Hi all! I'm new to The Patriot Woodworker. I joined a couple of hours ago today. I'm a retired Mechanical Engineer and love woodworking. For me it's the joy in the journey! 

Thanks

MrRick

Howdy Mr Rick!

Welcome to our community, hope you share your work and anything else going on in your life. Poke around and get used to the new digs here, and we hope you have a wonderful time and keep coming back and participate in our community.

Cheers!

Welcome! Looking forward to seeing what you make!

ALL RIGHT!!! We've got another Canuck! Welcome to the forums, MrRick. 

   John (In Ontario)

Thanks all! 

Edited September 19, 2025Sep 19 by MrRick

Welcome to the forum. By the way we like pictures. Hang on and someone will be along asking for doughnuts

Welcome!

Welcome aboard 

Welcome @MrRick to The Patriot Woodworker. Glad you found us and jumped right in with content. Looking forward to your ongoing participation with us. Don't hesitate to ask questions about the site. As noted, we love pictures of shops, projects, new and old tools. Great group of "characters" here. Just keep your eye on @HARO50John.😉

 

Ps...you'll likely hear a lot of chatter about donuts here. Be at ease though. I'm diligently trying to track down those members who are attempting such a coup on a woodworking site. Until then, a friend asked "as the newest member here, when will you be providing Tim Hortons for everyone?" I'll let you know when I find those culprits attempting the donut coup.

19 hours ago, HARO50 said:

ALL RIGHT!!! We've got another Canuck eh?! Welcome to the forums, MrRick. 

   John (In Ontario)

Fixed it.🤣

Welcome to TPWW!

@MrRick   Mechanical Engineer, that answered my question and exactly what I figured 😅  👍👍👌

1 hour ago, aaronc said:

@MrRick   Mechanical Engineer, that answered my question and exactly what I figured 😅  👍👍👌

 

So I'm curious... what was your question? 🙂

1 hour ago, MrRick said:

 

So I'm curious... what was your question? 🙂

Aaron had probably been seeing all your awesome presice work Rick, and he was probably wondering what you did for a living😂

4 hours ago, MrRick said:

 

So I'm curious... what was your question? 🙂

 

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

Aaron had probably been seeing all your awesome presice work Rick, and he was probably wondering what you did for a living😂

 

 

Boss man nailed it. I had you down as somebody that has a background in something along those lines, I just hadn't asked you yet. My guess was correct 😉

9 hours ago, aaronc said:

Boss man nailed it.

 Hope I didn't step on your toes Aaron, I just get excited when I think something that makes sense for once I gotta publish it to the world. 😅

49 minutes ago, John Morris said:

 Hope I didn't step on your toes Aaron, I just get excited when I think something that makes sense for once I gotta publish it to the world. 😅

 

 

You ain't steppin on my toes, but glad it did make sense. Sometimes my thought process is hard to follow 😁

5 hours ago, John Morris said:

I just get excited when I think something that makes sense for once I gotta publish it to the world. 😅

My guess, your retired looking for something to do😃

Welcome aboard. Since you have a background in mechanical engineering, you’ll probably appreciate the tolerance levels on higher-end gear, though even basic stuff works if you tune it right. I have a Ryobi table saw that needed a bit of adjustment on the fence to get perfectly square, but once it was dialed in, the repeatability was actually decent for the price. If you’re looking at shop layout, definitely prioritize dust collection early on because it saves so much maintenance time on your motors later.