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Location: Midland, MI
Website: dovetailshop.com
I have been working with wood for 50 years - my dad was a home craftman and I worked with him every chance I had as a kid. My best Christmas presents were my first tool set (8 years old) and a small table top jig saw at 9. My dad was the plywood cabinet type woodworker and eventually moved into building higher style furniture, but his first choice was plywood and wood carving. My goal was to build furniture, toys, cabinets, etc. that were as professional as anything on the market.
I am a fair woodworker, better than average but certainly no Krenov or Maloof. I have a fairly complete shop and now that I've retired from my day job, am spending much more time working on good projects. I do commission work for friends, but in no way is my shop a business.
My latest effort is to build some dining room chairs to match ones we have a partial set of. I've never built chairs, and my lathe skills are far from excellent, so this has been a challenge. The chairs have what I call "club feet", toed out. Learning how to turn these has been expensive in time, and wood, but I've figured out how to do them and this weekend I will be putting the chairs together. Hopefully it will go well - if so I will post a pic on the site.
-- RobertJ
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Rob Drown
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posted 15 days ago
Welcome to LJ. It is a lot of fun to check in with each other and can be a real source of help.
-- Sharp tools and thin whispy shavings make woodworking a joy.
woodworm
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posted 15 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
cabinetmaster
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posted 14 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s. We are here to help you with your woodworking endeavors. Feel free to ask for advise. But Be aware…this site can be very addictive…………LOL
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
Max
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Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
a1Jim
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posted 14 days ago
Welcome to LJs a place were there are great people super projects and outstanding woodworkers. Enjoy
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
SnowyRiver
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posted 14 days ago
Welcome aboard. Nice to have you join us on Lumberjocks.
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
Splinterman
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posted 14 days ago
WELCOME to LJ’s ….the best place to enhance your woodworking skills and knowledge.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
Scott Bryan
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posted 14 days ago
Hello Robert,
Let me welcome to LJs. I am sure that you will find being a member of this group to be an interesting, as well as exciting, experience. Have fun and enjoy.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
cstrang
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posted 12 days ago
Hey there, glad to see another person join the LumberJocks community! It’s a great place to meet new people, post projects, ask questions and so much more, hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Welcome!
-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.
Karson
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posted 10 days ago
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 †