Kale Vogt May 13, 2024The Anarchist's Apprentice is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. After a two-week European excursion with my partner, I’m back here at LAP. My shoulders are loose, my mind is quiet. I know I’m privileged to have been able to take such time off work. I’m grateful to have a job that allows vacation and a boss and coworkers who understand the value of travel.
My partner also snickers at my documenting while out in the world. It comes from a good place, I remind myself. I can’t help myself, even if I never do anything with them, the photos always remain in my subconscious, gradually shaping my work. Glad you got this chance for new inspiration. Thanks again for sharing your journey!
I'm gradually rehabilitating myself from both tool hoarding and scrap hoarding. For the 'furniture curious' I always recommend ATC to attempt to avoid creating another 'tool glutton'.
My journey away from scrap hoarding is going better -- I'm lucky to live near people with backyard fire pits/smokers, crafty (non woodworking) folks that can take a tiny piece of scrap and do something cool, and people that have only used 2x4s and 1x (eastern) pine and are elated to get a repurposed amazon box of hardwood to play with.
I remember watching a video years back of Chris showing off his basement shop, and him mentioning regret about buying a large pile of walnut at a good price. These 'too good to pass up' deals are the worst. You regret passing them up imagining all the things that could have been or end up having 1000+ bdft or something with no plan. I'm the 3rd or 4th owner of a pile of white ash that has been passed around my area, reduced to the low, low price of < $1/bdft.
How do you organise the almost finished parts like the ones that did not make it to the bad seat?
I get that right now stick chair parts will get used quickly, but I'm wondering what happens if the shop goes in a short phase of cricket tables, joint stools, or whatever else.
Are the spare from those allowed to stay longer somewhere else in storage?
I can't be sure, but I assume we'd have buckets of cricket table parts (we have buckets of chair parts). At home, I have a couple bundles of wood for tool chests.
My partner also snickers at my documenting while out in the world. It comes from a good place, I remind myself. I can’t help myself, even if I never do anything with them, the photos always remain in my subconscious, gradually shaping my work. Glad you got this chance for new inspiration. Thanks again for sharing your journey!
I'm gradually rehabilitating myself from both tool hoarding and scrap hoarding. For the 'furniture curious' I always recommend ATC to attempt to avoid creating another 'tool glutton'.
My journey away from scrap hoarding is going better -- I'm lucky to live near people with backyard fire pits/smokers, crafty (non woodworking) folks that can take a tiny piece of scrap and do something cool, and people that have only used 2x4s and 1x (eastern) pine and are elated to get a repurposed amazon box of hardwood to play with.
I remember watching a video years back of Chris showing off his basement shop, and him mentioning regret about buying a large pile of walnut at a good price. These 'too good to pass up' deals are the worst. You regret passing them up imagining all the things that could have been or end up having 1000+ bdft or something with no plan. I'm the 3rd or 4th owner of a pile of white ash that has been passed around my area, reduced to the low, low price of < $1/bdft.
How do you organise the almost finished parts like the ones that did not make it to the bad seat?
I get that right now stick chair parts will get used quickly, but I'm wondering what happens if the shop goes in a short phase of cricket tables, joint stools, or whatever else.
Are the spare from those allowed to stay longer somewhere else in storage?
I can't be sure, but I assume we'd have buckets of cricket table parts (we have buckets of chair parts). At home, I have a couple bundles of wood for tool chests.