We All Have to Start Somewhere.

I TOTALLY agree with Steve Ramsey in this video. I also feel that his philosophy and personality describes a large majority of our DLO crafters that walk in our door everyday.  The easy answer to wood working...YOU CAN! Wood working is FOR EVERYONE! We all have to start somewhere. Share your photos with us, bring your projects in and show them off! Have questions? Ask! Need help talking through your next project? Let's do it! 

    We all started somewhere. Remember your first wood working project? Was it anywhere near the quality of your projects of today? I doubt it...I know mine weren't.
   Take this baby gate I built for my deck last week. It's made out of the Red Grandis scraps we have at Discount Lumber Outlet. I built it in less than 2 hours. I drew up the plans in less than 15 minutes. 
   Boy, do I wish I spent a little longer planning. Why would I notch the middle cross beam instead of do a mortise and tennon? Why didn't I surface plane all the boards prior to assembling? Why didn't I cut plugs out of Red Grandis to fill my pocket holes?
​   The reality is, this happens all the time when we do a project. There's always something we would've/could've done better. Just learn from it. 

Courtesy of A. Davey. www.flickr.com/photos/adavey/4943010482/

Whether you're a master wood worker like this guy on the left or a beginner like the guy on the right...you're ALWAYS safe here with us. Please share your work with us, ask questions. If we don't know the answer, either find it or learn with you.

We all had to start somewhere. Now go make some sawdust! Well, come here first and buy some wood...then go make some sawdust!

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Happy Crafting!

Andy