Thanks for the warm welcome. I've been lurking for quite a while. Returned home after 3 years living in the UK and the urge to get back to some DIY was pretty strong. I've spent the last 6 months full-time turning my basement into a proper workshop. Massive amount of lighting, electrical, dust collection, air filtration, new subfloor, walls, tables, work benches… and dialing in all my machinery (my grandfather was a machinist and I was infected with his attention to .001" tolerances at an early age.) I have about 450 bf of white oak, cherry and hard maple drying in my solar kiln… it's now down to 9% so I'm ready to go. Yesterday I snatched a truckload of 3/4" veneer core off craigslist for $6/sheet. Going back for the rest today… (a few sheets of honduran mahogany in there along with figured cherry and quilted maple.)
Now I just need to start building something! With our daughter getting old/strong enough to pull herself to standing (and out growing her basinet) means a crib is the first order of business.