I've had two shops in my life. The first when I was married(which included a 16 inch jointer)...now 30 years later I'm starting my second shop...well, I've been working on it seriously since '05...but planning for it for 10+ years. I spent about an hour a day working on it for the last year...most of my time spent caring for an elderly parent...or rather watching an elderly parent. My garage shop was electrified October '07. I have a 17" Grizzly Extreme series bandsaw, a Grizzly 8" jointer, a Delta floor stand drill press, a Craftsman 13 inch thickness planer, table saw, router, jigsaw, moisture meter, handheld magnatometer for finding nails and bullets, chainsaw, 16 foot sided trailer towed by a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7 liter... (for gathering nuts in the forest), and lots of other small tools in a large Craftsman stacked chest. I've also just acquired a Leigh dovetail jig set. I also have a Tormek sharpening system that I'm learning to use. This has all come together in the last 9 months or so...or been collected over the last 10 years. I'm built a rolling cabinet for the Tormek. Most everything is on casters. I have a mobile shop because of bad weather, I also have to get the Jeep in the garage. Out back I have two large chunks of American Elm, a large maple crotch, and a 10 foot x 21 inch maple log, slabbed and drying under a blue tarp...with open ends to let air in. I collect scrap wood from crates, etc, from glass stores, etc. Even though I haven't made many "projects" after reading the list of "why I belong here..."...I figure I belong here. And from the map I see few listed in South Dakota. Somebody's gotta be in South Dakota. Oh, I used to work in radio, voiced commercials for radio and tv, I owned a record store (what are those, daddy?), I've driven cab and done other things before Bill W. rescued me...sorta.
3 children....all over the map...some of them putting out grandkids for me...I have four grandchildren.
I have no education in the vocational arts...but I've read Krenov and a bunch of other books I've purchased or borrowed. When I read Krenov in the late 70s, I made a reallly nice jack plane out of old oak from the wharves of Louisville. Sadly, one marriage later, everything went and I was reduced to one pick-up load. Now, I'm growing again and living out a dream of having a real shop. I collect pictures of gothic and Renaissance furniture...etc...from the internet. When asleep, I dream architecture...buildings, furniture, places. The dreams I have about pianos is odd. I've played piano since a kid and was professional for a short 3-4 year period in college...but don't play anymore.
-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.
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WayneC
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posted 797 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks Barry. Enjoy the community.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Max
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posted 797 days ago
Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome…
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
bryano
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posted 797 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks Barry. I would say that you definately belong heer.
-- bryano
Greg Mitchell
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posted 797 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
Karson
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posted 797 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
oscorner
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posted 796 days ago
Welcome to our woodworking community!
-- Jesus is Lord!
frank
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posted 796 days ago
Hi Barry;
—-glad to see you hanging out here….
I just came back from reading over at your blogspot there….what a wonder-full writing skill//talent I see you have. Keep the stories coming and I’ll be by ever so often to catch your writings.
And yes I loved the writing on the maple planks….good wood there. So now I have a question for you, what was the guy using, when he saw cut those planks? Can’t help those questions as I’m all-ways trying to see between the words.
Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/
PanamaJack
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posted 795 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. We hope you come to stay. You have questions, we’ll answer them…You have answers, we’ll question them. Enjoy
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
RobS
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posted 795 days ago
Welcome. Like your blog and love yor job description.
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
Justin R. Miller
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posted 529 days ago
Finally found a fellow South Dakotan! Your blogs are great man, we’ll have to get some coffee one day or something! Take care
-- Scouts Out Front!
Justin R. Miller
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posted 474 days ago
Hey Barry,
Sorry its been so long, we bought our first house and then I broke my ankle! So it’s been kind of a crazy couple of months. How is everything? Let me know what is new.
-- Scouts Out Front!
Bureaucrat
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posted 70 days ago
Congratulations on your upcoming 2 year anniversary being a Lumber Jock. Thanks for helping to make this a great site!
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!