Ron8bugs
7th September 2010, 05:37 PM
Good Morning!
My name is Ron, and I found this forum through my blog, Ronswoodshop.blogspot.com. Mrsidchrome was nice enough to link to me over in the Hand Tools — Unpowered forum (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/all-u-hand-plane-yankee-spiral-scredriver-lovers-123359/), and the rest, as they say, is history.
I've only been working with wood for a few years, I got my start by building my own furniture out of discarded 2x4's and plywood over in Afghanistan, where I regrettably was not ever able to work with the Australian forces, although I did speak with some of them when I passed through Bagram on my way home. When I got back, I ended up going to school and having too much free time, so I talked to my father in law and got into woodworking as a hobby. It's been about two years now, and I've started blogging to make what little I do know available to the public, to learn from people who know more than I do, and to make sure I keep up with the hobby through the school year.
I spend my time turning on my lathe, making boxes of various sizes and functions, chip carving, and relief carving. I also volunteer at a living history museum, where I work exclusively with hand tools from the 1800's (and earlier), as used in the American West.
My name is Ron, and I found this forum through my blog, Ronswoodshop.blogspot.com. Mrsidchrome was nice enough to link to me over in the Hand Tools — Unpowered forum (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/all-u-hand-plane-yankee-spiral-scredriver-lovers-123359/), and the rest, as they say, is history.
I've only been working with wood for a few years, I got my start by building my own furniture out of discarded 2x4's and plywood over in Afghanistan, where I regrettably was not ever able to work with the Australian forces, although I did speak with some of them when I passed through Bagram on my way home. When I got back, I ended up going to school and having too much free time, so I talked to my father in law and got into woodworking as a hobby. It's been about two years now, and I've started blogging to make what little I do know available to the public, to learn from people who know more than I do, and to make sure I keep up with the hobby through the school year.
I spend my time turning on my lathe, making boxes of various sizes and functions, chip carving, and relief carving. I also volunteer at a living history museum, where I work exclusively with hand tools from the 1800's (and earlier), as used in the American West.