Hello everyone,
I finally found the time to get to say hello. So, HELLO ALL...
I am currently a Head of subject Design and Technology of 30 years and a time-served cabinet maker and engineer in two previous wives... oops I meant lives (not really). lol
I am making waves to retire as soon as I can and have been building my self-promised workshop for the third of life`s semester. I promised this workshop to myself 30 years ago. The trouble with teaching all day in a workshop environment meant I just never got around to doing it at home, also.
A wise tutor at Uni said to me 30 years ago. 'Chris, are you sure you want to teach? it`s a lot different to doing....' Boy was he right... Where has my individuality gone...? my personal freedom of creative expression... Well, I have been building and trying to kit it out for three years now and it`s probably 80% done at the moment... or is it ever done really?
I have a passion and love of old tools, equipment, and processes even though I have gone with the times as I have taught over the years and grown with the tech that goes with the trades... and hence my additional love to create in tradition fashion but also with a modern technical flair or twist in there somewhere...
I plan to waste away the days in retirement doing what I left behind 30 years ago. The funny thing is that all that time ago I didn`t have a dime to my name and scraped and scrounged every tool and material I had. Now I am able to build a workshop with a little bit more ££ backing...(not much us poor teachers) and there in lies the essence... I still retain the joy of restoration. buy cheap. Find, fix, restore, and all that good stuff with regard to tools materials and equipment. I actually think this is one of the most exciting parts of putting a home workshop together. 'Owt for nowt' or the 'give it another lease of life' scenarios.
Anyway, before you all fall asleep... I am really hoping to make lots of new acquaintances on here and maybe, just maybe some of you are as mad as I !. ...
The knowledge out there is endless and I`m sure you will agree.... every day is a school day..... even for the teacher ..lol
Hello to you all.. I`m glad to be a part.... if you will have me...
Chris Jones. Bacup, Lancashire.
I finally found the time to get to say hello. So, HELLO ALL...
I am currently a Head of subject Design and Technology of 30 years and a time-served cabinet maker and engineer in two previous wives... oops I meant lives (not really). lol
I am making waves to retire as soon as I can and have been building my self-promised workshop for the third of life`s semester. I promised this workshop to myself 30 years ago. The trouble with teaching all day in a workshop environment meant I just never got around to doing it at home, also.
A wise tutor at Uni said to me 30 years ago. 'Chris, are you sure you want to teach? it`s a lot different to doing....' Boy was he right... Where has my individuality gone...? my personal freedom of creative expression... Well, I have been building and trying to kit it out for three years now and it`s probably 80% done at the moment... or is it ever done really?
I have a passion and love of old tools, equipment, and processes even though I have gone with the times as I have taught over the years and grown with the tech that goes with the trades... and hence my additional love to create in tradition fashion but also with a modern technical flair or twist in there somewhere...
I plan to waste away the days in retirement doing what I left behind 30 years ago. The funny thing is that all that time ago I didn`t have a dime to my name and scraped and scrounged every tool and material I had. Now I am able to build a workshop with a little bit more ££ backing...(not much us poor teachers) and there in lies the essence... I still retain the joy of restoration. buy cheap. Find, fix, restore, and all that good stuff with regard to tools materials and equipment. I actually think this is one of the most exciting parts of putting a home workshop together. 'Owt for nowt' or the 'give it another lease of life' scenarios.
Anyway, before you all fall asleep... I am really hoping to make lots of new acquaintances on here and maybe, just maybe some of you are as mad as I !. ...
The knowledge out there is endless and I`m sure you will agree.... every day is a school day..... even for the teacher ..lol
Hello to you all.. I`m glad to be a part.... if you will have me...
Chris Jones. Bacup, Lancashire.
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