Greetings, one and all.
The way I found this site is kind of round-about. You see, I'm not a wood worker, at least, not yet. We'll see if I ever turn into one. Here's the story.
I am in the Army and currently deployed to Afghanistan. A short while ago I was home in Fayetteville on R&R. I had a couple of projects that I needed to work on, which I enjoyed immensely. I completed a tree house/fort for my kids that my brother had started back in November and I built a chicken coop for my wife.
Both these projects were out of character for me, in the Army I do communications and I've never built anything from scratch before. Also, my wife and I are born and bred city folk, never had chickens before. But as I said, I enjoyed doing them immensely. Building something solid and permanent was extremely rewarding to me and I would like to learn more.
So on the way back to Afghanistan I had a layover in the Atlanta Airport and happened to see a magazine from Fine Woodworking called Power Tool Techniques, which I picked up. Lo and behold I read it and have now subscribed to their magazine. In their online forums I happened to see a link to this site, and here I am.
So, to sum up, I have some construction carpentry under my belt and would like to learn more. I look forward to learning more about this fascinating craft.
The way I found this site is kind of round-about. You see, I'm not a wood worker, at least, not yet. We'll see if I ever turn into one. Here's the story.
I am in the Army and currently deployed to Afghanistan. A short while ago I was home in Fayetteville on R&R. I had a couple of projects that I needed to work on, which I enjoyed immensely. I completed a tree house/fort for my kids that my brother had started back in November and I built a chicken coop for my wife.
Both these projects were out of character for me, in the Army I do communications and I've never built anything from scratch before. Also, my wife and I are born and bred city folk, never had chickens before. But as I said, I enjoyed doing them immensely. Building something solid and permanent was extremely rewarding to me and I would like to learn more.
So on the way back to Afghanistan I had a layover in the Atlanta Airport and happened to see a magazine from Fine Woodworking called Power Tool Techniques, which I picked up. Lo and behold I read it and have now subscribed to their magazine. In their online forums I happened to see a link to this site, and here I am.
So, to sum up, I have some construction carpentry under my belt and would like to learn more. I look forward to learning more about this fascinating craft.