When your married to an engineer there is no such thing as a "simple request" to make a big board ironing board
#111
PLEEEEZE do not categorize engineers!!! They are NOT all alike. My daughter is a chemical engineer for a large prestigious company and she is a very warm and sweet person. She loves to do crafts, scrapbooking, and I am trying to get her interested in quilting now. I taught her how to sew when she was very young and she showed alot of interest in. She even made some of her own clothes. She understands the practical "needs" of a quilter and does not over-evaluate everything. Maybe it's that "women" engineers think differently. They deal with problems at home and at work and don't make a huge complicated project out of everything.
So.......please don't put all engineers in the same category. There are some that don't fit the general mold.
I hope these comments don't offend anyone, but the idea just pulled at my heart strings. LOL
So.......please don't put all engineers in the same category. There are some that don't fit the general mold.
I hope these comments don't offend anyone, but the idea just pulled at my heart strings. LOL
#112
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That sounds exactly like something my DH might do.
I asked for a smallish piece of pegboard for the wall behind my sewing table, and ended up with this pvc pipe monstronsity that sits on my sewing table. He did include the pegboard, though.
I asked for a smallish piece of pegboard for the wall behind my sewing table, and ended up with this pvc pipe monstronsity that sits on my sewing table. He did include the pegboard, though.
#113
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Do not ask a Journeyman electrician or a Master Welder to do anything either. My BF made it sound like he was going to add Stadium Lights above my sewing area, then he was going to weld them into place. I believe he said something about adding hydraulics so they could recess into the ceiling. When he was out of town, I went and bought an Ott Lamp.
#114
Rosie, my husband is a chemical engineer and he does OVER think, OVER build and is just OVER the top in everything in his life. I have met some male engineers who were not as intense as my husband, but as a whole they are a intense group of people. Maybe your daughter being a female balances things out better those most male engineers. You actually give me hope because I could see my 17 year daughter being some type of engineer. :)
Don't be offended by those of us that have lived with engineers for many years. My engineer is a good husband, good father, good provider, but he is kind of exhausting. However, if he is on a engineering blog there is no telling what he writes about his stay-at-home wife/mom of his kids/quilter!!! ;)
Don't be offended by those of us that have lived with engineers for many years. My engineer is a good husband, good father, good provider, but he is kind of exhausting. However, if he is on a engineering blog there is no telling what he writes about his stay-at-home wife/mom of his kids/quilter!!! ;)
Originally Posted by rosemary krupski
PLEEEEZE do not categorize engineers!!! They are NOT all alike. My daughter is a chemical engineer for a large prestigious company and she is a very warm and sweet person. She loves to do crafts, scrapbooking, and I am trying to get her interested in quilting now. I taught her how to sew when she was very young and she showed alot of interest in. She even made some of her own clothes. She understands the practical "needs" of a quilter and does not over-evaluate everything. Maybe it's that "women" engineers think differently. They deal with problems at home and at work and don't make a huge complicated project out of everything.
So.......please don't put all engineers in the same category. There are some that don't fit the general mold.
I hope these comments don't offend anyone, but the idea just pulled at my heart strings. LOL
So.......please don't put all engineers in the same category. There are some that don't fit the general mold.
I hope these comments don't offend anyone, but the idea just pulled at my heart strings. LOL
#115
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OK, here you go. Drive yourself to Home Depot, Lumber City, etc. Tell the nice man that you want a piece of strong plywood measuring ( by ). Tell the nice man you also want a piece of fabric like an ironing board cover measuring a Little larger. Ask him if he'll load it in your car (these guys love to help us poor little girls, makes them feel sooooo... superior, don'cha know). Anyway, he'll load everything up for you and you're off. Leave everything in the car until darling hubby leaves for work. Then set up your regular ironing board, cover it with the plywood and the appropriate padding and covers. So simple, you'll be done by lunch and you can sit and admire your handiwork.
Honey, we lov'um, but sometimes we just have to take matters into our own hands.
Fix him a nice dinner and explain that he works soooo hard that you didn't want him stressing over your little project when he could be relaxing with a cocktail watching his his favorite team. LOL
Honey, we lov'um, but sometimes we just have to take matters into our own hands.
Fix him a nice dinner and explain that he works soooo hard that you didn't want him stressing over your little project when he could be relaxing with a cocktail watching his his favorite team. LOL
#116
Your husband is what we call 'nuking it.' I have a son in the nuclear propulsion dept. on theUSS Ronald Reagan, and when he was in nuke school, we found that they have a tendency to overthink things.
My husband now, a change from earlier, takes my suggestions as that, suggestions.
He put brackets on the underside of the big board, so it would go on top of the regular board just so, and it is kind of heavy, but gets moved rarely, so it's not much of an issue
I remember him picking a certain kind of board because he didn't want it to warp from the moisture, the brackets help
My husband now, a change from earlier, takes my suggestions as that, suggestions.
He put brackets on the underside of the big board, so it would go on top of the regular board just so, and it is kind of heavy, but gets moved rarely, so it's not much of an issue
I remember him picking a certain kind of board because he didn't want it to warp from the moisture, the brackets help
#117
Originally Posted by twinkie
If yours is like mine (retired nuclear engineer), don't ask him a question about how to do something or how something is made unless you have a lot of time. LOL.
#118
I've stayed on this thread long, I guess because I 'feel at home,' and I got to thinking, we may be married to engineer types, but at least they're employed!
My husband is not a trained engineer, but he's in charge of one of the units out at the BP Refinery, something that takes an engineer brain
My husband is not a trained engineer, but he's in charge of one of the units out at the BP Refinery, something that takes an engineer brain
#120
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Originally Posted by craftybear
have you seen the tutorial online that you can make a wood one that fits over your ironing board
Oh yes, he did find a hydraulic lift professional presser on E-bay for a few thousand dollars. He looked at it long enough that I knew he was reverse engineering it in his head.
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