Hi Everyone - I came across the website today and ended up meeting some of you at The Molding Source in Mooresville. Those I met, including Rick the owner of the shop made me feel so at home (easy to do in the middle of that much wood to drull over) that I felt I would fit right in with all of you. I have been working with wood since I was old enough to lift a hammer (with a little help from my older brother). Of course it has been a learning experience all these years (shortly after the initial hammer incident, I blasted my thumb with that hammer; as just one example).
I've built homes, remodeled, and completed utility type projects for too many years to count up here, but when I left the trade, I began "enjoying" the art in the wood that had in my garages. Soon I found myself building all kinds of furniture projects for family and friends. I do it for the love of the wood that I "get" to use in these projects and the feeling of accomplishment that comes when a joint is fit-up just right or when a "plan comes together". Of course there are those "don't take yourself to seriously" moments too, when I laid everything out and cut everything backwards.:icon_cheers
In 2002, I got into lathe work, and I really enjoy making bowls, boxes, pens, oraments, etc... on my Powermatic 3520 lathe. I'm certainly no expert, but I seem to have some experience. I love cutting up wood on our property to see what's inside. It's like Christmas time when I was a boy - every time!! it would seem.
I'll do my best to contribute to the forums, and hope to meet many of you along the way.
Thanks for being here.
Kevin
I've built homes, remodeled, and completed utility type projects for too many years to count up here, but when I left the trade, I began "enjoying" the art in the wood that had in my garages. Soon I found myself building all kinds of furniture projects for family and friends. I do it for the love of the wood that I "get" to use in these projects and the feeling of accomplishment that comes when a joint is fit-up just right or when a "plan comes together". Of course there are those "don't take yourself to seriously" moments too, when I laid everything out and cut everything backwards.:icon_cheers
In 2002, I got into lathe work, and I really enjoy making bowls, boxes, pens, oraments, etc... on my Powermatic 3520 lathe. I'm certainly no expert, but I seem to have some experience. I love cutting up wood on our property to see what's inside. It's like Christmas time when I was a boy - every time!! it would seem.
I'll do my best to contribute to the forums, and hope to meet many of you along the way.
Thanks for being here.
Kevin
