A Quick Greeting from a forum newbie

[Firewalker]

Hello all.......Scott here and just wanted to introduce myself. The ladies can't resist me ....... Fish fear me!!! (nah I made both of those up)

Anyway, I have been working wood since Jr. High and recently got all my stuff out of storage after a year in an apt. I am very excited to be back in the swing of things and have spent the last couple of days in 100 degree heat organizing my garage.

I have already enjoyed the forum just seeing the awesome projects some of you have completed. I look forward to learning some new techniques as well. I am from the USA BTW so forgive me if I use inches and feet in my posts.

Anyway, there ya go!!!

Be safe

Scott

[Jack E]

Welcome

The inches and feet aren't a problem, it was the 100 degrees that worried me, especially when you call your self "firewalker":D :D

Just to save everybody some trouble, you're not a troll are you? :)

Cheers, Jack

[zenwood]

Welcome Scott.

[Daddles]

Yum yum. Another American :D

G'day Scott, you're familiar with the term 'cannon fodder' are you? It's okay though, we're all woodies here so none of the wounds'll turn septic ... unless it's Al ... or Zed ... or Christopha ... or ...

Welcome to the asylum mate. Hope you enjoy your incarceration. Visiting hours are late friday arvo.

Cheers
Richard

[Firewalker]

Welcome

The inches and feet aren't a problem, it was the 100 degrees that worried me, especially when you call your self "firewalker":D :D

Just to save everybody some trouble, you're not a troll are you? :)

Cheers, Jack

I may look like a troll in another 40 years or so but for now I am nothing of the sort. LMAO.

Thanks for the welcome.

[Two-Words]

welcome Scott :)

[Daddles]

so forgive me if I use inches and feet in my posts.


Um, foots and inches. Are there any other measurements?

Richard

[Firewalker]

I was reading posts with dimensions like 1800x900............Made me get out a conversion chart ....... hehe.

This will be a blast trying to figure out some of the slang used here. Anyway, my wife is in bed.........and wondering where I am. 'nuff said.

Nite all

[Christopha]

Oh you bloody liddle bewdy, more meat for the Barby..... 'nother poor septic bugger who we (me!) can take the pisss outa!!! :cool:
Scott, mate, we welcome you with open arms, open hearts, open minds and unfortunately for you.....
OPEN MOUTHS!!! so look out, have fun and take us with a pinch of salt ;)

[Trav]

welcome scotty

I hope you enjoy the boards.

Trav

[LineLefty]

1800x900 is a lot easier to visualise than 27/49ths of an inch. Makes me laugh with these web convertors. They convert inches to mm, but you still need to put in a decimalised inches (e.g 0.375).....And how the hell are you supposed to work with spreadsheets?

[Daddles]

Hah, you ought to try American boat plans - feet, inches, eights with a + or - to indicate the sixteenths eg 1.2.5+ = 1 foot 2 inches 5 eigths and 1 sixteenth.

Of course, then there are the survey plans, pre metrication, where we'd use decimal feet ... perhaps coz sometimes they were feet and inches but shown the same way so you had to look for a distance that had .11 to tell the difference.

And we won't even buy into engineer's micrometers, some of which I still can't read.

Cheers
Richard

[Firewalker]

(gets large container of salt..........) hehe


I do agree, the metric system would be a lot easier on some applications. This will be fun to break through some barriers to learn a few things. I have spotted a few terms such as thicknesser, rebate, etc........

I will probably "do a search" to find out what some things mean but still ask in a new thread to get under sensitive skin! LMAO

I have been working on a modular tool bench system similar to "tool dock" but I am using the concept and tweaking it a bit. About 1/2 way through I thought........why the hell did I do this? After the first cabinet had the top on it and the slabs fit nice I remembered. The vac/tool switch will be a nice touch. I have been shooting sawdust around the garage with no collection whatsoever!!!

Off to work.........talk to you later

Scott

[Wongo]

Welcome Scottie, this is a great forum. I am sure you'll enjoy it, so please stick around.

Air Wongo :)

[Daddles]

( I have been shooting sawdust around the garage with no collection whatsoever!!!


Ah, an automated shavings spreader. I like that. :D

Richard

[ozwinner]

Yum yum. Another American :D

G'day Scott, you're familiar with the term 'cannon fodder' are you? It's okay though, we're all woodies here so none of the wounds'll turn septic ... unless it's Al ... or Zed ... or Christopha ... or ...

Welcome to the asylum mate. Hope you enjoy your incarceration. Visiting hours are late friday arvo.

Cheers
Richard

Heeeeyyy, Ive never had a go at a person from another planet!! :eek: :(

Welcome to our planet Scott.
Enjoy your stay.
How big is your container of salt?? :D

Al :D

[Auld Bassoon]

Um, foots and inches. Are there any other measurements?

Richard

Some of us prefer to use cubits, but it's hard to find rules with that scalehttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif

BTW, Welcome Firewalker! Just watch out for Aussie humour - it sometimes has teethhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif

Cheers!

[ozwinner]

Google is your friend. (http://www.csgnetwork.com/cubitscnv.html)

Al :D

[zenwood]

I prefer speed measured in furlongs/fortnight. Couldn't find the translator:(

[Caliban]

just don't get caught on Al's cctv. :D
He has septic envy ;)
Ooh wife is calling, must go.

[RufflyRustic]

I can't resist any longer..... Firewalker!!!! Hello and welcome. The guys have said most of it, now for a gal's turn. Get out your Ozzie slang book and get ready for some serious fun and serious wood work and info.

See you round the forums'
cheers
RufflyRustic - Wendy