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Introduction of an alien
Seems to me, I´m the very latest newby to the forum! Additionally one from overseas!
Read several threads througout the last 2 weeks or so and it was pretty interesting. So I decided to join in.
Let me introduce myself:
53 years old male from Germany, married, no kids.
Electronics Engineer and currently Technical Mgr. of a companys Medical Intruments branch.
Woodworking started for me last year, triggered by books from David Day (England?). Short before we had moved to a new (35 years old) home that provides enough space for woodworking and there were several small projects to improve that home. You see, I´m still a beginner. Now I´m on the Workbench´s Book frm Lon Schleining. Want to create my own bench this year.
I like both, handtools and powertools and I like quality. Chisels from Kirschen (Double Cherry), planes from Stanley (I know, there are even better ones), power tools from Festool.
Other hobbies: Geology, my old Italian car (Lancia), steam powered railroad equipment, photography, travelling the Amercan southwest, good food. Crime Stories from Hammett or Chandler.
Think, thats enough for now. Hope I didn`t bore you!
Rolf
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Rolf,
Welcome to the Creek! We are glad to have you as a member! Be sure to post some pictures of your work, when you have time. It always amazes me the fast reaches of this forum. We have members from many many contries.
Once again, welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay!
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Welcome to Saw Mill Creek Rolf. I have learned a lot here and I am sure that you will too.
And it is good to see additional members from Europe. I, for one, really value the different perpective that European members bring to this forum.
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Welcome Rolf! You've found an excellent place to spend some online time. Next time you're planning a trip to the southwest let us know. There are quite a few of us out here.
Pete
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Welcome to the Creek Rolf! Neat place to trade information!
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Welcome, Rolf. Always a pleasure to have another community member...and if you're a woodworker, you're no alien!! ;)
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Welcome to SMC Rolf..!!!!! Germany hugh? I've been in your part of the world before and loved every minute of it. Took the Cog Train up the mountain to snow ski on the Zugspitze in Garmisch, Munich, and Frankfurt. Very pretty country.
Well, enough rambling on about my enjoyment of Germany. WELCOME ROLF!!!! :D
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Welcome Rolf
I'm impressed already. You can write in English. All I can say is Dumculf (dumb) and su de tour ( shut the door) I know I didn't spell them correctly.:D
I'm only familiar because I helped my daughter in her German class at school. Obviously I didn't help enough. She went on as an exchange student in Dresden.
My family moved to America from Germany in about the year 1870 so she was just going back her roots. Great country that Germany.
So welcome to SMC your not among strangers:)
Mark
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Welcome to the Creek Rolf! You will get and give good information and meet good people.
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Welcome to the creek. Some of my fondest memories are from Germany circa 1960-62 in and around Kitzengen and Wurzburg. We returned to Kitzengen in 1990 and found the growth and people delightful and as friendly as I remembered. If you're ever around the Houston, Texas area be sure to get in touch.
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Many thanks for the warm welcome!
Yes, I can write in English but be prepared for being patient with me! There are still enough language pitfalls to avoid. On the other hand - this is an additional opportunity not only to learn about woodworking. Foreign language experience will add up too.
As far as I see now, the woodworking community in the United States seems to be much larger than the German one, even if one takes differences in population in account. One reason might be that Americans are more accustomed to use wood - at least as a construction material for buildings.
How many percent of - for example - houses are more or less made of wood in the United States? In Germany you`ll find only few new wooden buildings, even if the number has increased over the years. Mostly, only prefabricated houses are more or less made from wood. Conventional houses only have a wooden truss, even if the beautiful frame buildings are part of our heritage.
In Germany furniture making is partly a lost art of the past. We can build cars! :rolleyes: I might not have the full picture, but it seems to me that there are only few people practising cabinet making. No Sam Maloofs or James Krenovs! Sometime you get the feeling, only aficinoados are keeping the craft alive. Might be a much too pessimistic view - I don´t know! But I see too much cheap furnituere glued together from paticle boards with plastic coated surface. You know about Ikea?
My project for the near future is a home made workbench build exactly to my needs. The double screw Veritas end vise is already ordered.
Rolf
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welcome to the creek
I build 18th century american furniture for fun, and some of my most favorite "american" pieces are of German origin. Your country has a great heritage of excellent furniture design. best wishes with your bench.
click on this link to see the bench that I built and one from your country that I really like
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=18204
kind regards
lou
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Welcome to SMC, lots of friendly people here willing to share their thoughts and knowledge of woodworking. I happen to live in Arizona in the Phoenix area so if you are ever in the area let me know. I would be happy to show you around. :D
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Hey, Rolf! I see we have a lot in common. I spent 3 years at Hahn Air Base from '66 to '69. I am also a railroad lover, I had a model railroad business for 6 years, and I had a 17 by 22 ft. H.O. scale model railroad in the basement of the old house with over 300 ft. of track.
I'm new here, also, so I'm sure we'll learn a lot together.
Larry
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Hello Rolf. Welcome to the Creek. Hey..this is great...You'd like to work on your English and I need a German translator!!! But the wood projects are much more important...They are a language all their own.