Jumpjet1127 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Hello to you all, I am in to all wood work and I use my bandsaw the most , I have 2 scroll saws, a wood lathe and an electric carver. In the UK we don't have access to supplies for the crafts I do so I used to import Gourds and cypress knees from your wonderful country and got a complete stock until the postage went up and was the same price as the objects I was importing. All now stored in my cabin and ready for when I get the inspiration to use them. I can' t get cotton wood and would love to know what this Brit could use to carve some wood spirits. I use English yew most of the time and am making a reindeer candle holder the wood has such beautiful colours of orange and cream. Plus Baltic birch for the antlers cut out on my proxon scroll saw. I look forward to getting to know you all and chatting daily as I retired 7 years ago, and go down to my cabin most days. bobscroll and amazingkevin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Linda, Welcome! Your intro is super. I just hope you're a good chef also. Looks like you have a great shop setup and experienced. The one thing you seem to be missing is... ahhh... let me think... uhhh... I don't know. Oh, you're missing pictures, showing pictures are missing as well as pics of all those 'wood chippers' you use. And if you are serious about getting to know us and chatting daily, just show up at the 'Coffee House' anytime. Someone is always there, and hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multifasited Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Dear bashful Linda ,I looked at your profile ,I have not found many things ,That I can not carve with my dremel ,from fret work ,intarsia to a treated 6x6"beam Eagle ,and an ocasional cyprus knee ,Walking sticks & even a 3/4"thick plywood Eagle . Now that I have my DIY dust free dremel cabinet I will be doing more as weather cools . Having COPD ,dust is no longer telerated by my lungs ,especially small fine dust ,from my scrollsaw and sanding and grinding ,thus my passion and need to have both Dust Free! I assume you have Dremels ,or Foredom or spin offs in the UK ! Good luck and post some pix ,we all thrive on them! Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Arn't you the lucky one to have a cabin for a shop!You've found plenty of helpful friends here to help you excell in your love of woodworking.Don't miss a day not coming here as there's so much valuable info you just can't do without ..Glad you found us! Pull up a chair ,pour a cup of coffee and make some great friends here,ENJOY your stay !WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE! Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Linda sounds like your into everything a big WELCOME from me. Where are you in the UK make sure you show us some of you work and don't be a stranger. Roly Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpjet1127 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks all for your welcome, I would certainly love a cup of tea don't drink coffee I think I will pop over to see who is in for breakfast in a minute. Larry I will put on some pics as soon as I found out how to do it I am not a techno brain but will try and figure it out, ah just seen more reply options if I go to that perhaps I can post a pic. Carl I just looked at your profile and it seems we have the same idea I try everything too, it just happens on the day I get a mind to make something that I have seen in the American scroll saw magazine pop down to my cabin and am fortunate enough to have a machine to make the project. I do have a Dremel and also a palm held jig saw to cut out gourds with I did a bit of fret work on a gourd and made my interpretation of a Welsh love spoon, I am also an artist so I painted a humming bird on the fret work handle. Pic to come. I am 66 and been retired from accountancy for 7years. With no one to talk to about my wood work ( I don't think there are many females in the uk that do this stuff). I am glad I found this forum I think it will inspire me if I pop in every day . I bought a record power air purifier so like you need protection for my lungs and once I saved some more money intend to buy a full helmet respirator the dust from my band saw is the worst one around for my lungs although now I have it connected to a big dust cleaner. Rolly good to meet you my brother-in-law lives in stow on the wold, a very beautiful county Gloucestershire, I am in the South East of England in Kent 5 miles from Folkestone and the channel tunnel. We live in a village on the top of the South downs and my local wood yard is in Sutton near Dover. Kevin I hope to talk with you in the coffee house thanks for replying to me. My cabin is a luxury and I was able to build it with some inheritance it is 13feet by 13 feet. I am so fortunate in many ways . I must go and have my cup of tea talk later. Linda. (By the way my user name jump jet1127 is the first ever vertical take off plane in the UK my father worked on it back in the sixties, and he is who I get all my skills from dear Dad bless him. browders, Rob Roy and Wilson's Woodworking 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Welcome to the Village Linda. I'm Marg from Australia. Oh I would love your little cottage, I have to share the garage with my husband. I have a third and he's got 2 /3's. I see you also grow berries, I just love raspberries. YUM. It's great to have another woman here, I am often out numbered by the men around here. The ones to watch are Rob Roy, Keefie, Roly, Grampa (Paul) and the old flirt Kevin. So beware. Marg Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpjet1127 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hi Marg thanks for the welcome I looked at your gallery and it seems you are real clever with the scroll saw, love your intricate work . I make puzzles with my scroll saw and have not the patients to keep on feeding the saw blade in to each and every space to cut, but I do like whizzing around the edges of a puzzle, my last scroll saw project was a 3 layered tray puzzle . It is so nice to talk to a female interested in woodwork, and also to read a man's perspective after all we are invading there hobby. Yes we are growing berries , as well as raspberries we grow blueberries, strawberries kiwi fruit and have a mixed orchard of apples pears and cherries hubby has the job of looking after the fruit and veg and flower garden I harvest and cook It all. Hope to see some more of your work and chat. wombatie, Wilson's Woodworking, Rob Roy and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubec Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hi Linda, great introduction and there are females in the UK that do this sort of stuff, I'm Angela and also in the UK. Love your cabin would like to have something like that one day. Good to have you here, enjoy looking around and being inspired by all the great projects people share. Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Welcome to the village from OHIO, Don let Marge fool you about being out numbered, She holds her own. We have many native trees here Popular is my second choice for wood I like Black Walnut best. I have a Shed I work out of its 10 ft. by 12 ft. but I don't have all the tools that you have am strictly a stroller. Show us some pictures it's not hard just try. Talk to you latter IKE Rob Roy and wombatie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Welcome from another Newbie...You are going to like it here! Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browders Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Linda, Welcome to the site from NW Montana. Your workshop/cabin is awesome looking. Seems like a great place to just sit and generate creative thoughts. Hope to see more of your posts, and your work. Jim Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson's Woodworking Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Welcome to the village Linda!!!! It looks like you have a wonderful setup there with the cottage and all the fruit a person could ever want. I would trade a whole grove of these darn cotton wood trees for your orchard. That is a trash tree around here. Although I do use some from time to time in my projects. As far as taking a man’s hobby I don't think that is the case. Many women around this country do wood working and not just as a hobby. I know same darn good cabinet builders that are women. Well got to go. Will be looking forward to seeing your work as well as the inside of that little cabin. Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Welcome to the Village Linda. I'm Marg from Australia. Oh I would love your little cottage, I have to share the garage with my husband. I have a third and he's got 2 /3's. I see you also grow berries, I just love raspberries. YUM. It's great to have another woman here, I am often out numbered by the men around here. The ones to watch are Rob Roy, Keefie, Roly, Grampa (Paul) and the old flirt Kevin. So beware. :) Marg Hi Marg, so you,Linda and Angela and the rest of our Ladies are going to gang up on us eh??. . Rob Roy. Phantom Scroller, Wilson's Woodworking, bobscroll and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpjet1127 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 So many welcomes it is much appreciated. Angela where are you from in the uk, good to meet you I need to go and look at your gallery in a minute, and hope to chat to you soon. Hi Ike is poplar a soft wood , your shed sounds like a big space to work from I have so much to learn a hefgner scroll saw sounds to be a most popular machine what is yours? I suppose I start a gallery do I or is it ok to post photos where ever I am replying. This is the inside of my recently tidied cabin. And a3 layered puzzle of snowmen made from Baltic birch ply. Thanks to all the others for your welcome I hope to get to talk to you all. Linda wombatie and Rob Roy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubec Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Very tidy cabin you have there. I am up in Lincolnshire. Love the snowman puzzle remember doing one myself a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Linda that looks massive, I can hardly walk into mine, yours is very clean. I like the snowmen puzzles good work. Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multifasited Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Linda ,by the lok of your yard and you obvious interests ,I think maybe we went to different schools together but at different times ,Ive been playing with aquaphonics the last two yrs .I also paint ,things that interest me! should put together a gallery some time ! Most shown are taper raised ,similar to my signs ,then protrusion portion is shaped and carved , flowers on humming bird were carved separete and glued on for needed elevation then painted .I cked my info and couuld not bring up what I was refering to so I edited this ! Edited October 31, 2014 by Multifasited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendita Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hello Linda welcome to the village I see you met a lot of the gang already. As for being odd woman out that is not the case here there are actually quite a few women here and some excellent scrollers. I love your puzzles very well done the paint adds a lot to the overall project. BUT we have to have a talk about the shop. THAT IS NOT A SHOP ITS AN OFFICE WITH TOOLS IN IT There isn't even a speck of dust on the desk not even a splinter of wood on the floor NO NO NO thats not a shop. All kidding aside it looks as though its a great place to hang out and make sawdust and designer kindling. Hope to see lots of project pictures in the future. .../Hans PS can you please throw a handfull of sawdust on the floor before you post your next pictures? Wilson's Woodworking 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpjet1127 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Wow Carl love your paintings, what materials do you use to make them 3d looking. The humming bird is my favourite, can you share the processes? Hans with a work shop like mine I can now find what I want straight away everything in it's place , my son-in-law just put up some shelves in the roof purlins and daughter helped me tidy it all last week. Such a pleasure to go down there and chill out and think. I have my old rocking chair to sit out, reminds me of America and the old westerns sitting on the veranda carving away with a knife. If I had sawdust on the floor then my throat and lungs would suffer, but for you I'll sprinkle a bit by the doors outside. A cougar I painted on a piece of Baltic birch I cut out on the bandsaw. Edited October 31, 2014 by Jumpjet1127 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hello to you Linda, I'm one of the quiet one's on here, Welcome to the village and thank you for the intro, I'm from the north west of England, See you around, Bob Phantom Scroller and wombatie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Welcome Linda, So glad you found us here at The Village. This site looks more like a UK site than one based in America. I am retired and live is a small town in the middle eastern part of Oregon. My little town is called Heppner. Your shop is amazing. I have a nice shop but it is always messy and in need of organization. How about coming over and help getting me organized ? Oh, really it would be a waste of time because I am my own worse enemy and I would have it all messed up within 24 hours of you organizing it all. Hope you drop in often and please take the time to check out all the nooks and crannies here. there is a lot to see and do. AS you have already discovered there are a lot of really nice people, who all feel like we are one big family. Come back often Dick heppnerguy browders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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