Lynn Aultman - My Story

Woodworking is a “retirement career” for me and one I started sort of by accident.  My husband had started his own retirement career a couple of years prior as a wood sawyer taking trees and logs and turning them into rough-sawn lumber.  I’ve always loved the natural look of wood objects and have an appreciation for the inherent and intrinsic beauty of wood, so it seemed a natural extension of the business.  

I knew nothing about woodworking, so I had a huge learning curve. I had no woodworking equipment either, so we gathered the basics from family, auctions, sales, etc.  I crashed the men's woodworking club, took over my husband’s shop, got many hours of help from a cousin-in-law with long-term wood-crafting experience and watched many instructional videos to learn the basics of the trade. 

I have learned so much and there is still so much to learn.  There is a term that I have embraced—Rational Ignorance!  You cannot be an expert in everything, so choose the things that are crucial and of most benefit, and let the others go or save for later.