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I have been working with sawdust off and on for about thirty five years. My affliction started in the Military at the Wood Working Hobby Shops at various bases around the world. The summer of 1984, I had the opportunity to work in and set up one of those wood working hobby shops in Brunswick, Maine. During my time there, I had the greatest pleasure of re-building the shop with someone else funding the project (a kid in a candy store).
As with life, things change. A new tour of duty in Virginia and I was off building my new shop in a one car garage. A table and radial saw, Jointer and lunchbox planer and a smattering of dull hand tools. I thought they were sharp, but then again, what did I know back then.
Twenty years later and here I am in a new state, a new house and a new shop. The first step was to set up shop in the oversized two car garage. With all the "New" going around, I first outfitted the shop with a new work bench and some cabinets (still need to finish them) as well as upgrading some of the old equipment. A new table saw, dust collector, drum sander, planer and mortiser.
It seems that an addiction that has been in remission for so long is now in full swing – it would appear that the only possibility of a cure would be a large application of sawdust and shavings.
Wish me luck.
-- Norm (AKA - The Maddhatter), Middletown DE
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Greetings from the shop, it is good to be back in the shop again. Work, travel, home projects, daily demands seem to take away from the shop time. I have found time to get out there and do some re-organization projects. I added another tool boa...
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Well here we are, another week has gone by and the only dust I have produced has been from sheetrock. I started out on a simple project of changing out a cable for the TV and found that the last owner of my house had run the TV and Phone cables t...
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jeanmarc
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Welcome to Lumberjocks
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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.
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Welcome to Lumberjocks! It’s a great place with great people, and, oh yeah, there’s the woodworking! Have fun and work safe! :)
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Hello Madhatter,
Welcome to LJs. I hope that you will find this to be an exciting and informational aspect of your woodworking adventure.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
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Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.
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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.
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Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
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Welcome to Lumberjocks
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ND2ELK
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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
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Welcome to LumbJocks – enjoy the Community.
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Norm-
The longer you are here, the more people you meet in this community, and the more projects you view…..... The Better It Gets!
We’re all around… if you need anything at all, give us a ‘holler.
—Steve
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