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02-18-2010 02:42 AM

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Hi all, I am new here…My name is Mike Heinen (42) and I live in Evansville IL. Its a small town about an hour and a half south east of St. Louis, MO. I am married with a great daughter (6, whom we adopted from Thailand). I am a novice beginner, but have dabbled with woodworking all my life. My great-grand father had a professional woodworking shop when I was very young. I remember kickin sawdust down the holes where the belts ran through the floor. So I guess you can say its in my blood. I had heard about lumberjocks through some podcast I’ve been following(Wood Whisper, Matt’s Basement Workshop). Anyway I hope I can learn alot and hopefully share alot with everyone. I hope to maybe see if ther are member close to visit and learn from and chat with…. Thanks.

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Scott home \| projects \| blog 103 posts in 4411 days #1 posted 02-18-2010 02:47 AM	Welcome to LJ! You will learn alot here and get some great ideas also. -- Scott, South Carolina
patron home \| projects \| blog 13717 posts in 4393 days #2 posted 02-18-2010 02:48 AM	welcome to LJ’s , mike . you have found the mother load , get a pick and shovel , and work your way through it . any direction is good , it’s like christmas here every day ! -- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
charlie48 home \| projects \| blog 248 posts in 4222 days #3 posted 02-18-2010 02:54 AM	Welcome to LJ’s Mike, you can’t help but have a good time here !!! -- Charlie............Only time will tell if it was time well spent.
CharlieM1958 home \| projects \| blog 16292 posts in 5270 days #4 posted 02-18-2010 02:55 AM	Welcome, Mike! You bear a striking resemblance to my Ridgid table saw. :-) -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
ND2ELK home \| projects \| blog 13494 posts in 4826 days #5 posted 02-18-2010 02:56 AM	Welcome to Lumberjocks. The projects are an inspiration, the information is priceless and the people are supportive. The only problem is, the site can get addictive. God Bless tom -- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
BreakingBoardom home \| projects \| blog 615 posts in 4133 days #6 posted 02-18-2010 03:10 AM	Welcome. You’ll love it here. Great people and a great wealth of shared knowledge. IS that a pic of your table saw? I have a Ridgid TS3650 myself. -- Matt - http://breakingboardom.wordpress.com/
MarkwithaK home \| projects \| blog 370 posts in 4230 days #7 posted 02-18-2010 03:10 AM	Welcome from a fellow Midwesterner. -- If at first you don't succeed then maybe skydiving isn't for you.
Gary home \| projects \| blog 9419 posts in 4485 days #8 posted 02-18-2010 03:58 AM	Hey, welcome to the site. Watch that table saw…they bite! -- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill
mhein68 home \| projects \| blog 65 posts in 4072 days #9 posted 02-18-2010 04:23 AM	Thanks all… No this is not my saw, but a nice pic from Ridgid! I will watch the biting.. Hopefully I got a tame one! ;)
a1Jim home \| projects \| blog 118161 posts in 4629 days #10 posted 02-18-2010 04:24 AM	Welcome Mike -- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos
TopamaxSurvivor home \| projects \| blog 20618 posts in 4728 days #11 posted 02-18-2010 04:28 AM	Welcome to LJ. Better becareful, my little sister is lurking around there somewhere near Marion:-)) -- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
mgb_2x home \| projects \| blog 181 posts in 4121 days #12 posted 02-18-2010 07:18 AM	Welcome aboard, these people are the best kind of help you could ever want, I am up in Peoria. -- "aim small miss small" m g breedlove
Alexander home \| projects \| blog 198 posts in 4163 days #13 posted 02-18-2010 07:36 AM	Welcome Mike -- John at Sugarloft Mountain........Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Jon Spelbring home \| projects \| blog 199 posts in 5305 days #14 posted 02-18-2010 09:20 PM	Welcome to LJ – I’m in Belleville, so we’re practically neighbors :-) -- To do is to be
DaddyZ home \| projects \| blog 2475 posts in 4093 days #15 posted 02-18-2010 09:24 PM	Welcome from the Okie! -- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

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