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The Journey

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First post in my new blog.

Well, I have never had a BLOG before, so I figured I would give it a try. I am a new woodworker with a lot of thirst for learning new things and putting them to use. I have been going at it for a little less than a year. I have been around woodworking all my life because my dad has done it and even had his own companies that work in wood. So it is not a foreign thing, just something I never had the time or space to get interested in until now.

Almost two years ago, I bought a new house, and it has a full basement. Wow, what a world of possibility. It has since started turning into the wood shop. After many hours of watching Youtube videos and learning new skills, I am slowly getting a shop put together. I made a grand work bench shortly after moving in. Just had some hand tools and power tools. No big saws or anything. Then I picked up a new Porter Cable table saw at lowes for a pretty good deal. Then things really took off. Every week it seems that I need something new, or a new place to get wood, or trying new things out. I has been fun thus far and I look forward to many years of fun and challenge. Thanks for reading, and more to come in the future.

DD
 
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I agree with Monte. Let me add, this place, Lumberjocks, is thee best place to be a part of. You'll thoroughly enjoy your time here, weather it's input or output. Work/Play safe. Keep makin dust.
 
#4 ·
Couple New Additions to the Shop

I have added a couple new things to the shop the past week. First off, I built some simple shelves on a french cleat system to get some things off of the bench top. Nothing fancy, but it works and I can customize it as I see fit.





I also picked up a little box that holds knives and they spin real fast. The Dewalt 735X. I have played with it some and so far, I am very pleased with it.



I recently started working on a shaker style coat rack. I hope to post pictures of it as it gets closer to completion. Oh, and that maybe another jewelry box in the picture that I am working on.

And as always, thanks for checking it out.
 
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Simple shelving sometimes is the best solution for a given space… Good choice here!

I really like that DW735 planer, a bit rich for me right now, but on my wish list to replace my Ryobi if / when it dies… Assuming it doesn't do something crazy like last forever…
 
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