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AlanMonty
At the ripe old age of 21 I decided I wanted to get into woodworking. Im a senior at NC state studying Physics and Nuclear Engineering. I enjoying going out to some farm land my family owns and shooting :2gunfire:clay pigeons with friends and playing my guitar :-({|=. After buying a $2500 guitar I realized how beautiful wood could be. I had never paid attention to the wood grain in color of our oak tables or anything else, but the Western Cedar, Indian Rosewood, and American Mahogony on my guitar was too good looking not to notice. After that I got interested in all the different types of wood and what they're used for. I've always been a hands-on kinda guy; done construction work with Habitat for Humanity, rebuilt a few car engines and after refinishing quite a bit of ugly flea market furniture for some cheap college friends I want to build some stuff.
My dad's family is from High Point and quite a few of them made some really nice furniture for a living. He has made a few things that are pretty nice but being a jack of all trades as he is, can't put more time into it.
Since I'm pretty new to this I'm not sure quite where to get started. I have a decent working knowlege of most of the tools I will need to use but just need to find a project that won't put me in over my head.
I think that learning to make pieces that look nice and are functional will be something I'll value and continue to build on for the rest of my life. Hopefully since I'm starting when I'm just a kid will mean I'll be decent at it by the time I retire.
Guess that about sums up my career in woodcrafting so I'll shut up now.
My dad's family is from High Point and quite a few of them made some really nice furniture for a living. He has made a few things that are pretty nice but being a jack of all trades as he is, can't put more time into it.
Since I'm pretty new to this I'm not sure quite where to get started. I have a decent working knowlege of most of the tools I will need to use but just need to find a project that won't put me in over my head.
I think that learning to make pieces that look nice and are functional will be something I'll value and continue to build on for the rest of my life. Hopefully since I'm starting when I'm just a kid will mean I'll be decent at it by the time I retire.
Guess that about sums up my career in woodcrafting so I'll shut up now.