Bill Tindall
This is an honest question, for I am bewildered. Judging by what gets posted and the questions asked, the folks that hang out here spend a larger fraction of their time making stuff for their shop than the folks that hang out on the other Forums. I have always been mildly curious why one would choose to spend time building a tool chest (to take any example) when the skills could be used to build a toy chest(as an analogous example). My curiosity went up a notch with this post.

The cabinet appears to be the nicest piece of furniture I have seen posted on this site. I can not imagine why it isn't hanging in the most prominent part of the house (1)as a useful and decorative cabinet and (2) a testimony to the skills of the maker.

I don't get it. Why aren't you all using your considerable skills and resources making stuff for your "family" instead of the shop?