Just another vote for Steve's position.  A friend got me started, but Nahm
sustained my interest as I was buying hardware from the darkside.  Mere space
was not going to keep me from building a shop.  I used to have bragging
rights to the most power tools per square foot of any shop in town (a room
about 7 ft x 15 ft with a tablesaw, drill press, 8" jointer, planer, bandsaw,
and a pile of tailed handtools), and had to cut large doors in the side wall
and put all the stationaries on wheels just to be able to use them on any
board over 4 feet!  Now, ironically, I have a 1200 sq ft shop and am in the
process of acquiring handtools that all fit on the wall beside my workbench.
But Norm deserves a lot of credit in my case.  His non-threatening manner
gives confidence to beginners.

Quentin
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