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Awesome guy..have seen his standup a few times he's also very funny. Probably the least "hollywood" actor ever he has a very interesting story

Love his old delta..pretty sure he would fit in nicely on GJ
 
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Ryan, thanks for posting. I think that there are some very true words spoken in that interview that would benefit anyone who is new to woodworking or were contemplating beginning woodworking.

Especially here at GJ, we tend to gravitate towards bigger and better tooling and that often means power, but your video shows fairly eloquently that you don't need to spend $10,000 to get started.

I wish he would've shown is more of the shop but there are some good lessons and that interview to be passed along.
 
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Hi Ryan.

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed the video - it has some really great insights - the biggest, in my mind, was to get out there and try. Having made a really simple console table for my basement family room, it struck home. While what I did wasn't perfect, I sure enjoyed doing it and am proud to tell folks when they stop by that I made that....

Good stuff.

Randy
 
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Interesting. The guy has made wise choices in equipment to supplement his hand tools. I liked his comment about making a cow house and a horse house, then making a people house, having children and teaching them to sand.
 
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Thanks for sharing. I saw that episode (and his shop) on last week's Ask This Old House. A show I never miss.
 
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and another, I think the best 'shop tour' video in terms of the overall view & discussion of the tools.

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Ryan said:
So, uh... how do you know he's not already? :)
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Brian_WK said:
No offence... But because he's too busy building awesome stuff in his wood shop or doing that Hollywood stuff. I sure miss Parks and Rec.

Brian
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He doesn't do "that hollywood stuff", Nick and his wife Megan (tammy 2) are about as un-hollywood as possible for actors. He has his day job like most of us but chooses to spend his free time in his shop hence my comment about him fitting in nicely around here. In the video posted by 'cheechi' he mentions visting finewoodworking forum when researching building his canoe
 
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What I like is that he didn't just go to a website and order one of everything brand new top of the line. The planer and jointer are great pieces of old iron.

He did have that Laguna, but other than that not a whole lot of flash.
 
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I'm sure he's on multiple forums. He's a person too, just like the rest of us; he just has to watch his identity much more closely.

I don't think that interviewer was tracking some of his humor, though.

Offerman, to me, is at his most entertaining when trying to stifle one of his outlandish giggles. He's like a combination of a wise old man and a toddler, seeing the world as it truly is with child-like amusement; very much the personification of many Eastern philosophies in that respect.

I don't know where that man came from, but it was some place special. I don't even like Parks and Recreation, but Offerman is an extremely rare sort of person.

His wood shop is nice, and I'm glad he found a way to enjoy his success in relative peace.
 
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Not to get off-topic too far, but I read his book, Paddle Your Own Canoe, which is a great read, and I really appreciate how much credit he gives to his parents, and grandparents for his ability and appreciation for working with his hands. I think we can all agree woodworking, or any other trade/hobby is a very good way to teach a lot more than just how to make something.
 
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Don't really know who he is, but he could be the twin brother to my brother in law, when I first saw him I thought that's who he was.
 
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Ryan: thanks for posting up the video and it goes well with the WOODWORKING 101 thread where you have beginners and experts in the same shop.

for those of you that haven't seen the 101 thread and might want to learn a bit more from the members that do post maybe you'll see NICK'S POSTS and recognize them.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=344153

anybody notice how thick that 7 foot round oak table Nick was building was? guessing 2.5, but maybe 3 inches thick? you'd almost need a bridge crane to move that around.

i love his LUMBER YARD and i'd love to have one like that or even be able to shop at a place that had that stuff. not bad storage cabinets either in his shop with his vintage tools!!
 
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He was in the PBS TOH show past weekend ... very cool shop but not as cool as a lot of folks on here.
 
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