My woodworking began with my father. Dad was an Episcopal priest. Oddly he flunked Latin in highschool and ended up in woodshop. This started a life-long involvement in woodworing for him and ultimately for me.
In my teen years Dad had a shop in the basement of our home in Knoxville TN. He had a Delta contractor saw/jointer combination. ( They both used same motor ).
I can remember the day when I was 13 years old when I called my Dad at work an asked "Can I use the table saw". He said "yes". So began my jouney in to the world of wood.
I worked many hours for my dad in the 70's making toys for his "Saluda Mountain Toys" business. He was a member of the Applician Crafts Guild so once a year we would be at the Crafts Guild show demontrating toys.
I always enjoyed the wood toys and gained experience on the table saw, bandsaw, and 12" disk sander. We had NO dust collection back in those days. What a difference that makes.
I was without a wood shop until about 2003. I looked at my tools in the basement of my home and saw two saw-horses with a 4x8 sheet of plywood. That was my shop. It really sort of made me mad at myself, so the current shop was born.
Since 2003, my basement shop has been my man cave. I love tools, I love to think and I love wood. Very slowly over that last 6 years my shop has progressed. My initial promise to my wife was that I would build her a craft room in the other half of the basement. That has not happened yet.
The shop however progressed. My SHOP page on this site shows the progression over the years. I have throughly enjoyed building the shop. Much shop furniture and some very significant tools.
As of now ( 2009 ) I have an excellent collection of power and hand tools.
My plan is to build small boxes, clocks and small pieces of furniture.