Sorry, I normally just lurk, but I had to chime in on this one. Do you mean to tell me that you don't have to clean up sawdust and wash dishes? Really? Wanna trade wives? I seem to spend a lot of time doing both. I want a roomba.
Jerry
Thanks George. I kept trying to figure out the play on words in
"My wife helped me make a couple of shop aprons and I actually found myself enjoying running the machine... I didn't do it well, but it was interesting"
That was the last line in the previous post. We can all sleep easy again...
...Kevin
Sorry Tom,I can't offer much help here. Besides, it seems you have already received plenty of suggestions anyway.
I do have a question though... How do I get my husband interested in woodworking? I'm not worried about my tools, that's what my locking tool chest is for. Do I already see too much of him? Well, no, although I would like to see a little less of the mess that follows.
And Tom... just days shy of 52 years of marriage, one of the last things my father said to me was he could leave everything else behind, except his wife. If I had one mentor in life, he was/is it.
`Casper
Thanks, Kevin.. I thought it was just me.. *lol*
Mac
Well, I do have to clean up *my* sawdust. But I also get to make it. The kids do the dishes. Well, most of the time anyway...
...Kevin
Maybe she's just not into it- no big deal. My wife wasn't interested in anything woodworking related until after we got married, but she ended up developing an interest in scrollsawing and pyrography, as well as making small jewelry-type boxes- the first two being things I really just don't do. She tried out the lathe once and declared that it was fun, but hasn't given it a second look since.
No great loss- I like having my turnery to myself, and her lack of interest in my lathes doesn't bother me a bit.
Interesting point that dragged something from the memory banks..... My wife kept telling me that pen turning looked like fun and that I should try it... I didn't really consider it until she mentioned that maybe SHE'D try it if I wasn't interested.. *g*
I really enjoy and appreciate my wife's company in the shop... she also does pyrography (wood burning with higher price tag) and some carving, so we get to spend time together without having to share our tools.. *g* The crossover is fun, too.. she puts my name and info on bowls and I run her stuff through the band saw when they need trimming or help her frame them... Mac
Show her the bill for the tools & materials and the price you get for the finished work.
;-)
Bill
Sounds like a good way to NEVER get another tool.. rofl Mac
Do I know how to pick 'em or what? ;-)
Bill
You have to accept that she's simply not interested. If she's not interested, you can't force her. It's hard to realize that when you are passionate about a hobby.
Look at it from her point of view. If she started collecting bottle caps, you'd probably feign interest when she talks about her collection and support her hobby, but I doubt you'd want to start your own colllection (one that is genuinely yours.. ie pick up the hobby). You'd probably keep an eye out for pieces for her collection and get pleasure from that (since it makes her happy), but you wouldn't be as excited about it as she is.
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