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Hey yall, my name is Alexander Daughtry! I am technically a concrete guy by trade, mainly foundation/structural so a bit more carpentry than not. I am starting my own landscape/hardscape/woodworking business and I figured I should get involved on a page like this. The “woodwork” ill be involved...

I somehow got linked by physX.org to a series of incredible pictures and information on ID'ing wood by one of your members; "phinds". 4 tabs running and I'm havin' a ball. Haven't done a lot of woodworking other than logging for decades. I did a lot of helicopter logging on Vancouver Island's...

Just found the woodbarter forum and I’m really intrigued .... After 16 years as an engineer, a complete “desk burnout” I chucked my job and thought for a couple of months about what I really wanted to do with my life. I decided that what I wanted was to TOUCH the thing that I made. I went to...

hello! my name is emer, (it's an irish name, pronounced like femur... :hi:) and i'm here to try to help my fiance (...without him knowing) find a new dovetail jig. he is new to the business, and paying top dollar for new equipment and i just think that's silly. so, if you are willing to help me...

I'm active duty Navy and started turning about a year ago. Bowls were the beginning and I have moved into platters, duck calls, pepper grinders, and anything new I see I want to try. I'm extremely glad I stumbled across this website and community. I recently joined the AAW and am a member of...

I just found this place looking for some wood that's way too specific for my skill-level, so I thought I'd say hi! I'm definitely a newbie, relatively fresh out of college for Graphic Design. I have yet to find a method of "making stuff" I didn't like, and tried my hand at whittling and making...

Hello world. I'm new to the forum and have been wanting to expand my resources and someone on reddit suggested woodbarter.com. I've only been turning for about a year now and would like to start a stock pile of rough blanks for future use. Im hoping I can find some connections here and some good...

Glad to have found this area. I've already seen some names/faces that I'm familiar with from other sources. Looks like a great place to exchange ideas; find things that are wanted, and such. I'm recently retired (12/31/15) and over the past 2 years have bought a place in E. Texas (Mount Vernon...