Therapeutic Puttering

After a long stretch away from the shop I often find the best way to ease into the swing of things is to clean and (re) organize my work stations.  And, as a result of my habitual untidiness and in-and-out forays into the barn, there is always cleaning and organizing to do.  Unlike my longtime friends MikeM and MartinO, I am not by nature, temperament, nor habit a tidy person in the shop.  Their studios look like something staged for a photo shoot, but in fact that is how they are.  It is only one of the many things for which I admire, respect, and resent them. ;-)

This past week I spent a few days working on the Waxerie.  Unfortunately, I did not take a quick picture before I started, but the corner sorta looked like the Junk Monster had vomited in the space.  After intensive cleaning and organizing, with a new plywood work surface on top of my map case full of veneers, mother of pearl, and other exotics, I am pretty pleased with myself.  We’lll see how long I can hold the Law of Entropy at bay.

I’m not sure which work station I will work on next, but there are more than a dozen to go.