I got started in my high school woods class. I don't know that I ever figured I'd still be doing it this far down the road. While in college I realized it was much cheaper to make Birthday and Christmas gifts than purchasing them. So I bought my first saw about 15 years ago. I've been able to have a "shop" set up twice since then. I cowboy'd for a large ranch right out of college and was able to spend a lot of nights and weekends in my basement shop improving my sawing abilities. Then I spent three years moving around working the in the North Dakota oilfield, so all my tools went into storage. I've finally gotten back to a normal 8-5 job as a banker, and have been able to set up shop again in the garage. I don't get as much time out there as I'd like due to keeping the wife happy, but I'm trying to grow it into a small side business. Not sure I really need to make money at it, but have been told it has to at least pay for itself. I really enjoy scrolling, especially pushing myself with some of the more complicated fretwork pieces. I'm also trying to learn how to make my own patterns. I don't always get to spend as much time on the scroll saw as I'd really like as I get requests for other types of projects. Right now I'm working on a lathe turned coat rack and then have some other non-scroll oriented wedding projects to finish. But I guess that's what makes it interesting. So, I know I don't get to scroll as much as others on here, but am hoping to continue building and expanding what I have time for.