Hello all, I am Larry I grew up the son of a licenced Florida contractor. Because of this I have worked with power tool most of my childhood. I realized early on that I really like building things but didn't want to do it for a living, not that there was anything wrong with it. I joined the military and spent the next 20 years serving/protecting this great country of ours and along the way continued to piddle in the woodworking hobby. This allowed me to continue expanding my skills as a woodworker and also gave my father and I something that we could sit down and have a conversation over. I have just recently moved back to Florida and have started slowly putting my garage shop together. I still have along way to go before I can really say its a shop and not just a garage with tools in it. Here is a list of the bigger tools that I have and will make up my shop.

Delta 10" 36-725 Contractors table saw w/Router table extension
Delta 14" 28-216 Bandsaw
Excalibur 40-200 Deluxe Router Table (currently refurbishing)
Performax 16-32 Drum sander
Ridgid 13" thickness planer
HF 12" compound sliding miter saw

Welcome, Larry. And a huge thank you for your years of service.

Looks like you've got a great start up on a nicely equipped shop. I do have a couple suggestions though. #1 park your vehicles outside and, #2 buy, beg or appropriate more clamps.  

Two things every woodworker needs...more space and more clamps. 

Edited September 26, 20196 yr by Gene Howe

3 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Welcome, Larry. And a huge thank you for your years of service.

Looks like you've got a great start up on a nicely equipped shop. I do have a couple suggestions though. #1 park your vehicles outside and, #2 buy, beg or appropriate more clamps.  

Two things every woodworker needs...more space and more clamps. 

Gene, First, let me say it was my pleasure.  Second, the garage has never been a place for vehicles at my house. Thirdly, I agree you can never have to many clamps and I am always looking for more.

Sounds like you have it covered! 

3 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Sounds like you have it covered! 

I don't know about having it covered, but I am sure going to give it a good try. 

Welcome Larry,

Thank you for your years of service.

Looks like you've got a pretty good start on your garage workshop.

From one vet to another- Thank You Brother for your service.

 

Would love to see some pictures of your shop and some of your projects!

4 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Welcome Larry,

Thank you for your years of service.

Looks like you've got a pretty good start on your garage workshop.

Thanks

2 minutes ago, lew said:

From one vet to another- Thank You Brother for your service.

 

Would love to see some pictures of your shop and some of your projects!

 

Thanks and thank you for your service.

 

As far as pictures of my garage workshop, as soon as I get things situated I will post some.  I will try to get some pics of my past project posted as well.

4 minutes ago, Larry Blighton said:

As far as pictures of my garage workshop, as soon as I get things situated I will post some.  I will try to get some pics of my past project posted as well.

Super!!!!

Welcome to the forum, and as the others said: thanks for your service.

2 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Welcome to the forum, and as the others said: thanks for your service.

Thanks for having me.

6 minutes ago, Larry Blighton said:

Thanks for having me.

It's our honor, Larry.

Welcome Larry.  Glad you joined.  Look forward to your participation.

11 hours ago, Larry Blighton said:

I joined the military and spent the next 20 years serving/protecting this great country of ours

Welcome to TPW.  

Thank you for your service, it is greatly appreciated here.

 

11 hours ago, Larry Blighton said:

I still have along way to go before I can really say its a shop and not just a garage with tools in it.

 

Well I am sure others will comment but I have had my shop for 26 years and it is still a work in progress.  Feel free to take pictures, we like those.  This is a well rounded lot, you will be surprised by the depth of skill and creative ideas these guys bring to the table.  Start a blog or a post about your shop.  Good way to get started.  Myself I spend as much time tinkering IN the shop for stuff IN the shop as I do making stuff for the house.  On a rare occasion I will do some small side job but hey, I have my own stuff to do.

1 hour ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Welcome to TPW.  

Thank you for your service, it is greatly appreciated here.

 

 

Well I am sure others will comment but I have had my shop for 26 years and it is still a work in progress.  Feel free to take pictures, we like those.  This is a well rounded lot, you will be surprised by the depth of skill and creative ideas these guys bring to the table.  Start a blog or a post about your shop.  Good way to get started.  Myself I spend as much time tinkering IN the shop for stuff IN the shop as I do making stuff for the house.  On a rare occasion I will do some small side job but hey, I have my own stuff to do.

Thanks,  I will post some pictures once I get some things cleaned up.   We just  made a moved from the west coast to the east coast.  So my garage which will be my shop is also a storage unit.   Trying to get some things organized so I can at least get my tools set up and start the list of projects my wife has.  I will however get some pictures of some of the things I nave created  posted this weekend.

Welcome aboard, Larry and thank you for your years of service.  I could not do what you did for 20+ years.  Too mule-headed.  

 

Looking forward to your growth here.  

Welcome aboard Larry, glad to have you here.  And of course, thanks for your service!

Here are a few of the different projects that I have completed. 

 

Late to the show but here is the welcome and thanks for your 20. They didn’t want me that long so got outquick when they pulled everyone out of Nam didn’t need me to go over. 

 

That is some one nice work you are doing

Hi Larry, and welcome. Great group here, I’m pretty sure they’ve answered every question I’ve had LOL. I’m still in the question asker side of the equation (unless it’s electrical, I’m an electrician, I can answer those). Lots of knowledge and support here. Hope to see become a regular here. Artie