Finished my first project

[Jswee]

I've done a lot of framing and rough carpentry in my spare time over the last fifteen years but I never had the time or the tools to do any serious woodworking. Last year I was fortunate enough to have both the time & resources (and permission from my wife) to build and outfit a decent shop. One of the side benefits of building this detached shop was that we had to remove about 8 large mature trees, which I had sawn into lumber. I ended up with about 2,000 BF of mixed maple, ash & beech. This is the first large project that I have attempted and I'm very pleased with the results. Take a look:

Curmudgeon in training

[Jim Bailey]

Very pretty ! nice design - keep up the good work.

[Brian]

Congratuations. Nice work. 2000BF of lumber should keep you going for a little while longer... ;-)

Brian.

[Jswee]

Yeah, I know I'm pathetic. Just be glad you did'nt have to watch me beg & grovel for a new bandsaw recently, that was ugly, really ugly! : )

BTW she got a major chuckle when I explained SWMBO to her but she thought there ought to be something about "worshipped" in there as well.

Jswee

Curmudgeon in training

[Mark & Juanita]

He did say it was his first project. If his was like mine, that would be about the right amount of wood to allow for test setups and fixing mistakes. :-)

[Rumpty]

Very nice project!

[larry wald]

Looks fantastic! That beech really came out nice!

Larry

Jswee wrote:

[Rob]

Great job!

If this was your first project, I can only guess what you will be able to accomplish once you have a few years under your belt.

Rob

[Nate Perkins]

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