Checking in from Hubert

[Takarin]

Greetings all. Just thought I'd drop a quick not to introduce myself. My name's Tony, and I am a woodworker. I live in Hubert, NC (near Camp Lejeune). I'm an active-duty Marine of 17 years (retirement is close at hand!) and I work in communications.

I've been into woodworking for a few years now. There's been some stops and starts... work can get in the way sometimes. This winter, I blew the dust off of my tools and got the shop up and running. Nothing fancy, just 1.2 of my garage. I don't have Laguna or Jet tools... but I make it work. In just a few weeks I've built the following:

• Small picnic table for my 2 y/o.
• Router table out of the out-feed table on my table saw - with fence and dust collection port!
• Zero-clearance insert for my table saw.
• Installed a vise on my workbench.

Currently, I'm refinishing our coffee table. Just got finished sanding everything down and I'm ready to stain and finish. Going with Red Mahogany stain. I'll probably finish it with 2-3 coats of shellac and 2 coats of poly on the top.

Upcoming projects: Refinish the matching end tables. Build a book shelf. Revisit a display table I built a couple of years ago (my first attempt at mortise-and-tenon construction).

Looking forward to interacting with everyone. I've heard a lot fo good things about this community.

Tak

 

[DaveO]

Welcome Tak, I am glad you could join us. It sounds like you give a new meaning to the Military saying..."We do more before 6:00 am than most people do all day" You've been busy. I look forward to your input in the forums and hopefully seeing some pictures of your work. You can start with the router table set-up in your out-feed table, if you got any pictures.
See you around!!

Dave

 

[Trent Mason]

Welcome to the site. This is a great group of folks. Please feel free to jump in at any time. :icon_thum

Cheers, ccasion1

Trent

 

[RandyJ]

Welcome to our playpen, Tak. Thank you for your service to our country.:notworthy:

Don't hesitate to jump in with questions or suggestions.

I support Camp Lejune and visit there a couple of times each year. I'll have to look you up next time I'm down there...

Semper Fi

 

[woodArtz]

Great to have you with us Tak! Thank you for your service!! :icon_thum:icon_thum This is great place to unwind and ask questions and gloat about new tools or projects. Jump right in! :eusa_clap

 

[Takarin]

Thanks for the warm welcome, all!

Here are a couple of pictures:

This is a small picnic table that my father-in-law and I built. My wife had one when she was young, and she wanted our son to have one too! Poor picture, but the finish is 3 equal parts Early American, Red Mahogany, and Cherry stains. (We wanted a specific look). I have one more round of sanding and poly to go.

Here is the Router Table:

I ran across an article on Fine Woodworking.com about an easy, DIY router table. I took that idea and adapted it to my needs. I figured that I had all that real estate on my outfeed table...

I bought a Rousseau router table insert from Woodcraft in Tampa. Then, I just cut a through hole and rabbeted the edge so it is flush. I built the fence out of 1/4 pine from Lowe's with a small box on the back for dust collection. The biggest problem was finding the right screw holes on my Ryobi wmad router. The whole setup cost me less than $70, 4 hours of my time and 2 trips to the hardware store.

Life is so much better with a router table!

 

[TracyP]

Welcome aboard. It is great to have you.

 

[Canuck]

Welcome to the site, Tony!!!!

1st and foremost. Thank you for your Service!:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

2nd - Retirement is pretty good as a woodworker.:wsmile::wsmile:

Sometimes I find refinishing a piece of furniture is far more stressful than building from scratch:embaresse:embaresse . I wish you lots of success and look forward to seeing pictures of the results.

Lots of talented folks here to help in many, many ways.

Post often and by all means stay safe and have fun.:wsmile:

Wayne

 

[mlzettl]

Welcome, Tak. I live not too far from you - in Newport. If you're down this way be sure to give me a heads up, and stop by.

Matt

 

[scsmith42]

Hey Tony, welcome to NCWoodworker! In the "its a small world" department, I was just down at Lejeune this past Sunday visiting my wife's nephew, who also works in Comms... Do you know Chris Bartfield?

Both of your projects look pretty good! There's nothing like the satisfaction of making something yourself, especially when you make it well. I predict that you're really going to enjoy that router table!

Regards,

Scott

 

[McRabbet]

Welcome to the sawdust pile, Tony! And thanks for your service to our country. Happy to have you here and we look forward to your input to the forums.

 

[sapwood]

Welcome to NCWWer, Tak!
Hubert is a nice [strike]town[/strike] place :icon_thum
Soon it will be as large as Stella :mrgreen:

Regards from an ex-jarhead,
Roger

 

[nelsone]

Howdy! Good lookin' projects!:icon_thum

 

[cubicdissection]

Oh man, you live right by World Timber Corp. Lucky you! And...welcome aboard

 

[SRhody]

Semper Fi, Welcome Aboard!. Great place to learn and share. If we can manage a few more out this way maybe pull together a shop-crawl....:eusa_thin

 

[fergy]

Welcome. I just sent a crew out today to Camp Lejeune for your "event" on Friday. Make sure to enjoy the publicity and the announcement. :icon_thum

 

[Takarin]

Oh man, you live right by World Timber Corp. Lucky you! And...welcome aboard

Yeah, I recently found them on the internet... Unfortunately, I think they are geared toward wholesale sales. 250 BF minimum or something like that.

Still investigating...

Welcome. I just sent a crew out today to Camp Lejeune for your "event" on Friday. Make sure to enjoy the publicity and the announcement. :icon_thum

Not looking forward to that craziness. I might take the day off...

 

[ScottM]

Welcome Tak....Thanks for your service. I am glad you found our saw dust pile. If you have any question just ask. We know it all.:rolf: