Poll- What shop task do you dread the most?

[David Plaskett]

Sanding and looking for tool I just used.

[Dave Wright #2]

Sanding, especially inside corners. I eventually got so tired of it that I broke down and learned how to use planes. I still sand, but only a quick pass of 220 to even out the sheen and remove any remaining plane/scraper marks before finishing. I use all the sequencing, masking, and prefinishing tricks, and usually manage to avoid corner sanding completely.

[Scott Parks]

Sanding for sure... It's messy, and makes me sick... Not to mention I do it outside, so I get dust all over the cars and the house.

[Dan Gill]

Finishing. I'm not real fond of sanding, but finishing seems to take forever.

[Lars Thomas]

I hate emptying the DC bags. It probably would be so bad if I didn’t let them fill up to the band.

To the folks fed up with sanding, get yourself a scraper and sanding will become less of a chore (of course you might hate the scraper too - but hey, at least its not sanding!)

Another thing I try to avoid is painted projects. I have no problem with traditional finishes - it's just the painting that drives me up a wall.

[Larry Browning]

I would gladly do all of the above tasks, because that would mean I was in the shop! I have been at work for 12-14 hours a day 7 days a week for over a month now and I don't seeing it letting up until after new years. Gotta go, more code to write.

Larry

[everett lowell]

finishing. I love the building but i dread the finishing because i have a lot to learn about that.

[Donnie Raines]

Makeing sure all my tools are in good shape....IE square, flat etc....

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

I'm with You TYLER. Bringing it upstairs and out the garage to wherever I need mulch.

Then I have to clean up the route.

Bruce

[Keith Christopher]

changing from dado blade back to saw blade. I'm seriously thinking of buying a second table saw just for dado setups.

[Gary Max]

Waiting for the wood burner to get hot enough for some heat in the shop.
I hate trying to use frozen tools.

[Brian Hale]

Retracing my steps to find out where i screwed up.

[Jeremy Gibson]

For the last few days it's been a combination of trying to flatten the back side of a 1 1/2" (cheap) chisel from a HF set and doing it in a freezing garage. I know I have a cheap chisel set, but wanted something to practice on my waterstones. I have a 1000/6000 combo stone from Woodcraft. After two days on the back side at 1000 grit it's still not flat. Granted, the garage is so cold I can only stand it about 15 mins at a time. Who recommends I get a courser stone?? (and a heater)

[Dan Mages]

I would have to say it is cleaning up the shop

[John Miliunas]

Emptying the cyclone itself, isn't too bad. BUT, doing the filter maintenance is a job I probably don't end up doing often enough! Gee, I wonder why......?