You might be a woodworker if...

[Nancy Laird]

You put off retirement for 2 more years so you can order and pay for that new bandsaw, dc, jointer and lathe you have been drooling over.....

Is this the BIG announcement, Ken??

Nancy (130 days)

[Jim Becker]

...when you're traveling on business in a very interesting place and the thing you notice the most is the lumber yard next to the "normal" attractions...

[Michael Schwartz]

You Might be a Woodworker if

You have a special folder in your email program, and a special alert setup on your phone and PDA for Woodcraft and Rocker promotional emails.

You have handplanes that are worth as much as your truck

Your Handplanes are stored (displayed ) in your living and dining room because you don't want them to rust in your basement shop.

You have a cordless drill for all your most used drill bits and drivers, and a Router for all your favorite bits.

A good day is measured in pounds of rust you came across at flea markets.

You open up your cell phone to make a call and sawdust falls out.

More later.....

[Michael Schwartz]

You might be a woodworker if

Your friends are mystified and wonnder why you are so passionate about hand-planes.

[Leigh Costello]

...if your idea of a storm chaser has nothing to do with the storm and everything to do with the blown over trees.

...if your LOYL asks for dinner at a reasonable hour and gets it "just as soon as I get this piece just right."

...if your darling daughter says, "Mom, if I agree to help you clean the shop, can I....?"

...if your hubby totally understands why you stopped and picked up the "perfect" burl off the side of the road and got a late start on supper.

...if you plan to go to the NBM show in Indy and expect to spend more time at Woodturningz than you do the show.

and last but not least,

...your 20th anniversary present has nothing to do with diamonds and everything to do with a cool tool!

[Gary Muto]

You Might be a Woodworker if
You are traveling for work and you prepare by looking for woodworking stores in your destination city because you'll be bored without your shop tools.

[John W. Willis]

............you have to sprinkle sawdust on your meal before it tastes right.

[Ed Garrett]

Thanks for this idea, Kent. Here's mine. They're mostly biographical:

…if you get up at 4AM, skip the coffee, and head straight for the shop.

…if when your wife is out of town for a few days, you go on a deranged surfing spree on Sawmill Creek and other woodworking sights.

…if you have never seen CSI, Law & Order, Miami Vice, Seinfeld, or the Cosby Show.

…if you believe you are famous because your father-in-law is pictured in the Grizzly Catalog

…if your heroes are Sam Maloof, George Nakashima, Bill Pentz, and Norm

…if your cutting boards are custom fit to snap into your sinks.

…if your wife doesn’t want to see the Sawstop video again.

…if newcomers to your house are suddenly speechless when they see a peculiar piece of furniture…

…if you polish/wax your table saw more than your car.

…if you know right where the woodworking section is in your library

…if, when you got married and moved out, an early priority was to get a collection of tools started because your dad’s tools were no longer available.

…if you have seven planks of teak stored behind a table at your work office

…if when some big shot tells you he’s a vice president you ask him whether it’s a woodworking vice and does it have a quick release.

…if your wife has a hobby room and the hobby she has taken up is Storing Rough Lumber (I got this from John Bush).

…if you view your imminent retirement as a good opportunity to get things caught up in the shop

…if while driving on vacation you spot huge industrial cyclone separators and alert the family to these points of interest.

Sincerely,
Ed Garrett
Tallahassee

[Ben Grunow]

Sawdust is your band-aid for small cuts (great coagulant)

[Jeff Heil]

....if you spend your entire day off in the shop, forget to eat lunch, don't leave the house or talk to anyone until your wife comes home and you think that is normal.

....if you leave the builder's "Parade of Homes" and tell your wife you don't understand why anyone would put painted MDF trim in a $750,000 house.

[Jerome Hanby]

...you see something you didn't recognize in this thread, look it up , and now have it on your "gotta have it" list

[Al Willits]

You might be if....
You drive by a woodcraft everyday on the way to and from work and they come out and wave at ya...

You and the wife go look at a dining room table and she asks what you think, and you reply, water based I think dear....

Finding the storm has just dumped that very old and large tree on your house and car, destroying both, and you first wonder if you should call a tree service or the sawmill.

Your shop has a better HVAC system than most commercial computer rooms do.

You read about the rain forest getting cut down and wonder if you could get some of it....

Al