mmh

Welcome to LumberJocks. Enjoy the community.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Welcome to LumberJocks! Enjoy yourself.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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.

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MMH,

Let me welcome you to LJs. I hope that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding 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.

Hi Guys,

Thank you for the warm welcome! Yes, I am learning that this is an expensive hobby. I am just learning woodworking and enjoying collecting all sorts of woods to work with, not to mention the tools!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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

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

Here are some examples of my canes that I have done so far. I got interested in making them watching my husband make a few for himself and I researched the different styles of canes out there and most of them are not too cute, especially the aluminum ones. I have always loved using my hands and wanted to get involved in wood, as the basement is a wood workshop that my husband has been putting together for himself and used mainly to renovate our 1950’s circa home. We conquered the kitchen and two baths ourselves, he did the wood work and I did the tile. I’ve run out of projects so now with his blessing and tutoring I’m taking over his woodshop. [He let me retire so I could do this full-time! After chores I run down to the basement.]

I am still creating new designs and have a basement full of exotic & domestic woods to choose from. I am currently working on a Manzanita root handle with Black Walnut shaft and another one of Pink Ivory handle with Purpleheart shaft. The combinations and designs are endless. I’ve yet to do much with the antler I bought, but hope to work with it soon. I need to figure out the best way (strength & aesthetics) to join wood/antler together.

My favorite wood that I’ve worked with so far is Black Walnut. The Claro walnut can sometimes be pretty hard but no where as hard as Afromosia or Snakewood. Maple with it’s different figuring is fun too. My favorite cane so far is the Quilted Maple handle with Fiddleback shaft.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

My photos aren’t showing, so you’ll have to visit my site: http://www.bigstickcanes.com .

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.

Welcome to the wonderful world of LJ’s (Enjoy) Come on in, The water’s fine, fine, fine. Happy, that you have chosen to join the family.
You can ask, show, teach, learn, and Share woodworking experiences.
There’s something here for anyone that likes working with wood.
Plus new friends
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

We welcome you to the one and only LumberJocks. We hope that you enjoy your stay/visit each and every time you show up on our door step. If you should need any woodworking question answered, don’t hesitate to ask. Somebody’s gonna have a good answer for you.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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 †

There sure are a lot of nice, friendly people here. Where’s the coffee & cookies?

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Congratulations! This coming week you will have been a Lumber Jock for 1 year! Thanks for your participation.

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

mmh—Thanks for the boost for my BowlSaw. We are slowly getting this tool off the ground. Two new customers in England last week. Seems the overseas market is better than the locals. They aren’t afraid to try something new. Send me a photo of what you made with the unit and I’ll put it on my website. Dick

-- Dick, Novato

Hi mmh,thanks for your comment.
If it weren’t for the goggles my eye would fall out of my head (I only have the one good one,born with no optic nerve in the other which is beneficial when working on such a small scale)
Most of my work is starkly geometric but I have been known,on occasion, to make something a little more fluid..

-- "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." ~ Frank Zappa

Hi MMH,

I’d like to let you know I have viewed your work and to say the least it is simply amazing. I just wanted to let you know I have been viewing your work in hopes to get and idea of how to make a cane for my grandfather. In the process of searching the web I found only one set of instructions I felt gave me the best info and chance to complete a quality cane. I have been going thru the steps and just happend to notice today when reviewing the info I found on instructables.com that I noticed it referenced your lumberjocks info. I wanted to thank you for that info as hours of searching for how to make a quality cane that is the only quality instructions I came across and thought I would recommend if you have not yet posted that info on LJ’s I think it would greatly benefit some members here that may be interested in attempting a walking cane.

Keep up the great work,

Todd

-- AzChiefFan "Measure Once, Curse Twice"

Hi Todd,

Thanks for the note. I’m glad you found my instrucables. I have it connected to one of my canes here, and was hoping the link would suffice, but I guess I should take the time to upload it on LJ’s as you suggest.

I would love to see what you create! If you have any Q’s just contact me.

Meilie

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe