Your Woodworking New Year Resolutions

[eugene thomas]

Mine is to get that I O U cashed in on building our house that gave my wife when we bought land and built my shop 6 years ago.

[glenn bradley]

I want to redouble my shop efforts in getting rid of things I "just had to have" that I actually only used once, or once a year. There are things that are just nice to have and that's great. There are also things that I keep because I bought/acquired them even though they serve no real purpose. This is the year for the tough decisions .

[Garth Almgren]

Get my shop set up in my new (to me) house and start making sawdust.

[Bill White]

Double up the safety issues, and spend more time on good design rather than "hip-shooting" projects.
That's my story and I'm stuck with it.
Bill

[Kelly Colin Mark]

I need to start and then finish my projects, one at a time. I have too many interests, woodworking among them, but even just there I end up starting one project, half finishing it, getting sidetracked with another. The end result is lots of half finished projects, lots of clutter and no space. This is a real problem for me as my shop space is so limited in the best of cases

[Steve Kohn]

I have two simple goals; o get better at sharpening and finishing. I've got the tools to do both I just need to practice.

[Dave Zellers]

Clean, Vacuum, Clean, Vacuum!

At the end of the day, I'm usually pushing toward reaching a goal before I quit. The LAST thing I want to do after that is clean the shop when I'm done.

Which means that mess is the first thing I face the next morning. UGH.

I'm hoping my new (Thank You, Sweetie Claus!) Oneida Dust Deputy helps in that regard. Not having to clean the filter on my vac should be a huge incentive to vacuum up the mess quickly and then come down to a clean(ish)* shop in the morning.



*No need to get crazy or anything...

[Jim Andrew]

Don't usually do resolutions, but am determined to finish up the storage and get all the stuff moved into it. Yesterday I made a vertical rack, and last night moved some boards into it, holds lots more than the flat stack. And can see what I have. Have to make a few more of the racks and get all the boards off the rack before I can move it. Then when that is finished, re hook up my cyclone, run a new circuit for some lights that go where the rack was, and where my new assembly table will go. Also plan to lay another layer of fiberglass batts over the shop ceiling, in the old part. Put r 33 in the storage room, used 3 layers of r11 batts I bought at Menards on sale. The shop has r19 batts, so a layer of r11 should fix that up. Then, in February have to get the new saw hooked up, assume I have to replace the wire as my hp is increasing on the new saw, along with the dust collection will be different. All this before I can build anything.

[Todd Burch]

Well, lots to do. Build a house, garage and shop. I'm probably a couple/three months away from starting the house, but have been living with dad since last May. To ease that situation, I'm also in the process of buying a small fixer-upper house that needs about $50K of work done to it to make it something I want to live in. And, as soon as the weather warms up, I need to spray finish the last dozen+ kitchen cabinet doors, and then I'll be finished (well, almost) with dad's house (still need to make a cherry buffet, a spacer for the microwave, and something else that escapes me right now).

So, as soon as I get a shop, I'll be "in it" up to my neck. Can't wait!!

[Prashun Patel]

Cut more dovetails by hand.

[Dave Cullen]

Spend more time actually woodworking and less time in front of the television and computer.

Ditto. Just daydreaming about wood doesn't get anything done.

[Brian Tymchak]

Spend more time actually woodworking and less time in front of the television and computer.

+1. for me throw in: fixing the house up, lawn/landscape maintenance

[C Scott McDonald]

Finish something for a change.

[Lud martinson]

This is easy for me.
I'm slowly but surely parting ways with residential construction and looking forward to improving to cabinet level.

[Jamie Lynch]

1. Get my shop insulated.
2. Get wood stove installed.
3. Buy a bandsaw.
4. Get air conditioner installed.
5. While doing the previous four items: finish designing and building new dining room table, bedroom end tables, entertainment center, and sideboard for SWMBO.