My 30yo benchtop drill press bit the dust so I splurged on a floor model. I was so excited when it arrived that I took some time off from work to assemble it, only to discover the motor is too heavy for me to lift onto the post!

So my shop upgrade will soon include a ceiling mounted trolley hoist but everything else is on hold until then due to drill parts scattered about the floor and bench.

My wife jokes about moving ourselves into the garage and moving the shop into the house. Seems legit.

A friend called after my toot abt the drill press & ceiling hoist.

Friend: I'd have helped with that!

Me: You'd have talked my wife into the ceiling hoist for me?

F: No, assembling the drill press.

M: Ah. You think the drill press assembly was the problem and the ceiling hoist was the solution. It's the other way around. I can't get the go-ahead on the hoist without an urgent need.

F: Make me a bowl and a pen and I won't tell her.

This is how I get commissions for woodwork now, apparently.