Hello Just joined from England.

[utbva]

You are right, infact there used to be peach orchards where my house is now.

[chrispuzzle]

Welcome Druid, I see you are also a cyclist. What type of bikes do you have. I have a mountain bike and a road bike. Both of them are Trek bikes.

BTW Chris, I live in a desert so I don't have many trees in my back yard.

Someone must have cut them all down before you got there

Chris

[utbva]

Welcome Druid, I see you are also a cyclist. What type of bikes do you have. I have a mountain bike and a road bike. Both of them are Trek bikes.

BTW Chris, I live in a desert so I don't have many trees in my back yard.

[chrispuzzle]

Hi John and welcome!

These American scrollers don't realise how lucky they are when it comes to scrimping wood. Half of 'em have their own sustainable forest in their backyard!

Chris

[Randy Huckeby]

Welcome Druid,
Harley bagger & yamaha midnight venture.

[uk scroller]

Hello John,
Wellcome aboard, another motorcyclist hey! sorry Rolf it's a k1200 lt bmw and another scrimper ,
i'm a fully sighed up "skip rat" and try to "recycle" other peoples (wooden) junk, pluss- i also have a Hobies "A" treadle fretsaw,
----------Frank------------

[Mackem]

Welcome to the club John, can't beat a good wood scrimper

[Sawduster]

Welcome to the group John
...enjoy !

[Steviegwood]

Welcome to the family John. Steve

[stevebuk]

hi john and welcome, always nice to see more brits moving in, although we have a very happy family here..

[Rolf]

Druid,
I am not actually riding the triumph yet it is still in boxes. But the 70 TVR is fully restored.

[kerry_nf]

Thank you John...very nice of you to say.

Don't forget to sign my guestbook to let me know you stopped by. I love to know who is visiting.

Kerry

[druid]

I am Glad Gill invited you It is always nice to see new faces.

Lol, You may change your mind after reading my posts!

A collection of Hobbies plans, now I am jealous!

I have always had an addiction to stuff from the old Hobbies company, I don't know the real reason, it may be because they were an old established British company in a more gentle age, it might be because my Grandfather and Dad were Customers of Hobbies but also it could be because I am in awe of those people at Hobbies Ltd who before we had computer aided design would churn out those amazing plans week after week!

I hope you find this a comfortable place to be and as Gill said the humour and knowledge around here is never ending.

TBH for some reason I already feel at home which is unusual because in many forums one does feel a little like an alien for some time.

[Andy]

Welcome John! It sounds like you've got a lot to contribute to this group! Glad to have you "on board" (no pun intended) and I look forward to learning from you.

Andy

[druid]

Welcome aboard John! Glad you found us and joined. Hope you visit often. Sounds like you'll fit right in! We love pictures to, so if you have any you can share, please do so. I for one would love to see some of your toys.

Thanks.

Afraid I am a scrimper, to be honest I am quite proud to be one in this age of saving the planet, almost everything I make is made from recycled materials, I make a lot of stuff like small furniture from scrap softwood, there is scroll saw content in that I use the saw to cut the box combs on the Drawers etc plus all the curved parts etc.

I do make some real Fretwork items but not that often as my wife an daughters always want me to make them tables and cabinets etc!

I have got some images of my stuff but don't know where to upload them to.