I would like to introduce myself

[littlejohnnc]

Hello everyone. My name is John Miles I live in Lilesville NC. with my wife of 31 years :) Brendett ,two cats and a rooster and 2 million honeybees :eek:

I work full time for a large hardwood sawmill. Im a sawfiler (25 yrs) by trade. I bench the big bandsaws ,40 foot long ,12 inches wide,leveling ,hammering tension in the saw blades. I've always liked wood working as a child I work with my father on many projects around the home place. Some time after I got married and moved out of the house he bought a Shopsmith. He showed me how to use it we made a few projects together. When my father past away 6 years ago ,me being the only woodworker in the family I got the Shopsmith. I got most of the mannals all the equipment cept a miter gage.
It was great for the first time in 6 years to plug her up and flip the toggle switch and hear her purr like a kitten,lot of good days with my father came rolling back in the shop.

I move to Lilesville NC 2 years ago bought a house built in 1917 . No major remodling needed, but like to refurnish the molding ,mantel pieces over four fire places. Now the wife wants furniture from that era. Except for the wood burning cook stove :p
If anyone has plans on furniture from the 1900's or know where I could get them please let me know .........Thanks Little John _NC

[Bruce]

John,
Welcome to the board. Can you send some of those honeybees this way (Missouri). It seems I rarely ever see any anymore. The younger people probably don't realize the changes that have happened over the last 50 years (I'm 51), mostly for the worse. :(

It's nice that the Shopsmith brings back good memories with your father. I get the same feeling about my dad when doing certain things, like fishing. Unfortunately, I don't have his patience when it comes to fishing. :)

Happy Woodworking

[Nick]

I'm part Tar Heel, too, Little John. From Mountain Home, NC, near Asheville. Had a good friend who was an apiary in Hendersonville. That any where near you?

With all good wishes,

[charlese]

Welcome Little John!! Out West we called guys with your job Mill Wrights. Is that same title used in NC? Glad you can get back to the Shopsmith. You'll find a plethora of ideas (and questions) on this forum. Hope some are as useful to you as they are for me.

We can use a guy with your background!!

[littlejohnnc]

Nick Im way SE of that Im about 14 miles west of Rockingham NC. Us beekeeper most of us just barely hang on . So many bees been lost here near 70% of the hive were lost in NC this year ,few day ago we had a killing frost got all the blooms for a early spring flow . Im back feeding the bees suger water till we get another nector flow going hope soon bout to eat me out of house and home. Im thinking I got welfare bees lol
Hey Chuck here in NC and the southeast they call mill wrights the ones that repair old equipment or install new equipment , cut ,weld ,etc. Mill Wrights .
We saw filers just work on saws and the band mills or gang saws. We do all the alignment work in the mills also . As we say :If it aint plum and square it want cut a straight line thats for sure. We feed 400 ft a min in 12 inch red oak . We cut 800,000 bft of hard wood a week lot of saw dust . If I can help with any question about saws Ill do my best to answer them .......John Miles

[papahammer8]

Welcome little john .

[littlejohnnc]

Thanks for the welcome yall ........John