Hello from a newly returned NC boy

[cptully]

Chris Tully here. Happy to find such an active community of wood workers in NC. I've been doing projects large and small since childhood. I guess my first project was helping my dad build my first twin sized bed when I was five! Since then projects have been large (a built-in entertainment center in my parents living room) and small a shelf to stack my printer over my scanner.

The project I am proudest of to date is the bin shelf that I designed and built for my daughter. Before you ask, pictures will be coming once we have moved into our new house (currently being painted and floors to be refinished). This shelf is a simple plywood box with dowels that support three tiers of three plastic bins. The main box is flanked by two shorter wings that are drilled to hold stick toys. The side panels are decorated with engraved hearts.

My next planned project is to build a bed to hold our new king sized mattress. We have accumulated several pieces of furniture from the 1940's era in the "Waterfall" style, and I am planning to build a compatible bed.

Although the pictures on this site:

http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indfur.html they will give you a good idea of what our pieces (a tall dresser, a wardrobe and recently a chest) look like. I'm planning to post pictures of the result and the process - it'll take while though because I first have to build my new shop and build a few things for creating this bed (namely a vacuum press for veneering).

Chris Tully
Raleigh, NC

 

[Gotcha6]

Welcome aboard. I've learned a lot in the short time I've been on this site - both by asking and watching. I think you'll find a variety of experiences and skills that can be useful. Heck, we might even find out if cold water boils faster than hot water one day. :lol:

 

[WNC_Dave]

Welcome to the site. There are a great bunch of people here, and a lot of knowledge. Jump in and ask away.

Dave

 

[DaveO]

Welcome Chris, it's great to have you join us. Thanks for that link you posted. I have seen furniture in that style but never knew what to call it. It all reminds me of giant juke boxes..pretty cool. I made a jewelry box for my wife, that has styling similar to it..now I know what to call it :icon_thum
Five Points is one of my favorite area of town, I do a lot of landscaping work in that area. The houses are really cool. One day I would like to restore an older house. My in-law are working on a 200+ yr. old house in Wilmington, and I get to do a lot of work there. It's awesome to see the hand-tooling marks in the woodwork, and the traditional joinery used in the framing.
I look forward to your input in the forum and seeing some pics of your work. Especially your bed, as a King sized bed in coming up quick on my HD list.
See you around!!!


Dave

 

[woodArtz]

Welcome to the team Chris! We're always glad to have new folks join us and share their experiences. I will be making a King-size head board in the near future, so I can't wait to see what you and others have to share on that project.

 

[skeeter]

Hello Chris and welcome to the site.

 

[Partman]

Welcome to the site. :eusa_clapGlad to have you.:icon_thum

Danny

 

[Jon]

Welcome :sign4:

 

[RandyJ]

Welcome Chris! This is the best WWing site on the whole WWW:icon_thum. Lots of nice folks always willing to help. Jump into the fray anytime. Pics Pics Pics

 

[toolman]

Welcome Chris.. :icon_thum This is a great site there is alot of help if you need it. :drunken_s

 

[cptully]

Thanks to all for your replies and good wishes!:-D Right now, my garage/shop is stacked with all of our possessions:-( (pulled out of storage after 8 months!), but we should be unpacking the garage and moving into the house in the next few weeks:eusa_clap - I cannot wait to finally have a decent sized workshop! I'm going from a basement shop of about 10x15 that also housed the HVAC and water heater with 93" ceiling to a 20 x 40 garage with 9' + ceiling and a second floor. The back 20 x 20 of the first floor will be permanent workshop space with the front half for parking and expansion room for the shop when necessary. The upper floor will be a multi purpose room to supplement the house. The irony here is that the garage is actually bigger then the 1924 Bungalow out front.

Setting up shop will be a project in itself because the garage is totally unfinished, and what electrical work has been done is no where near meeting code. I'll start by taking out all of the wiring and redoing it from scratch (this includes replacing the "trailer" panel :eusa_doh. The guy who built it did do one thing right though - he brought water, sewer and I think gas out to the garage as stub pipes:icon_thum, so I will be able to put a bathroom (2nd floor) and wash up sink (1st floor) in the garage. Once plumbing and electrical is roughed in, I'll insulate and dry wall the entire space.

Chris Tully

 

[sapwood]

Welcome to NCWWer!
Sounds like a great start on the shop :icon_thum

Enjoy,
Roger

 

[ScottM]

Welcome Chris. You will be glad you stopped in. :-D

 

[Ray Martin]

Hello Chris,

Always glad to have another woodworker join us. Don't forget those photos. We often need from one another.

Ray

 

[RayH]

Welcome, Chris.

You are definitely on the way. Glad to have you.

Ray