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

[Vickie Hutchens]

Hi I am Vickie or VTMOM Just got approved today and planning on my first project tomorrow. Love to repurpose, build and create. I am so excited to be a member of this community and creating great things together.

[Jerome Calvert]

Hi< I'm Jerry I live in Greenville, SC. We are downsizing and I'm thinking Kreg Tools will come in handy in a smaller space and for making stuff for our new Townhouse.

[Sean Richards]

Hello! My name is Sean and I live in Boston Massachusetts. I am a union carpenter here and love building things. Happy to be a member of this community; looking forward to getting tips and ideas from fellow members.

[Ron Salgado]

Greetings from Liverpool NY,

 My name is Ron and I have made two cabinets using my Kreg K4 kit.

They both are related to my hobby playing the electric guitar,

I love working with old hardwoods that I find and repurpose them into something cool.

[Brett Hickin]

Hi I'm Brett, I live in Brisbane Australia. I have always an intrest in wood working since being in the shed with my Grandfather as a boy some 50 years ago. My first job was as a builders off sider, for about 6 months. I learnt many skills in that time, but was never able to get a job in building. 

It has only in the last 2 years that I have started to really do any woodworking, have enjoyed trying to make different things. I resently brought a Kreg router table, after allmost loosing a finger on an very old Triton table. The Kreg table is so good and much safer. Have recently purchased a Kreg pocket hole jig and clams, so have been having fun building a table and chairs for my granddaughter.

My skills are limited, but enjoy experimenting and making heaps of sawdust. 

[Judy lancaster]

Hi!  My name is Judy and I’m a new member of this group. I’m a retired attorney and a jazz singer and musician-in-training. I’m originally from Savannah,GA but have lived in Alexandria, VA for the past 24 years with my husband and son. I did a few woodworking projects years ago and now want to hone my skills in order to make some larger furniture pieces. I am inspired by the projects posted on your website and hope that you will allow me to pick your brains when I have questions about how to proceed with my projects. I’m excited to be a part of this group!

[Judy lancaster]

Hi!  My name is Judy and I’m a new member of this group. I’m a retired attorney and a jazz singer and musician-in-training. I’m originally from Savannah,GA but have lived in Alexandria, VA for the past 24 years with my husband and son. I did a few woodworking projects years ago (but none with a Kreg Jig) and now want to hone my skills in order to make some larger furniture pieces. I am inspired by the projects posted on your website and hope that you will allow me to pick your brains when I have questions about how to proceed with my projects. I’m excited to be a part of this group!

[Jamil Samimi]

Aloha from the Big Island, Hawaii~

I work for a Pool construction company but come from a mechanic's background and am now learning wood-working/construction because we want to make our basement habitable for us so that we can rent out the upstairs.

I am constructing an open-shelf kitchen counter set-up with doors only underneath the sink area. Over the years, I have salvaged a lot of exotic wood from the high-end job-sites we've worked at. I'm using 2.5+" square teak legs for the fronts of the counter, 2X4's for the horizontal shelf supports and will use 2.5" X 7/8" teak for the horizontals at the front of the shelves. (sorry I don't know all the proper terminology...)

The shelves themselves will be 1X6 T&G redwood salvaged from interior walls that I dismantled (no "demo" for this mechanic....heh heh...). I heat gunned the 60+ year old paint off then sanded the boards and the grain looks outstanding!

So far I've assembled the legs and 2X4's using my Kreg jig. I'd gotten 2.5" coarse screws (for the 2X4) so ended up screwing them into the outside pockets of the horizontals with just the tips protruding, locating my teak leg then tapping it to transfer the marks to the teak. I then eyeballed the angle for pilot holes in the teak and used the coarse screws and glue and the assembly feels pretty solid!

I've tried to post what I've gotten done so far but for some reason it doesn't seem to show the pix (or my post, for that matter....eventually.... :) 

I appreciate all the folks (both here and on Youtube) who have taken the time to share their knowledge and experience and provide a visual for those of us who are learning. Mahalo plenty, as we say here!

[Reid J Menting]

Hello all. Located in Richmond Va. Been a woodworker for 50 years but my hands have developed a nervous tremor. Thanks to Kreg Jigs (and a few home made ones) I can continue to do what I enjoy. Thanks Kreg!

[Dave Sweeney]

Hi Folks. Dave here. I live in Middletown, MD. I've been a construction worker & DIY'er for most of my life. Now, I am trying my hand at woodworking. I made the Ana White Farmhouse Table using the Kreg K4 jig. Love it.

[Donnie Hunt]

Hello, My name is Donnie and I live in Fort Worth TX. I have been doing woodwork for several years. I have not any pocket hole joinery. Only recently purchased the Kreg Jig and looking forward to using it.

[Everly E Spurrier Jr]

Did you forget about a toe space under cabinets ??

Jamil Samimi said:

Aloha from the Big Island, Hawaii~

I work for a Pool construction company but come from a mechanic's background and am now learning wood-working/construction because we want to make our basement habitable for us so that we can rent out the upstairs.

I am constructing an open-shelf kitchen counter set-up with doors only underneath the sink area. Over the years, I have salvaged a lot of exotic wood from the high-end job-sites we've worked at. I'm using 2.5+" square teak legs for the fronts of the counter, 2X4's for the horizontal shelf supports and will use 2.5" X 7/8" teak for the horizontals at the front of the shelves. (sorry I don't know all the proper terminology...)

The shelves themselves will be 1X6 T&G redwood salvaged from interior walls that I dismantled (no "demo" for this mechanic....heh heh...). I heat gunned the 60+ year old paint off then sanded the boards and the grain looks outstanding!

So far I've assembled the legs and 2X4's using my Kreg jig. I'd gotten 2.5" coarse screws (for the 2X4) so ended up screwing them into the outside pockets of the horizontals with just the tips protruding, locating my teak leg then tapping it to transfer the marks to the teak. I then eyeballed the angle for pilot holes in the teak and used the coarse screws and glue and the assembly feels pretty solid!

I've tried to post what I've gotten done so far but for some reason it doesn't seem to show the pix (or my post, for that matter....eventually.... :) 

I appreciate all the folks (both here and on Youtube) who have taken the time to share their knowledge and experience and provide a visual for those of us who are learning. Mahalo plenty, as we say here!