September 24, 201213 yr And to think, I used to think box making was dull. Well one day my 2 year old grand daughter came to me with a problem. She had monsters in her room at night. Now I've had some first hand experience with night time monsters and I know what a problem they can be. So I came up with a plan. A Magic Rock. I found this ancient dull grey pitted chipped roundish flattish rock. It is ugly. But it's ugliness is part of the beauty. I presented this rock to my little grand daughter the next time I saw her with the story that I was my magic rock that lived in my woods and over the years it got pitted and chipped from fighting all the monsters that come out at night and eventually drove them all away and now they won't come back. So of course it was bored and need a new home and was happy when I told it about her. She took the rock home and placed it on her dresser and darn if it didn't perform exactly as advertised. So that winter we designed a box as a home for her rock. She sat on my lap before the computer and using a cad package we designed the box And before I knew it her little sister also ended up with monsters.  I wonder if they fled to her room from her older sister's when the rock drove them out. Monsters are very mysterious. so she too got a rock And of course she too designed her box sitting on my lap.
September 24, 201213 yr Nice boxes. Great story, too.The girls' pampered rocks should be let out every now and again. At least, I know that my rocks need to stay in fighting trim. Ever since we liberated them from the garden, we've not had one monster around.....not even under the bed or in the closet.At first we tried chunks of concrete. Didn't work at all. Those old monsters just laughed. But boy, when we brought in those garden rocks, Man o Man, did those old meanies ever scatter.Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
September 25, 201213 yr That is a priceless story Cliff, thanks for sharing. My big question now is, how much of the design did you do by cad?John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
September 25, 201213 yr That's a great story and solution. Very creative and fast thinking.I had a magic rock, I brought it into my shop, laid it on the workbench. The next morning I found that none of the projects were completed and the shop wasn't clean. I must have had it upside down...LOLCliff said:Amazing what a magic rock can do aint it?
September 25, 201213 yr Great story Cliff. I love the boxes the two of you put together to house the magic rock.I may have to see if I can find in of the monster fighting rocks in Alabama. My grandson doesn't like monsters either. Especially the garage door monster. Every time the door goes up or down you can hear the garage door monster growl upstairs.John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
September 25, 201213 yr Author John Morris said:how much of the design did you do by cad?  All of it.  At the time I was using a legacy DOS package called Cad Key. I'd become expert at it over the decades of using it.  I had to have a legacy computer too. Modern video cards and main boards are not compatible for the display and you have to have a bona fide version of DOS or at least Windows 95. Now I use TurboCad It's an uphill learning curve as I don't do CAD engineering all day every day any more, just hobby stuff.
September 26, 201213 yr Very cool story at least it drove the monsters away Charles NichollsSite Hostnicholls61@att.netProud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRAhttp://www.etsy.com/shop/nichollswoodworks
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