Wow, thanks for the warm welcome! I already feel at home here. I'm gonna start posting some pics of my latest project, but be forewarned, I'm a bit of a newbie at this custom woodworking. I learned to love building with wood about 7 years ago but it was in a small custom cabinet shop and we pretty much stuck with your basic red oak, ash and paint grade cabinets. Lately, even though I'm a bit nervous about it, I've embarked on some projects using reclaimed wood from various sources. This latest project is a coffee table using some very old red oak that, in its previous life, was part of a bumper pad system on a loading dock. It's beauty rests in the many imperfections found in it, much like us humans. However this is a big step for me since for the first time since I picked up woodworking, I'm going to mix two different wood types. Now this doesn't sound like that big a deal to most of you as I've seen many of your incredibly beautiful pieces, but for me this is a huge step, and I hope it turns out well.
As the project takes shape I'm sure I'll have questions along the way, and I'll post them here. As for seeing my shop, it's a disaster area because it's so small. I use half of my basement for my shop since that's all I have currently, so maybe some time when it's cleaner I'll take some pics. For now there's some pics of my current project in my projects area. All I'm currently using for a finish is tung oil as I've lately become infatuated with it. Hope this post isn't too long.