And [snark warning!] you know you're an English major when you keep staring at "your" because it's misspelled. 

 

I do a lot of text editing.  Can't help it.

You know you’re a woodworker when your phone won’t charge because the charging port is packed with sawdust.  BTDT

You know you’re a woodworker when keep telling yourself that your dandruff is really sawdust.

YKYAWW you can identify, by taste, the species of the sawdust in that cheap loaf of bread yore wife bought.

That "yore" was for @PeteM 

On 12/15/2019 at 9:58 AM, John Morris said:

You know you are a woodworker when you realize it's easier to just use YKYAWW rather than "You Know You Are A Woodworker When". Errr at least, you know you are a smart woodworker!
 

This is a dichotomy between "smart" and "lazy".  I could go either way, but I've found "lazy" more reliable in my case.

22 hours ago, HandyDan said:

 You know your a woodworker when  you open your wallet and Band-aids fall out.

 

Or the corollary, YKYAWW you can't locate tools in your shop, but you know exactly where the band-aids are.

Jim

YKYAWW when you end your answer DAMHIKT!

Edited December 16, 20196 yr by Larry Buskirk

21 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

How did that work out???

The Shopsmith is rust free, slick, and happy   

When I can't find the table saw and then I realize its the kitchen table.

 

Preston

Just found this thread. Hilarious! Appears it was popular during my AWOL time.

 

You know you're an old woodworker when you go out to the shop, look around at the mess, see a pencil laying in the saw dust on the floor, grab it up and immediately take it to its rightful location in that "special" kitchen drawer.

 

Then make a cup of coffee and while enjoying it, ask yourself, "wonder what I should do in the shop today?"

...then open that special kitchen drawer, see a pencil, put it in your pocket thinking "I need this out in the shop."

 

Yep, then YKYAoldWW

I think I might be a woodworker.  Got the wood.  Got the tools.  Got the clamps. Got a house full of things I made from wood using those tools and clamps.   

For a second I thought I might instead be a "fabricator".  Looking around there are only two things I've made that have a little fabric in them.  Not a fabricator.

Maybe I'm just a builder.  I've helped build two garages.  I built all those projects around my house.  I've always worked with wood though.

It is likely I am a woodworker. 

4D  

On 12/16/2019 at 8:35 AM, HandyDan said:

You know you’re a woodworker when keep telling yourself that your dandruff is really sawdust.

Yea, you beat me to that one.  You brush your hair and can't tell if it's dandruff or sawdust.

 

You see a cutoff of wood and think, "I'll save that for something, I might need it."

If you see clamps at a yard sale and you buy them.

 

You don't really know how many <tools of a given type> you have without stopping to count them in your head.  Does not apply to clamps, router bits, tape measures, etc.  For those, you have no idea.

 

Your mother had no idea what you did for your job, but understood the wood projects that you made.

 

 

Edited April 20, 20224 yr by kmealy

When your wife pulls her clothes out of the dryer and they're covered in sawdust, and she does not look happy!

Hey Roy, good one! Sounds suspiously like one of our members here @steven newman

 

Welcome to The Patriot Woodworker. Glad you found us and looking forward to getting to know you better.

When you get a chance, drop by the Introduce Yourself Forum, tell us a little about yourself and what projects you enjoy doing. Any questions about projects or the forum, don't hesitate to ask. Great group of people here even if they won't share their donuts.

On 4/22/2022 at 7:39 PM, Grandpadave52 said:

 Great group of people here even if they won't share their donuts.

I still have one fritter left IF you make it in time

An Old man told me once,.....

 

"Aaron, ...When your a hammer, everything looks like a nail.....seize the day."   

 

He was a retired railroader/WW 2 vet born and raised in the mountains of eastern Ky....man the story's he told. 

I overheard my uncle, who taught woodworking to high school kids, warn my aunt about letting me play with the tools in his tool chest:  "Don't give him a hammer.  To a young boy everything looks like a nail.".

True story.

4D

YKYAWW when you catch this beast and think " I need to make a fillet board"

 

7 hours ago, Wichman3 said:

YKYAWW when you catch this beast and think " I need to make a fillet board"

 

 

 

Great catch man