newbie intro

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dmac257

Discussion Starter · Feb 25, 2018

Hello all!

While I am not new to woodworking, I am new here. I have never been in a position to have a wood shop of my own, so I make stuff outside when I can with cheap tools which probably make things more of a struggle than they really need to be. My first experience with a router was not good. I was given a 1/4" black and decker POS router and was using a round over bit that was not tightened enough or deep enough in the collet or something. About half way down the board the bit came out and destroyed the plastic baseplate and scared the crap out of me. For Christmas my brother-in-law gave me an old router table that had a Makita 3612 plunge router in it that wouldn't plunge at all. It cleaned up very well and now I have a working non-POS router (I hope). So I am here to learn.

dmac257

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Stick486

· #2 · Feb 25, 2018

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hello dmac... welcome to the forums...
we do have a several, well actually, several sets of PDF's and pictures that should be of some help to you...
hope ya rad them...

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Stick486

· #3 · Feb 25, 2018

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another set...
to enlarge the pictures.. just click on them...

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Stick486

· #4 · Feb 25, 2018

and you thought you were done...

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Semipro

· #5 · Feb 25, 2018

Hello and welcome to the router forum. dmac257

RainMan 2.0

· #6 · Feb 25, 2018

Welcome to the forum. Updating your profile with a first name is always nice.

kklowell

· #7 · Feb 25, 2018

Welcome to the forums, and Rick has a good suggestion there... we like first names, makes the place feel friendlier.

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Shop guy

· #8 · Feb 25, 2018

Welcome to the forum

Stick486

· #9 · Feb 25, 2018

RainMan 2.0 said:
Welcome to the forum. Updating your profile with a first name is always nice.

his 1st name is dmac ...
kinda a little individuality the...
beats N/A..

RainMan 2.0

· #10 · Feb 26, 2018

Stick486 said:
his 1st name is dmac ...
kinda a little individuality the...
beats N/A..

Short for Dennis MacDonald?

old55

· #11 · Feb 26, 2018

Welcome to the forum.

difalkner

· #12 · Feb 26, 2018

Welcome to the forum! Yep, we like first names so update your profile when you get a minute. And you can post photos of your work whenever you're ready. So jump in on some discussions and join in wherever you're comfortable.

David

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Multiwood

· #13 · Feb 26, 2018

Welcome to the forum N/A

dmac257

Discussion Starter · #14 · Feb 26, 2018

RainMan 2.0 said:
Welcome to the forum. Updating your profile with a first name is always nice.

Done. Must have missed that.

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dmac257

Discussion Starter · #15 · Feb 26, 2018

Stick486 said:
his 1st name is dmac ...
kinda a little individuality the...
beats N/A..

Nope, first name is Don. Did they write "stick" in the front of the family bible?? Must be a little story about that nickname.

Thanks for all the reading material... all saved to my computer for reference.

dmac257

dmac257

Discussion Starter · #16 · Feb 26, 2018

Thanks to all that welcomed me to the forum. I look forward to getting to know you all better.

dmac257

Stick486

· #17 · Feb 26, 2018

dmac257 said:
Nope, first name is Don. Did they write "stick" in the front of the family bible?? Must be a little story about that nickname.

Thanks for all the reading material... all saved to my computer for reference.

dmac257

it's the 1st 5 letters of my last name...
been called that for the last 70 years and if you call me by 1st name I usually don't catch on to who you are talking to...

difalkner

· #18 · Feb 26, 2018

Stick486 said:
it's the 1st 5 letters of my last name...
been called that for the last 70 years and if you call me by 1st name I usually don't catch on to who you are talking to...

I heard it was 90 years... but who's counting, right? :grin:

David

RainMan 2.0

· #19 · Feb 26, 2018

dmac257 said:
Done. Must have missed that.

Thanks Don.
There’s still a guy here that won’t give a first name and goes by 4D . But if David doesn’t want anyone to know his first name , it’s certainly up to him :grin:

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