Tools

Tool (noun)
- a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function
- anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose

12/17/17 ~ by Griz (aka Steve Stovner) ~

My tools are my toys,
My toys are my tools,
I love playing with my tools.

I envision things,
Tools enable creation,
Things come into being.

Tools-n-Gizmos,
I love that name,
It is so me
.
Who will use my tools,
To make their things,
When I am gone.

Most of my tools,
have former masters,
Used tools are generally worth using.

Power tools are great,
Scary as hell at times,
But I love that power.

2 ton CNC mill moving at full speed hits stop,
Tips the mill over about a foot,
2nd time was my last use of that controller.

Turning a big block of wood on the Lathe,
Shirt tail somehow is drawn in,
1/3 of my shirt ripped away as I'm jerked toward the spinning mass.

I respect spinning saw blades,
Greater than more dangerous tools,
Maybe because I was cut bad at 13.

Cutting the top 60' of a 120' tree,
While in bucket 60' up,
Will cause you to need some TP.

Tools enable me to do things,
Tools expose me to increased danger,
"Able to do it" can be detrimental.

My body is a great tool,
It isn't what is was,
But it mostly still follows my lead.

Experience and practice,
Are important with tools,
The more you use them the better they preform.

I counted 27 tool boxes,
I know there are more,
Love the knowledge they are filled with tools.

Have not used 95% of my tools,
In at least 10 years,
Never once thought of giving them up.

Great use of tools,
Is making tools,
So the vision can take form.

My best tool,
I made myself,
Garaj Mahal enables me.

The shop apartment,
Is to live in,
Fulfillment is in the making.

I joy in making things,
Tools help me do that,
Tools are an extension of me.

Tools, tools, tools,
The more I have,
The more I want.

Someday soon,
I will live in my shop,
Surrounded by my Toys.