The Ultimate Hobbiest Shop

Tezzer said:
When I win lotto, im going to build the ultimate amateur surgery, and learn how to do a few appendectomies and minor amputations for my mates free of charge.   :)
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Tezzer,

All I can say to that is I would rather purchase something the good doctor built in his hobby shop than have you perform surgery on me for free.    [scared] [eek] [eek] [blink]
 
Hey Tezzer

Being an Aussie wouldn't you be better buying a new cricket team!! [big grin] [big grin] [big grin]
 
Maybe that workshop could produce some awesome new cricket bats?
[big grin]
 
Guy Ashley said:
Hey Tezzer

Being an Aussie wouldn't you be better buying a new cricket team!! [big grin] [big grin] [big grin]
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[popcorn]
 
Yeah, I agree with everything he said. Still, he took it a bit far. The guys shop is too clean, hehe.

Even if I had guests I could never get it that clean, but I guess a hobbyist has down time that I don't. I would rather play on the forum than clean anyway  :)
 
Too clean? Think about it. It's a simple matter of having good dust collection and as Chris said, it was cleaned up for an open house. I agree with Schwarz too about how this has become a political rant. A woodworking forum is NO place for political opinions or sarcasm.  I don't care, nor want to know, any of your views on anything other than woodworking. We all buy Festools, yet we could do the very same work with other brands which cost far less. So we're all guilty of spending more than we have to.  We buy what we want and can afford - nothing more, nothing less.
 
I'm hope all the talented well heeled hobbyists stay hobbyists.  I don't need the competition.  Don't forget those patients Doc, they need you.

My dad had a lot more stuff than that.  He had so much that there was a 2 story cyclone behind his shop to handle all the dust.  Best of all, he had lots of time to use them.  40 hours a week and sometimes more.
 
Festoolfootstool said:
Or a big boat [eek]
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Boats are no good now. Its turning into one of the biggest floods in our history. To put it into some perspective, the area that is under water is around 30% bigger than the state of Texas.
 
Guys some of you just don't get it. The too clean reference was a joke. Just about every single reference to it I took as a joke. Just like the guy that wrote the article, he had some good points, but really he needs to lighten up a bit.
 
I was on the Lie-Nielsen site checking out some other goodies, looked at their calendar of events and guess what!!

Our Doctor, Kent Adkins will be hosting a Lie-Nielsen show in St. Louis, MO on May 13-14.  Might be at his shop.  There's your chance to meet the Doc one-on-one and maybe even see up close his operating room of a shop as some have expressed.

Another show is hosted by the famous woodworker and artist, David J. Marks in Santa Rosa, CA on March 25-26 if you're interested in meeting him.

And for the Chicago area FOGers, there's the show on April 1-2 hosted by Jeff Miller.

Last one I'll point out is the show in Cincinnati, OH on April 15-16 hosted by Popular Woodworking Magazine.  I'll bet Chris Schwarz will be there.  Be on your best behavior.  I think he's still ticked off.  He knows who you are  [wink].
 
Like someone else said the shop has no soul.  Looks like a collection of expensive machines and not much else. It reminds me of another "ultimate" shop video on youtube where it looked like the guy had chosen one each of every expensive machine he could he could think of. None of it looked used as a matter of fact it was all for sale and the video tour said some machines  including the Martins hadn't been used. Someone said it was all purchased to make humidors.  [huh] I think people are free to spend their money any way they see fit no matter how silly it may seem to me.
 
The article in the February Popular Woodworking gives a lot more insight into this shop, the choice of tools and the reasons he did things this way. The rest of the articles aren't bad either.

John
 
Tim Raleigh said:
I am glad that woodworkers like Dr. Atkins buy these machines and actually use them.
IM(NS)HO, if more doctors could increase their (hand) skills we would probably have less post op problems for example with knee replacements etc. going wrong.
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If you have ever seen the tools a ortho surgeon uses, you will instantly be reminded of the shop. It is really neat. The drills are amazing and quite pricey. Ortho surgery is like a combination of power and hand tools. Some screws used in ortho surgery cost $40 to $80 each! I'm taking the price per screw. Festool has nothing on these medical tool prices! :-)

P.S. Not to Tim, but in general. While some doctors can be a little arrogant, most are decent people. Surgeons are a breed apart and work ridiculous amounts of hours and unlike most of us, if they have a bad day everyone knows it. The years and years of intense study, residency, fellowship and then "rewarded" with 80 hour work weeks is a life that is not chosen or lived without a lot of sacrifice to home, family and everything else. If we want to whine about guys with money buying cool stuff, why not pick out some Wall Streeter whose work does nothing to help anyone and despite their manipulation of numbers into absurdly complex concepts could not hold a candle to the intelligence and skill of most physicians.

P.P.S. To make this fun, I wonder if he has a Shop Tech or assistant who is at the ready to hand him hand tools. You know, like in the movies when the surgeon says, "Scalpel" and one is slapped in his hand. It would be hilarious to see him say, "1/4" Bench Chisel" and have a tech slap one in his hand. Meanwhile, there are other woodworkers in seats located up high in a sort of gallery observing a panel jointing procedure... this could be endless.
 
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