Lee

Born, raised and still live, right outside New Orleans, La. Folks here call this the Bestbank (West of the Miss. River from New Orleans). I'm happily married, with 3 kids, 2 grandkids. 2 dogs and a cat!

I have been building things, most of my live, thanks to my Dad. I use to help him when I was younger. He'd prefer to build, as appose to buy. I've grown up the same way! When I first got married (30+ years ago) I built any shelving that we needed. But it's only been the last 10 or so years ago, that I've gone "full throttle" on the wood working. When my Mom passed away, 15 years ago, my Dad sold his house and split half of it with us kids. I used some of the money to up my woodworking game. I purchased a scroll, miter and table saw, and have not looked back since. Including, about a year or so ago, building our kitchen cabinets. My biggest project, to date.

My arsenal includes: Hitachi Table Saw, Porter Cable Scroll Saw (first was Hitachi, as well. Loved that saw!! Beats out the PC big time!!), Ridgid Miter Saw (you will noticed, Ridgid has become my brand of choice). 2 Ridgid full size combo routers (one in table), 1 Ridgid Trim Router, 1 old Craftsman Router, Ridgid Shop Vac, Jet Drill Press and many assorted sanding, drills, drivers and woodworking tools.

Besides woodworking, I like my Saints, Pelican (formally Hornets, formally Jazz), and following LSU and our other local schools.

I make a living at being a metal cutting machine shop tech. I work on manual machines, such as lathes, mills and saws.

-- Lee