Woodworking

wolfepakt · Aug 29, 2007

Anybody here know anything about it?
My late father was an avid woodworker, and I inherited all of his tools. I would like to learn how to use some of them (ok all of them) but don't know where to start! Any suggestions for places I might start? I have done lots of google searches and am getting a little....

Hopefully, I will start posting pics of some great projects soon (not till next spring when I can come to my Step Moms and pick up the tools, it is gonna take a large U-Haul!)

Big Mike · Aug 29, 2007

What kind of stuff did you inherit? What kind of work did you father do?

I have a love for woodworking but I don't have the time, space or tools to really pursue it. There are plenty of good woodworking magazines, if you can't find anything on the web.

wolfepakt · Aug 29, 2007

Big Mike said:
What kind of stuff did you inherit? What kind of work did you father do?

He did just about everything. Cabinets, Turned stuff, boxes, furniture, etc.

I now am the owner of: (just the big stuff)
Shopsmith Mark V (with scroll saw, band saw, and belt sanding attachments)
10" Jet table saw
Jet planer
Jet jointer
More hand tools then I can count
and more

Chris of Arabia · Aug 29, 2007

Seriously, if you want to learn how to use that sort of stuff, get yourself to a class. Some of that gear will remove significant proportions of your extremities in a blink of an eye - you cannot afford to just try it out and think you'll learn as you go along. Start small and go with the hand tools, learn how they work work first - get to a class (did I already say that?).

Oh and when you've done all that, buy a big shed for the garden, turn it into a workshop and invite us all over for a bbq and to show us what you made. And I need a 3' high cabinet with about 6 drawers to go at the end of the bed for storage and to put the telly on.