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Location: Weirsdale ,Florida
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I live in Weirsdale, Florida (just south of Ocala) I have a great wife of 13 years and 2 children, Cody 9 and Ashley 9, I have a small custom woodworking business (furniture and cabinets). My shop is actually in my barn. Well, half of the barn. The other half has horses, turkeys and chickens in it. I build more (or would like to build more....right now I'll take whatever crosses the shop) "High End" type projects..... no laminates or melamine ( I did a lot of that in the past and I just don't enjoy it and even though I'm very good at it, I have done enough of it to last a life time). Most of my cabinet work is built like most modern day cabinets are built and the furniture is built mostly of the joinery style (mortise and tenon, dovetails etc.......dovetails with a omnijig 24.......I really want to find the time and learn to hand saw dovetails but........well, some day). I have been in the woodworking industry for 20 years now (I'm 39). I'm what you might call a self taught woodworker ( I never attended any schools on woodworking). I went from high school, right into furniture manufacturing (as a kid I always was drawn to working with wood and as soon as I got out of school, I went looking for the first woodworking job I could find). I have learned all my skills from all the different jobs I have had over the years. Probably my favorite job was working in the Marine industry, were I built interiors and furniture in boats 100 feet, up to 155 feet in length (Broward yachts Inc, Fort Lauderdale, Florida). I learned the most about woodworking and joinery there. I got a chance to work with a lot of exotic woods there. I miss that place. I worked there twice, first for 3 years, left , started my first business for 6 years, burned out, and then went back (to the boat yard) for another 2 years, at which time I moved where I live today, had a 3 year run at real estate (which is in the dumps now) and decided to go back to whats in my heart (sawdust, Ha Ha Ha) woodworking and now have my second run at the woodworking business. I really feel like I'm where I really want to be....in my shop building furniture. I'm a happy camper.
I use a combination of power tools and hand tools in the construction of all my projects. I enjoy both styles of woodworking, but I really enjoy using those chisels and hand planes.
I just started up my woodworking business for the second time back in Nov. of '08. And as mentioned earlier my shop is in my barn and alittle small but very productive. I will post projects from the past and of coarse all the projects I'm building in the barn now and in the future. God Bless
Did you know that Jesus Christ was a furniture builder and we all have that in common with him.....That's awesome.
-- Built in a Barn Bob
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Todd Thomas
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Welcome to LumberJocks….It will be a great resource for you and your projects. There are a bunch of great people here willing to help……have fun….Looking forward to your projects and posts….. WARNING: Visiting LumberJocks has proven to be addictive.
-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †
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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Scott Bryan
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Hello Builtinabarn,
Let me welcome to LJs. I am sure that you will find this to be both an exciting and an inspirational part 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. †
-- 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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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Bureaucrat
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Welcome to Lumber Jocks! This is a great place to get – or give – advice about woodworking on the forums and the project posts are a wonderful source of new ideas. I love this site, I hope you will enjoy it to.
I look forward to seeing some of your posts.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
jim1953
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Hay Welcome to LJs Its a Great Place
-- Jim, Kentucky
trifern
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Welcome to LJ’s.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
woodworm
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Welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
rikkor
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Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
HallTree
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Welcome Bob. You have found the right place for woodworking. A great group of people willing to help. Looking forward to see your projects and comments. Work safe in the shop and don’t forget to use pushsticks
-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota
cabinetmaster
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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
WoodSpanker
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I like your nickname. :)
-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!
builtinabarn
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Read my profile and you’ll see where I came up with the name. Thanks
-- Built in a Barn Bob
Beginningwoodworker
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Welcome to LumberJocks, you have a cool screen name.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
dennis mitchell
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Turkeys! I had to turkey sit for my folks last month. I renamed them Galileo, Copernicus, Einstein, Newton and Hawkins. Talk about dumb. If they where any dumber they’d have to run for congress.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
Grumpy
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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.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
spanky46
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posted 232 days ago
Very impressive Bob! Thanks for your history!
-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 221 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks – The best woodworking community anywhere!
I feel bad that I did not welcome you sooner. I was just looking at your projects and you do great work.
I lived in St. Cloud back in the late 80’s and worked at Costco Wholesale on the south side of Orlando. It was fun being there for a couple of years but then I transferred to the most incredible state (to me) with Costco – Montana!
I look forward to seeing more of your posts and projects.
Share the Love ~ Share the Knowledge
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
BTKS
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posted 138 days ago
Welcome, all be it belated. Nothing in this world is worth as much as being happy. Hope you enjoy your current endeavors and make a good go of it. The diverse farming sounds a lot like my place is becoming, minus the turkeys. They may get added to help protect the chickens from hawks. Good luck and welcome.
BTKS