New Members: Please Introduce Yourself!

[KregRep]

Welcome to the Kreg Owners' Community!
 
This thread is the best place to introduce yourself and let other Community members get to know you. Please include your name, where you're from, your experience building with wood, why you joined this Community, and any other interesting facts about yourself. Also, feel free to share links to your blog, personal website, etc.

Once you've introduced yourself, be sure to check out Helpful Tips for New Members.

We hope that you find great use and enjoyment from the Kreg Owners' Community!

-KregRep

[stanley kinsey]

I need to make cabinets for my new house i built i just passed all of the inspections. In about a month i want to get started. I need input, need kreg jig and cabinet plans

[Connie K Bays]

Hello, I'm so excited to get started with the Kregjig, this gadget (I'm a gadget fein) will enable me to make a few kitchen cabinets for our down stairs summer kitchen. Canning can become a mess so down stairs it goes. Looking at all of the projects that you all have going, and your work area is unreal. Thank all of the community for letting this beginner to pick your brains. CKBays

[Dave Andrews]

Well Let me introduce myself, I'm a 55year old male nurse who likes to do piddling around but wants to expand my horizons, married for 38 years to my 16 year old sweetheart on a acre of land in so. calif. with horses. One of the few places left where you can have horses in calif. I just purchased a 40 foot container trailer and I'm turning it into into a workshop. I decide that do to my age and the fact retirement is just around the corner I need to develop hobbies for old age. Any tips or info will be greatly appreciated, Dave 5000

[SCOTT A.HOWARD]

stanley kinsey said:

I need to make cabinets for my new house i built i just passed all of the inspections. In about a month i want to get started. I need input, need kreg jig and cabinet plans

[Vernon McNabb]

Hi, my name is Vernon, most people like to just call me Vern . I am in the Army, stationed in Ft. Rucker, AL. My wife bought me the Kreg tool online, and within an hour, I was hooked. I built a shelf for my son's room using the Kreg tool, and I was amazed at how sturdy it turned out. What I am hoping to do this summer is start a community project on-post by inviting kids over to the house and teaching them and allowing them to build bird houses for their yards. I think it would be a great way to bring the community closer by meeting the parents, and the children learn basic woodworking skills, and they can help ecologically by putting bird houses up in their yards.

[Don Laessig]

Hey all....I just got my Master system...:D

Ok, I'm Don Laessig, and from Milan, Indiana. My exp with wood working, is limited to some remodels in my home. I'm quite limited to what I can do, as I am disabled due to too many years as a carpet installer. I have degenerative disc disease, and arthritis of my entire spine....*ouch*...anyway, some projects that others would do in about 2 days, takes me anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months...*sigh*...:|

However, I am looking forward to building an entertainment center for our living room. When I complete this, I will post the process of the construction.

Glad to be a part of this community...:D....( btw, I'm 63, with a mindset of 40...lol)

[SCOTT A.HOWARD]

Vernon McNabb said:

Hi, my name is Vernon, most people like to just call me Vern . I am in the Army, stationed in Ft. Rucker, AL. My wife bought me the Kreg tool online, and within an hour, I was hooked. I built a shelf for my son's room using the Kreg tool, and I was amazed at how sturdy it turned out. What I am hoping to do this summer is start a community project on-post by inviting kids over to the house and teaching them and allowing them to build bird houses for their yards. I think it would be a great way to bring the community closer by meeting the parents, and the children learn basic woodworking skills, and they can help ecologically by putting bird houses up in their yards.

[SCOTT A.HOWARD]

Vernon McNabb said:

Hi, my name is Vernon, most people like to just call me Vern . I am in the Army, stationed in Ft. Rucker, AL. My wife bought me the Kreg tool online, and within an hour, I was hooked. I built a shelf for my son's room using the Kreg tool, and I was amazed at how sturdy it turned out. What I am hoping to do this summer is start a community project on-post by inviting kids over to the house and teaching them and allowing them to build bird houses for their yards. I think it would be a great way to bring the community closer by meeting the parents, and the children learn basic woodworking skills, and they can help ecologically by putting bird houses up in their yards.

HI VERN NICE TO MEET YOU, YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU KNOW THAT PERSON, HAVE A RELEASE FORM FOR THE PARENTS TO SIGN. THIS NOT ONLY PROTECTS YOU BUT EVERYTHING YOU WORKED SO HARD TO GET. THE REASON I AM TELLING YOU THS IS BECUASE I HAD A VERY GOOD FREIND OF MINE NEVER THOUGHT THIS WILL HAPPEN BUT IT DID. YOU ARE NOT BEING WRONG BY DOING THIS BUT PROTECT YOU, FREINDS YOU THINK ARE YOUR FREINDS CAN TURN ON YOU LIKE A SNAKE. YOUR IDEA IS A VAEY GOOD ONE BUT ALWAYS PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY. SCOTT TALK TO YOU LATER

[Vernon McNabb]

Already got the form, and talked with legal on-post. That's why the first class they get is shop safety.

SCOTT A.HOWARD said:

Vernon McNabb said:

Hi, my name is Vernon, most people like to just call me Vern . I am in the Army, stationed in Ft. Rucker, AL. My wife bought me the Kreg tool online, and within an hour, I was hooked. I built a shelf for my son's room using the Kreg tool, and I was amazed at how sturdy it turned out. What I am hoping to do this summer is start a community project on-post by inviting kids over to the house and teaching them and allowing them to build bird houses for their yards. I think it would be a great way to bring the community closer by meeting the parents, and the children learn basic woodworking skills, and they can help ecologically by putting bird houses up in their yards.

HI VERN NICE TO MEET YOU, YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU KNOW THAT PERSON, HAVE A RELEASE FORM FOR THE PARENTS TO SIGN. THIS NOT ONLY PROTECTS YOU BUT EVERYTHING YOU WORKED SO HARD TO GET. THE REASON I AM TELLING YOU THS IS BECUASE I HAD A VERY GOOD FREIND OF MINE NEVER THOUGHT THIS WILL HAPPEN BUT IT DID. YOU ARE NOT BEING WRONG BY DOING THIS BUT PROTECT YOU, FREINDS YOU THINK ARE YOUR FREINDS CAN TURN ON YOU LIKE A SNAKE. YOUR IDEA IS A VAEY GOOD ONE BUT ALWAYS PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY. SCOTT TALK TO YOU LATER

[Frank Mince]

Hi my name is Frank Mince. I'm from the Hartford area in Connecticut. I just started to work with wood and would like some tips on making some cabinet and other things for my house.

[SCOTT A.HOWARD]

hi frank
I HAVE BEEN IN WOODWORKING A LONG TIME , THE WAY I LEARNED WAS I WATCHED TAPE WHEN I STATED BUT NOW YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO ANY WEBSITE AND LEARN EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, THE SITES I WOULD GO ON WILL BE dyi nework or hgtv web sites they will give you everything you need to know.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS JUST TYPE THE LETTERS IN THE SEACH BOX THAT IS WHAT I DO ALL THE TIME.
GOOD DAY
SCOTT

[Bill Arnold]

Pocket hole joinery has its place but keep in mind that the "old way" might be more acceptable for many applications. For instance, there is no substitute for dovetails on drawers in a nice piece of furniture.

Aaron Brown said:

... I started using the kreg jig about 3 years ago, and I love pocket hole jointery so much, I sold my doweling jig, dovetail jig and biscuit jointer. I have no intentions of going back to the "old way".