At 11:37 AM -0400 6/11/99, David Sawyer wrote:
>I was wondering how much others
>get their SWMBOs involved in the work?

        Mine has been getting pretty heavy into stained glass.  Over the
past months we have turned out several gifts and items for the house in
which she makes the glass part and I make the wooden base.  Most stained
glass lamps I've seen have bases of cast pot metal bought from catalogs.
Ours have A&C-inspired fumed oak bases under her shades.  Other items have
been "fan lights" and four-sided lanterns (for candle or nightlight bulb)
for which I make the bases out of cherry or maple.  This way we don't
compete, either for tools or achievement points.  We complement each
other's contribution to the finished product.  And as long as I don't
flinch when she buys another glass-cutting jig or whatever, she doesn't
roll her eyes when I get another WW instrument--only essential items,
o'course.
                Tom Holloway