BIG SNIP
> While I was smoothing a rough cut walnut 2x6 last night with a #5, I
brought
> SWMBO down to show off the wood (sorry, I'm still a newbie and the only
> woods I've worked with till now are pine and white oak, so new woods
impress
> me easily).  She was impressed with it and asked if she could try using
the
> plane.  I let her, and she enjoyed it.  Now what?  Do I encourage this

David, David, David,
You must learn the art of tying education/honeydo/tool use together. You
have to have more tools to keep up with the honeydo list.  And teach her all
she wants (my wife likes to make twig furn) but before she can commence on a
project she will need some of her own tools in order to commence AND she
really should learn what to look for and where to find it so she can help
locate those items at various fleas etc.

Get it?
Regards,
Bruce Kantelis