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

[DaveTinley]

Big Kahuna Woodworks here. Located down in central Texas area.

I have been a hobbyist furniture and cabinet builder for well over 20 years.

About five years ago I "retired" from my 9-5 job to do this stuff full time.

My shop (which is out behind my house) is paid for, I has accumulated about 10,000 bd ft of lumber in various species. Buisiness was good till the recession hit. So it was back to a day job. That lasted till last year.

Had a much better financial situation so I quit the day job and am back to doing this again.

Buisiness is very good right now. As I am a one man shop I have low overhead.

And as I tell my friends, I have a short walk to work.

Over the years, on many woodworking forums I see the question asked....."Should I become a full time woodworker ??

My response is YES. If its something you truely love, give it a chance. Life throw unexpected curves.

My only regret is I wish I could have survived the earlier recession. Because this is a great life, doing this.

[Jack G.]

Hello.  I'm Jack G.  I'm writing this from my winter home in TN but my real home is in SD.  I have a shop in both locales.  I'm 83, a retired Naval Aviator (from the prop era).  Married to the same woman for more than 60 years and she is still good looking.  Probably because she is 8 months younger than I am and has almost no grey hair. She has never colored her hair either!  We have 5 children, 4 boys and 1 girl.  8 grandkids and 1 great grandson.  I've built a few simple furniture items and a few small items for our church and parochial school plus lots of toys for any child that wants them.  Made about 70 toy trucks this past winter for schools, individuals and charity.  I have 2 Kreg 4 kits, one for each shop.  I've only used one of them for one project but I liked the first effort well enough to buy the second kit.  I hope to get into the second kit soon.  (It hasn't been opened yet.)  Looking forward to getting some needed information later.  

[Scott E Loveless]

My name is Scott Loveless from Newark, DE. I just retired and am anxious to expand my woodworking skills. An older friend introduced me to Kreg jigs, so I have used pocket holes for a number of recent projects, including a sofa table and a grandchild picnic table. Have downloaded a number of Kreg projects, so I'm excited to get started on them.

[Kevin Syler]

Hey Jack G, I'm also in Tennessee about 60 miles west of Chattanooga, also retired but as a police captain. If you're close to Middle Tennessee maybe we could collaborate. [e-mail]

Jack G. said:

Hello.  I'm Jack G.  I'm writing this from my winter home in TN but my real home is in SD.  I have a shop in both locales.  I'm 83, a retired Naval Aviator (from the prop era).  Married to the same woman for more than 60 years and she is still good looking.  Probably because she is 8 months younger than I am and has almost no grey hair. She has never colored her hair either!  We have 5 children, 4 boys and 1 girl.  8 grandkids and 1 great grandson.  I've built a few simple furniture items and a few small items for our church and parochial school plus lots of toys for any child that wants them.  Made about 70 toy trucks this past winter for schools, individuals and charity.  I have 2 Kreg 4 kits, one for each shop.  I've only used one of them for one project but I liked the first effort well enough to buy the second kit.  I hope to get into the second kit soon.  (It hasn't been opened yet.)  Looking forward to getting some needed information later.  

[Paul A Bjork]

Hi! I'm Paul Bjork from SoCal high desert. Just bought a K5 the other day after it being on my wish list for years. I'm glad I waited for the K5. I haven't got a chance to use it but have fameralized with the tool from the comfort of my lazy boy. Tomorrow I will make some dust... In the past few months I've made a few art display frames. During each build I kept telling myself if I only had a Kreg jig I'd be finished by now. Lucky for me the frames were made out of reclaimed wood so the joints look as rustic as the wood. Looking forward to the future of nice ,fast, and easy projects. Nice to be in a group that enjoies wood working.

[Ryan Flaherty]

Hello, My name is Ryan. I live in Pgh, PA and have always loved working with my hands but still a very early beginner. I saw pocket hole joinery on youtube and instantly had to try it. I am working on my first project as we speak Ill be sure to post a picture of it when its done.

[kuinmeri]

Hi crazy-Kreg's......from Bilbao -Spain-
I start my ilusion for to buy a Kreg system but i haven't have one yet.
I read all about this and i hope in this spring have my own Kreg.
I'll confirm so happy this birth.

Regates from Bilbao -Spain-
Xabier

[Jack G.]

Hola Xabier!  Welcome to the Kreg group.  I'm sure you will enjoy using your kit when you get it.  Jack G.

[Francis]

Hello my name is Francis. Just getting into wood working. I just ordered he K5 MS. Can't wait to try it. Hoping to get some good project plans from the forum here.

[Allan Garant]

Hi folks my name is Allan Garant and i live in Oshawa Ontario. I've been woodworking off and on for about six years and now that i'm retired i plan on doing a bit more. i have a number of Kreg tools and find them quite handy.

Thanks

Allan

[Scott Caldwell]

My name is Scott and I live in Georgia.  I haven't done a lot of woodwork but I find myself watching too much TV in the evenings which is not very productive.  As my wife calls it, I want to start using my "tool museum."  Recently purchased the Kreg Jig R3.  Recently used it to build some corn hole boards.  Kreg Jig made it very easy.

[Stephen White]

Hello distinguished woodworkers! 

My name is Steve and I am from Central Michigan. I have done plenty of wood working, however framing/building garages doesn't count here right? 

I recently decided that I wanted to start making furniture for the house. I think that has been the main motivation for my recent purchases. I am hoping to get started on our new Dining room table this weekend. AlI it took my wife was 20 minutes on pinterest to request an entire house full of furniture! HA! I do not have much experience with pocket holes, although I've known for awhile they are surely the way to go in furniture building. 

I have already seen tons of awesome pictures, so I am sure glad I came across this forum. I look forward to getting to know you guys better and picking up some pointers along the way.