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When will you stop building?

I made the mistake many years ago of putting my workshop under the room where my wife watches TV. I am now retired and at any hour during the day I would like to cut / sand / drill. But wife is also retired now. So we have a schedule (fair) so as to when I can cut / sand / drill that also allows her noiseless TV time. (By the way, most of my tools produce noise at 90db or more, which is hazardous to hearing - I do wear ear protection when I work. I already have tinnitus.)

I am working on build 14 / 15 / 16.

At breakfast this morning wife asked me "When will you stop building?"

Answer - "when I can't build anymore"

Question - "what does that mean?"

Answer - "if I have arthritis or my eyesight is gone"

So, fellow builders - when will you stop building?

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on August 20, 2019 at 11:29pm

Understand completely John, my left ear rings and my right ear answers. I'm deaf in my left, hard of hearing in my right and selective hearing in between!(got it from my kids)

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Permalink Reply by Ben Ridgeway on August 20, 2019 at 8:02am

I'll stop when the urge to play is stronger than the urge to build
So no time soon
Workshop is 100' from the house so no complaints from the wife!

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Permalink Reply by Joe Caruso on August 20, 2019 at 9:16am

Hey Ben, that's where I am too, the urge to build is greater than the urge to play.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Ridgeway on August 20, 2019 at 10:24am

II've heard my guitars in more capable hands and I can say I build better than I play!

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Permalink Reply by Duane M on August 20, 2019 at 11:09am

Stop building? is THAT even possible? We haven't even scratched the surface of possible combinations of wood, metal & strings, let alone tunings and chords. And what else on the earth gives us builders the sense of well being that we need in this universe. Stop building? I think it best sums up, as others have said, when they pry my tools from my cold dead hands.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Caruso on August 21, 2019 at 6:46am

Keep on trucking' Duane! Hey, when I can't build from scratch, there's always kits!!!

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on August 21, 2019 at 3:00am

I can not seem to totally quit.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Caruso on August 21, 2019 at 6:45am

I'm sure it keeps us feeling young and that's ok! ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Jordan on August 21, 2019 at 8:35am

Like Duane M.,.,I probably wont be aware that i have quit building.,.,wind will still rattle the old boards.,.,notes on the wind.,.,.,if I do quit, I don't want to know.,.,

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on August 21, 2019 at 10:16am

I build to keep my sanity so its in the best interest in mankind that I keep building.

You can build with just hand tools Joe but it is hard word.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Caruso on August 21, 2019 at 11:26am

You're right, you can build with just hand tools. I was impressed by a photo a few years ago where somebody submitted a photo of their most recent build, photographed in their workshop - workshop was the left side of their desk and the drawers beneath housed the tools they had used.