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Kuriatko
11th May 2020, 12:16 AM
Hello forum,

Very happy to join you.
I am in Sydney from 3 and a half year, originally from Europe.
I have an office job and I spend most of my day sitting in front of a computer monitor crunching numbers, but have always been passionate of manual work.
When in my home country, I had a lot of tools and loved to spend time in my garage fixing stuff, fixing the motorbike, building things, improving home, etc.
Now that I am in Australia, I feel the need to re-start my hobby and have discovered this awesome forum and lot of tutorials and opportunities to build stuff out of wood.
At the moment I live in an apartment and can use the garage for woodworking. Then, hope to upgrade to a house.
I would like to focus on small furniture for the home, toys, and nice things.
But..... first I have to buy most of the tools, because when I moved to Australia I didn't bring everything with me!
Hope to receive useful advice and meet nice friends.

old1955
11th May 2020, 05:19 PM
Welcome to the forum.

KeithP
12th May 2020, 12:24 AM
Welcome to the forum.

Regards
Keith

JJF
12th May 2020, 06:18 AM
Welcome to the forum

cava
12th May 2020, 09:28 AM
Welcome.

homey
12th May 2020, 10:54 AM
Hello Kuriatko,

You will certainly find lots of helpful and friendly people on this great forum. I look forward to seeing your first ‘Aussie’ project.

Welcome,

Brian

Kuriatko
12th May 2020, 04:07 PM
Hello Kuriatko,

You will certainly find lots of helpful and friendly people on this great forum. I look forward to seeing your first ‘Aussie’ project.

Welcome,

Brian

Thanks all for the warm welcome.
I'll put on some pictures of my current project. May I ask you what's the most suitable section of the forum to post them?
Cheers

crowie
13th May 2020, 10:25 PM
G'Day & Welcome to a top forum "Kuriatko",
There are quite a stack members around Sydney and cross NSW plus the rest of the country.....
You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
Make sure you show off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP [Work In Progress] photos with build notes.
Enjoy the forum.
Enjoy your woodwork......
Cheers crowie

PS - Post in general if unsure but if you can look at the project and check for te specific subsection...
Like toys in toymaking [sorry that's my passion].