Getting started with limited supplies

Nice use of scraps and THanks for serving your country and keeping us safe.

MSG- USAR-Ret

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

good job, improvise and overcome

heartfelt thanks for your service
be safe

-- Ron, Missouri

Good work and stay safe!
USN ‘63-85

-- Growing older but not up!

nice job on the beds. stay safe!

Great job! I look forward to seeing your work when you do have tools! Save these picks so when your my age this will be a great “back in the day” story to show and tell your grand kids! Be safe.

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

Nice job of recycling, “THANK YOU FOR SERVING YOUR COUNTRY” and keeping all of us safe. More importantly, keep yourself safe and may you have a speedy return home to your family and friends.

-- Nubs,Reserve

TexasDawg,

A few things…1) THANK YOU !!!!!! For serving our country, I am prior service myself (USN myself, SeaBee)...and happened to be over their the first time we went to the cat liter box (Desert Storm)... and now my son just got back from a two year stint over there.

2) GREAT JOB on the bunk beds…good job on scrounging around and making do with what you have…you would have made a fine SeaBee (Of course you may be one for all I know already)...we had a note stuck on our wall that started off with “Never have so few, done so much when given so little..” went on to say things like “With so Little gratitude…” and was laced with allot of “Colorful” words…lol…(I will see if I can find the pic of it, got one of me and a buddy standing by it)

3) And MOST IMPORTANT…..Keep your head AND your A$$ down and come home safe to your family and friends !!!!!!!!

4) Welcome to LumberJocks !!!!!

-- Don S.E. OK

Well done, nice use of a small space, stay safe and thank you for serving

-- "I gotta have more cowbell"--------Bruce Dickinson

First off….Thanks for your service. I agree with Spanky, make sure you take plenty of pics for later, you’ll be glad you did. Great job on improvising. Keep up the good work and stay safe. We look forward to you coming home safe and getting back to working in your new shop.
USMC 67-71 Viet Nam 68-70

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

creative project

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

this is awesome! way to go. hope you can get outta there soon and back here for some more pleasant shop time.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Thanks for serving and what a great way to pass your precious free time.

-- There is no such thing as scrap wood, only smaller projects.

Keep your head down and your feet up… Good woodworking!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Thanks for being there stay safe and oh yeah nice work.

-- All bleeding will eventually stop.

My thanks also for your service! You HAVE my utmost respect!

Great job on the beds. They look rock solid to me. I would have never thought of using a subscription card as a square. I’ll have to remember that one. Look forward to the other projects. Keep safe Dawg.

USAF 82-09

-- Rick

Hey Texas Dawg, Great job on the bunks! Like Don K . said, keep your head and ass down!! Don said some other stuff too, but I think he is partial to all squid. LOL!!! Listen to Spanky and get lots of pictures of your tour there. Bad as it is, you will want to look back on them someday. My heartfelt thanks to you and your buddies for serving our country and keeping us safe. Bill US ARMY 1967-1973.

Thank you for protecting our country. Bless you! With your ingenuity I’m sure you’ll make it back home in 2010 and live a prosperous life.
Take care,
Vicki

First off THANK YOU for all you do for your country, it is a great honor to have you here. You and all of our fine solders are in our prayers.

As for your bed, good job and btw who cares if it looks ok you are not sleeping on the floor.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

Very well done with the scavenging.

It’s one thing to produce quality work with expensive tools and a fully stocked shop. It’s quite another to produce quality work with minimal tools and whatever scraps you can find.

I’m sure your buddies all appreciate it too. :)

-- "I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe." -- Jango Fett

First off, thank you so very much for your service.

To be blunt, while it is obvious that it is a scrapwood project, it looks good for what it is. You did some quality looking work from what I can see. They need to pull you out of there and put you in a shop somehwere…

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

Great way to keep sane in the sandbox and a lot of us know it’s better than a tent. God Bless

269th CBCS USAF

-- Ben Kahmann Dayton, OH

Hi Texas Dawg,
I am Canadian, and we are as proud of you as we are our own troops. Our troops are honoured daily. The hardship you commit to, and the peril you place your lives in, to protect North America is always in our minds. Please be safe and return soon. “Necessity is the mother of invention” and if your inovative design gives you more comfort, then so be it. We will look for bigger and better thngs on your return.
Jackass (Jack Keefe)

-- Jack Keefe Shediac NB Canada

Reminds me of my daughter’s dorm at VPI! Good job with whatever was at hand. “Necessity is always a mother!” Come home soon!
DAVE
“A good carpenter is not one who makes no mistakes, but one who knows how to fix the ones he does make”

-- Dave/Resrep

Stay sane – stay safe – nice bunks!

-- Where did all this sawdust come from?

awesome use of materials!! Thank you very much for your service and stay safe!

Best to you, fellow wood guy. Come home safe with only an occasional splinter to gripe about.

-- ToGoMan ------ "No ONE of us knows as much as ALL of us." (anon.) ----

First of all – let me echo the sentiments of above and thank you for your service – as one old vet to a newer one – USMC 72 – 77.

Sad that we can give monies to some odious country like N. Korea…yet we cannot give our soldiers some decent racks. Here you show some good ol yankee ingenuity…and we see a great outcome. Nice work you certainly qualify as a true LJ.

Let me also echo the sentiment for you to stay safe and come home to your loved ones….and to your shop…we look forward to seeing your further projects from abroad and home…

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Great job on the bunk. And very inventive using a postal reply card for a square.

Keep safe buddy and thanks.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Awsome job man, great way to be resourceful!

Thank you for your service.

-- Check out my woodworking blog! http://woodworkingtrip.blogspot.com/

Great use of the scraps. Thank you for your service and look forward to seeing more projects as well as pics from you new shop as you get it finished when you return.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Useful beats beautiful every day you lace up those boots.

Out for a little while but I still wear my Altima’s everyday to work.

No matter how crappy I think my day is going, I close my eyes and click my boots together and say, “There’s no sand in these, there’s no sand in these…”

Q

-- I don't make sawdust...I produce vast quantities of "Micro Mulch."

You sir are my hero…welcome to LJ’s and I cant wait until you get home…amazing job on the beds…may your remaining days in Afghanistan be safe…

How can we get stuff to you?

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

so what is the approved way for us to help you and your buds ?
how do we go about sending hand tools you might need ?
is there a form , or an address to get something happening ?
please post , as we can and will help .
God keep you all safe !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

For those of you asking, my address here is:

Steven Deputy
CSTC-A CJ2
APO, AE 09356

I asked for some Allen wrenches, but in asking around, some were asking for a hole punch or a scratch awl. Drink mixes, wet wipes, snacks, and toiletries are always welcome because we don’t have a Wal-Mart here.

-- "If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."