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.
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
10-31-2009, 10:53 PM
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