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

[Ray Lattman]

Thanks the bigger one looks better, I'm waiting for the drawer slides coming friday.

William J Grasser said:

Great looking desk.

[Bob Harris]

Thanks guys

I mounted mine today on a 3/4 x12"x24" MDF board added the stop/support about 10"

to the side. It came out pretty good. Finally got to use my new Bosch circular saw too !

Bob

[William Blakeman]

Hi, My name is William from Vancouver Canada via South Africa, via Kenya. I have been wood working for

most of my life. Just bought my first Kreg Jig Master System. I am looking forward to using it on some Oak cabinets I want to build.

I tried it on a small project, extending an Oak bullnose and found I was breaking a lot of screws?

[Robert Brennan]

William Blakeman said:

Hi, My name is William from Vancouver Canada via South Africa, via Kenya. I have been wood working for

most of my life. Just bought my first Kreg Jig Master System. I am looking forward to using it on some Oak cabinets I want to build.

I tried it on a small project, extending an Oak bullnose and found I was breaking a lot of screws?

[Robert Brennan]

Robert Brennan said: Hello William, In regard to breaking screws, you may wish to check the following,

1. If the timber is hardwood the screw thread should be "fine".

2. Make sure they are genuine Kreg Screws.

3. The length of the screw may be "too long" for your particulat job regardless of what the instructions recommend.

4. On Kreg's web site there is a video (I think) which details experimental lengths to suit other applications.

5. When I first started using my jig I also broke a lot of screws, I later found out the were a Chinese Manufacturer and not the real M'Coys. I overcame this by reducing the anount of torque I applied.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Robert Brennan

Brisbane

QLD

Australia

William Blakeman said:

Hi, My name is William from Vancouver Canada via South Africa, via Kenya. I have been wood working for

most of my life. Just bought my first Kreg Jig Master System. I am looking forward to using it on some Oak cabinets I want to build.

I tried it on a small project, extending an Oak bullnose and found I was breaking a lot of screws?

[Bob Deckard]

My name is Bob, I live in south Georgia,  I am a beginning woodworker and I Joined the community to learn as much as I can while using my Kreg Jig.

[Michael Hobert Edwards]

I am a new DIY.

I have taken on the challenge to build two shadow box wine cork end tables. Here is a photo of my Face Book page. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1401141796&aid=2010647#!/p...

 

Right now I am building the frames to these End Tables, and plan next weekend to use the Kreg tool to fasten the legs I purchased from Lowes together.

 

I watched the Kreg video, and I am astounded they used no  square or picture frame tool to ensure the base is square.

 

Has anyone else made a shadow box wine cork glass top table?

 

Michael Edwards of Cary, NC.

[Michael Byrne]

Hi, my name is Michael and I live on Long Island, NY. I would consider myself to be an ametuer woodworker at this point but I have always loved working with wood and am looking to get into it a lot more going forward. I just purchased the Kreg Jig and have to say I'm in love with it already. I built a fireplace with electric insert with my Kreg Jig and the results were just terrific. Anyway, I look forward to hanging out around these parts and picking the brains of some of my fellow members. I have seen some of the photographs of the work you guys have done and it's beyond impressive...always nice to see I'm not the only one with a wood obsession.

[Kevin]

Greetings Fellow Wood Workers.  My name is Kevin, they call me Casper when I'm touring on my Honda Goldwing Motorcycle.  I am so new to wood working that I will make the beginners on this page feel like pros.  I joined the local Carpenters Union here in Atlanta Georgia about 6 months ago, and have the qualifications of a third period apprentice. That ain't sayin much :-).  Work is very slow here in Georgia, with the only opportunities in scaffolding.  So, that is where the training has been focused.  I'm not looking for work, and too old for scaffolding, so I have to mend for myself until some training with wood presents itself.

 

I have been acquiring tools as they come along in preparation for building a shop.  I am very interested in the Kreg Systems, and will be utilizing the deck jigs to put an addition on my existing deck.  The deck will be my first major wood working project due to begin in a month or so.  I'm in the planning stages now.

 

I wanted to reach out with an introduction, and say hello to the Kreg Community.  If anyone has a suggestion on where to acquire some training on wood working skills, please forward some suggestions.

[Ray Lattman]

Welcome brother, I am a retired carpenter local 24. I've been woodworking for 30 something years. You remind me of a young me. we all started out new at one time. So with that in mind ask me any questions you have. I'm only to happy to help. Ray

Kevin said:

Greetings Fellow Wood Workers.  My name is Kevin, they call me Casper when I'm touring on my Honda Goldwing Motorcycle.  I am so new to wood working that I will make the beginners on this page feel like pros.  I joined the local Carpenters Union here in Atlanta Georgia about 6 months ago, and have the qualifications of a third period apprentice. That ain't sayin much :-).  Work is very slow here in Georgia, with the only opportunities in scaffolding.  So, that is where the training has been focused.  I'm not looking for work, and too old for scaffolding, so I have to mend for myself until some training with wood presents itself.

 

I have been acquiring tools as they come along in preparation for building a shop.  I am very interested in the Kreg Systems, and will be utilizing the deck jigs to put an addition on my existing deck.  The deck will be my first major wood working project due to begin in a month or so.  I'm in the planning stages now.

 

I wanted to reach out with an introduction, and say hello to the Kreg Community.  If anyone has a suggestion on where to acquire some training on wood working skills, please forward some suggestions.

[Becky Bresnahan]

Hi, I'm Becky, and probably one of the few women on this community.  I live in GA and have been dabbling in woodworking for a couple of years, my skills growing with my workshop equipment.  I'm a single mom with a son (who, unfortunately...or maybe fortunately...hates the sound of a table saw!), who's 4.

 

I bought my jig last month and have been having a blast with it.  I've repaired a rickety rocking chair, built a couple frames, and made 3 shelf units.  Forget Craigslist!  I'm building all my furniture now!!!!  I think my next project will be some sort of table.  I have visions of a coffee table with recessed ottomans (ottomen?)

[Steve M. Reynolds]

Hi I'm Steve from South Ga. and just bought my Kreg Jig about a month ago. New to woodwork and just finished a toy chest for grandson and now making a 4 space potato,onion,berad and whatever cabinet for my wifes kitchen.

Love the kreg jig and can make joints that I would never have attempted before.

Thanks Steve