Comments on: Props For The Props http://toolmonger.com/2009/01/30/props-for-the-props/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:42:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Michael Pendleton http://toolmonger.com/2009/01/30/props-for-the-props/#comment-792276 Michael Pendleton Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:40:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=19374#comment-792276 I learned most of my building skills in the prop shop of the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC and I wouldn't trade what I learned for anything! Adaptability, speed, and aesthetics, all rolled into one package! OK, there was also the absurd hours, and total lack of respect, so I changed fields, but I still take my hat off to anyone who can produce such nice looking things under those constraints! As my shop foreman used to say: "Fine work. Well done. Take a break." I learned most of my building skills in the prop shop of the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC and I wouldn’t trade what I learned for anything! Adaptability, speed, and aesthetics, all rolled into one package!

OK, there was also the absurd hours, and total lack of respect, so I changed fields, but I still take my hat off to anyone who can produce such nice looking things under those constraints! As my shop foreman used to say: “Fine work. Well done. Take a break.”

]]> By: Eric Hart http://toolmonger.com/2009/01/30/props-for-the-props/#comment-781106 Eric Hart Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:04:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=19374#comment-781106 Thank you very much, Jason! And thank you, Toolmonger! I can't tell you how much of a treat it was to see one of my pictures up on one of my favorite blogs. Thank you very much, Jason! And thank you, Toolmonger! I can’t tell you how much of a treat it was to see one of my pictures up on one of my favorite blogs.

]]> By: Jason http://toolmonger.com/2009/01/30/props-for-the-props/#comment-777402 Jason Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:07:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=19374#comment-777402 holy cow. I also build props for theater and my stuff ends up looking pretty hinkey in comparison (esp. up close). Props to YOU, sir. holy cow. I also build props for theater and my stuff ends up looking pretty hinkey in comparison (esp. up close). Props to YOU, sir.

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