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I was about eleven years old when, after we tore a house down next door, my dad and I used the reclaimed lumber to build a deck for our house. I had an immediate liking to working with wood. In high school shop class, I spent an entire semester designing and building a fancy chess table, or at least I thought is was fancy. Twenty years later I was finally able to start accumulating some tools for a woodworking shop. Well, I now have a shop and it's time to start putting it to work.
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I didn’t see it coming, not at all! But alas, it came and it conquered. I thought it was so far off from me that it would never be within striking distance. But there it was right in my hands, and out of the blue it came. What I had before m...
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Most shops fall into two categories: 1) you cram it in wherever it fits, be it a basement, a garage or the back of a truck or 2) You custom build it so that it is large enough for all the tools and storage you need. Mine is a hybrid: I built it, o...
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You know, it may seem like common sense to recalibrate your table saw every once in a while. But for the life of me I can’t figure out why I have not done so to mine over its five years of use! I think I just hoped it’d maintain that w...
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My first shop was what I could squeeze into a one car garage, leaving enough room for the car of course, and a workbench in my crowded basement. My second “shop”, if one could call it that, was a combination of a 3’x6’ c...
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rikkor
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posted 374 days ago
Welcome to LJ. You will like it here.
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posted 374 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks!
Take care and work safely.
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
Scott Bryan
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posted 374 days ago
Hello Slooper,
Welcome to LJs. I am sure that you will find this to be an exciting and rewarding part of your woodworking experience.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
trifern
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posted 374 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
Max
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posted 374 days ago
Glad to see that you have made Lumberjocks a part of your Woodworking experience… Welcome
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
HallTree
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posted 374 days ago
Welcome. You have found the right place for woodworking. A great group of people willing to help. Looking forward to see your projects and comments. Work safe in the shop and use pushsticks
-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota
Bigdogs117
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posted 374 days ago
Welcome to the shop. I look forward to seeing your projects and I hope you enjoy the site. There is alot of good information available from both professionals and amateurs who are willing to share their craft. God Bless!
-- Rusty
bhack
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WELCOME from one Missourian to another. Hope you enjoy it here.
-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.
Grumpy
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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.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Karson
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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 †
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Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary as a Lumber Jock! I look forward to more of your posts.
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Congratulations on your Anniversary. Hope you have many more on LumberJocks. We appreciate your posts and projects
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps