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58 posts in 96 days
Location: Howell, MI
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As with most, my first experience with woodworking was in middle-school woodshop class. It took me a complete semester to turn one chess piece (the Rook) that stood about 6". My rough carpentry was much better, as I spent the summer helping build a cabin from the ground up.
It wasn’t until I was married that I began honing my quasi-woodworking/ carpentry skills. With hammer, Skill Saw, and screwdrivers in hand, no wood was safe from me. My real journey from the dark-side came after my first visit to the hospital for my heart about 10 years ago. It’s amazing how something so simple as an irregular heart rhythm can provide focus in one’s life. Rather than waiting until I retire, I decided to Carpe diem.
The first thing I found out was that my wife was very eager to volunteer my time making everything for everyone (free of charge, of course). If her job required a tool that I did not have, I told her that I “needed” it to complete the job. I live by the motto: It is better to have a tool and not need it, than to need a tool and not have it. It was then that I started amassing a wonderful set of tools. Now that I have almost any tool to do any job, I now tell her that my “pay” for doing those jobs is to buy a tool that I “think” I might need in the future. That serves two purposes – either I don’t have to do the job, or I get things I might want one day!
-- There is no such thing as a mistake in woodworking. Eventually, every scrap will become small enough to become starter wood in your fire pit.
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Just want to say I thoroughly enjoyed the picnic today (as did Lou Ann). The food was good and the company was great. I hope to see pics taken by others that were there. It was a great day – no snow – and there was a lot of free wood a...
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14 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 96 days ago
Welcome to LJs a place were there are great people,super projects and outstanding woodworkers.Enjoy.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Scott Bryan
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posted 96 days ago
Hello Billy,
Let me welcome to LJs. I am sure that you will find being a member of this group to be an interesting, as well as exciting, experience. Have fun and enjoy.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
BillyJ
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58 posts in 96 days
posted 96 days ago
Thanks Scott. Although I’ve been seriously tinkering for 10 years now, I just started joining web sites to get ideas and ask questions. Unfortunately, my time is spent doing things that generate income, with very little being spent woodworking. I guess they call that life!
-- There is no such thing as a mistake in woodworking. Eventually, every scrap will become small enough to become starter wood in your fire pit.
SnowyRiver
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posted 96 days ago
Welcome aboard. Nice to have you join us on Lumberjocks.
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
kkickback
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posted 96 days ago
BillyJ welcome to LJs
-- christoper Blanchard, Michigan
Karson
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posted 96 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 †
Max
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posted 96 days ago
Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Innovator
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posted 96 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. It is a GREAT place to get ideas for your projects and help when you get stuck. There is a ton of information to help you along the way.
-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!
cabinetmaster
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posted 95 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s. We are here to help you with your woodworking endeavors. Feel free to ask for advise. But Be aware…this site can be very addictive…………LOL
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
Grumpy
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posted 94 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks . 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
upperwoodsman
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posted 94 days ago
We welcome another Michigander to LJ sight.You will learn a lot meet a lot and do a lot. Have fun
Scott Joburg MI
-- Scott JoBurg MI
BillyJ
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58 posts in 96 days
posted 94 days ago
Thanks Scott for the warm welcome on my page – this is back at you! Joburg – in Ostego Co? It appears not too many Michiganders are on this, looks like we’ll have to start inviting others from the Great Lakes State. Can’t wait to see your work.
-- There is no such thing as a mistake in woodworking. Eventually, every scrap will become small enough to become starter wood in your fire pit.
Splinterman
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posted 93 days ago
“Welcome to LJ’s” ….the best place to enhance your woodworking skills and knowledge.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 86 days ago
Billy, Welcome to LumberJocks!
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker