Originally Posted by
Brian Ashton
People buy massive lathes and other woodworking equipment and extremely expensive hand tools for what is barely a hobby considering the time they put in and their lack of skill. Whats the difference? The way I see it is if it's your money, stuff what anyone else thinks, it's all about you. And if your friends are all too judgemental because you like to spend your money then buy some new one
Or how bout people that buy hummers and only drive them around town...
Other than stuff like eggs and milk, most of what westerners buy these days is over the top self ind
I knew a guy that had a wall of planes. No way in the world could he hope to use a quarter of them and he sucked at woodworking. How dumb is that. Again not at all, he was stinking rich and could afford that and probably thousands more. Only problem is he wasn't smart enough to spend some money on lessons on becoming a reasonable woodworker