LeeinEdmonton

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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome

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Welcome to LJ’s

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Welcome to LJ’s.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Welcome to Lumberjocks Lee. 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

Hello Lee,

Welcome to LJs. I hope that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding part of your woodworking journey.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.

Glad that you make toys for children.

I’m a member of the Mason-Dixon Woodworkers Club, We make toys for children about 50 weeks of the year. We meet on Wed of each week. We usually make about 1200 toys. We distribute them to other charities who then give them to the children. I’ve posted some blogs about our toy giveaway on the first Sat of each December. We have anywhere from 5 to 15 people that show up on toy workshop day.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Lee, welcome to Lumberjocks! It’s a great place with great people, and, oh yeah, there’s the woodworking! Have fun and keep safe! :)

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.

Welcome to LJs!! Glad You Have Joined Us!!

-- Paul D, Atlanta GA

If you like working with wood, you’re in the eright place. Welcome.

-- Bruce from Central New York

Welcome to LJs. You’ll find lots of info and good people here. Have fun, but be carefule the site is addictive. :-)

Gary

-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein

Welcome to LJs

Callum

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Greetings from Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have spent time in Edmonton and I love the country and the people! Your arbor is awesome and it has inspired me at the perfect time to try one! Thank you for the post and GO ESKIMOS!

-- Jeff, Santa Fe

Welcome to Lumberjocks. The projects are an inspiration, the information is priceless and the people are supportive. The only problem is, the site can get addictive.
God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Hi Lee and welcome. I’m new too. Great site, isn’t it. Super entry arbor!

-- Bill, S.E. Iowa

Hi Lee , it,s good to see you found your way over here to Lumberjocks .

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Hi Lee,
Welcome to LJs.

I noticed you had trouble applying a picture from Photobucket.

When you copy direct link, & paste, you have to type an (asterisk !) in the beginning, & the end of the code.

I had the same problem until Martin straightened me out.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Hi Lee,
Nice to see another Edmontonian on this site.

May the day find you well,
Mike

-- I will not preach, nor will I be silent.

You know Mike, it’s surprising to me how many hobby wood workers live in Edmonton & area until like yourself they make themselves known on forums like this one….or until you walk into the LV store LOL.
Sorry for being slow to respond but we are preparing for recarpetting the house & you have no idea how much junk you have to move until the rooms are clear enough for the layers. We are too old to muscle around furniture so for a fee they will move it all. However, there are lamps & the contents of the closets where a lot of stuff is squirrelled away that you forgot you had, beds to strip, china cabinets to empty etc.
They aren’t comming until Sept.22nd so we are doing a little every day rather than last minute panic.
I hate disruptions like this but it should be the last one before we can no longer handle living in a house but will stay as long as we can.

Lee

-- Lee

Hi Lee. I saw a reply that you posted saying 5 years before you retired, you started building up your tool base. I am doing the same, hoping to retire in 18 months. How did that work out for you? Any advice from a guy that’s been there and done it? Thanks!

-- I'm a lumberjock and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day!

Hi Hairy: Actually it worked out quite well because who can purchase a new tool & stand around and look at it instead of actually using it ? That is where the proficiency comes from….experience. Fortunately I was lucky & did not buy bummers because at the time I did not have a computer so was unable to ask others such as those on this forum for their tool impuit. The only irritating mistake that I made was when I installed heat in my garage/shop. I bought a ceiling mounted garage natural gas heater instead of a radiant tube heater with no moving parts. With what I have if there is any dust whatever in the air it will be dragged by the heater’s fan across the heat exchanger tubes which then fries that dust on the tubes. The tubes are very difficult to clean hence efficiency of the heater has dropped off over the years. When it gets bad enough I will bite the bullet & replace it with a radiant tube. Other than that….glad I started early & you will be too.

Lee

-- Lee

Thanks, Lee! I’m pretty much following the same plan. I figure I should stock up on what I need while I’m still working. I already have the overhead gas heater, oh well. Thanks.

-- I'm a lumberjock and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day!

Congratulations on your upcoming 1st anniversary as a Lumber Jock! I enjoy your posts. Thanks for helping make this site a great place to be a part of.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!