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Location: Parker, CO
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The actual shop cat is Bosco, a tuxedo Norwegian Forest Cat with a definite and refined sense of style and taste. He supervises from on high (a shelf top) as I destroy expensive hardwoods.
I'm a retired IT manager. I started as a junior enlistedman in the Navy at 18 and ended at 56 as a senior manager with graduate degrees and lots of other stuff that have no bearing on my current life. IT was a good ride for much of the last +35 years, but it's gotten pretty sorry in this last decade. I'm now a semi-skilled furniture maker.
I have done rough carpentry, fine carpentry, and some limited fine woodworking/furniture. Right now (2008-09) I'm taking classes, improving skills, building my shop and occasionally doing small things I give away to family who are too polite to not take them. In the long run I want to have a small shop that does high quality smaller projects. I'm in this for the long haul - there is time to do it right.
-- ShopCat
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trifern
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posted 479 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Bigbuck
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posted 479 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s
-- Glenn, New Mexico
Max
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posted 478 days ago
Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
jeanmarc
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posted 478 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks
-- jeanmarc manosque france
brunob
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posted 478 days ago
If you like working with wood, you’re in the right place. Welcome
-- Bruce from Central New York
Paul D
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Welcome to LJs!! Glad You Have Joined Us!!
-- Paul D, Atlanta GA
daveintexas
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posted 478 days ago
Hello John-
Welcome to LJ, you will probally find this place is more project oriented then SMC. The forums dont move as fast and every body seems real friendly and helpful.
-- MISSION FURNITURE-My mission is to build furniture
Scott Bryan
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posted 478 days ago
Hello ShopCat,
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.
TedM
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posted 478 days ago
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
Garyb6
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posted 478 days ago
Welcome to LJs. Good info and good people here. Have fun!!
Gary
-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein
thetimberkid
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posted 476 days ago
Welcome to LJs
Callum
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Karson
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posted 476 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 †
Grumpy
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posted 476 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
rikkor
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posted 476 days ago
Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
ND2ELK
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posted 460 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
Bureaucrat
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posted 120 days ago
Congratulations on your upcoming 1st anniversary as a Lumber Jock! 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!