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Title: Buying Wood Guide
Post by: troy_curtis on January 12, 2013, 01:40:01 am
I made this simple video for my wife. She wanted to buy me some wood but felt intimidated going into a store like Woodworker's Source by herself. She also didn't know what to look for when in the store. So this is a simple video and I think some of you might find it amusing if not helpful. http://youtu.be/yX0EruE46RM (http://youtu.be/yX0EruE46RM)
Title: Re: Buying Wood Guide
Post by: Toneman on January 12, 2013, 09:30:55 am
Very good job of explaining to your wife how to buy wood! LOL! Now, I am waiting on her video to show you how to buy groceries!
Title: Re: Buying Wood Guide
Post by: cdrover(Clyde) on January 12, 2013, 09:56:27 am
Now I have to wipe the slobber off my keyboard. I can only hope some day to see so many varieties of wood in one place.  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Buying Wood Guide
Post by: troy_curtis on January 12, 2013, 12:40:49 pm
Very good job of explaining to your wife how to buy wood! LOL! Now, I am waiting on her video to show you how to buy groceries!

Oh, I have a long list of video's from her: How to buy groceries, how to clean the bathroom, how to pick up after yourself, how to buy jewelry in a real jewelry store....and the list goes on. LOL actually the reason I made this video was because she wanted to surprise me with some wood to work on, but felt extremely intimidated by the hardware store. I was going to take her with me sometime to show her what I look for when I go, but our schedule to do that never matched. So I made this video. She loved it and said it actually helped her for when she does go to get me some wood there.
Title: Re: Buying Wood Guide
Post by: chelcass on January 12, 2013, 12:49:27 pm
I find a Gift card extremely helpfull.  This was you can pick and choose the exact type of wood you need for a certain project.
Title: Re: Buying Wood Guide
Post by: troy_curtis on January 12, 2013, 03:31:07 pm
I find a Gift card extremely helpfull.  This was you can pick and choose the exact type of wood you need for a certain project.

We had thought of that too, but my wife wanted to actually pick some wood rather than use a card. She figured it would be more of a surprise if she picked it out and wrapped it for me. Now she can do this without feeling intimidated.