Welcome to our humble little spot on the web John, glad to have you with us.
I took the liberty and moved your thread to the Who We Are forum. It is a more appropriate forum for an intro and is one step toward getting you discount qualified for some vendors here.
If you can, please make plans to attend
The Klinspor's Extravaganza in Hickory. It is the last Friday and Saturday in October at the Hickory Convention Center and there will be lots of members there. Klingspors is a big supporter of this site and in turn this group is a big supporter of them as well as having our on booth at the show