Hi. I just wanted to introduce myself and say thank you to the LJ’s that welcomed me when I first signed up. That was a nice surprise.
And now a litlle bit about my “shop”: I take over my Wife’s screened-in porch once the weather gets cold, and so I can only do woodworking in the winter. I have plastic on the windows and a small heater. It’s cold, but it works. All glue-ups happen in my living room! (Got a great wife, needless to say).
I really like woodworking. I use a lot of hand tools (partly because I enjoy it, but also because my whole shop has to break down and pack into a shed for the summer).
I’ll try to put some projects up as I go along and maybe a shot of my “shop”.
Thanks again. Looks like LJ’s is a great site.
Dan
-- Glue-up is the stage when everything that was perfect in dry-fit goes horribly wrong!
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FeralVermonter
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#1 posted 154 days ago
I love the good ‘tude here too. Very motivating.
Got a glue-up in the dining room right now, and nothing but some wooden walls and a garage door to keep the cold out, so I feel you.
ejvc
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#2 posted 154 days ago
Hey, sounds kind of like my shop, freezing on the balcony is a theme!
-- Building stuff with my daughter (5). Pretty new to woodworking, I mostly sew...
helluvawreck
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#3 posted 154 days ago
Welcome aboard.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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jacob34
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#4 posted 154 days ago
I feel your pain mine is in a garage with no heat. Good to see you here.
-- patience is a currency that always pays dividends.
whitebeast88
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#5 posted 154 days ago
welcome to lumberjocks!!!
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a1Jim
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#6 posted 154 days ago
Welcome again thanks for the introduction.
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Wiltjason
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#7 posted 154 days ago
Man I feel yea, my first shop was in a barn and the walls weren’t good enough to keep the wind out, now in a 1 car garage in my apartment complex. But I can’t complain, I got 2 heaters that can get it pretty nice in here. And since I traded My wife for my Harley I’ve found that the bathroom makes a pretty nice finishing room too! Ha
Monte Pittman
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#8 posted 153 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s, Great place to be
Usually, if you make the wife things ocassionally, she’s much more tollerant of the shop.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
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#9 posted 153 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s.
No heat in the winter so I do my glue ups in the kitchen.
dan81
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#10 posted 153 days ago
Wow, thanks for all the responses.
When I was just starting to do woodworking I read an article about a guy who’s entire wood shop was on a single “dolly” that he could roll out of his garage and work on. I thought if he can do it like that, then a winter porch shouldn’t be an obstacle. Besides the plastic on screens, a portable propane heater takes the edge off…no need to worry about ventilation on a porch!
-- Glue-up is the stage when everything that was perfect in dry-fit goes horribly wrong!
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