So I’ve installed an outlet next to the jointer and planer so that they are now permanently plugged-in.
The old approach:
- Jump repeatedly until you grabbed the hanging extension cord
- Wrestle it to the ground
- Look frantically for the cinder block
- Realize it’s moved, let go of the extension cord.
- Search the hive for hours to the cinder block, give up, trip over it break your toe
- Hobble over to the jointer, dragging the cinder block, repeat steps 1-3
- Realize that you put the cinder block in the wrong place, let go of the cord, drag it closer, repeat 1-2
- Put the extension cord under the cinder block, plug in jointer
- Turn around, knock over the cinder block, release the cord, do steps 1-2 again.
- Get into a conversation with another hive member, forget about the jointer for 15-20 minutes
- Come back, realize that somebody else is using the extension cord, and it’s no longer in the right position to plug in the jointer
- After another 15-20 minutes, get the extension cord, realize the cinder block is being used to hold down something else
- Finally get BOTH the cinder block AND the extension cord
- Leave before getting anything done, start the whole process over again tomorrow.
New approach:
- Turn on jointer, mill wood