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.

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We hope that you find great use and enjoyment from the Kreg Owners' Community!

-KregRep

[Tim Myers]

Hey guys and gals,

Tim here, just getting back into woodworking after a pretty long hiatus from it. My dad got me started making what not shelves and cutting boards when I was 8 or 9. Back then I made all my Christmas presents out of wood. I had a great dad. Yep I was using power tools and survived well. i am now 59. Anyway he passed in 2011 and I got all of his tools. I built a new shed for the lawn equipment and did some work to the old shed to turn it into a workshop. Took me a few years but finally ran power to it and am using it for some small projects. A coworker turned me onto Kreg and I recently purchased a K4 Pocked Joinery set. I am also looking hard at a Kreg router table, probably going with the tabletop model as it would use less space in my modestly sized shop. Anyway glad to be here and absorbing information like a sponge.

[John Gibbs]

Tim, you must have a table saw, right?  What shop doesn't have a table saw taking center place in the shop?  You might look into converting one side of your table saw into a router table.  That's what I did when my shop was really small.  Now I have a big shop and a huge table saw but I still have the router table as part of my table saw.  You can build a MDF double thickness top to fit between the rails of the saw and then recess a router plate into it.  I put plastic laminate over the top of the MDF for durability before recessing the router plate.  Then I built a deluxe router fence and it clamps to my table saw fence.  It saves a lot of space.

Tim Myers said:

Hey guys and gals,

Tim here, just getting back into woodworking after a pretty long hiatus from it. My dad got me started making what not shelves and cutting boards when I was 8 or 9. Back then I made all my Christmas presents out of wood. I had a great dad. Yep I was using power tools and survived well. i am now 59. Anyway he passed in 2011 and I got all of his tools. I built a new shed for the lawn equipment and did some work to the old shed to turn it into a workshop. Took me a few years but finally ran power to it and am using it for some small projects. A coworker turned me onto Kreg and I recently purchased a K4 Pocked Joinery set. I am also looking hard at a Kreg router table, probably going with the tabletop model as it would use less space in my modestly sized shop. Anyway glad to be here and absorbing information like a sponge.

[Tim Myers]

I have looked at that but my table saw is a Rigid folding saw. Love the saw because I can fold it up ald put it in the corner. Not sure how I would configure a router insert into it's design.

So far I have a Hitachi Scroll Saw, Hitachi Belt/disk sander, Power miter saw, Drill Press, Rigid Table Saw, and Craftsman Band Saw. Lots of power hand tools.

[John Gibbs]

Tim it sounds like you are buying good stuff.  In a small shop everything either must be on wheels to move around easily and store away or they must fold up to store away.  I started with a Ryobi all aluminum portable saw and it was okay but soon after I started doing more woodworking I realized the importance of the table saw.  It really is the center piece of the shop.  It is a tool that must be accurate and capable of doing the type of work you do.  The Rigid saw certainly looks like a good tool to start with.  I bought a Jet contractor saw, all I could afford at the time, and it has served me well.  Now, with my larger shop I looked into buying a different saw but instead I just made mine more capable.  I had a sturdy rectangular tube steel frame built and mounted heavy duty casters under it.  I then built a row of cabinets upon which I put my saw.  On top of that I built a double thickness MDF work surface that matched the height of the saw table and surfaced it with laminate.  My table is now nearly 6' wide and about 4' deep.  Dust collection was incorporated as well as my router table.  I can still move it on its wheels but it resides pretty much in the center of my work area.  This made the saw more capable and provided a huge work surface.  I then upgraded the fence, something I've never regretted.  There is no substitute for a sturdy accurate fence.  Other power tools in my shop are a 14" Grizzly band saw, a Grizzly drill press, a Rigid thickness planner, a Delta jointer, a Delta scroll saw, a Rigid spindle sander, a miter saw station, a 2hp dust collector, a smaller portable dust collector and various hand tools and power tools.  It has taken years to collect all this.  I am truly blessed.

John

Tim Myers said:

I have looked at that but my table saw is a Rigid folding saw. Love the saw because I can fold it up ald put it in the corner. Not sure how I would configure a router insert into it's design.

So far I have a Hitachi Scroll Saw, Hitachi Belt/disk sander, Power miter saw, Drill Press, Rigid Table Saw, and Craftsman Band Saw. Lots of power hand tools.

[Jason Eakin]

Hello Kreg Community,

My name is Jason Eakin, and I am from South Western Montana.  I am somewhat new to this and look forward to working with some lumber.  I've done some pallet furniture and other small builds.  I am looking to build some more furniture, and I joined this community for advice and ideas.  I'm open for anything, being new to this.  I saw this Kreg tool on an infomercial a couple of years ago while I was traveling.  I finally settled down in Montana and purchased the Kreg Jig.  By the way Old Man Winter will not slow me down, ain't nothing like a garage heater.....

Don't hesitate to send me ideas and builds.... Thanks in Advance.

[diana carlo]

would anyone happen to know what this is? It has drill press on the side but i cant figure out how it is used.

[Keith Wales, Sr]

It is a Drill Press that uses an electric Hand Held drill motor to act like a Drill Press.  The Drill Motor is clamped into brackets you see at the front and you have a Bench Top Drill Press.  A pretty good system if you just have occasional holes that you want to drill more accurately then by hand.

[Keith Wales, Sr]

The plans on the Kreg site are very good and well illustrated.  Another source you might want to look at is www.Rogueengineer.com.  He puts out a Newsletter with all kinds of projects most very simple made with inexpensive materials.  I have built projects from both these sources and have been very pleased w/ the results.  I have gotten into building presentation boxes in while I am waiting on a furniture project to be ready for the next step and the one in the KREG plans is outstanding.  I built 4 of them, see pictures on KREG site as Christmas presents and all were loved.  Used combination of Red Oak and Walnut on 3 and the last one was Poplar and Purple Heart.

Jason Eakin said:

Hello Kreg Community,

My name is Jason Eakin, and I am from South Western Montana.  I am somewhat new to this and look forward to working with some lumber.  I've done some pallet furniture and other small builds.  I am looking to build some more furniture, and I joined this community for advice and ideas.  I'm open for anything, being new to this.  I saw this Kreg tool on an infomercial a couple of years ago while I was traveling.  I finally settled down in Montana and purchased the Kreg Jig.  By the way Old Man Winter will not slow me down, ain't nothing like a garage heater.....

Don't hesitate to send me ideas and builds.... Thanks in Advance.

[Steve Cunningham]

Hello, My name is Steve and I live in North West area of MN.  I have a passion for working with wood and building items around the house.  I have joined the Kreg Community for advice, help, inspiration like minded hobbyist.  I bought a Kreg Jig K2000 ProPack several years ago and haven't used it yet.  I just ordered more items from Kreg and they should be arriving today.  I plan on getting right in the shop and using my Kreg products. 

[Rick McGee]

Hi.....My name is Rick and I live in Lamar, SC. I've been wood working off and on for years......It's been over 5 years since I've had the opportunity to make some sawdust, but I just had a shop built...I wired it up and now I'm ready to go. I just purchased my first Kreg jig and have built one small project....I love it !!  I'm looking forward to future projects.......

[September Whisenant]

My name is September and I live in a small town in West Texas. I am a jack (Jill?) of all crafts, master of none. I love learning and trying new things so I guess it was inevitable that I would eventually get around to woodworking. My experience with wood thus far has been basically using it in craft projects. Over the years tho I have collected a miter saw, a router, a couple of sanders, a jig saw, a drill, 3 Dremels, a reciprocating saw and recently a brad nailer and circular saw. I became interested in the Kreg jig for putting together pallet wood signs for my crafting but soon realized that with this fabulous tool, I might could actually build something. Since I already own a lot of the other tools I might need, I decided to give it a shot. So I am here to do what I love, learn and try something new. I look forward to learning from and being inspired by those in this forum so thanks in advance!

[Matthew Peaslee]

Hey y'all My name is Matt I am from WV I am a hobbyist so to speak and just purchased a Kreg K4