What's your daytime job?

[Jens Jensen]

Just thought I would start a discussion on woodworkers real jobs. It would be fun to no if there are lots of professional people using Kreg Jig along with people  like myself a retired  construction worker.

[Jens Jensen]

[John Feeney]

I am a cognitive scientist. It sounds much more impressive than it is. Basically I help design and improve training systems to help people learn and retain "stuff".

[Tom (Cosmo) Conover]

I'm Tom from Cincinnati and a simi-retired IT network manager. I try (getting more and more difficult) to keep up with the field and still consider myself pretty up to date. I teach numbering systems, IP addressing and IP routing protpcols on a part time basis.
Jim, I remember paper tape and having to splice the tape after the reader chewed up a sizable chunk of tape. I Also remember DEC 100mb removable platter drives that were as large as a clothes washer. Now I have a 16gb USB drive that's smaller than my old Zippo.
I have long been a DIYer around the house and have recently became interested in woodworking.

Jim Osteen said:

Hello, I'm Jim from Oklahoma, a retired school teacher. I used to teach Computer Science and was pretty proficient at computers, but not anymore. How many of you remember entering programs and data using punched cards. We've come a long way baby. Obviously, the changes are rapid in computers. I'm into woodworking as a hobby, and I have a ways to go. I love reading about what others are doing in woodworking. Keep the dialogue going.

[JustinDOzone]

Great idea Jens! VP Sales for a semiconductor equipment manufacturer (we make the manufacturing tools that manufacturers like Intel, Micron etc use to make microchips). In other words I have no idea how to use a router :-)

[John Hauskins]

I am an Engineer that runs the Department of Transportation in Maricopa County Arizona. I am working hard to build some new things I need with my Kreg system. Am enjoying the effort and the results.

[Tim Wilde]

I retired from the Air Force Firefighter after 21 yrs, I enjoy making wooden trucks, fire truck the most. I work with computers in large hospital in Anchorage, Ak.I've been working 14 yrs and live in Alaska for 36 yrs.

[Tony Peters]

With all you Kreg jointers out there, no wonder I'm starting to have trouble finding anything that looks like clear pine. I've started out as a Marine Engineer and will finish as a Maintenance Technician in a nuclear power plant. Woodworking has been a passion all my life, as soon as they let me touch anything with a motor on it. Red Western Cedar is my favorite wood although it gums up the tools, My dad had a huge pile of it in the back yard and can remember the smell after a rain, Dad didn't do much wood working, just burnt the off cuts from what I was doing. Always made his machine shop smell nice in the winter Though. nuff said.......

[Bradley S Boen]

Hi, I'm Brad from north central North Dakota. I'm a locomotive engineer by profession and a beginning woodworker. I love using the kreg jig and after practicing on a few more smaller projects I would like to build an island for my kitchen.

[Herb Knott]

Hi, like yourself I am retired. I did however, work for the RR (Amtrak) for 33.5 years. I retired as manager or tech traning for the Mechanical Departments. Beside using the Kregg Jig, I am into wood turning. I make pens, wine bottle stoppers, desk sets, bird houses, and miniature bird houses, tea light bases etc. My first project with the jig was a well, my wife had seen at a local nursing home. After I explained to the owner of the home what I wanted to do (copy his well that he had purchased), he let me take soome pics and measurements etc. There is a pic of the well on my page. I've since made a couple of cabinets (no pics) for my wife using kregg pocket hole joints and a table for my disc sander.

[Fidel M. Bagulbagul, Jr]

Hello, I am Fidel a retired sales engineer from the Philippines. I am into woodworking hobby only a year ago. Nice to meet you guys.

[Brad Anderson]

Hello I'm Brad from Nebraska. My paying job is a utility plant operator at a local university. My non-paying job is a volunteer firefighter. My hobbies include woodworking, reading, and home improvement projects.

[Loren Westenskow]

I am retired from Pharmaceutical Sales where I was a manager. I took eighth grade shop, worked as a carpenter in college, and always had a few tools to maintain our home, Two years ago I began collecting tools and building Mission Style furniture. My biggest project to date was a cherry dining room table with six dining room chairs. I have the Kreg jig but have not used it very much. I need to do some cabints and book cases.