them to learn more. Key phrase: My problem.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Thats the problem I had with the last two guys.
I think it would be different if I didn't pay them so much, but it's too late for that now.
If he's part time and just helping hands I think it would be different. No expectations, know what I mean? Sounds okay in my head. Woods favorite carpenter
I do understand. Again, My Problem is that I want them to WANT to learn. In my simple, warped-azz mind, I can't concieve of anybody NOT wanting to do this stuff and do it well.
It's a sickness I'm sure.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
I hear you loud and clear, I don't understand the mentality that some of the guys I have hired display.
All I can think of it's just a check for them, for you and I it's much more than that. Money is a technicality in what I look at as a lifestyle, not a career. Woods favorite carpenter
< Money is a technicality in what I look at as a lifestyle, not a career. >
What a great tagline; ought to put that in the "quotes" thread.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Books heading your way.
Enjoy.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Right on David, how much was shipping? I'll get some money headed your way this week. Woods favorite carpenter
The envelope and postage was about ten bux. If it's convenient some time you can drop it in the mail. If not, that's ok too.
Enjoy.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Deal, I can get it out by the end of the week.
Thanks again.
Woods favorite carpenter
David I got that check out in the mail today, sorry for the delay.
That chainsaw milling book is just awesome. I stayed up til midnight last night reading it. Lots of great information in it. I'll probably do the same tonight.
Did you ever build one of the Yolks for the winch? I'd love to give it a shot. Looks like a lifesaver out in the field.
Thanks alot David.
Woods favorite carpenter
Edited 1/18/2008 6:36 pm ET by MattSwanger
Glad you're enjoying the material.
Of course; I built all that c##p! Never bought the Alaskan mill, just made one out of treated stock and 5/8 all-thread rods.
I salvaged an old boat trailer winch and used a regular side-by-side double pulley. More readily available than the double cheek block pulley the author uses.
Finally discarded that stuff about 2 years ago or it would have ALL ended up in Btl Crk.
Happy SawingThe best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
IPC , isn't that about 12 pages long?
<GD&R>
“We need to be a country of tall fences and wide gates.â€
I think you're referring to the 12 pages that are actually useful.
I've been dabbling in plumbing for years with doing kitchens and baths and such. Have really enjoyed the formal lessons in the classroom setting. Helping me to understand a bit WHY I was doing what I was doing.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
I found it interesting that he was also sending a book on running a chainsaw - now that is the plumbers I know
ROFLMAO!
Not a plumber here by any stretch--nor carpenter for that matter.
Just a guy who likes to do a bunch of different stuff.The best reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do another.
Doing highrise condo's I don't get much use for a chainsaw, but I do get to pull out the gas powered cutoff saw now & then.
“We need to be a country of tall fences and wide gates.â€
Fred Dalton Thompson