Hi from NYC

[I0NZEU5]

Hi all, I am about an inexperienced a "woodworker" as I suppose one can get. I've made a nice comic box & a horrible shelf that had to be put out of its misery (looked like something out of a Tim Burton film) but I've figured out the difference between a cross-cut & a rip cut so there's that.

Since I blew out my knee sparring a few years ago (& have had a number of surgeries that have laid me up for extended periods) I've found relatively recently that woodworking helps keep my stress down & makes me feel more active (especially in my brain parts)  & I find that even failing at it still makes me feel good in that I want to keep getting better.

Anyway, I've decided for my 42nd Birthday I'll be getting myself the TSC-55 (unless the HKC 55 hits shelves in the next week or 2) & hopefully one day I'll be able to make some things as nice as the items I've seen some of the members here build.

Thanks & I appreciate all the help I've already gotten from the members here.
p.s
Anybody going to the Festool demonstration at Tools For Working Wood in Brooklyn New York (112 26th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232) next Saturday, June 4th at 11am

 

[HarveyWildes]

I'd recommend some basic, inexpensive classes on woodworking.  (I took one class a semester for about 6-7 years at Red Rocks Community College in Denver.)  You get several things.
* A bunch of formal techniques that you could mostly get from reading books.
* Informal conversation with people who are really good at what they do.  I learned a lot of techniques, decision trees, and stories about things that worked and didn't.
* Many of the instructors were people who made a living at woodworking, rather than teaching only, so the advice was practical and included ways to do things efficiently.
* Access to all kinds of different tools, so that you can try things out and then just buy the ones that you know work for you.
* Safety.  People who do woodworking for a living and who teach it have to know their stuff when it comes to safety.  It includes not just the kind of tool safety that keeps all of your fingers, but general health issues related to repetitive stress, dust, and so on.
* Broad based exposure to different kinds of woodworking.  RRCC had classes in general woodworking, turning, joinery, cabinet making, architectural woodwork, lutherie, and canoe making.

At lot of this kind of stuff can be learned on the job, but not if you sit in a cube in front of a monitor all day like I do.

 

[ear3]

Hello [member=61426]I0NZEU5[/member] and good to see another Festooligan in NYC. 

The HKC will be hitting the shelves early this Fall, if that makes any difference.  The TSC55 is a great saw, though, so I'm sure you'll be happy with the purchase.

I've never actually been to Tools for Working Wood in Brooklyn, though I think I'm probably heading out to PA for a wood run that day, so won't be able to make it.  Is it a decent place otherwise?  My normal brick and mortar dealer is Ace Tool in Wantagh on Long Island.  They sell a range of tool brands, but there's a couple of people on staff who really know their stuff when it comes to Festool, so I find it's worth the trip out there.   

Hi all, I am about an inexperienced a "woodworker" as I suppose one can get. I've made a nice comic box & a horrible shelf that had to be put out of its misery (looked like something out of a Tim Burton film) but I've figured out the difference between a cross-cut & a rip cut so there's that.

Since I blew out my knee sparring a few years ago (& have had a number of surgeries that have laid me up for extended periods) I've found relatively recently that woodworking helps keep my stress down & makes me feel more active (especially in my brain parts)  & I find that even failing at it still makes me feel good in that I want to keep getting better.

Anyway, I've decided for my 42nd Birthday I'll be getting myself the TSC-55 (unless the HKC 55 hits shelves in the next week or 2) & hopefully one day I'll be able to make some things as nice as the items I've seen some of the members here build.

Thanks & I appreciate all the help I've already gotten from the members here.
p.s
Anybody going to the Festool demonstration at Tools For Working Wood in Brooklyn New York (112 26th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232) next Saturday, June 4th at 11am