You will never enjoy or appreciate whatever intrinsic joy there is in any activity doing 72 hours of it in 5 days. That could even destroy lovemaking. If you learned a lot that you can apply later under more benig n circumstances then I'd say it was probably worth it. I'd do it an a flash if I could.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
On 4/25/06, Jonathanadamgree@aol.com <Jonathanadamgree@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> List,
> I just finally got the time to respond to this email. Last week was
> a hard
> week. See my blog below for particulars and a link to my yahoo
> picture site.
> During the week as my hands got more tired and cut up, as my back and fee
t
> hurt worse and worse I kept thinking it is no wonder Ernesto and Falerio
> and the
> other Italians never aspired to die at the bench making frames. It's not
> glamorous, it's hard, dirty, low paying work. You'd have to do it for the
> love
> of creating something with your hands to stick with it. I had a great wee
k
> and
> I'd like to do it again, but it was no working vacation. It was just work
.
> By
> my estimation I spent 72 hours in 5 days in Doug Fattic's shop. I'd
> encourage anyone interested in building their own frame to give it a go.
> You'll be
> rewarded.
>
> Jonathan Greene
> Oviedo FL
>
> Subj: Framebuilding Report at Doug Fattic's Class Date: 4/19/2006
> 5:37:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time From: _LouDeeter_ (mailto:LouDeeter)
> To:
> _classicrendezvous@bikelist.org_ (mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org)
>
>
> http://wallstframeco.blogspot.com/
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