CygnusXII
Well-known member
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2012
- Messages
- 131
- Reaction score
- 0
Well Gang,
Amazon has done messed up! They gave me a Credit Card! WooooHooo! I don't know if I've mentioned it, but my wife recently left me, after 12 years of Marriage. It's one of those things where She states She isn't happy, Blah! Blah! Blah! My Daughter is dumb founded, and can't understand her mother, and neither can I, but I can roll with the flow. I'm old enough were it bothers me tremendously but I can live through it... I think! :roll: Anyways on her way out She followed the playbook, and emptied the bank account, took all the good house stuff, and wiped her hands of responsibility for the pets and everything else. She gets a clean start and I am left holding the bag, so to speak. Luckily our Daughter is fully grown and out on her own. I quit pipe smoking 10 years ago for my Mother (she had cancer and quit cigarettes at the time.) My wife kept me on the bandwagon after my Mother passed away. Hence one of the reasons I never knew about this wonderful forum, until I recently started smoking again.
Anyways, to make a long story longer. One of my dreams has been to make pipes. My best friends (Husband & Wife) owned a Tobacco store in Arlington, Texas, and He was a wood worker (by trade, and still is to this day), and he dabbled in making pipes, as a hobby. I worked for his father for a year or two, in an Antique Furniture Repair and Refinishing shop, so I have woodworking experience, and lathe experience.
Well to get to the point... I have been collecting small gear to start making pipes, but I want to set up a Carving Shop of my own. I know the beginning is going to be rough, but I'll make it work, and I think it will help keep my mind occupied, and my hands busy when I am not working at my real life job. I am an Enterprise Software Support Analyst, for a Migration product at Dell, that allows big Corporations to migrate their users from old PC's to new ones. I deal in Cluster Deployment Scenarios of anywhere to 1 to 1000 machines at a time.
Amazon was kind enough to give me a Credit Card...HAHAHA! :lol!: I have pretty low Debt, as my Trailer is paid off. All I have is my car loan and a small loan I took out to buy a Camper. It's a 1966 Ford Bread Truck that has been converted into a 4 person sleeper, with Kitchen, Porta-potty and Generator.
I've bought all the gear I could think of, and I consulted with my Buddy in Texas, for specific tools I might need. I've got a Bench Drum Sander coming, along With a Bench Belt Sander, Benchtop Drill Press, Metal Lathe 10" x 22", 2" Rotary Sand Rasp, Hand Orbital Sander, Enough Sandpaper in Various grits fro 50 to Polishing grade, Benchtop Band Saw, Extra Blades, Extra Sanding Belts, Extra Sanding Drums and Pads, Accessories for the Lathe, Tenon Cutter coming from PIMO, and Drill Bits, hand wood Rasps and Rifflers, a bench Vice and Accessories for my Dremel, and a flexishaft for it as well, and dyes.
Next out of the box is to acquire some briar block, some bits, and Lucite stock and all the little niggly things to round out my shop. I plan on getting some briar and olive wood to start and have my eye on some big lots on eBay, of multiple block sales.
Any extra stuff you guys think I'll need. Advice and input are appreciated.
Amazon has done messed up! They gave me a Credit Card! WooooHooo! I don't know if I've mentioned it, but my wife recently left me, after 12 years of Marriage. It's one of those things where She states She isn't happy, Blah! Blah! Blah! My Daughter is dumb founded, and can't understand her mother, and neither can I, but I can roll with the flow. I'm old enough were it bothers me tremendously but I can live through it... I think! :roll: Anyways on her way out She followed the playbook, and emptied the bank account, took all the good house stuff, and wiped her hands of responsibility for the pets and everything else. She gets a clean start and I am left holding the bag, so to speak. Luckily our Daughter is fully grown and out on her own. I quit pipe smoking 10 years ago for my Mother (she had cancer and quit cigarettes at the time.) My wife kept me on the bandwagon after my Mother passed away. Hence one of the reasons I never knew about this wonderful forum, until I recently started smoking again.
Anyways, to make a long story longer. One of my dreams has been to make pipes. My best friends (Husband & Wife) owned a Tobacco store in Arlington, Texas, and He was a wood worker (by trade, and still is to this day), and he dabbled in making pipes, as a hobby. I worked for his father for a year or two, in an Antique Furniture Repair and Refinishing shop, so I have woodworking experience, and lathe experience.
Well to get to the point... I have been collecting small gear to start making pipes, but I want to set up a Carving Shop of my own. I know the beginning is going to be rough, but I'll make it work, and I think it will help keep my mind occupied, and my hands busy when I am not working at my real life job. I am an Enterprise Software Support Analyst, for a Migration product at Dell, that allows big Corporations to migrate their users from old PC's to new ones. I deal in Cluster Deployment Scenarios of anywhere to 1 to 1000 machines at a time.
Amazon was kind enough to give me a Credit Card...HAHAHA! :lol!: I have pretty low Debt, as my Trailer is paid off. All I have is my car loan and a small loan I took out to buy a Camper. It's a 1966 Ford Bread Truck that has been converted into a 4 person sleeper, with Kitchen, Porta-potty and Generator.
I've bought all the gear I could think of, and I consulted with my Buddy in Texas, for specific tools I might need. I've got a Bench Drum Sander coming, along With a Bench Belt Sander, Benchtop Drill Press, Metal Lathe 10" x 22", 2" Rotary Sand Rasp, Hand Orbital Sander, Enough Sandpaper in Various grits fro 50 to Polishing grade, Benchtop Band Saw, Extra Blades, Extra Sanding Belts, Extra Sanding Drums and Pads, Accessories for the Lathe, Tenon Cutter coming from PIMO, and Drill Bits, hand wood Rasps and Rifflers, a bench Vice and Accessories for my Dremel, and a flexishaft for it as well, and dyes.
Next out of the box is to acquire some briar block, some bits, and Lucite stock and all the little niggly things to round out my shop. I plan on getting some briar and olive wood to start and have my eye on some big lots on eBay, of multiple block sales.
Any extra stuff you guys think I'll need. Advice and input are appreciated.