Sharing gear with your partner

It may be unwise to ‘borrow’ any kitchen stuff for the workshop. Well, not without fully discussed permission, anyhow.
Just saying …  :)

Cheers

+1 on both David’s and Roger’s suggestions.  I’d also add that the wife’s sacred fabric scissors are definitely off-limits for anything except fabric.

On the flip side, my razor and toothbrush are strictly single-purpose as well.  And I expect my wife to consult with me before breaking down a setup on my milling machine in order to use it.  But I suppose most guys don’t have that problem.

Walt

I suppose most guys don’t have that problem.
Very true – my wife would expect me to do the milling job, whatever it was.
After all, that’s what husbands are for … :)

Cheers
PS: what sort of milling machine?

Just a little Sieg X3 mini-mill.

My wife mostly leaves the milling to me, but she has been known to fire up the mini-lathe on occasion.  She’s more likely to play with the table saw, though.  :)

Walt

there might be a causal connection between some titanium windscreens I made and my wife’s frustration cutting wrapping paper during this holiday season.

Well, get a nice fine stone and sharpen the darn things! You might suddenly be very popular again.

Cheers

Mathew, you are either very brave or very foolish.

Do NOT remove my measuring spoons/cups from the kitchen, or use them for non-food materials.  If you *really* need it that badly, that’s what the separate measuring spoons/cups for dyeing chemicals are for.  Nope, not kosher, just good practice, keeping food and chemicals separate.  Really dedicated home dyers may have a separate microwave oven or slow cooker for the express purpose of yarn or fabric.

Touch my rotary fabric cutters or embroidery scissors and you die.

Roger, That’s a good idea. I’m going to hold off because I have a late xmas gift arriving soon and I think it is a Lansky sharpening setup.

David, Let’s go with foolish.

To be fair, they are $8 scissors from Staples, not super-high quality fabric shears.

I wonder how many brownie points you could score buy nicking out and buying your wife a ‘good’ pair of kitchen scissors? Hum ???

Cheers

We cooperate on food–both the buying and the planning a bit.  So she’ll make suggestions or provide items there–but I pack the bear can.    Our dehydrator gets used by both of us…But we have gear for hiking, and she has kitchen stuff.  She’s a professional chef, so her kitchen stuff stays in the kitchen.  If we need something for the trail, we buy it rather than borrow it.