Greetings from China

[Dirk Cheng]

Hi everyone, greetings from Dirk, I am Chinese and I am a boat builder, I used to be a yacht carpenter and now a laminater

My hobby is carpentry DIY and wood carving. Let me show some of my homework with you and you guys do not laugh at me
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More and more Chinese start to enjoying themselves in woodwork as a part time hobby, I don't know how's abroad, we have many woodwork forums like this in China but I think

I was the first Chinese here I hope we can enjoy our hobby together, and communicate skills and timbers with each other. Chrees

[tdrumnut]

Gideay Dirk welcome aboard & may your journey with us be a pleasant one. We dont care where you come from mate we are just pleased to share what we have with you and all who are interested. And how could we laugh at your beautiful work, it is quite delightful, thanks for sharing.

[whitey56]

Welcome Dirk, That is lovely work you are doing.

[tea lady]

That is lovely work Dirk. We are more use to spam from china. Good to see a real woodworker. :d

[crowie]

G'Day & Welcome "to the Great South Land" & to a top forum "Dirk".
Not too sure how many members from China are on the forum, BUT wow what an introduction..
Some beautiful timber woodwork, well done...
You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
Make sure you keep showing off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP photos with build notes.
Enjoy the forum.
Enjoy your woodwork.
Cheers from On Top DownUnder, crowie

[whitewood]

Welcome Dirk

I used to sell Paulownia and at one stage was the forum 'expert' on this timber. The reality was far from the truth and I was reluctant to answer some inquiries due to my lack of knowledge about the timber. Perhaps you could become the Forum expert on Paulownia given that it native species of China and used very widely there.

I love your pieces. keep the photos coming.

Whitewood

[Dirk Cheng]

Welcome Dirk

I used to sell Paulownia and at one stage was the forum 'expert' on this timber. The reality was far from the truth and I was reluctant to answer some inquiries due to my lack of knowledge about the timber. Perhaps you could become the Forum expert on Paulownia given that it native species of China and used very widely there.

I love your pieces. keep the photos coming.

Whitewood

Hi Whitewood, I know Paulownia, the timber is widely used in industry as a kind of economical material for example we use it to make a former mould for fiberglassing in our factory, and it is also famous as a traditional medicine. But we don' t wanna to use the timber in construction especially something delicate because the timber is not good enough and we have many other timbers much better to make the choice in china.
So, the timber I used in my photos is "Dalbergia odorifera"（I looked up the name on the Internet, we call it Huang Hua Li in Chinese）, it's native and it is a kind of specie as precious as panda I like discuss with you, hopefully my words can make sense.

[Dirk Cheng]

G'Day & Welcome "to the Great South Land" & to a top forum "Dirk".
Not too sure how many members from China are on the forum, BUT wow what an introduction..
Some beautiful timber woodwork, well done...
You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
Make sure you keep showing off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP photos with build notes.
Enjoy the forum.
Enjoy your woodwork.
Cheers from On Top DownUnder, crowie

Thanks Crowie, I am looking for a section in the forum to share my WIP photos because I think there is a certain section to show DIY work with others in the forum. It's nice of you to tell me about this And....where are my homeboys?????

[Dirk Cheng]

Gideay Dirk welcome aboard & may your journey with us be a pleasant one. We dont care where you come from mate we are just pleased to share what we have with you and all who are interested. And how could we laugh at your beautiful work, it is quite delightful, thanks for sharing.

Thanks mate, I am amazing to find a forum like this in abroad, nice to meet you

[Dirk Cheng]

That is lovely work Dirk. We are more use to spam from china. Good to see a real woodworker. :d

Oh my god Tea lady, what you are saying makes me shame. There are countless excellent woodworker in China, but most of them can not speak English, carpenter is a kind of people paying a lot but getting a lower pay in China, and people sometimes look down upon them, that's the truth.

[eisbaer]

Beautiful work. You have lots of talent. Welcome to the forum.

[Christos]

Welcome to the forum. Much of us on this site are hobbyist. We enjoy the work in progress as it like being there. Look at the section that is related to what you are doing weather that is carving, box making, turning or metal work etc.

[old1955]

Beautiful work. Welcome to the forum.

[JJF]

Welcome to the forum.

[Evanism]

Welcome.

There are quite a few here that would love to get their hands on what's called "common" in China. We consider them exotics!

The same with us for you... Our common timbers must be rare there too.

Perhaps we can arange a swap!