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

[Don Snyder]

Hello everyone, My name is Don from Georgia and I am excited to be joining the Kreg family. I have done some DIY and woodworking projects in the past but have decided to get into it full time. I love looking at the outstanding ideas and projects others have done and can't wait to jump into it. I look forward to hearing from others and sharing ideas.

[Bruce Wainman]

Hi Folks, Bruce from Burlington Ontario. I have been doing carpentry for the last 25 years but just got into more finishing type carpentry in the last 10 years. I got the Kreg jig as gift and did not touch it for years now I hardly do a project without it! 

[James H Simpson]

Hello, my name is Jim and I'm living in western NC and have been woodworking, off and on, for the last 40 years.  I consider myself a beginning woodworker and am looking forward to interacting with all the talent here.  Just bought the KREG master jig and am REALLY looking forward to building projects using this remarkable tool!  Don't know a lot but I'd like to learn a lot, so bear with me...Thanks!

[Mark Carosiello]

Hello, my name is Mark, I retired after serving 30 years in the military. I opened a custom cabinet and furniture shop in a small town called Huntsville, Missouri. I have been building cabinets since the age of 13 in Philadelphia, PA. I use to build my cabinets the old way.....staples and screws, but since I got hook to pocket screws the way I make them has changed. I purchased a mini Kreg and built a complete kitchen using it. And my Kreg collection just grew and grew. All the joints are so tight and everything is square. I reinforce everything with Titebond wood glue just to give it the added strength.

[Robert Stebbins]

Hello everyone. I'm Robert Stebbins from the Austin, TX area. Just got mine this week and can't wait to get started. I'd call myself a beginner. First project are planter boxes out of some reclaimed lumber.

[Jim Fishburn]

Robert, I'm Jim in Maryville TN.  Slow but sure and things will happen for you.  I enjoy using my older model Kreg system and every time I want to put something together I grab the Kreg tools.  I will upload one of my latest items and built it with just an idea in mind.  Good luck, stay in touch and good luck.
 
Robert Stebbins said:

Hello everyone. I'm Robert Stebbins from the Austin, TX area. Just got mine this week and can't wait to get started. I'd call myself a beginner. First project are planter boxes out of some reclaimed lumber.

[Jeremy Crawford]

Hello everyone,
My name is Jeremy Crawford. I live in Friendswood, TX. I am in the US Coast Guard and I got into woodworking because my grandfather was a master craftsman. I own several Kreg Products and love the simplicity they offer.

[Diesel's Grandpaw]

Hey Jim, how's things in Murvull? and of course GO VOLS!  I was in my home state of TN this past weekend.  I grew up about 50 north of Knoxville in Cumberland Gap.  Been in southern WV since 1990.  The winters are horrible.  feeling temps in the high 60's this past weekend back in God's country was great! Nice to know there is another Tennessean on this site. The Kreg Jig is is a great tool and time saver.  Happy Woodworking!

Jim Fishburn said:

Robert, I'm Jim in Maryville TN.  Slow but sure and things will happen for you.  I enjoy using my older model Kreg system and every time I want to put something together I grab the Kreg tools.  I will upload one of my latest items and built it with just an idea in mind.  Good luck, stay in touch and good luck.
 
Robert Stebbins said:

Hello everyone. I'm Robert Stebbins from the Austin, TX area. Just got mine this week and can't wait to get started. I'd call myself a beginner. First project are planter boxes out of some reclaimed lumber.

[Jim Fishburn]

Well have been here for a while.  Yeah, I'm in Murvill, actually about 6 miles south of the big city.  Funny but went all the way to Sharps Chapel and dug my wife out of the hills over there and brought her down here to the country.  She has told me that she thought people up at Sharps Chapel was crazy until she got here.  haha!  I was a supervisor for Carrier Heating and Air for years when they shut the place down.  Then took on the job of being an Operations Manager for a small trucking outfit with 12 trucks.  Well we grew a little when we started hauling all over the place for a small company called Toyota.  After a couple of heart attacks related to stress, I hung it up and came to my home place and built right in the middle of 30 acres.  I look at these mountains every day and love the quietness.  After retiring, I took up wood working.  have a lot more Stuff, as my wife calls it, that is not shown.  I have built 7 of the baby beds and gave them to young needy girls and families that couldn't afford one for the child.  That desk started to be a roll top but a young couple walked in and wanted it so, guess where it went.  Have rattled on long enough.  Go to Face Book and look under jim fishburn or Jimmy Fishburn and you can see what I have been talking about.  E-mail is [e-mail].  Also to you, Happy Woodworking.

 

 
Diesel's Grandpaw said:

Hey Jim, how's things in Murvull? and of course GO VOLS!  I was in my home state of TN this past weekend.  I grew up about 50 north of Knoxville in Cumberland Gap.  Been in southern WV since 1990.  The winters are horrible.  feeling temps in the high 60's this past weekend back in God's country was great! Nice to know there is another Tennessean on this site. The Kreg Jig is is a great tool and time saver.  Happy Woodworking!

Jim Fishburn said:

Robert, I'm Jim in Maryville TN.  Slow but sure and things will happen for you.  I enjoy using my older model Kreg system and every time I want to put something together I grab the Kreg tools.  I will upload one of my latest items and built it with just an idea in mind.  Good luck, stay in touch and good luck.
 
Robert Stebbins said:

Hello everyone. I'm Robert Stebbins from the Austin, TX area. Just got mine this week and can't wait to get started. I'd call myself a beginner. First project are planter boxes out of some reclaimed lumber.

[Jim Fishburn]

Oh, that small trucking company grew to 251 trucks and offices in 6 states and was scheduled to get 200 more trucks just before I left.  Went into Canada and guess who became proficient and teaching Import and Export.  Left a good team of dispatchers when I left and a young UT Transportation Major in charge.  23 years old, blonde, blue eyed, and smart as a whip.  She has done very well so far.

[Jose C]

Hello everyone, I'm a beginner from Chicago. Looking forward to try out my new to my toy soon. I'm very impressed with all your projects they are very inspirational. I can't wait to post my own pics  soon. Thanks again.

Best regards

JC

[Dawn]

Hi my name is Dawn and I am from New Zealand :-) I got my kreg set a few weeks back , I like making stuff when I have the time and the money lol my first ever DIY was building a portable  wooden pond outside for my fish that out grew their tank lol and I like up cycling old furniture , I used the kreg to re do my dining table which I had already redone the top using dowels but since getting this cool tool I took the top apart and redone using the jig and then put aprons on and some turned legs that I got cheap on line , I have a few more projects I want to do and also up size the pond since the fish  are getting huge . I have ordered 2 books one by Ana White and a book The Pocket Hole Drilling Jig Project Book :-) 

so glad this site is here to help me on my DIY skills