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

[lee]

hi everyone,my name is Lee Patterson,i am originaly from new hampshire and now reside in sanford maine. i have been a home builder/finish carpenter for 20ish yrs. 3 yrs ago i suffered a serious back injury and could no longer work in that field. in a time of depression and anger i sold EVERY carpentry/woodworking tool i owned. in the past few months i have decided to start woodworking as a hobby that could potentialy make me a few bucks. started buying new and a lot of used tools and equipment. i really missed working with wood! i found this site while researching kreg jigs. found an amazing number of projects from other members with some just awesome pictures! thank you all! to any other former or current service men or women on here, thank you for your service! any Marines like myself...semper fi

[Robert Etzler]

Hi, I'm Bob Etzler, retired carpenter/construction, San Franciscan. I'm 70 and retired 6 years ago and swore off wood working at that time. I'm an avid bike cyclist who enjoys building up vintage/steel framed bikes as a hobby that I eventually sell after riding them awhile. The wood working bug has bitten me these past couple of years and the Kreg system allows to play with wood a bit while not needing a shop like I had years ago. Anyway I found this site today while looking for Kreg wooding projects,so I threw my hat into the ring and was invited to join. Thanks, looking forward to meeting and exchanging ideas with fellow Kreg enthusiasts. Cheers

[William p Clark]

Name is bill live in Myrtle beach sc doing woodworking for about 20 yrs purchased the kreg jig last Xmas haven't stopped using it makes life easy

[Pamela Hedderson]

Hi - I'm Pam and live in Ottawa, Ontario. I enjoy doing home reno projects with my husband and between us we have a fair bit of knowledge and are confident to try out challenges. I don't work in the trade but I do have a diploma in carpentry and enjoy puttering around. Even though that career path didn't pan out (I'm an office troll), I still get my hand on doing tasks around the house (trim, making aquarium cabinet, re-doing a railing, building a fence and gate). My husband is a restoration mason but also enjoys working with wood and we make a good team! I joined this community forum to learn what others have made and to get advice and tips about the Kreg system. This system did an incredible job with the installation of banisters for our basement staircase - they are so strong that an elephant could hang from them! We're having a bit of trouble with the Kreg planter box but hope we can resolve it. I'll report on that if our proposed solution is a success.

[Pamela Hedderson]

Wow!

Jay Boutwell said:

John It is true that are all supposed to be adults here however there are minors who visit this page and the use of such words is totally out of context with woodworking.  It only takes one time for this type of language to become expectable thing here on this community.  My point is that if you wish to use that type of language then that is your business but it does not belong in a print where some do not appreciate it.  It may not offend you and it does not offend me but I am looking at the fact that many may not like it and yet is more or less pushed on them.  It does nothing to explain anything on here and is not exceptable in everyone's vocabulary.  If we are respectful adults we should understand this.  So your comment telling me to grow up, well maybe you should apply that comment to your self.  Working in the field of woodworking does not mean that it needs to be used like I have pointed out.  I too have been in the business for better that 20 years and so far I have yet found a need to use foul language to the total world that reads this, to explain something that is  pertaining to woodworking.    So you think that one time is no big deal well now with you printing  it twice, that makes it used 4 times.   So when is the number going to be a big deal and what words will become big deals to you.  What it does is make it expectable and makes the use of vulgarity a common thing and sets an example until you see vulgarity on a regular basis. If we are adults we should set and an example and find other words that are not offensive to others.   

[Pamela Hedderson]

Haha...so true. Good witty comment Wendy - despite all of the adversity it seems to have caused. Love the sense of humour.
 
Wendy Ratcliff said:

Terminology difference? What terminology difference?  'Oh shit' is universal isn't it?  Good luck with your projects!  I'm taking some time off due to tennis elbow from changing the hose on my dust extractor one too many times.  'Oh Shit'......

[Wendy Ratcliff]

OMG Pam - I thought that one had been put to bed already, but great to hear you enjoyed it!!!!  Like I said, that is the most feedback I have had despite posting pictures of my fabulous miter saw table creation a few months ago - here's a shot of the table surface after I finished the artwork which guides placement of the miter saw.  Yes, I even gave my little enterprise a name - 'Divine Wood Art'!  Welcome to the site and I'm sure you will get a lot of great advice and tips.  Nice to have a fellow Canadian on board!

[Jim Georges]

Hi, my name is Jim and I live in south central Michigan.  I come from a long line of woodworkers, especially in the marine area.  I just recently purchased a Kreg pocket joinery jig and I am very anxious to use it.  I am looking to see what kind of projects the members have done and I am ready to get started.  My first project will probably be a potting station for my wife.  

[Lyndon]

My name is Lyndon, from a fringe suburb south west of Sydney. I have joined this forum, and bought some Kreg tools, to get more out of life after selling my PITA transport business to go into battle with cancer. I won that battle but my body, in the changes after a massive operation, consumed itself for a year to the point where I am now 33 kgs (72lbs) lighter than I was when I got sick. Working on some woodwork projects, and my garage, and my toy (2000 Jaguar XJR) is where I want to go now that I can only work part time. Got some more Kreg parts today and will be looking to use them soon.

[Clifton Pilgrim]

Hello, I am Clifton. I live in sunny Barbados and I spent most of my working life around either fast cars or airplanes. I am now retired and fortunately I purchased many tools along the way but seldom had the chance to use them for the many projects in my head. I now have that time and so I also found that we never have enough space for the tools we have...so the journey begins...purchased a k4 and k5 kit.

[Allyn P.]

Hi, my name is Allyn and I live in Canton, Michigan. I am retired and took up woodworking when my daughter asked me to build her 2 Adirondack chairs. I bought a plan and they turned out so well that I have made her 2 more chairs and I have made 10 more for friends. One of my friends asked me to design a wine rack and I recently finished building that all with Kreg pocket screws. I recently bought the mini for tight places and repairs and a shorter bit to get into tight places. My latest project involves another wine rack using live edge lumber. .

[Troy Normandin]

Hello,

My name is Troy, I live in Southern GA and I joined the Kreg Owners Community to get possible ideas and help if needed in future projects. I am very new to woodworking but really enjoy it. I have seen commercials about the Kreg pocket hole jigs and thought they were a neat product. I had a project I needed to do and decided to use the pocket hole jig for the job. It was fantastic. My project was a little crude, but it does the job and is very sturdy.