In a short episode this week I discuss the trials and tribulations of woodworking burnout.
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Hey Dave. Great show brotha! I am curious about something. Do you think the podcast has any affect on your level of “guilt”? Or is this something that you felt well before the blog/podcast?
Dave, two things on your your ‘burnout’ cast. First – If you’re feeling guilt, it sounds like you’re setting expectations for yourself that are hard to live up to. It’s a hobby – it’s one of the things you do to cleanse your soul from the pressures of work. It’s not going to complain if you take some time off, right? It might actually be due to the hours you’re putting into the day job.
Two – on cutting tenons with Norm’s method, you can use the same dado set you were using, just with the offset block from the fence. Actually, I’m not sure I’m picturing what you were doing before with the dado set, but the mental image I have is that if you’re not using Norm’s method already you are using the mitre gauge against the dado buried in a sacrificial fence, which scares me from a kickback perspective, however slight the chance on a short tenon.
Anyway, take heart, take the time you need, and work in the shop when the mood takes you. Same thing with the podcast. Good luck man.
@Chris: No, I don’t bury the dado set in a sacrificial fence for cutting tenons. I just use a stop block for setting the workpiece, so there is no kickback risk. I agree that using a sacrificial fence in this scenario could be dangerous.
I tried using a blade from my dado set initially for nibbling the waste but it didn’t work well because the blade has a combination of flat grind teeth and ATB teeth. It gave me a rough surface. My Freud ripping blade is entirely flat grind, so I’ve been getting good results from it. Other dado sets might be different, so YMMV.
I think you’re right that I just need to relax. LOL. Too much to do, too little time.
@Marc: That’s an interesting question. For me, the podcast is a hobby, just like woodworking. But, they are tied together. If I’m not doing any woodworking, that inactivity propagates to the podcast, as well, since I have little or no material for the episodes. So, I think the podcast increases the guilt a bit since I’m basically neglecting two hobbies instead of one.
Dave,
Thanks for the scare sounded like you were quiting.
Ok Dave go to your work but after that we expect
you to finish your woodworking project and double up
on your podcast.
Whoops! Sorry, Ken, I didn’t mean to give that impression. I was completely exhausted when I recorded this, so it might have ended up sounding more negative that I intended. I think I better go back and listen to it again! Lesson learned: next time, I’ll get some sleep before hitting “record.” LOL.