Newbie intro

[Richard Fischer Jr]

Greetings everyone,
I am relatively new to the Creek, but I just wanted to introduce myself. I recently picked up woodworking about 8 months ago, and have fallen in love with it since. My father passed down a few Stanley planes that he received from his father, and ever since I have been bitten by the woodworking bug. I have kept to fairly novice projects to get my feet wet, but am slowly moving toward basic joinery and the like. I have gained a lot of knowledge reading through the respective forums, but have a long way to go. I recently completed a pretty basic SYP woodworking bench, as my Home Depot plywood special wasn't quite hacking it anymore. I have a few more tweaks to get it where I would like it for the time being (more dog holes, etc), but so far it is a much better improvement over my previous bench. I look forward to interacting with all of the experienced woodworkers here, and welcome any knowledge you can drop on me.

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[Kent A Bathurst]

Cool!!

Hey, Augusta - The Big City welcomes you!!

Nice job on the bench....SYP is a good choice - dense and heavy.

Looking forward to hearing what you've got to say.

Regards,

Kent

[Julie Moriarty]

Welcome, Richard! I'm sure you'll love it here. Pretty cool bench you built. Those planes you inherited can work miracles for you. Visit the Neanderthal section and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Love Augusta! I was first there in 1980 and learned what Southern Hospitality was all about.

[Kent A Bathurst]

Richard:

For the record: Julie builds musical instruments. Julie has posted a tutorial on bending electrical conduit. Julie has, or wants, or both, a big boat [I am never clear which]. Julie has cooler shop machines than I do. I forget the rest of Julie's CV.

I just take the "southern hospitality" route when she posts: "Yes'm". Always works well for me.

Plus - she classes up the joint.

[Jesse Busenitz]

Nice bench, and welcome to the creek! Gotta ask what's the arn bandsaw in the background?

[Mike Ontko]

Greetings, Richard! And ditto on your bench--looks like it will stand up to anything you can put on it.

[Randy Red Bemont]

Welcome to the forum.

Red

[darren ross]

Nice one! Keep on sharing your work and progress here

[Jebediah Eckert]

Nice bench! Welcome from the north.

[Richard Fischer Jr]

Thanks Jesse! It's actually my grandfather's old bandsaw that my father passed down to me. I touched it up somewhat to prevent rust, but it still runs like a champ.

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[Richard Fischer Jr]

These are all the planes I inherited with the exception of the Stanley #5. I recently obtained some more planes from a gentlemen back near my parents that is downsizing his shop as they plan to move.

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There are the originals I was given.

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A few more I picked up. Next project is to build a cabinet to store these planes under the bench. Plus a little extra weight wouldn't hurt. Not that the bench moves at all.

[Frederick Skelly]

Welcome Richard! This is a great place to learn.

If hand tools interest yoy, be sure to check our Neanderthal forum.

Look forward to hearing from you!
Fred