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Greetings,
I'm a new member here, having just acquired a new router (combo) and table, but if you look at my profile, will see that's just the latest acquisition. I've been metal and wood working for years. I'm a fairly accomplished machinist, by hobby, but just an intermediate wood worker. I am definitely a tinkerer and "modifier". I really enjoy fixing and repurposing things. My 5-yr old grandaugther calls me an "inventor".
A little over two years, I moved to a tiny ranching town in far NE Oregon, to be near my grandaughter. I was lucky to find a new house with a insulated and finished 2-car garage, which has provided a modicum of adequate space for not only my metal working toys, but also my wood working ones. The latter used to be in my uninsulated, unheated, detached single car garage where they could not be used very effectively.
I've had a router for close to 40 yrs, but never really used it or learned to use it. Recently, I had two projects, one a birthday present for my daughter and the other a Christmas present for my granddaughter, that, lacking a table saw, really called for the use of a router mounted in a table. So, I got them, a Bosch 1617EVSPK router combo and a Bosch RA1181 table.
I was thrilled with what I was able to do and energized to learn more. That is how I came across this forum. I look forward to learning a lot and hopefully contributing with time.
Rick
I'm a new member here, having just acquired a new router (combo) and table, but if you look at my profile, will see that's just the latest acquisition. I've been metal and wood working for years. I'm a fairly accomplished machinist, by hobby, but just an intermediate wood worker. I am definitely a tinkerer and "modifier". I really enjoy fixing and repurposing things. My 5-yr old grandaugther calls me an "inventor".
A little over two years, I moved to a tiny ranching town in far NE Oregon, to be near my grandaughter. I was lucky to find a new house with a insulated and finished 2-car garage, which has provided a modicum of adequate space for not only my metal working toys, but also my wood working ones. The latter used to be in my uninsulated, unheated, detached single car garage where they could not be used very effectively.
I've had a router for close to 40 yrs, but never really used it or learned to use it. Recently, I had two projects, one a birthday present for my daughter and the other a Christmas present for my granddaughter, that, lacking a table saw, really called for the use of a router mounted in a table. So, I got them, a Bosch 1617EVSPK router combo and a Bosch RA1181 table.
I was thrilled with what I was able to do and energized to learn more. That is how I came across this forum. I look forward to learning a lot and hopefully contributing with time.
Rick