I agree, I have been greatly inspired to branch out and try new things since I began my participation here in the Village about 7 years ago. Thanks to the Village, I have dabbled in lots of different types of projects with my saw and I am always in awe and inspired by all the quality projects I see here.
Second, to ensure that someone sees your post with a particular question to them, its always good to add an @ in front of their user name so they get a notification that they have been tagged in a thread and can then go see it. So, to ensure that Kris sees your question you would do an @Kris Martinson this shows he was "tagged" and will get a notification of it.