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When I leave my current job I'm going to apply for an adult course on wood working. I love to build things, and wood is the most available and easy to work with

When I leave my current job I'm going to apply for an adult course on wood working. I love to build things, and wood is the most available and easy to work with material (compared to plastic, rock or metal). And seriously, I bought a saw, a hammer, a screwdriver last year, it got me crazy. Same as having a unix terminal and an Internet connexion.

conorcleary 10y ago
Look into producing beehive equipment; even if you're not a beekeeper, there is a constant and large demand for high quality, low price woodenware. Fairly easy to set up jigs and it is easy to find blueprints. By the end you'll be a beekeeper anyway ;)
coldpie 10y ago
I've been getting into woodworking over the past year or two. It's great fun. It's something I would consider doing as a business, but I think that's a hard road to go down. I wrote a bunch of words on the tools I've gathered: http://www.smokingonabike.com/2017/01/01/hand-tools-for-a-newbie-woodworker/ http://www.smokingonabike.com/2017/01/01/hand-tools-for-a-ne...
aidos 10y ago
I also think it seems pretty appealing. There have been some interesting things on HN over the years about it. I loved this talk about how the tools you use determine how you look at problems (Tim Ewald - Clojure: Programming with Hand Tools) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShEez0JkOFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShEez0JkOFw And if you haven't seen him before, you're about to fall in love with Matthias Wandel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel/videos http://woodgears.ca/ http://woodgears.ca/
- anabisengrin 10y ago
  Cool ! It is true that I haven't looked online to learn wood-working related stuff. I'll look into it
rev_bird 10y ago
I'm in the same boat, currently frustrated by the high cost of entry for a lot of projects. There's always "just one" tool that's missing. (Plus, I have the habit of starting projects with a lot of confidence, then they turn out ruined. This hurts worse when I just spent a bunch of money on supplies.) In any case, your blog looks like it's going to be a lot of help, thanks for sharing it.
- coldpie 10y ago
  (I assume you meant to reply to me.) Thanks, glad you like it. Feel free to throw me an email, I love chatting about woodworking.
  - rev_bird 10y ago
    Womp, I did indeed. Will do.
RUG3Y 10y ago
Carpentry is fun and it's surprising how similar a mindset to software development is required. Lots of planning and precision and interesting challenges to be found.

conorcleary 10y ago

Look into producing beehive equipment; even if you're not a beekeeper, there is a constant and large demand for high quality, low price woodenware. Fairly easy to set up jigs and it is easy to find blueprints. By the end you'll be a beekeeper anyway ;)

coldpie 10y ago

I've been getting into woodworking over the past year or two. It's great fun. It's something I would consider doing as a business, but I think that's a hard road to go down. I wrote a bunch of words on the tools I've gathered: http://www.smokingonabike.com/2017/01/01/hand-tools-for-a-newbie-woodworker/ http://www.smokingonabike.com/2017/01/01/hand-tools-for-a-ne...

aidos 10y ago

I also think it seems pretty appealing. There have been some interesting things on HN over the years about it. I loved this talk about how the tools you use determine how you look at problems (Tim Ewald - Clojure: Programming with Hand Tools) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShEez0JkOFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShEez0JkOFw And if you haven't seen him before, you're about to fall in love with Matthias Wandel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel/videos http://woodgears.ca/ http://woodgears.ca/

anabisengrin 10y ago
Cool ! It is true that I haven't looked online to learn wood-working related stuff. I'll look into it

rev_bird 10y ago

I'm in the same boat, currently frustrated by the high cost of entry for a lot of projects. There's always "just one" tool that's missing. (Plus, I have the habit of starting projects with a lot of confidence, then they turn out ruined. This hurts worse when I just spent a bunch of money on supplies.) In any case, your blog looks like it's going to be a lot of help, thanks for sharing it.

coldpie 10y ago
(I assume you meant to reply to me.) Thanks, glad you like it. Feel free to throw me an email, I love chatting about woodworking.
- rev_bird 10y ago
  Womp, I did indeed. Will do.

RUG3Y 10y ago

Carpentry is fun and it's surprising how similar a mindset to software development is required. Lots of planning and precision and interesting challenges to be found.