SeanH
3rd April 2013, 12:41 PM
Hi all,
Just a quick introduction to myself, I have a kitchen background and currently have an office job, stumbled upon this site just by accident. I am a very VERY fresh wood worker, only made one "Tresure chest" style jewellery box and lined it with a nice green velvet for my girlfriends birthday, made it to look like a tresure chest in the Zelda games. I finished hers and immediately had friends asking for one as well, so I have a small production going on with them, they are not hard to make at all, a simple box with a curved lid.
Anyway, enough of the box, I was actually searching the net to see how to make a grandfather clock, that is how I came to this site, looks like there is a heck of a lot of information on this site in regards to that, apart from making these little boxes, I have no previous wood work experience, so I was looking for plans, saw some plans and realised I need to learn how to read the plans before I even get the materials.... It will be a long term project, I have been told by various people not to do it, you can't do it and the like, I refuse to believe I can't do it, just need to take my time and study the plans is all I believe I need to do....? I would expect it to take years, as I can't afford to get all the materials in one hit. I also won't take the can't do attitude as I relate it to people who say they can't cook, that is absolute rot, if you have the instructions, anyone can cook anything so long as they study the method and recipe before they get carried away and take their time.
Equipment I have to date is a basic saw, a plastic mitre? guide I guess you would call it? a dremel, hammer, and some very cheap (plastic?) clamps I purchased from a large Hardware Store for cheap. I am on a very tight budget, can't afford to buy things off the cuff sort of thing, so I will do some research into what tools are essential and what ones I can manage without. Any advice would be appreciated as well.
Not sure what else people put in introduction posts, so there we have it, look forward to getting underway with some projects! This is a great site and seems to be an endless amount of knowledge and experience on the forum.
Cheers
SeanH
Just a quick introduction to myself, I have a kitchen background and currently have an office job, stumbled upon this site just by accident. I am a very VERY fresh wood worker, only made one "Tresure chest" style jewellery box and lined it with a nice green velvet for my girlfriends birthday, made it to look like a tresure chest in the Zelda games. I finished hers and immediately had friends asking for one as well, so I have a small production going on with them, they are not hard to make at all, a simple box with a curved lid.
Anyway, enough of the box, I was actually searching the net to see how to make a grandfather clock, that is how I came to this site, looks like there is a heck of a lot of information on this site in regards to that, apart from making these little boxes, I have no previous wood work experience, so I was looking for plans, saw some plans and realised I need to learn how to read the plans before I even get the materials.... It will be a long term project, I have been told by various people not to do it, you can't do it and the like, I refuse to believe I can't do it, just need to take my time and study the plans is all I believe I need to do....? I would expect it to take years, as I can't afford to get all the materials in one hit. I also won't take the can't do attitude as I relate it to people who say they can't cook, that is absolute rot, if you have the instructions, anyone can cook anything so long as they study the method and recipe before they get carried away and take their time.
Equipment I have to date is a basic saw, a plastic mitre? guide I guess you would call it? a dremel, hammer, and some very cheap (plastic?) clamps I purchased from a large Hardware Store for cheap. I am on a very tight budget, can't afford to buy things off the cuff sort of thing, so I will do some research into what tools are essential and what ones I can manage without. Any advice would be appreciated as well.
Not sure what else people put in introduction posts, so there we have it, look forward to getting underway with some projects! This is a great site and seems to be an endless amount of knowledge and experience on the forum.
Cheers
SeanH