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Location: Winchester, MA
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Creative Software Engineer with a passion for making things.

I have many woodworkers in my family, but never really got involved with it personally until my father in law which used to be a carpenter came to visit and built my wife and I a custom bed and some cabinets. I started helping him out, and finally got hooked on it myself, and have been taking upon myself to make anything we need, or anything I can - myself. Not only does it allow me to create, but it also provide us with custom builds, which you can't really find anywhere else.

With a baby daughter joining our family, woodworking projects are lining up in the back burner and are awaiting to come out to life....

Stay tuned as I hope to share these projects as they are brought to life.

oh yeah, and Lev in hebrew is a Heart - hence PurpLev.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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Scott Bryan

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#1 posted 828 days ago

Hello PurpLey,

Let me welcome you 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.

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PurpLev

4816 posts in 828 days


#2 posted 828 days ago

Thanx Scott, It’s a really nice outlet to express, share, and mingle with other’s that share the same passion, and interest.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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GaryK

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#3 posted 828 days ago

Welcome to Lumberjocks! Enjoy yourself.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way

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Max

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#4 posted 828 days ago

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

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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PurpLev

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#5 posted 828 days ago

Thank you guys for the warm welcome, looks like I’m gonna like it here.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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wpreman

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#6 posted 828 days ago

Welcome, glad you’ve joined us!

-- Bill, Florida

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jeanmarc

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#7 posted 828 days ago

Welcome to Lumberjocks!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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Paul D

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#8 posted 828 days ago

Welcome to LJs !! Glad you have joined us !!

-- Paul D, Atlanta GA

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HallTree

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#9 posted 828 days ago

Welcome. You have found the right place for woodworking. A great group of people willing to help. Looking forward to see your projects and comments. Have fun in the shop and work safe and use pushsticks.

-- Ron in Minnesota (Summer) and in Arkansas (Winter)

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ryno101

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#10 posted 828 days ago

Welcome… nice folks here, beautiful projects, inspiration galore.

Good to see someone else from MA!

-- Ryno

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trifern

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#11 posted 828 days ago

Welcome to LJ’s.

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

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Karson

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#12 posted 827 days ago

Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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rikkor

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#13 posted 827 days ago

Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.

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Grumpy

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#14 posted 827 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

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jockmike2

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#15 posted 825 days ago

Welcome to LJs. mike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan - wurmm47@yahoo.com

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ND2ELK

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#16 posted 812 days ago

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

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suliman

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#17 posted 787 days ago

Welcome to LJs.
thank you for your comminte

-- Suliman , Syria, jablah , suliman73ahmad@yahoo.com

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suliman

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#18 posted 778 days ago

Thank you to add me your buddis

-- Suliman , Syria, jablah , suliman73ahmad@yahoo.com

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Woodlander

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#19 posted 507 days ago

Hi Lev!

I joined this site today based on reading your stuff about the R4511. I just got one a few weeks ago, and have put it together, but haven’t even gotten a chance to turn it on yet, as we just had our first baby, a girl – Isabella – on 4/3. So, saw had to take a lower place in my attention rankings…

I should be getting back to working on my “about to be shop” section of my garage, and it’s been cool reading your posts as I think we’re in fairly similar stages/situations…

Anyway, just wanted to say hi, and introduce myself…

David

-- "Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. " - Ayn Rand

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Bureaucrat

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#20 posted 464 days ago

Purplev: Happy Anniversary! By my calculations, you will have been a Lumber Jock for 1 year tomorrow, May 30th. I enjoy reading your posts and blogs. Thanks for being a part of this and keep on posting!

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

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RandyMarine

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#21 posted 415 days ago

Lev,
Thanks for all your great info! You are a true asset to this site and those you choose to advise. I appreciated the video and got some good intel. I myself have 2 little ones 1 and 2, so getting the information without having to hunt it down is a great time saver and allows for us to do what we love…turning big rough boards into small pretty ones.

-- Semper Fi, Randy Sr.

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Profenceworks

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#22 posted 299 days ago

Good to hear you have a new baby daughter on the way, or is she already here? I recently had my first little one. I love woodworking but also have a bunch of friends that do software engineering.

-- Brent Builds Fences in Georgia http://www.profenceworks.com http://www.productionfenceworks.com http://www.floridafencecompany.com http://www.orlandofencecompany.com

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PurpLev

4816 posts in 828 days


#23 posted 299 days ago

Thanks Brent, she’s already 2.5 haha. how time flies.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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suliman

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#24 posted 236 days ago

Thank you

-- Suliman , Syria, jablah , suliman73ahmad@yahoo.com

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Martin Svaabeck

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#25 posted 228 days ago

I am now 73 years of age, and it is quite a number of years since I practiced Toolmaking. Amongst other tasks, I used to, in the `old` days, engrave, tediously, by hand & hand held `HSS graving tools,` (not hi-speed dentist type, air-driven type cutting tools) to make the tool steel dies used in the manufacture of Minted Currency Coins, for the Australian Mint & Internationally. My hands are now somewhat `shaky` and, I no longer possess my `high/variable` Lietz`Magnifiying spectacles that was used in the dim dark past for this type of work. So, after all that, I simply `wrote` the letters by hand, using a `water-proof` 0.1 mm pen, as used for writing on copy CD`s & DVD`s.
Svaabeck.

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Cher

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#26 posted 222 days ago

Thanks Purplev. This site is good company!

-- When you know better you do better.

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Bureaucrat

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#27 posted 100 days ago

Hey PL:
Another year has rolled by. We must be having too much fun, cause it seems like just yesterday when I congratulated you on 1 year. Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary at Lumber Jocks. Thanks for helping make LJ a great place to visit and happy anniversary!

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

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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#28 posted 38 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING AN LJs SHIRT!

WEAR IT PROUDLY!!!

-- -** 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

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