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

[Terry Kots]

Hello, My name is Terry and I live in California.  I recently purchased a Kreg Jig and am amazed at how nice the joints are with this.  I am a beginer woodworker but am looking forward to adding tools to my arsenal and improving my abilities.  My first project was an entry way bench that actually turned out very good and the wife is pleased.  A few more projects and I should be able to justify some more money for additional tools :-)

[JUAN OROZCO]

Hello, My name is Juan and I live in Middle Tennessee. I have buit mail boxes in the past but am trying woodworking as a hobby. I want to build deckbenches for my deck and remove the ugly PVC railing.

[Ken Darga]

Welcome Aboard Terry,

Getting the Kreg jig, is a great start.

Kreg's Jig and their pocket hole joinery system, is a great way to get into wood working and building projects.

It's a simple and easy joinery system, for the beginner as well as the seasoned pro.

Terry Kots said:

Hello, My name is Terry and I live in California.  I recently purchased a Kreg Jig and am amazed at how nice the joints are with this.  I am a beginer woodworker but am looking forward to adding tools to my arsenal and improving my abilities.  My first project was an entry way bench that actually turned out very good and the wife is pleased.  A few more projects and I should be able to justify some more money for additional tools :-)

[Ken Darga]

Juan,

The Kreg Pocket Hole System, is the way to go.

JUAN OROZCO said:

>>>.... I want to build deckbenches for my deck and remove the ugly PVC railing./p>

[Jim Shelton]

All assembled with the Kreg Jig

JUAN OROZCO said:

Hello, My name is Juan and I live in Middle Tennessee. I have buit mail boxes in the past but am trying woodworking as a hobby. I want to build deckbenches for my deck and remove the ugly PVC railing.

[Ken Darga]

Nice.

Jim Shelton said:

All assembled with the Kreg Jig

[Anthony DeCesare]

Hello, my name is Anthony and I live in Pennsylvania. I am always interested in woodworking and enjoy it very much as a hobby. I have just completed a sofa table which was the biggest piece I have ever made. It has inspired me to do more woodworking since it came out so nice. I am already almost done with a pub table and stools for it now. I just bought the kreg master jig after the completion of that sofa table since I saw how easy it was to use and used it on the pub table and stools and it is just an awesome tool to have!

[Russ]

ooppps! wrong thread

[Dale Pyles]

hi, i'm new to woodworking and starting to get some tools together. just bought the basic kreg jig. what other tools are a must when building cabinets and tables?

[Nicholas W. Kostella, Jr]

Clamps, a good wood glue (I like titebond III), a good circular sander for the unfinsihed wood (150 grain sandpaper), a good sanding sealer (Zinzer has a good product), a good polyurithane and finally a palm sander using a 400grit wet\dry sandpaper for between coats of poly.  You have the perfect tool with the kreg jig system.  There are other tools, but to achieve the greatest finish, I believe is the crowning achievement to cabinets and any wood furniture.

[Russ]

Building cabinets? You'll need a higher end table saw.  The 200-300 saw dont cut it, i think.

I initially had one of these low end saws and it's difficult to get nice square cuts.

this is what i upgraded to recently: RIDGID 10 in. 13-Amp Professional Table Saw

It's not a low end saw, but it's also not one of those high end $1000 saws.

As Nicholas said, clamps are a must, and not just one or two.  Maybe 5-6 is a nice number to start with.

[Ken Darga]

Up to 8 clamps, of adequate length, may be needed to hold a cabinet carcass together, while the glue is setting up.