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

[Jean Poirier]

Hi everybody,

I am Jean Poirier from St-Joseph de Coleraine, Quebec.  I retired 3 years ago and I wanted to start a hobby in order to keep my mind occupied.  One of my buddies is in woodworking and loving it.  So I started to buy a few used tools and bought rought cut pine wood from a local lumber yard.  So right now, I am starting to get orders from customers who heard about me. A few weeks ago I found Ana White page and I noticed that she was using pocket holes in most of her projects so here I am trying to figure out if I should invest in the Kreg pocket hole jig.  Right now I think that my mind is made up.  I will start to save some $$$ in order to buy a Kreg kit.

[Steve Dodson]

No other tool that I've purchased has had as big an impact on the quality and appearance of my work.  Pocket holes took me to a whole new level of building (as I suspect it did for Ana White, judging from her projects).

[Gary Butler]

Hello, My name is Gary I live in a little town just south of Lansing Mi.  Within the last 5 years I have returned to woodworking I enjoy the time spent in my shop and have used the Kreg Jig on a few select projects and am always looking for more.  I am trying to orginize a new shop and am currently building some shelfs and cabnets and plan on using the jig system has much as possible.

 

[Jerry Peterson]

Hi All, My name is Jerry Peterson, living in Moncks Corner, SC. I am originally from Vancouver, WA. Joined the military in 1974, did 22 years in the Navy Submarine force. Married a Charleston girl, and retired here. I have always enjoyed woodworking, a love inherited from my father. I have always played around with it, but never got real deep into it. I have been looking at the youtube videos on the Kreg jig, and finally bought one. I was looking for projects on line, and found your merry band of enthusiasts.

[Roy foster]

Hi all my name is Roy I live near Stratford upon Avon uk, keen DIY,er just bought the Kreg jig and have used it to make a couple of kitchen cabinet doors.

I am sure you all know this anyway, but two things I have found out quite quickly is, clamp, clamp and clamp as much as you can and secondly I wouldn't recommend using a cordless impact screwdriver when inserting the screws into soft wood, in this case pine. The screws went into to far.

I love watching some of your videos, and looking at the project photo,s

[james wilhelm]

Hello , My name is JIM and I live in central PA.  I have been doing wood working  part time for 20 + years and now retired so I can work with wood instead of wrenches full time .  I just wanted to wish all the wood workers out there from beginners to the experts a happy and safe Thanksgiving . Keep posting all the wonderful projects, as I enjoy seeing them and you can learn a lot on this site , have a nice day !!!

[Sean Kearns]

Hello all my name is Sean. Iam new to woodworking and got a kregjig for my last birthday. So far i have made 2 work benches and a chair for my porch. I am looking for new plans of something new to build. I look forward to sharing my projects with you all.

[william sisk]

Hello,My name is Bill and I live in Gladwin,Michigan.I been work with wood off and off for 40 years and been making Dresser beds and cabinets.I been using pocket hole joinery for years.I just got master jig with the tool box.

[John J Lundin]

My name is John J Lundin and I live in Sturgis,SD. I have been working with craft projects all my life wood,metal,plastics and leathercraft. I own a home here so there are always something that needs to be built or repaired,

Kreg tools help along those lines especally with joints,clamp and many other items. Pocket joinery make things easy faster and strong joint. Lately most projects have ben repair work and not complete projects but hopefully time and money will allow me to work on building things.

 

[Stef Nebbioso]

Hi,

My name is Stef I'm from N.Y.  I began wood working a few years ago,I make things for outdoors mainly ascetic storage and wood stands and planters for my garden.I find wood working very rewarding and relaxing,I love the sense of pride I feel when I have completed a project successfully. I recently bought the Kreg pocket jig because I saw it used in a video from Lowes (home improvement) shortly after I bought the product and I have been hooked ever since and recommend it to all my friends.I joined the community in hopes of finding new projects and perhaps even make some new friends :)

[Robert Brennan]

Hello Stef, and welcome to the Kreg Community website

Here you will find all sorts of woodworking information, and its not just Kreg tool related.

Have a look at the many projects posted each day, and you will find all sorts of information relating to outdoor work, indoor work an items made just for th heck of it.

So browse the talents of world the many  wide wood workersthat are part of the community.

Enjoy yourself and if you are not for what ever reason  simply just ask for guidance and I can assure you that you will receive many replys to assist or simply to offer alternative solutions to your task.

Robert Brennan

Morningside

Brisbane

Queensland

Australia

Stef Nebbioso said:

Hi,

My name is Stef I'm from N.Y.  I began wood working a few years ago,I make things for outdoors mainly ascetic storage and wood stands and planters for my garden.I find wood working very rewarding and relaxing,I love the sense of pride I feel when I have completed a project successfully. I recently bought the Kreg pocket jig because I saw it used in a video from Lowes (home improvement) shortly after I bought the product and I have been hooked ever since and recommend it to all my friends.I joined the community in hopes of finding new projects and perhaps even make some new friends :)

[Rob Georgen]

Hi, my name is Rob.  I live in St. Charles, MO.  I've always done small woodworking projects but have decided to take the leap and start making large projects.  My goal is to make a bedroom set for my 26 year old son and my 7 year old grandson.  I have never used Kreg tools before but just purchased a pocket hole joiner.  Planning on making some cabinets for the garage just to get used to using the tool.  I love looking at lics of other projects folks have done.  Getting great ideas and great inspiration.