If nothing else, I suppose my time in woodworking is proof that anyone can have fun and be productive if they just take the time to read and patiently build their skills. I never took an interest in woodworking, or even tools for that matter, until about half way through the year 2000. My impetus for learning how to build came from being cheap and wanting things the way I wanted them. My wife and I were tired of buying furniture that didn't look or function like we wanted. These frustrations conspired one day when my wife wanted a shelf for one of our kitchen cabinets but we couldn't find any stock supply shelves that would fit the cabinet dimensions. So with a trip to Home Depot and $5.00 I picked up some plywood cut offs from their scrap bin and a package of sandpaper. A few hours later and I had her shelves installed and she was happy. That's a good thing.

This modest accomplishment developed into increased interest which resulted in dozens of trips to the library in search of information. After reading literally everything they had in stock about woodworking techniques and design strategies I tried my hand at some larger projects. It was about this time that I began to discover woodworking websites. The most influential of these was John Lucas' Woodshop Demos page. I went through each and every page on his site and learned more about how to actually use tools from a visual perception as opposed to the conceptual material I had been reading in books (this was when most woodworking books used low quality black and white photos or poorly rendered drawings).

Shortly thereafter I discovered the Woodworkers Website Association which continued to expand my knowledge as well as build friendships with other woodworkers around the country. Ultimately, I converted a small storage space in our house into a small workshop. In 2006, my wife and I moved to an apartment in the Chicago area and are looking for a house. Until then, my woodworking has been put into hiatus and although I miss it dearly, I hope to get a shop up and running again once we purchase a new home.

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