Hello, my name is Doug and I currently live in Central Florida. I have had a love for woodworking since I was 10 years old. While most kids watched Saturday morning cartoons, I watched Norm Abrams build Shaker furniture, or Tom Silva show off his carpentry skills. I also spent many days in my grandpa's wood shop watching and learning. In my late teens and most of my 20's, I worked at a sawmill in Southern Indiana as a logger and equipment operator. During that time, I also joined the Air National Guard in the Civil Engineering Squadron. There I learned a lot about carpentry, electrical, plumbing, heavy equipment, etc.

In 2008, I met my wife while deployed in support of OIF. That same year we also PCSed to Alaska. I ended up leaving the military in 2009, and worked at a small sawmill near Anchorage. In 2011, we PCSed to the Florida Panhandle, where I ended up working as an Operations Manager at a landscape company. Several years later, my wife decided to leave the military, and in 2016 we moved to our current location near Tampa. During all that time, I had some sort of small wood shop. It was typically half of a 2-car garage and my lathe was always at the center of it all. While I have built some furniture, recently, I still prefer to turn on the lathe.

Well that is my long-winded introduction, all to say, that I love woodworking.

Welcome to the forum, a great (and talented) bunch of turners here. (I am not one of them ). Look forward to seeing your stuff!

 

Hi and Welcome!! Looking forward to seeing some of your projects. 

 

Watch for our Wednesday’s Wisdom for Woodturners. Jump in and tell us what you think!!

Welcome to TPW, pull up a chair stay awhile.  Share some wit and wisdom.  

Welcome aboard. You can take the mask off here we promise not to reveal your true identity or report you to the mask police. Thanks for your service , many of us fall into that category too. Like Lew said we have some nice chats going on in the woodturning area.

New turners are always welcome.  I mean new to the TPW.  Glad you are enrolled.

Hi and welcome.

Welcome aboard Doug.

Welcome aboard!  I'm just north of ya here in LA  (Lower Alabama).  I look forward to seeing some of your turnings.

Hello and welcome. Turning is also my favorite form of woodworking.