LFC
3rd March 2021, 05:51 PM
Hey Guys!
I'm a very new woodworker, only starting in 2021 and coming in with no experience.
I've so far been gaining most of my knowledge from Youtube (channels like Woodworking for Mere Mortals) and have been reading the subreddits r/woodworking and r/beginnerwoodworking
I haven't made a ton of things so far, but have built my initial workbench as well as a shoe rack to allow me to try out a more complex design (i.e. building a tower that's 1.5m tall without any screws). Naively coming into this I had never thought about the idea of things being supported only by glue and the join of the wood, as opposed to screws and nails!
Don't really have any defined plans for the things I want to make more long term, sort of open to anything.
For now in terms of tools I've been focusing fairly cheap, to get familiar with things and potentially upgrade in future if required. To that end I have:
- Mitre saw (Ozito PXC)
- Jigsaw (Ozito PXC)
- Circular Saw (Ozito PXC)
- Drill (Ryobi One+)
- RO Sander (Ryobi One+)
- Belt Sander (GMC)
- Other basic hand tools like hammers, pliers, etc
Really stoked to stumble across an Aussie forum yesterday. I'm sure I had looked previously and not found anything (possibly I was put off by '.com' and didn't realise this was Australian); can't remember how I stumbled on it yesterday but glad I did.
I'm not certain how active I'll be on here moving forward, I'm sure I'll be a semi-regular lurker at worst but certainly won't have the time required to be across every post that's going on.
I'm hopeful I might eventually meet some of you around town!
Cheers
I'm a very new woodworker, only starting in 2021 and coming in with no experience.
I've so far been gaining most of my knowledge from Youtube (channels like Woodworking for Mere Mortals) and have been reading the subreddits r/woodworking and r/beginnerwoodworking
I haven't made a ton of things so far, but have built my initial workbench as well as a shoe rack to allow me to try out a more complex design (i.e. building a tower that's 1.5m tall without any screws). Naively coming into this I had never thought about the idea of things being supported only by glue and the join of the wood, as opposed to screws and nails!
Don't really have any defined plans for the things I want to make more long term, sort of open to anything.
For now in terms of tools I've been focusing fairly cheap, to get familiar with things and potentially upgrade in future if required. To that end I have:
- Mitre saw (Ozito PXC)
- Jigsaw (Ozito PXC)
- Circular Saw (Ozito PXC)
- Drill (Ryobi One+)
- RO Sander (Ryobi One+)
- Belt Sander (GMC)
- Other basic hand tools like hammers, pliers, etc
Really stoked to stumble across an Aussie forum yesterday. I'm sure I had looked previously and not found anything (possibly I was put off by '.com' and didn't realise this was Australian); can't remember how I stumbled on it yesterday but glad I did.
I'm not certain how active I'll be on here moving forward, I'm sure I'll be a semi-regular lurker at worst but certainly won't have the time required to be across every post that's going on.
I'm hopeful I might eventually meet some of you around town!
Cheers