Greetings!
@woodtickgreg and I share another interest (BMW R1200C Cruiser motorcycles), and as it turns out, Woodworking too. He invited me over so please direct any complaints to him.
I live in Woodway, Washington, close to the Edmonds ferry dock. If you're not familiar with western Washington state, we're about 12 miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound.
I'm in the final years of work for a small software developer here in Seattle. I primarily do testing and tech support and have been here for 30 years now. Our application is an industrial design NURBS based surface modeling application called Rhinoceros. As a tech support monkey, I get to solve problems for a wide spectrum of designers and disciplines. The exterior of your DeWalt tools are modeled in Rhino along with many other things you are familiar with. I use Rhino myself for my woodworking designs and reverse engineering the odd motorcycle part. I'm looking forward to retirement and more time in my shop and on the road with my knees in the breeze. I work with my wife and my dog Zumi comes to work with me every day.
How's that for lucky?
I am super fortunate to have a 1000 sq ft shop in my downstairs garage. It's well equipped with the usual selection of power tools, hand tools, dust collection, and wood storage. My prefered design style is Craftsman - Mission - Stickley and mostly work in quarter sawn white oak and cherry. I'll post some pictures and models soon. Past projects include side chairs, rocking chairs, small and large tables, coat trees, and perhaps the strangest of all; bagpipes. I built and play my own Great Highland Bagpipes and do some repair and restoration work for my piping friends. This is primarily done in African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon). I have a supply of blackwood and several gun drills used for boring the sections. I have an old 1948 Clausing Model 111 metal lathe that is my primary tool for pipe making.
Thanks for the invite and I'll start poking around.
Cheers!
John Brock
@woodtickgreg and I share another interest (BMW R1200C Cruiser motorcycles), and as it turns out, Woodworking too. He invited me over so please direct any complaints to him.
I live in Woodway, Washington, close to the Edmonds ferry dock. If you're not familiar with western Washington state, we're about 12 miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound.
I'm in the final years of work for a small software developer here in Seattle. I primarily do testing and tech support and have been here for 30 years now. Our application is an industrial design NURBS based surface modeling application called Rhinoceros. As a tech support monkey, I get to solve problems for a wide spectrum of designers and disciplines. The exterior of your DeWalt tools are modeled in Rhino along with many other things you are familiar with. I use Rhino myself for my woodworking designs and reverse engineering the odd motorcycle part. I'm looking forward to retirement and more time in my shop and on the road with my knees in the breeze. I work with my wife and my dog Zumi comes to work with me every day.
How's that for lucky?
I am super fortunate to have a 1000 sq ft shop in my downstairs garage. It's well equipped with the usual selection of power tools, hand tools, dust collection, and wood storage. My prefered design style is Craftsman - Mission - Stickley and mostly work in quarter sawn white oak and cherry. I'll post some pictures and models soon. Past projects include side chairs, rocking chairs, small and large tables, coat trees, and perhaps the strangest of all; bagpipes. I built and play my own Great Highland Bagpipes and do some repair and restoration work for my piping friends. This is primarily done in African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon). I have a supply of blackwood and several gun drills used for boring the sections. I have an old 1948 Clausing Model 111 metal lathe that is my primary tool for pipe making.
Thanks for the invite and I'll start poking around.
Cheers!
John Brock
Tony
John, glad to see you joined us! Never mind what these guy's say, 
there actually a great bunch of folks! Great intro by the way.
