##Memories and Materials

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10/2/2021
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One thing I like about building working with reclaimed 
materials is how it gives my objects stories.  The story
can be joy of discovery when I find something thrown out
(with a bit of added feeling of virtue of saving it from 
the landfill)[1].  The story can be the bittersweet one of
using something that I only have because my grandparents 
and father have passed, but for a moment I can be 
reconnected to them[2].  There are even stories on top of
stories, as try to make parts of my builds modular and 
thus reuse pieces over and over. 

When I make a gift, I have to just store the memories in
my mind (or in my journal), but when I know what I am 
making is for my own use, I like to take out a Sharpie 
and write out the what the items used to be.  

I've got a lot of use out the parts of a couch that used 
to be in our living room.  Most of it was chip board, but 
there was even some real wood cross posts, one of which I
have been using as my pull up bar.  Also one of the pieces 
of chip board is now the fly wheel to my pump drill.

What's a piece on making without mentioning my pump drill?


[1] But I must admit the more important feeling to me is 
the one of discovery . . . and of saving money. 

[2] I want to emphasize both grandparents on my father's 
side.  My grandma was an artist and I use so many tools 
of hers for layout and percision.  My grandpa is where I
have my hoard of nails and tools that provide grip and 
torque.  I also have to mention his Swanson try square,
one of most used items in the shop.  From my grandmother
the lesson was to be creative.  From my grandfather, be
useful.

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I'd love to hear from people.  My email is the handle minus
"net" (so, a work by Voltaire that starts with "c"), at 
sdf.org.  

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domain.  Do what you want with it.