I've been lurking here too long without a BIO and I know
I'm gonna stay so here it is.
I live in Fredericksburg VA (transplanted from Jersey).
I'm an IS professional (used to be Data Processing then
Information Technology then Information Management Systems -
all the same work) for a government agency that will go
unnamed. Before that I was a photographer (weddings, bar
mitzvahs, anniversaries etc.), and I still enjoy it as a
hobby. As a matter of fact, the first project after one for
SWMBO will be to start work on a darkroom.
I just reached the half century mark but still feel 45.
I have a wonderful SWMBO of almost 17 years and a great 11
year old SWMBOette.
I've have been a woodworking wanna-be for a long time and
have been watching Norm and his friends on TV for a few
years and thought that if you wanted to make a table you had
to have a few thousand dollars worth of tailed apprentices
and a small barn to put them all in. All in all, pretty
discouraging, whenever I would say that I'm going to start,
all I could see was money being spent on machines, electric
power, dust collection systems and sound suppression.
Pretty soon the urge would die.
I've seen hand tools at flea markets and antique shops
but thought that they were only for collectors, no one
actually used them. I really mean that, so needless to say,
I was delighted to find this group to realize that I could
actually learn to use hand tools to build something.
I have a typical Harry Homeowner skill level when it comes
to experience ( deck, chair rail, shutters etc.) but since
finding this group I've done a lot of reading and now I'm
ready to start putting together a real workshop with the
only electricity being use for lighting.
I'll go back to lurk mode now. I was going to say to be
gentle with my first few questions but from what I've seen
that isn't necessary. It's a real pleasure and relief to
see how patiently newbies are treated here.
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