Well this can't be good

[shawn_a]

I just found out today there is a Rockler store in Indy. I've probably passed the location a few dozen times this year alone. The big problem is my dear old mum found one of my Rockler catalogs and now she's got all kinds of idea for things I should build for her.

Between Rockler and the Apple store a couple of miles down the road, my bank account is going to hate me soon. MacBook Pro or cool woodworking stuff... crap.

shawn

[mikebw]

Have not heard of this 'Rockler' of which you speak. Furniture?

> I just found out today there is a Rockler
> store in Indy. I've probably passed the
> location a few dozen times this year alone.
> The big problem is my dear old mum found one
> of my Rockler catalogs and now she's got all
> kinds of idea for things I should build for
> her.

> Between Rockler and the Apple store a couple
> of miles down the road, my bank account is
> going to hate me soon. MacBook Pro or cool
> woodworking stuff... crap.

> shawn

[quietstorm]

Provided Link: http://www.rockler.com/


> Furniture?

A step or two before furniture :-)

<A HREF="http://www.rockler.com/">http://www.rockler.com/</A>

[bogie]

Here in St. Louis, we've got a Woodcraft store, but the EASY places to drop cash are the two Harbor Freight stores... Picked up some casters yesterday for a project...

[bill]

The nearest Woodcraft is 30 miles away. The nearest HF is about 100 miles and the nearest Rockler is about 250. The Woodcraft I visit most often is in Delaware (reasonably close to I-95 and no sales tax.) Ditto HF.

I guess nobody thinks we do woodworking near NYC. At least we have one very good lumberyard nearby (M. L. Condin, about 7 miles from my house.)

You Midwesterners don't know how good you've got it.

Best regards,
Bill

> Here in St. Louis, we've got a Woodcraft
> store, but the EASY places to drop cash are
> the two Harbor Freight stores... Picked up
> some casters yesterday for a project...

[AJ]

I hear that. I don't think people in Connecticut know what a router is. I have to show the guys at my lumberyard what mdf is. Then they won't believe it only costs 25$. Then they're to lazy to help me drag the 100lb sheet to the truck. I don't know why i pay for it. ARGH.....

AJ

[shawn_a]

This might make you chuckle a bit then, Bill. I have 2 (count 'em, TWO) lumber yards well within walking distance of my house. Both are approx. 2 blocks away, one to the north and one to the east. They have saved my arse more than once when I've gotten in a jam. I also have a very large plumbing supply house right behind my house.

Yeah, it does suck at times living in an area zoned commercial/residential/light industrial but the benefits are awesome. It's also nice when a business gets antsy for growing space and offers me 2.5 times what I paid for my house. Once they have hit the magic number, I'm selling and building a place out in the sticks. With a nice sized pole barn of course!

shawn

[johnastockman]

> This might make you chuckle a bit then,
> Bill. I have 2 (count 'em, TWO) lumber yards
> well within walking distance of my house.
> Both are approx. 2 blocks away, one to the
> north and one to the east. They have saved
> my arse more than once when I've gotten in a
> jam. I also have a very large plumbing
> supply house right behind my house.

> Yeah, it does suck at times living in an
> area zoned commercial/residential/light
> industrial but the benefits are awesome.
> It's also nice when a business gets antsy
> for growing space and offers me 2.5 times
> what I paid for my house. Once they have hit
> the magic number, I'm selling and building a
> place out in the sticks. With a nice sized
> pole barn of course!

> shawn

I love that store! There's a Rockler and a Woodcraft near Seattle, along with an assortment of Harbor Freight. I've attended a few classes that Woodcraft hosts and learned a bunch. I found out about Rockler from the New Yankee Workshop. I have to carefully avoid some of their sales, otherwise it can eat into my motorcycle and speaker building money!

John A.