Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
apron.
All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
to get things back in them.
After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
the time.
Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
apron.
DonkeyHody
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
> Get thee to the local HF store. Leather welder's aprons are only $8.
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45193
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45194
> I hadn't seen the 194 lined version. (Smell it before purchase.)
>
> These aprons are thick and will absorb much of the energy of the many
> kickbacks you might receive on a daily basis, too. (K: DTTAH.)
>
> BTW, don't get the straight canvas welder's apron. Open the package
> and you'll find out why in one whiff. The stench of the flame
> retardant is downright ILLEGAL.
>
>
At HF, that's not flame retardant. That's Chinese Cat Pee!
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:27:34 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
[email protected] quickly quoth:
>"DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
>> apron.
aMEN, brother!
>> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
>> apron.
That's "JAYZUSS", sir.
>> DonkeyHody
>> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
>>
>
>A lot of people must have taken the advice and bought one. They are out of
>stock until the 23rd.
Get thee to the local HF store. Leather welder's aprons are only $8.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45193
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45194
I hadn't seen the 194 lined version. (Smell it before purchase.)
These aprons are thick and will absorb much of the energy of the many
kickbacks you might receive on a daily basis, too. (K: DTTAH.)
BTW, don't get the straight canvas welder's apron. Open the package
and you'll find out why in one whiff. The stench of the flame
retardant is downright ILLEGAL.
--
"Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein
-=-=-
http://www.diversify.com Wondrous Website Design
I always said, "Honey that's nothing but good clean sawdust." Didn't
matter if it was sticking to my shirt, coming out of my pockets, or
tracked in on her clean floor. I still get just a little in my
pockets, but not nearly as much. The stuff that gets on my shirt now
brushes right off, not impedded like before. Well, two out of three
ain't bad.
DonkeyHody
"A poor workman quarrels with his tools." - American Indian Proverb
I always said, "Honey that's nothing but good clean sawdust." Didn't
matter if it was sticking to my shirt, coming out of my pockets, or
tracked in on her clean floor. I still get just a little in my
pockets, but not nearly as much. The stuff that gets on my shirt now
brushes right off, not impedded like before. Well, two out of three
ain't bad.
DonkeyHody
"A poor workman quarrels with his tools." - American Indian Proverb
Lie-Nielsen also makes a good leather apron.
www.lie-nielsen.com -- click on accessories which is under "Other
items".
DonkeyHody wrote:
> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
> apron.
>
> All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
> for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
> I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
>
> Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
> question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
> asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
> keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
> engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
> pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
> made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
> to get things back in them.
>
> After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
> find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
> things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
> I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
>
> Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
> All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
> the time.
> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> apron.
>
> DonkeyHody
> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
DonkeyHody wrote:
> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
> apron.
>
> All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
> for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
> I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
>
> Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
> question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
> asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
> keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
> engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
> pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
> made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
> to get things back in them.
>
> After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
> find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
> things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
> I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
>
> Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
> All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
> the time.
> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> apron.
>
> DonkeyHody
> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
Lie-Nielsen also makes a nice leather apron. See
www.lie-nielsen.com -- click on accessories which is under "other
items."
DonkeyHody wrote:
> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
> apron.
>
> All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
> for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
> I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
>
> Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
> question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
> asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
> keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
> engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
> pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
> made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
> to get things back in them.
>
> After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
> find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
> things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
> I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
>
> Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
> All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
> the time.
> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> apron.
>
> DonkeyHody
> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
DonkeyHody wrote:
> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
> apron.
>
[snip]
When I retired, I had a lot more shop time. I typically wore t-shirts
or sweat shirts and generally got them stained with all sorts of
non-removable stuff. Maggy would get tired of seeing me head off to
town for the mail or a meeting of the OFC with a soiled shirt (note: it
may well have been just out of the washer, but ...). So she
"suggested" that I get a shop apron. Rockler had a nice canvas/denim
one on sale so I bought that one. Like you, I suddenly had a place for
a pencil, straight edge, tape, a few screws, etc. But best of all, my
t/sweat shirts didn't get stained. Maggy thought it looked great and
said, "Now don't get it dirty". (!)
BUT, BUt, But, but, bu, b ...
jo4hn
jo4hn wrote:
> DonkeyHody wrote:
>
>> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
>> apron.
>>
> [snip]
>
> When I retired, I had a lot more shop time. I typically wore t-shirts
> or sweat shirts and generally got them stained with all sorts of
> non-removable stuff. Maggy would get tired of seeing me head off to
> town for the mail or a meeting of the OFC with a soiled shirt (note: it
> may well have been just out of the washer, but ...). So she
> "suggested" that I get a shop apron. Rockler had a nice canvas/denim
> one on sale so I bought that one. Like you, I suddenly had a place for
> a pencil, straight edge, tape, a few screws, etc. But best of all, my
> t/sweat shirts didn't get stained. Maggy thought it looked great and
> said, "Now don't get it dirty". (!)
>
> BUT, BUt, But, but, bu, b ...
> jo4hn
p.s. OFC is the Old Farts Club.
On 8 Jan 2006 01:47:09 -0800, "DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote:
>DonkeyHody
>"A poor workman quarrels with his tools." - American Indian Proverb
That must mean that there are an awful lot of very poor software
developers. ;-) [Myself included when I was doing that kind of thing]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
What are you using for material, leather, canvas?? Did you just take apart
one you already had for a pattern or design one for yourself??
I'm cheap and hard to please so the idea of creating my own appeals to me
since then, like you said, you can always find the same one.
Bill
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Been wearing one for twenty years. I have taken to making my own as. when
> they wear out, you can never find one quite like it.
>
> "DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> > apron.
> >
> > DonkeyHody
> > "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
> >
>
>
DonkeyHody wrote:
> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
> apron.
>
> All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
> for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
> I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
>
> Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
> question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
> asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
> keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
> engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
> pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
> made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
> to get things back in them.
>
> After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
> find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
> things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
> I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
>
> Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
> All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
> the time.
> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> apron.
>
> DonkeyHody
> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
>
Since my wife found me a leather apron to fit my tall frame, I'm never
in the shop without it. I cringed when I heard what she paid for it,
but I'm over that now, esp. now that wood chips don't get imbedded in my
shirts anymore.
Dave
Dave Jackson wrote:
> Hey David, do you mind sharing where you found an apron for taller guys?
> Most of the ones I've tried are so short, they feel more like some kind of
> french maid costume or something. Thanks, --dave
>
I bought one of these:
<URL:http://cgi.ebay.com/Leather-Bib-Apron-Welding-Farrier-Blacksmith-Shop-42_W0QQitemZ7579343810QQcategoryZ58260QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>
Good quality leather, and it goes down to my knees (I'm 6'4")
JES
That still wont solve the problem that in 3 or 5 years I wear it out and
need a new one and would like to get the same type and its no longer
available. It might take me a couple of months to determine which one I want
originally and if I do my job right It'll be just what I need so if I start
out with something I like and I've made it custom I should still have the
patterns and knowledge to recreate it it a few years instead of having to
start at the beginning of a search again.
Bill
"Charles Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > What are you using for material, leather, canvas?? Did you just take
> > apart
> > one you already had for a pattern or design one for yourself??
> >
> > I'm cheap and hard to please so the idea of creating my own appeals to
me
> > since then, like you said, you can always find the same one.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Been wearing one for twenty years. I have taken to making my own as.
when
> >> they wear out, you can never find one quite like it.
> >>
> >> "DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> >> > apron.
> >> >
>
> Or make modifications that make it even better.
>
>
Thanks for the idea! The missus like to sew, maybe I can get her to custom
make one. I would just like a leather one that stops above the knee with a
few pockets for the stuff I use the most. The last two I tried on didn't
even go far enough down to cover some body parts that should be
protected! --dave
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:40:38 GMT, "Dave Jackson" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>do you mind sharing where you found an apron for taller guys?
>
> I'm a shortarse, but I made my apron myself. At any of the summer
> medieval / re-enactor / LARP fairs there are a bunch of leather traders
> there selling beautiful quality leather at prices much lower than
> anywhere else I can get it. Mine cost me £20 for something about 1 1/2
> aprons in area in a beautiful quality soft suede that drapes nicely when
> kneeling. Any comparable apron would be about £50, and not such good
> material. The ties on mine are tablet-woven braid I did myself (in case
> I ever need to dress up as a Viking in it), but you can buy cotton
> webbing easily enough. If you're just sewing tapes on, then sewing by
> hand with a thimble or sailmaker's palm (made from the same leather) is
> easy. If you want a pocket or the ever-so-useful bottom edge gusset,
> then just sew it on a good domestic sewing machine with a leather needle
> - you _don't_ need a huge powerful machine to sew leather, but you only
> get one shot at sewing each seam.
Dave Jackson wrote:
> Hey David, do you mind sharing where you found an apron for taller guys?
> Most of the ones I've tried are so short, they feel more like some kind of
> french maid costume or something. Thanks, --dave
>
> "David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>DonkeyHody wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
>>>apron.
>>>
>>>All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
>>>for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
>>>I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
>>>
>>>Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
>>>question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
>>>asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
>>>keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
>>>engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
>>>pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
>>>made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
>>>to get things back in them.
>>>
>>>After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
>>>find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
>>>things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
>>>I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
>>>
>>>Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
>>>All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
>>>the time.
>>>Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
>>>apron.
>>>
>>>DonkeyHody
>>>"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
>>>
>>
>>Since my wife found me a leather apron to fit my tall frame, I'm never in
>>the shop without it. I cringed when I heard what she paid for it, but I'm
>>over that now, esp. now that wood chips don't get imbedded in my shirts
>>anymore.
>>
>>Dave
>
>
>
took me a while to find it, but here it is:
http://woodworkeracademy.com/ShopAprons/newaproncat.html
Not cheap, but fantastic quality! The pockets aren't very big, but I'm
not much for loading myself up like a pack mule anyway so I wear mine
sans "stuff".
Dave
I use heavy denim (quite a challenge to find these days). I wear them forty
to sixty ours a week. They last from 3 months to a year depending on what
I'm doing. The design is my own. I do not have a pattern. I just lay the
cloth on the floor and start drawing. I've made so many over the years that
a pattern would be more trouble than it's worth.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What are you using for material, leather, canvas?? Did you just take
apart
> one you already had for a pattern or design one for yourself??
"DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
> apron.
>
> All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
> for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
> I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
>
> Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
> question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
> asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
> keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
> engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
> pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
> made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
> to get things back in them.
>
> After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
> find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
> things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
> I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
>
> Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
> All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
> the time.
> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> apron.
>
> DonkeyHody
> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
>
A lot of people must have taken the advice and bought one. They are out of
stock until the 23rd.
Hey David, do you mind sharing where you found an apron for taller guys?
Most of the ones I've tried are so short, they feel more like some kind of
french maid costume or something. Thanks, --dave
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> DonkeyHody wrote:
>
>> Folks, I have come to preach to you the gospel of the leather shop
>> apron.
>>
>> All my life, I've been searching; not always sure what I was searching
>> for. Sometimes it was my pencil, other times it was my tape. Lately,
>> I've spent a lot of time searching for my bifocal safety glasses too.
>>
>> Then, before Christmas, I posted a "What to Ask for Christmas"
>> question; and some benevolent soul suggested a leather shop apron. I
>> asked for (and got) the one from Rockler with flaps over the pockets to
>> keep the sawdust out. It has a place for my pencil, another for my 6"
>> engineer's rule. A nice big pocket on the chest for my glasses and two
>> pockets down low for my tape and whatever else. The chest pockets are
>> made so that they stay open and I don't have to fumble with both hands
>> to get things back in them.
>>
>> After just a week of using my new apron, my hands have learned where to
>> find the items I need without distraction. And they learned to put
>> things back in their places without being told. My apron goes on when
>> I walk in the door, and comes off when I turn off the lights.
>>
>> Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
>> All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
>> the time.
>> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
>> apron.
>>
>> DonkeyHody
>> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
>>
> Since my wife found me a leather apron to fit my tall frame, I'm never in
> the shop without it. I cringed when I heard what she paid for it, but I'm
> over that now, esp. now that wood chips don't get imbedded in my shirts
> anymore.
>
> Dave
Like mine better.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> CW wrote:
> > Been wearing one for twenty years. I have taken to making my own as.
when
> > they wear out, you can never find one quite like it.
>
>
> Go to www.woodworkeracademy.com, click on Precision Shop Aprons on
> the front page or:
>
> http://www.woodworkeracademy.com/ShopAprons/newaproncat.html
>
> MJ Wallace
>
Been wearing one for twenty years. I have taken to making my own as. when
they wear out, you can never find one quite like it.
"DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
> apron.
>
> DonkeyHody
> "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
>
In article <[email protected]>,
"DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now I've found happiness and my clothes are cleaner too.
> All those wasted years I spent searching, when the answer was there all
> the time.
They're a safety item as well. Protecting the 'nads from flying debris of a
broken routerbit has always been high on my list.
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:40:38 GMT, "Dave Jackson" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Hey David, do you mind sharing where you found an apron for taller guys?
>Most of the ones I've tried are so short, they feel more like some kind of
>french maid costume or something.
Really bad visual...
On 8 Jan 2006 21:18:11 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>
>CW wrote:
>> Been wearing one for twenty years. I have taken to making my own as. when
>> they wear out, you can never find one quite like it.
>
>
>Go to www.woodworkeracademy.com, click on Precision Shop Aprons on
>the front page or:
>
>http://www.woodworkeracademy.com/ShopAprons/newaproncat.html
>
Wow, with all those tools, that must add 10 pounds to the weight of the
apron!
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:40:38 GMT, "Dave Jackson" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>do you mind sharing where you found an apron for taller guys?
I'm a shortarse, but I made my apron myself. At any of the summer
medieval / re-enactor / LARP fairs there are a bunch of leather traders
there selling beautiful quality leather at prices much lower than
anywhere else I can get it. Mine cost me £20 for something about 1 1/2
aprons in area in a beautiful quality soft suede that drapes nicely when
kneeling. Any comparable apron would be about £50, and not such good
material. The ties on mine are tablet-woven braid I did myself (in case
I ever need to dress up as a Viking in it), but you can buy cotton
webbing easily enough. If you're just sewing tapes on, then sewing by
hand with a thimble or sailmaker's palm (made from the same leather) is
easy. If you want a pocket or the ever-so-useful bottom edge gusset,
then just sew it on a good domestic sewing machine with a leather needle
- you _don't_ need a huge powerful machine to sew leather, but you only
get one shot at sewing each seam.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What are you using for material, leather, canvas?? Did you just take
> apart
> one you already had for a pattern or design one for yourself??
>
> I'm cheap and hard to please so the idea of creating my own appeals to me
> since then, like you said, you can always find the same one.
>
> Bill
>
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Been wearing one for twenty years. I have taken to making my own as. when
>> they wear out, you can never find one quite like it.
>>
>> "DonkeyHody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Friend, don't waste your life like I did. Come to Jesus. Buy an
>> > apron.
>> >
Or make modifications that make it even better.