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General Category => Introduce Yourself. => Topic started by: martinvanzyl on September 04, 2011, 04:30:53 pm
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Hello from Ireland.
What comes before newbie? That would be me. I'm still trying to get up the courage to start scrolling. (I also need some courage to tell my wife I want to spend a lot of money buying stuff, which I'm not sure I will be able to master).
Been watching Steve on Youtube for some time now. Flabbergasted. Only discovered his webpage today and thinking what have I been missing.
Would there be any scrollers in Ireland, whom I might be able to visit, to see "live" work being done?
Well, even if I never start doing it myself, I will always tremendously enjoy watching you guys.
Many thanx All.
Cheers.
Martin.
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Hi I'm Russ from Florida USA. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. Jump in and let the sawdust fly. :)
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Hey Martin, Welcome to the forum! I'm Dan from Southern California. Surely your wife has a hobby that she spends money on? The trick is to show her pictures of things she might like and say " See honey, I can do this if I had the right tools!".
Trust me, It works! ::)
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Hello from Wisconsin, it also helps if you make something for her that she can brag about to her friends, mine was a scrollsaw box, she loved it. (best thing is I enjoyed making it) stick around the longer you are here the more you learn.
Pete
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Hi Martin welcome from Texas.... I'm Sheila
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welcome aboard I'm Todd from Newfoundland Canada
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Welcome,
Trust me, your wife wil like it if you have this hobby.
And what i like about it, is that you make it as expensive as you want.
I keep it pretty cheap, (i'm just a simple factory worker), bit still it's lots of fun.
Greetings Glenn.
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Hi Martin welcome, I'm Marg from Australia. Just tell your wife that she may like scrolling too and that lots of ladies do it that may help you out a bit.
Marg
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Hello from the UK.
aubec
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Welcome!
It doesn't need to much to get started. The rest comes as you improve.
Just make some for your wife from time to time and she'll be OK.
I recently figured out that my wife also likes it when I give things to our friends and guests, which are always delighted from that.
Torsten from Munich, Germany
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Hey Martin, Welcome to the forum. It does not have to cost a lot to get started. I was a single mom with 2 kids in college and needed more income. I started with a cheap saw and the lumber I had laying around from other projects. Never regretted it. I'm Julie from Texas.
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Welcome to the group, I'm Jim from North Carolina
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Martin, you will have to do what I did: bought my wife something pretty, then my scrollsaw, and kept my fingers crossed. She was only mad untill I made her something, now she loves it. --Hank
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Welcome from NZ Martin, practice that is what is needed for the saw, look on the net for a woodworkers club
Jimbo
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Hello and welcome from the Spain.
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Hi, one way to start - which I did, is start slow and small. I get bored easily and try a whole bunch of things other than scrolling. Talk it over with her and search for a machine maybe that's not perfect. Once you make something for her first - good or bad, maybe that will help. then you can slowly get more tools, software or supplies. If I sell stuff, my husband is happier and he is more likely to encourage me to buy better quality supplies or whatever if I don't eat up our joint account with frivolous purchases.
My first husband bought a 1 man plane he was "going" to put together, and he would buy cars and tell me later. He had a wreck in one and the police called me to take him to the doctor. That was a surprise. Probably your marriage is a higher priority. But I think everyone needs something to do that really is interesting and fun.
If you don't like it, then you have a better chance of getting rid of what you bought maybe if it doesn't fill your garage. Otherwise you will be having a large garage sale.
Granny Gael