I've been doin' more leatherwork lately and I've kinda outgrown my work area.
We have a heavy metal work bench in our basement and I was thinkin' of fixing up a leatherwork station down there one day.
My wife wasn't too fond of the idea of me walkin' up and down steps with my gimpy legs and came up with an alternative plan.
She likes doing puzzles and came up with a way to put a work station right here in our living room. This thing's 48" wide 29" deep and 36" high, just the right size.
Now it's sitting in a corner of our living room, all nice and clean and set up as my own personal leatherworking station.
Not only does she not complain about me doing leather work in the living room but she spent the time visualizing and planning a way to make an actual leatherworking station right here in our living room.
Don't know what I did to deserve having such a wonderful woman as a wife but I'm glad I did.
My wife says, "we spent the last three days gimp proofing our house."

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Sounds like you got a good woman, you guys have a Merry Christmas

The NRA sticker adds just the right touch.

Yup, that and my BlueGun sticker.

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Look's like you lost it to the cat.

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Your wife is a class act--you've made that clear many times here--and that's a wonderful gift. But "gimp-proofing"?

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Ok...a human skull, a shrunken head and 2 budda-lookin' cavemen doin' somethin' that might be better left unmentioned....you got some splainin' to do snubby!

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I think you are one lucky fellow. She thinks an awful lot of you.

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i think the cat and the wife are doing most of the work and the snub does the final inspection

Somehow she managed to increase open floor space and decrease clutter while adding the work bench. That means there's less stuff that'll cause me to stumble and possibly fall.
Scalping was just getting so cliche.

Actually, the skull was a present. It's antique silver colored, carved in a Celtic pattern and cast in resin.

Many years ago I used to sculpt and I did some work doing special make up effects in some basement budget thrillers. I made the shrunken head by sculpting it, making a plaster mold, casting it in expanding polyurethane, skinning it with liquid latex, air brushing and hand laying straightened crepe hair.

That's a Sumo bobble and was given to us by some friends of ours. Come to thing of it, they kinda resemble a couple of sumos.

The shrunken head and a skull that was going to be used in a lesbian vampire movie I was gearing up to work on. The two stars were a couple of strippers that were going to "perform" for the camera. It never got off the ground.
Last thing I helped with was a movie called, "Nudist Camp Zombie Massacre." I did some zombie make ups and acted as an extra in a crowd scene. Last I heard all the filming was done and it just needed to get edited.
Just as long as she doesn't start thinking a lot of awful about me.
I had the hard part, I had to figure out where to put everything.
I didn't really realize how much stuff I had until I started putting it all in one place.

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Very nice set up, Snubby.
It's great that she likes to be close when you're working.

I think you may have keeper, there!

Nekkid zombies? Lesbian vampires?
Man! I gots to come hang out wich you!

There are some interesting stories on this forum, I'd like to hear more.

One set I worked on was a glory hole booth set, built in the directors dining room. "more blood!" There were tortures involving knives, guns, staplers, burning with a cigarette and finally the severing of a certain anatomical structure. By the time we were done with the final effects sequence the floor was covered with fake blood. Looked like something out of a horror movie.

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Sounds like you have a very good one! Be happy.

Never let it be said that Snubby is predictable.

Snub, you're a man of many talents that we seem to learn about at unexpected times. Sculptor and special effects artist?
Wow.

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Shasta and I will add that the Cat--was a nice touch. well, Shasta might not think so-but i do.

HEY----you forgot to add a few boxes of.22 to the workstation. Till then,it aint compete.:-))