Jay Boutwell

Male

Salem, OR

United States

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Which Kreg products do you own?: Kreg Jig® Master System, Older Kreg Jig, Micro-Pocket Drill Guide
How would you describe yourself?: Advanced Woodworker
What's one interesting fact about you, your life, your garage, shop, or home?: A woodworking hobby that turned into a second career

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Ralph Sarc

Thanks Jay for your kind comments concerning my shop. It is very comfortable to work in and I enjoy project time whenever I can get down there! I’m working on a dresser and hutch reuse project to match the headboard I built last month but I’m a bit pressed for time due to a very busy work schedule. I’ll post some pictures next week.

Mar 6, 2011
Ralph Sarc

I agree it was great chatting with you and you are right it is a small world. I drove back and forth to Salem from Vancouver for about 6 months or so before my promotion to the Silo store in Portland.

As I said we really miss the area and try to visit yearly as we have many friends in the Portland area.

Have a great day.

Mar 7, 2011
Humberto Morales

Jay, just log in and saw some of the comment from you, Al Barale and Jame waller. Just want to say thanks partners. I've seen some of your work and the other guys, its awsome. Take care and God bless you all.

Morales

Mar 7, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, just looked at the electronic bus card. very impressinve. as always you do wonderful work. do you engrave the stone your self and if so how. thanks again have a great day

Mar 8, 2011
steve kidd

thanks for the link, it worked ordered my cataloge, cant wait to see it, have a good day. i have to work next four nites talk to you mon

Mar 10, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, was just checking out the new bit site, do you use the rubber bushing, and do they work as advertized. seems like a great idea. again thanks i think i have found a new bit supplier. talk to you later, good luck with all the work.

Mar 10, 2011
Steve Litten

Jay, thanks for the nice comments on my crib.

Mar 13, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay. this is what i found on the nailer. it is an accuset A200BN 18 ga 2" utility brad nailer. serial num is 99900831. got it about 13 years ago. the carring case says accuset, the nailer its self says accuset and senco. again thanks for all you and your contacts are doing, cant thank you enough. talk to you later

Mar 15, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, hope all is well. just read the last few comments on not a pancea blog. consider some to be bs. just wanted to check with you on your opinion. if a member dosent post pics of thier work i cant "trust,believe" thier comments. i know not all will post thier work, but if you want to comment have some evidence on your work and skill level. i may be an ass, i know i am. but prove your skill and experience. it just seems some will comment and have no pratical experience with woodworking, they just want to comment and be heard. please let me know your thoughts on this. i may be wrong in my thinking, it happens, i just want some proof of thier knowledge. take care talk to you later.

Mar 23, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, got your email. very good points. i just reread the pancea posts and the ones supporting jb dont seem to see where he was insulting the members skill levels. i think we all know about the other joints that can be made, but when he talks about the astetic value of a mt joint he sounds foolish to me. unless its a pass thru mt, you cant even see the "quality joint". glad i gave up commenting on the post. i also read where called someone an ass i think. for you and me alike, he didnt have any evidence to support his comments. and again please dont insult the members of this site with his uppity super skills. oh we did have some bad weather around, but not right here. talk to you later.

Mar 24, 2011
ray vile

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Mar 25, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, sorry we missed you, ron, kenny and josh had a nice chat. hope to chat wed around 11 pm, i get off then, take care

Mar 30, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, thanks for the info for the dc switch. missed you last nite. what do you think about josh. he lives real close, hope to meet him in person next week. left tomboy another message, still no reply. hope all is well, talk to you later, i work till 11 pm so i will be on chat after i get home 1130 or so. talk to you later

Mar 30, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, went to amish country today, great time, i looked at some furniture and was dissapointed. we say some elm, gorgous wood. i knew that i knew something about it, damn dutch elm disease. most pretty grain i have ever seen, wish we could get elm today at a reasonable price. i think i can sell gliders for $300 and make about $200 profit, if i can get the wood form my buddy, will call him mon, take care hope to talk to you soon.

Apr 1, 2011
steve kidd

ps, the comments you made the other nite have not inflated my ego, just gave me the warm and fuzzy feeling, thanks again, you need to tell tomboy what you said, it will make her smile just like me, comments form someone like you mean so very much, thanks again.

Apr 1, 2011
Jay Boutwell

IO answered both comments in a personal e-mail to you. what is had to day passed the 2000 characters that they allowed

Apr 2, 2011
John Harrison

Thanks Jay. If there's one thing I've learned in the last 25 yrs, it's that you never stop learning when it comes to woodworking. Even the most novice woodworker can come up with a Jig or trick to make things easier, as well as a great project idea. I look forward to learning even more from the Kreg community, and offer any experience of my own that I can.

Apr 3, 2011
steve kidd

jay, just to be safe here is my personal email, skidd913@yahoo.com

Apr 4, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, meet josh today, pertty nice kid, i see lots of potential in him. he has a good backgound. willing to listen and learn, think he and i will become friends. hope all is well talk to you later.

Apr 5, 2011
steve kidd

shes back, tomboy is online, left her message, hoping she will chat, just wanted to let you know she is alive and here, talk to you later, good news she is at least online

Apr 5, 2011
Tim Holman

Thanks Jay, i used the "x" and it worked great.

Some day i may get to Salem and we could meet. our Daughter and husband just moved to the WA coast, so we will be going their more frequently.

Apr 7, 2011
Betty

Jay,

I received your email on my smartphone this morning, however, its no longer on my profile page. I also left a comment on the Kreg Experience thread last night prior to KregRep opening a spam thread. That too is gone. Can you please check my photos and see if the spam is still viewable to you?

Thanks for all your help.

Betty

Apr 11, 2011
ray vile

hi jay

you were right, thanks again I ran a deep scan last night. found and removed were as follows trojan:win/32hilolo.gen!d and virtool:jsobfuscator.ay It didn't tell me when i got them ,but it found and removed them.

once again thanks alot

Ray

Apr 12, 2011
Jay Boutwell

Good morning Ray: the trojan you found is slisted by Mircosoft to be a serious threat and it is in the system 32 files and interfers with your browser and downloads as well as does it's own abritary files. It is also known as the trojan zefarch named by symantec. In order to remove it you MUST turn off your system restore files and delete thoes files and remove it from the operating system. If you don't it will return to you computer. In order to determine where it came you have to load some software in to your computer that tells you what the originating ip address was that sent it. That is what I did and is why i know where my crapo came from ; The other person whom had computer prop[blems worse than I did was a mutual friend of both you and I and his was much worse and he had hid fixed bya computer tec and was told that his came also from the same ip address. What I am going to do is set up my kreg jig community on an old crappy computer that i hardly use and use it just for kreg jig. That is the only real solution for me at this point. The other would be to of course dump the site. The web site address is:216.45.48.190 and 8.6.19.68 which is a ning server located in palo alto california. This is where i traced my crap to.

Apr 12, 2011
Michael Campbell

Jay, Thanks for the idea with the CD, I used it on my last customer and they loved it. It was mainly just pictures of their project. I need to learn a little more on the use and tools of the computer to make a good CD to get my name on it. But they loved it and said they were looking forward to showing it off. Thanks again Jay. Michael

Apr 12, 2011
Mike Kahle

Thanks Jay. I just put a new plug cord on it and replaced the connections at the switch since they showed their age. I am actively searching for a table design, and will build a new cabinet for it this week or so.

Apr 12, 2011
Jay Boutwell

You are most welcome Mike. I think you have a nice shop addition. What makes a nice table for these and some times are pretty much for the hauling is from doors shops. Find a lumberyard or place that deals with house doors and solid core doors especially the exterior doors and grab one of the toss out and or a cut outs for window glass. Thes are very solid and stable making an excellent table as they are flat and smooth. You can make a cut off the back making a two piece of which you can use a piece of 3/4 inch hardwood as a fence.

Apr 12, 2011
Gary roofner

To bad with your luck. I acctuall may have something Robert Melrose put me to its called a Joint-Genie. http://www.joint-genie.com/

Apr 30, 2011
William Burton

Hi, Jay,

Thanks for the link you sent to the Stanton Furniture website - wow, they have a ton of stuff, and it looks great - that's a fantastic inspiration for future projects.

William Burton

May 4, 2011
Gary roofner

Did you get a gripper?

Also did they get any of the zip mortisers?

May 14, 2011
Gary roofner

Good news on gripper. I changed my mind on the mortiser went with a dowel jig from amazon self centering. I missed the rockler sale on gripper from rockler had a 20% off and $10 off would have been $61 with shipping and taxes.

May 15, 2011
Gary roofner

I was waiting for your reply as to your fellings on the mortising jig. I did however buy a self centering dowel jig that works well with my Incra T square for layout.

May 18, 2011
ray vile

Hey Jay,

How are you doing ,haven't seen you online , I hope everything is good with you,

Talk to you later,

your friend Ray

May 19, 2011
Gary roofner

Here i s another possible option on mortise jig. Bedlock pro

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=18092&filter=doweling%2...

May 31, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay. havent heard from you lately. hope you are well. thanks for the holiday message. take care talk to you later.

Jun 2, 2011
ron gagnon

hiya jay was wondering were you were hope everything is well i read steve and ray comments and about chat seems as you say something wrong as last night was completely shut down now it is back on today
take care hope to see u on line soon take care . your friend ron

Jun 2, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, hope all is well. i feel the need to vent. there are two members on this site, with no pics of there work, but they comment all the time. they may be awoesome craftsmen but show your work, if you can comment all the time then learn and take the time to post your work. im sure you can figure out the two that im commenting about. just pisses me off to see thier posts and dont have evidence of their work. i know some dont know how to post pics but i think they are chicken shit members to comment and not post pics. please set me straight on my opinions, i may be right or wrong, just need some input from a trusted friend and craftman to help me see the big picture. thanks, take care, talk to you later.

Jun 14, 2011
Gary roofner

I received my beadlocker router bit. Dissappointed no setup directions with the bit. Did your brother get his yet?

Jun 17, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, your the best person i know to ask. and im sure you have made secret compartemts in furniture. please give me some ideas and clues on what and how to make them. really dont need to hide anything, but like the idea of a hidden, or secret compartment. would like to incorporate them into all my next projects. thanks again as always. steve

Jun 23, 2011
steve kidd

think i will start a blog on this topic, thanks again for any input. i know you know what you are talking about.

Jun 23, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, leslee asked me to have you request her as a friend. thanks

Jun 28, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, its ken darga and mike shoban, mike commented on furnature, said he would leave the overachieving to the rest of us, that pissed me off. both may be fine craftsman but not showing work and commenting hundreds of times makes me wonder

Jun 29, 2011
Robert Brennan

Jat,

Nice to have friends in the know.

My attempts to obtain a GR 200 are still ongoing, when I found out that Northwood was the supplier I was already to do a bike run and buy 2x of them.

However the Floods apparently wiped out the business and they closed down.

The following email is from the Northwood Ownwer.

All good things come to an end . . .

It is with much sadness and regret I send this message to all current Northwood Newsletter subscribers.

After the recent floods I was forced to move premises, and try to rebuild the wreck that resulted from the January disaster that hit much of Queensland.

In the fullness of time, I realised the job was massive and to be honest I just do not have the zest or desire to start all over again.

The woodworking business has been purchased by Chris Hudson who I believe is changing the web site to a totally different operation. He can be contacted at sales@northwoodtools.com.au or 0427 800 464 in the meantime.

Please note I have no involvement in the woodworking business from 1st may 2011.

To you all a hearty thankyou and goodbye.

Colin Rayner

Jul 2, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, i got the email, but all i saw was a talking jack ass, that could be one of at least three people here, the two brer rabbits or the one you mentioned. lol. thanks for the email. take care, talk later

Jul 13, 2011
John A Cason II

Jay. Sorry for the late reply. I haven't been on in some time. I am currently working on a corner cabinet. If you want to check out more of my projects, take a look on facebook. Search for Mongo's Workshop by J. Cason

Jul 24, 2011
ron gagnon

hiya jay just wondering how are u have not seen u on chat long time hope all is well your friend ron

Sep 15, 2011
steve kidd

hi jay, been missing you on chat lately. hope all is well. been busy here. insulated shop and house. instaled furnace in rental. still need to finish cat box cab. talk to you later. sent message to tomboy, but have not got return message. take care

Oct 24, 2011
steve kidd

looks like you have plenty of work, may need to hire your neighbor for some help. lol. take care will talk to you later, cant wait to see some more pics of the up comming jobs.

Oct 24, 2011
Tony Miller

Thanks Jay. I am just starting off and I've seen your work from your photos and you've got a gift and if anyone that can show me how to better myself at my woodworking it would be you. So thanks for shairing your ideas, thoughts and your projects.

Nov 5, 2011
James Thorne

Thanks for the kind words Jay. I look forward to my next project.

Nov 11, 2011