The Beginning

Hello to all that cometh to my blog.

I'm a 54yr old man who has a passion for woodworking.  Although I'm certainly not a Norm Abrams or Sam Maloof, I work at my craft just as diligently as they do.  I just don't have the notoriety (or skill level, which is something I work on at every chance) that they do.  I do not believe any of us are ever too old to learn something new to better our artisian ability.

For many years now, my woodworking hobby has been confined to the covered car port in the front of our home.  Always moving tools into and out of the garage to work on any given project.  Setup and take-down usually entailed planning an extra hour or so before I could get started.

Recently however, the good Lord has blessed me with a new Shop building.  12'x32' should accommodate any current projects and new projects well into the future without having to constantly move equipment in and out.  There are some other significant advantages also, like not being subject to weather conditions (i.e., it's raining, can't drag out the tools), being able to leave tools and setups without having to re-start everything everytime I want to work on a project.

Those of you that do not have a "Shop" to work in (or recently acquired a shop) know exactly what I'm talking about.

There is so much to do in the new shop before I can even begin or continue a project.  Right now, my priorty is getting power run to the shop to power all my tools (hereinafter referred to as "Toys").

I am just getting around again after having surgery on my right shoulder last Friday (11/04/2011).  The doctor tells me I cannot go back to work until after I see him on the 17th of November.  It has really been horrible to have to sit inside watching the "boob-tube" and see my shop sitting out back knowing there is little to nothing I can do until I regain some of my strength in my right arm.  I liken it to dangling candy in front of a toddler, just out of reach enough that all the toddler can do is salivate when he sees it.

My dream job would be to have the ability to work at my woodworking fulltime and make a living at selling my work.  Unfortunately, I do not even know where to begin.  I currently work for a local car dealership selling automobiles.  It's not a hard job, but I really wish there was somthing else (better) that I could get excited about going to work everyday (i.e. woodworking).

So, if there's anyone out there that is currently doing this for a living, I'd appreciate any feedback you could give me so I could start and grow my own business.