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59 posts in 368 days
Location: Ft Myers, Fl
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Hello everyone, I've been woodworking for 40 years. My grandfather was a craftsman and so was my father. I am a third generation woodworker. I am originally from Chicago and lived in Maine for 25 years.
I attended the Shelter Institute in Bath Maine in the late seventies ,and then built a timber frame solar home.
I've always been interested in boat building, and was also trained at the Bath Apprentice Shop in wooden boat building. I lived aboard my wooden boat full time for 12 years in Maine after I sold my house and was single again.
I am now in Ft Myers Fl, and remarried, and I have shop in my garage. I build mahogany runabouts and other small boats. I became fascinated with the James Krenov books and philosophy, and now try to do as much hand work as possible. Some of my current projects are a Krenov style showcase jewerly cabinet for my wife ,made of cherry and splalted maple with handmade ebony pulls.
I just completed my dream workbench which you can see in my workshop photos. I have just started to get interested in carving and since I have a new grandson, I'm planning to carve him a full size English style rocking horse for my next project. Thanks for welcoming me here, I look forward to meeting you all.
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I’m secretly building a jewelry cabinet for my wife for her birthday.. She collects vintage costume jewelry and she works in an antiques shop that specializes in vintage jewerly. She has boxes and treasures of hers all over the house. So I&#...
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I’m really enjoying this site, and I thought you all might like to see something a little different and what it takes to build a small yacht tender. Boat building is totally different from cabinetmaking, as nothing is square, everything is ...
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One of the machines on my wish list for my work shop was a jointer. I had a planer and wanted a big jointer to be able to save money on rough boards and to be able to mill to any size I needed fro my projects. The 8” jointers I was intereste...
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A few years ago, I started to think about building myself a real workbench. I had read Krenovs books and wanted to get away from corded apprentices and start to really see what I could do with out a machine screaming.The decision was made to built...
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Max
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posted 368 days ago
Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
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Scott Bryan
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posted 368 days ago
Hello Bob,
Welcome to LJs. I am sure that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding part of your woodworking experience.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
trifern
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posted 368 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
rikkor
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posted 367 days ago
Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
BigBob
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posted 367 days ago
Thanks so much, I have been an avid woodworker for 40 years. I have a little shop ( my garage) with no room left for anything but my tools and my projects. I just completed my dream workbench, a full on cabinetmakers bench. I was going to post an intro and pics but I need a little info on how topost pics
Thanks for the wellcome!
BigBob
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![IMG]http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g148/robmill54/workbench14.jpg[/IMG](Cabinetmakers workbench)!:[IMG]http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g148/robmill54/workbench14.jpg[/IMG]
thetimberkid
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Welcome to LJs
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Grumpy
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Welcome to Lumberjocks Bob. This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Bigdogs117
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Welcome to the shop. I look forward to seeing your projects and I hope you enjoy the site. There is alot of good information available from both professionals and amateurs who are willing to share their craft. God Bless!
-- Rusty
woodworm
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Welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
Bob #2
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posted 366 days ago
Good to have you with us Bob.
You can find a detailed instruction for posting pics here.
Bob
-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner
BigBob
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posted 362 days ago
Thanks, it really is a great place!
Beginningwoodworker
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Welcome to LumberJocks!
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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 †
Bureaucrat
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Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary as a Lumber Jock! I look forward to more of your posts.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
cabinetmaster
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Happy anniversary.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps