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It is an unexpected honor to be asked to be a
Featured Member. Thank You.
I was born and reared in Vermont. Went to Vermont
Tech where I majored in Mechanical Design. Moved to Texas in
1980, went from a winter of minus 40F to 100 days of over
100F. Love it! I have worked with wood my entire life. My Dad
was a Carpenter and Master Butcher. We built my Mother's
house. Having used a chainsaw (Homelite XL-12) since the age
of 10, I have had the "pleasure" of cutting many cords of wood
and now some nice blocks to turn. My brother-in-law owns a
sawmill which I
helped him run the year before moving to
Texas.
Met and married my wife at Church in 1986. We
have 3 children, a boy, a girl, and boy. The youngest son
graduates HS this spring and earned his Eagle Scout Rank last
fall. Oldest son aspires to be a theater owner, daughter a
Medical Examiner, and youngest son in business
management.
In my career, I have been involved in a wide
variety of designs from nuclear power plants to medical
implants. But,
mostly I enjoy working with wood. I have a nice wood shop/
converted 2 car garage and until I bought my lathe, I worked
mostly with flat stock.
I have made 2 cedar strip canoes, a duck boat (with my
BIL), and many book shelves.
I bought my current lathe, a Grizzly G0462 back
in 2007, and started to play with it. Then I found WR! Read all the forums way
back to the beginning of WR. Watched Bob Hamilton's videos
many times. Finally joined so I could see the postings and ask
questions.
I must give credit to WR for where I am today in
wood turning. If not for the encouragement, attitude and
helpfulness of its members I would not be turning. I have
gotten good enough that people are requesting me to make bowls
for them. I mainly turn bowls, lidded boxes and am getting
into bottle stoppers. Though after seeing the Christmas
ornaments, got to say I want to do those for this
Christmas.
Again, I would like to thank this family at WR
for being so free with positive advice, fun ribbing, and the
prayers that have been offered up on many
occasions.
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