It’s all good if it’s wood.
If you are not making saw dust … you are collecting it.
She asked me, “Who are you going to please with that wood?” I said, “Me.”
A tube of calk and a gallon of paint will make a carpenter what he ain’t.
People say I hammer like lightning. It’s not that I’m fast, it’s that I never hit the same place twice.
It doesn’t have to be straight, it’s just a suggestion!
Dovetail free since ’53.
Don’t try to figure it out… just turn it.
I’m totally cool with butt joints.
Plant as many trees as you can, I have so many projects to make.
Woodworking - patience = firewood.
Expert sawdust maker, nothing more.
Woodworking is 3% talent and 97% not paying attention to the internet.
I use what I’ve got until I can afford what I need.
There is no such thing as scrap wood, only lumber large enough for small parts.
Sawdust is nose-hair fertilizer.
Don’t worry …. the trim will hide it.
It’s not a mistake, it’s a design feature…
Woodworkers are knotty.
Pine is fine.
I wood rather be making sawdust.
Use your sand paper as if someone else is buying it.
With a little bit of faith, and some imagination, you can build anything.
It always looks better when it’s finished.
It’s not a stuff up, I just altered the plans.
Sawdust? You mean man glitter.
Sometimes the creative process requires foul language.
I’ve cut this 3 times and it’s still too short.
Caution, This machine has no brain, Use your own.
I’m just a man with his chisel.
I have found that hand tools are the best choice when I want to make mistakes at a slower rate of speed.
Power tools are good for making stuff up’s faster.
Measure twice, cut once.
Measure twice, cut once, use wood filler for gaps.
Measure twice, cut once, buy extra just in case.
Don’t measure, cut lots, make sawdust… It will eventually fit.
Just cut then measure and make everything else to fit.
The measure of a man is how big his wood pile is.
It’s not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
Improvidus, Apto quod Victum - Improvise, Adapt, Overcome.
Sorry the reply is so long. I didn’t have time to write a short reply.
Live to tell the stories, they sound better that way.
Do what you want to do, you’re going to anyway!
Today is not your day.
Tomorrow isn’t looking too wood either.
Hard woodwork is not defined by the difficulty of the task as much as a person’s desire to perform it.
Here’s one for you: Measure twice, cut once, but next time cut it where you marked it 