I love these woodworking forums so I thought I’d introduce myself.
I bought my first table saw in 1969, what a year, Woodstock, the moon landing and my saw. I graduated from mechanical engineering in 1975 and ended up as Plant Engineer with a large American company. The siren song of woodworking kept calling though and in 1977, to the crashing sound of dropping jaws, I went into wood-butchery full time.
Over the years I combined woodworking with contracting, built a few new houses, renovated lots of them, but always kept a shop to service the business. For a few years I worked as a carpenter and later construction manager in the motion picture business – not a job for someone with a family!
My real passion though has always been millwork / architectural – windows, doors, entries, porticoes, columns, pilasters, conservatories, mouldings etc. The odd real good kitchen too. I’ve always been a big shaper hound, they can’t make them big enough!
I made a mess of my left hand with a dado in 2002. I still do some woodworking but I make my living now in design for design – builders and private individuals. I do some pretty wild kitchens, if anyone is interested I’ll post some pics.
It’s nice to see so many knowledgeable and helpful folks in one place. I’m looking forward to checking in here often.
Cheers, keep it square level and plumb,
Greg Young
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We would love to see pictures of your work.
