How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how
could I forget...
obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
working on?
--
Jeff
woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote:
> How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
>
> I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
> was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
> mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
> nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or something,
> I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
>
> The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how could I forget...
>
> obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but has
> that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were working on?
Haven't had that one yet. I may have multiple projects in the
design/proposal stage, but once a proposal is accepted/fabrication begins I
have a hard and fast rule that the current project is finished before a new
one is started.
--
www.ewoodshop.com (Mobile)
On 3/22/2014 2:38 PM, woodchucker wrote:
>
> The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how
> could I forget...
>
> obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
> has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
> working on?
I don't know, but I'm not sure<g>
On 03/22/2014 12:38 PM, woodchucker wrote:
> How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
>
> I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
> was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
> mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
> nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
> something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
>
> The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how
> could I forget...
>
> obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
> has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
> working on?
I found a couple of blanks marked, punched and ready for the lathe, but
can't seem to remember what they were going to be :-(
--
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
-Winston Churchill
"Swingman" wrote:
> Haven't had that one yet. I may have multiple projects in the
> design/proposal stage, but once a proposal is accepted/fabrication
> begins I
> have a hard and fast rule that the current project is finished
> before a new
> one is started.
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What you're saying is that nobody has yet offered enough $
for you to break that rule, yet<G>.
Lew
woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
>
> I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
> was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
> mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
> nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
> something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
>
> The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember
> how could I forget...
>
> obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
> has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
> working on?
I try not to get multiple projects of the same type going. One will
inevitably get worked on, while the others sit. Sometimes it's nice to
have a model railroad project and woodworking project going at the same
time, so I can work on the other while waiting for something to dry.
If the next step isn't necessarily obvious (are the pieces finish width
or just rough cut?), I'll write the next step down on my shop notebook.
Sometimes I'm back out there after watching a TV show, and other times
it's two or three days.
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
Here's the good new: Someday you'll remember exactly what those parts are for.
Here's the bad news: No way in the world will you remember where you put them.
Larry
On Saturday, March 22, 2014 2:38:55 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
> How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
>
>
>
> I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
>
> was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
>
> mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
>
> nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
>
> something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
>
>
>
> The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how
>
> could I forget...
>
>
>
> obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
>
> has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
>
> working on?
>
> --
>
> Jeff
woodchucker wrote:
> How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
>
> I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
> was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
> mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
> nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
> something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
>
> The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how
> could I forget...g
>
> obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
> has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
> working on?
A few days ago my wife showed me something and said, "Thank you for
making this for me.". The item did not even look familiar to me, but
obviously I had made it some time ago. Not a bit of memory relating
to the making of it/
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
I'd love to, but my patent is pending.
"woodchucker" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
>I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it was.
>I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the mess I
>have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut, nothing to
>final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or something, I could tell
>what it was.. but nothing.
Explain how the skirt works for you... when skirts are in my shop things get
all fouled up.... ;~)
On Saturday, March 22, 2014 2:38:55 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
> How many of you work on multiple projects at once?=20
For paying customers (upholstery hobby), I work on one project at a time.
Most of my other projects are mine or are hobby related, for others, and t=
here are many in progress. They get done, when they get done. A pretty gi=
rl's project may get priority, for finishing sooner, than later. If she br=
ings banana pudding or boudin, I'll ask if there anything else she wants do=
ne.
When the kids show interest in something (few hours or a one-day project), =
I'll zero in on teaching them, getting them involved. If WE don't finish a=
project, I'll finish it and mail or bring it to them, later.... as present=
ly with an "S" design something (cartoon character something) that a 3rd gr=
ader wanted to make. We didn't finish it, when he was visiting, so I'll ma=
il it to him, along with a wooden cross (prie dieu application prototype) h=
e found on a work table and liked. *He once told me he wants my bottle col=
lection (which includes lamps and pottery, also), when I die. He's likely =
to get it, too, since no one else has ever commented on, or showed interest=
in, those items, as he repeatedly does. His particular interest seems be=
yond his 3rd grade level.
In my case, some projects lead to others, so there's always something, mult=
iple items, in the works.
Sonny
I forgot to remember.....
john
"woodchucker" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how
could I forget...
obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
working on?
--
Jeff
On 3/22/2014 5:27 PM, Swingman wrote:
<snip>
>>
>> obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but has
>> that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were working on?
>
> Haven't had that one yet. I may have multiple projects in the
> design/proposal stage, but once a proposal is accepted/fabrication begins I
> have a hard and fast rule that the current project is finished before a new
> one is started.
Must be nice!
The line of work I am mostly in often requires jumping into something
else and I have to prioritize. It's often difficult to even find an end
point. I have 4 running and hope to finish one to billable today.
It's been a number of years since I made any real money with wood, back
then it was custom speaker boxes. I made a lot of them and it sure was
nice to be able to start something and have a real idea of the finish.
Jeff
>
On 3/22/2014 7:56 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
> "woodchucker" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
>
>> I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
>> was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
>> mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
>> nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
>> something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
>
> Explain how the skirt works for you... when skirts are in my shop things
> get all fouled up.... ;~)
:-)
I meant the skirt on a cabinet. The base.
--
Jeff
YEP too many birthdays cause that. WW
"woodchucker" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
How many of you work on multiple projects at once?
I started cutting up some wood for something. I can't remember what it
was. I had put it aside, all together, and today I am cleaning up the
mess I have around here. And ran across the parts, just rough cut,
nothing to final size, no real shapes yet. If I had a skirt or
something, I could tell what it was.. but nothing.
The short term memory is killing me... I keep thinking I'll remember how
could I forget...
obviously, I'm just going to leave it as sometime I'll go oh yea, but
has that ever happened to you, where you can't remember what you were
working on?
--
Jeff