Greetings from Crescent Head NSW
Joined the forum today and have already benefited from reading other posts (e.g. I was about to buy the Scheppach hf50 router table and thank goodness I read what I did before committing - to the credit of the guy at Hafco he did warn me off if I was intending to work on hardwoods).
I grew up in a timber area of Africa and my Dad partly farmed timber and we all loved timber. I was lucky enough to be left a few timber pieces by my Dad made from timber protected in South Africa so very rare - stinkwood and yellow-wood. They are prized notwithstanding the farm-style woodworking!
Woodworking wise I start from a very low base and have so much to learn but am keen. My woodworking teacher at Maritzburg College was Poepie Jones and the one thing he always stressed was 'look after your tools as they talk to me every night about any wrongdoing'. As I slowly collect bits and pieces of gear in my farm workshop I am driving my wife mad as she is being asked to make covers for everything! We were fortunate in that an old wooden bridge was dismantled on our farm and the shire gifted us the timber - a friend has pointed out various high quality hard-woods amongst them.
Quick plug for my wife if I may - .Edited as per forum rules.
Look forward to reading and learning and hopefully one day contributing something useful for the benefit of others!
all the best
Sean (seanlark)
