How do you go about making space for your head? My efforts so far leave me wondering how the heck I ever built a whole house. The big structure is a cinch, but the details go on for ever. My friend Dale recently surmised that this space is an adaption of the one I work from in town at present. He was so right.
I took the 'sitting bench' which houses my most fine hand tools, and measured the gap between it and the 'standing bench' upon which I lay out problems and hold them in vises while I knock the negatives out of them. This gap became the central parameter for designing the room, perhaps as you would consider designing a kitchen. The new space opens onto my machine shop, which isn't insulated or lined, but is big. It also opens onto another little space which may become a storage area, or maybe sharpening centre for tool maintenance.
The gap between the two benches also allows room for a couple of guitars and even amps, so that I can make noise without using woodworking machines. I'm having such fun learning guitar, but it is something I need to do without inflicting myself on my better half....well at least until I can say something musical.
I've been torturing the guitar for the past 44 years and the cat gets up and leaves the room every time I pick it up.
ReplyDeleteMy beloved bought me a Uke the other day by way of a treat, I really don't think the world is ready for that yet.
After that amount of time, we are ready- let's hear you on the uke!
ReplyDeleteRob, did you happen to catch an "old man" playing nearby? His live version of Like a Hurricane bought the heavens down upon us all. I'll never forget watching a master using his shirt tails to both fret and dry his guitar during a solo. We must have 10mm land on our backs in five minutes, and conversely straight into Neil and Crazy Horse's faces and gear.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't blink an eyelid.
Not this time Dale- but saw him live at the Music Bowl a couple of years ago. So, he's a drought-breaker too, is he?
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