Differences in approach

[Jordan]

I think everyone can relate to most of what you have experienced LMAO cuz most of it is a daily occurance around here. Now where did I put that tin can full of treasures!

[TwinOaks]

Coming from a woodworking background I tend to think in a concrete, symmetrical and measured way, working in other more flexible materials is a difficult transition to make, kinda shakes the foundations, but still leaves the question of the proper seat position unanswered

Jordan, I think you may have just defined why I like working in leather so much.

The left side of my brain screams for perfection- precise measurements, precise angles, equal depth tool marks, and completely streak free, blotch free, perfectly even shading/dyeing.

The right side of my brain says, nah, just do it this way, it'll be alright......See? Now isn't that better than all those silly numbers?

This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask: Am I weird because I use one modeling tool in each hand simultaneously? Granted, it's only on one piece of leather, but does anyone else do that?

Edited July 11, 2008 by TwinOaks

[Windy]

This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask: Am I weird because I use one modeling tool in each hand simultaneously? Granted, it's only on one piece of leather, but does anyone else do that?

I do believe it was President Taft who could write with both hands simultaneously and in

two different languages. Thus making you not weird.

WINDY

Edited July 11, 2008 by Windy

[ClayB]

Makes me wonder what you two could come up with if you worked together at it. You have years of experience working at Tandy and in a shop. You know leather and tools and how they both work. You know what it takes to make a profit. He has experience with different materials and enthusiasm to put that knowledge to use working on leather. You both have an opportunity to teach/learn from each other. If you add your practical knowledge to his technical skills, I bet you could make something really great. Teach him how to miter corners and gouge fold lines to make the sides line up perfectly. Help him mark the stitch holes and make sure everything lines up. He can probably make a wooden mold to fit inside to make sure it all fits right and lines up. Then add the kids into it. Let them stamp on the pieces or color it. By being there in the shop with them, you could have made sure that special piece of leather you were saving didn't get used (or decided this might have been the special project you had saved it all this time for) You could also make sure things got sorted back out and put away where they belong. I could use a lesson on that too. I think I'd do pretty well in a messiest shop contest. By making it a family project, you could achieve all the goals of this forum, education, entertainment and fellowship and end up with a really special project to boot. Then on second thought, you might all end up frustrated and screaming at each other. I can see that happening here. Maybe you should ignore this whole post.

But hey, in defense of men, I can mix up and cook supper with one pan and a fork where the women in my house seem to need to use every pot, pan, bowl, utensil and gadget in the kitchen!!

[Art]

Hi Clay,

Remember when you were single (that's 30 some years ago go for me), I only had one pan so I better be able to cook everything in it or I was eating out. One pan and a coffee pot, what more do you need? Makes it a lot easier to clean-up too.

Art

But hey, in defense of men, I can mix up and cook supper with one pan and a fork where the women in my house seem to need to use every pot, pan, bowl, utensil and gadget in the kitchen!!

[rdb]

I am not about to get into any of the "Couple Counseling", or Gender discussions, or the therapy you guys may all need after this round of gift building...lol...but what I would do is hand the big guy Stohlman's Case books, and say.." Here maybe this will help you with your project."

That's probably what I would do for any person trying to transfer their life experience to a new field. There is lots up there in the old noodle, sometimes you just need a little guidance from an outside source.

After that's all said and done, more than likely that box case will never be finished, because it'll be redesigned forty seven times..frikkin engineers....! :soapbox:

[hiloboy]

I like how everyones trying to be so nice here.. But everyone know there is only one right way... And that the MANS WAY OF DOING IT!!!

[TwinOaks]

Remember when you were single (that's 30 some years ago go for me), I only had one pan so I better be able to cook everything in it or I was eating out. One pan and a coffee pot, what more do you need? Makes it a lot easier to clean-up too. Art

Art, you really over complicated it. Just make the coffee in the pan...it's cuts down on the amount of degreaser you need. When I used to hike a lot (Scouts), I carried a pan, a spoon, a cup, and a frisbee. Frisbees make a nice raised edge dinner plate (so you don't drip), they're really hard to tear up, and they provide after dinner entertainment.

Nowadays, you actually have to plan single dish dinners. Used to be that it was the norm, because you only had enough food for one dish.

....mmmmm...ramen noodles. again.

[David]

Ok Johanna,

I'm makin' your birthday cake....one pan one utensil......

uhhh....... Do you want that cake scrambled or hard boiled?

Dave

[Pip]

I can kinda see where Johanna is coming from...differences in ability aside, let's use the example of cooking: most will agree that male chefs ROCK. Men tend to be more detail oriented in the kitchen.

I think, the difference is (and I am on rocky ground saying this, it is not meant in a sexist way at all) that women can be more intuitive with the materials they use and become what I call A-D thinkers, meaning they pick up a material feel it, bend it touch it and make/design, wheras men in general start with a design in mind and then try and fit the material to it making them D-A thinkers.

The masters of both sexes become both. A-D and D-A...... i have a male friend who can pick up anything and create it is fantastic to watch the process working, he can also work the other way around, sometimes at the same time.

Don't tell the misses about male chef's I'd have to cook better!!