Storage in the war zone

Looking good!!

I will be very happy to give you any pointers or info if you wish. It’s the least I can do for one who is in the thick of things.

Keep up your spirits and great work!!!!!

John

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

First off thank you for serving your country and letting me enjoy the freedom you preserve. My son is in the Navy so I can appreciate your situation. A BIG thank you again.

Considering where you are, you are doing a bang up job with what you can scronge up. Reminds me of my college days when I build shelves for my classmates from apple boxes (when they were wood) and old crates. Hope this site keeps you spirits up and god bless.

In the Army during my time and times before me there have been those individuals who do what they can with what they got.

The American Soldier is inventive and not some media hyped robotic machine.

Stay safe. Just remember, walk with the faith that if it is your time it simply is.

Just keep your head down, stay alert, and watch out for officers.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

I know what you’re going through, when word gets out about woodworking skills over there. During all three tours word got out and I found myself building something new everyday after patrols. It’s the little things that people appreciate, like a small desk for the 13” TV that 20 guys gather around to watch a movie.

I know what it is like over there, having been to Iraq 3 times. If you need anything just hit me up.
Keep up the good work, and watch your A$$.

-- As my wife says... "measure once, cut twice, got it"

Texasdawg thanks for your service and sacrifice. You are doing such a great job. I know what you mean when you say building something takes your mind off things. I am retired AF and during my time I had to spend a year on top of a mountain in Turkey with only 25 other guys for company. I built my first computer with mail order parts and constructed a wooden case to hold it. Doing that helped with my sanity.

MariineGrunt had a good idea. Is there anything you need and we can send you? LJ has a bunch of good and generous folks and I bet we could put together a CARE package of handtools and other things if you need them.

Thanks again,
Gary

-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein

Thanks for your service to your country . I’m over joyed in the fact that the land mine was a dud. Thanks for sharing all your storage projects our thoughts and prayers are with you.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I am proud to have passed the tourch of freedom and duty onto men and women suh as yourself and my son….I KNOW we are all still safe!

Adapt, overcome, improvise….you have done just that.

Keep your ears open and your a$$ down.

-- Semper Fi, Randy Sr.

I have a few tools here, but the bigger problem is having storage room for anything in the office here. I work in a stack of old shipping containers with no running water and several port-o-potties outside for bathrooms. I have been asked to do some charity work for some of the day care sites here in Kabul, so if anyone has some old chisels or carving tools laying around that they don’t use, we will put them to good use here. My address:

Steven Deputy
CSTC-A CJ2
APO, AE 09356

Thanks for all the support – I am glad one of the guys from my woodworking club (North Texas Woodworkers Association) back home sent me the info for this site. I got your back.

Dawg

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

Steve,

You make due with what you have available. Stay Safe!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Dawg,
Let us know what you need and I will be happy to join forces with the other LJ’s and send what I can. I have a UPS store right around the corner from my office.

From an old used up 11B2V…keep your head on a swivel Bro’!

-- Patrick - Katy, Texas

Nice work!

And thank you for your service to our country.

-- Still clinging to my guns and religion.

Let me add my thanks for what you are doing to protect this country. i have some CHIP CHATS magazines that have articles and patterns in them. Would you like me to send them to you? If so what address do I send them to?

Hey Steven
Its me Adam from the NTWA, glad you followed the link I sent you. This is the best site around, My wife calls it my new porn site cause I check it everyday several times. Just to see whats new. This is a great group, very knowlegable and open to spread their knowledge, all you need do is ask.

Adam
Formerly of the 834th Security Police Squadron
Hurlburt Field Florida

-- Measure three times, cut twice.

I’ve got family serving there too, do keep safe. I’m going to try to put a package together for you, besides chisels, what else do you need?

-- Dave- New Brunswick

rustedknuckles -

The furniture here is some of the cheapest crap I have ever seen. The drawers on our desks have one screw in each corner, so the back of the drawer rotates up and drops stuff out the back of the drawer. All of the chairs and desks are held together with screws that require Allen Wrenches to turn, so a set of Allen Wrenches would help the screws tight.

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

If you access to a stick glue gun and glue sticks, you could fix the drawer problems by running glue around the complete bottoms of the drawers. This type of glue is great for drawer bottoms. Run it on the inside edges also if needed.

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

Hey brother, Navy Chief here in country. Seabee at that. Have you found any of the Seabee’s around there I know there are tons of them there. They should have all of the tools you could possibly need. And if not they will know who to talk to to get them ordered. Same with materials. Just tell them its for self help and they can help you ge twhat you need. We are way over tasked but when people ask for things to do it them self. They will usually help you out. Just ask and you shall recieve. Take care and stay safe!!!!

Dawg,
No problem, how are you fixed for hardware?

-- Dave- New Brunswick

Chuck 24 -

We have a whole crew of Seabees that I started training with in the US. They have a spot in a stack of containers near my office, but it looks like they have outsourced all of the work to KBR here. They have a shop, but I can’t get within a mile of the tools because of legal reasons ‘if I get hurt.’ Self help here is pretty much worthless – if I can even find the guys that are supposed to run it.

Dawg

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