Popular Post rainjer Posted April 16, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Hi. there. I have been doing woodworking as long as I can remember. I have said may time I have sawdust in my blood. My parent owned a cabinet shop when i was born. I started doing projects in the shop when i was 4-5 years old. When I started kindergarten I even caught the bus to and from the shop every day. My parents divorced when I was 12 years old and not long after that the show as closed and all of the tools sold. Over the years I still did some woodworking with some basic hand power tools. a couple years after i was married we moved into a house with a 20"X40' garage and I started to get more into woodworking. This is when I started buying a few bigger tools such as a Craftsman 10 contractor table saw, 12" Delta compound miter saw and a oscillating spindle sander and of course more power hand tools. We live in thaat house for a couple years and I did many projects but as we all know life goes on and we had to move. The house we move into had a very small 1 car garage so no woodworking for me for a couple years until we moved again. This time I ended up with a 30"X40" 2 bay pole barn with no power. That was a real kick in the teeth. I had all that room but no power unless I ran a 100' extension cord from the house. I the long run I am glad that i was not able to build out the shop with new tools, the person we were leasing the house from defaulted on her loan 9 moth after we move in and the bank foreclosed on the house and we had to move again. so once again we move and once again I end up wit ha 1 car garage (bigger than the last one). this time I was able to set up a small work shop and do some project. One of the project I was able to build was a 4'X10" teardrop trailer. Because of the size most of the work was done outside. Around this time i discovers a woodworking co-op opened in the area and I joined it. The shop was fully stock with tools & equipment to use and a retail store for wood and consumables. Over the 2 + years I was a member or the co-op I built many projects. It was really nice to have access to a 36" surface sander, full size cabinet table saw , 48" edge sander, hollow mortise machine and pocket hole machine. The co-op ended up going out of business about 2/15 yeas after it open when they lost their lease on the building. In 2007 my wife an I decided to buy a house. We looked for several month and tried to find a a house with a ship to no avail. We ended up buying a house with a standard 2 car garage so i was able to stet up my tools again and do some more projects. But once again life happens, 6 month after we bought our house the economy tanked and my wife lost her job so my wood working had to be put on hold so I could work 2 job to keep the light on. Fast forward to 2013 and my wife was able to find a decent job and i was able to cut back to one job so I had more time on my hands. Well not so fast.... that is when my wife decided we should star doing some remodel projects on the house. So we spent the next 4 years doing several remodel projects on the house including the kitchen, bathrooms & laundry room. During those projects I was able to amass a lot of new tools or upgraded I "needed" to do the projects such as Kreg Pocket hole tools, Delta biscuit jointer , Bosch trim router, Porter Cable 20V drill, impact driver, 16 & 18 gauge nailers & narrow crown stapler. Once the house projects were done I decided it was time to start getting back into woodworking. It was decided I was going to turn 1/2 of the garage into a work shop for me. the fist hing i did was go by a new Delta 36-725 table saw. I have to say, i am very pleased with this purchase. It has opened up a lot of new option for project I can do. This Christmas my wife gave me a Kreg router table to an fence and a Bosch router combo kit. Since then I have done a few small projects and on large one. I built my wife a new sewing table. The shop is still a work in progress but every day I make improvement. Right no I have working on better dust collection. I just built a portable cyclone and added dust collection to all of my tools that I could. I will have to move the hose around but since I can only work on on machine at a tie it is not to bad. The table saw has a dedicated 16 gallon shop vac on an auto switch. Jeremy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Welcome, and I'm glad to meet you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Isn't it difficult to extract anything out of that top drawer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Another one with a seamstress for a wife! Welcome it seems as if you've been on a wild ride. There is a lot of good to come out of this place hope you stick around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Welcome to the party! That's a nice sewing station you have there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdie Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Welcome to the fold, Jeremy. I think you're going to feel right at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainjer Posted April 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 1 hour ago, RichardA said: Isn't it difficult to extract anything out of that top drawer? It is by design. The table extension is only used when she is sewing pieces or quilting.. The drawer is actually the shelf support. It aligns to the main top with 2 tapered dowels. When not in use it stores under top next to the drawers. The top also has an 18” extension on the far side the entire width that fold up using 2 folding shelf brackets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Welcome to the forums Jeremy. We have a good bunch here. Looking forward seeing some more of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Welcome Jeremy where in Washington are you located? I live on the west side in a town called Rochester about 20 mi south of Olympia look forward to seeing some projects from you good luck. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 welcome to the party Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainjer Posted April 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 7 hours ago, higtron said: Welcome Jeremy where in Washington are you located? I live on the west side in a town called Rochester about 20 mi south of Olympia look forward to seeing some projects from you good luck. Dave I am in Marysville, 45 miles north of Seattle. Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired in Tokeland Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Now that you own your home, built your shop and are back to woodworking I recommend starting a small business featuring custom furniture from clients designs. You could also do furniture repair, but stay out of refinishing, too much liability for your mistakes. The portion of your home used as a shop becomes an expense, along with the purchase of any new tools. Do you see where I am going with this? A wise choice would be to secure from Marysville and WA State your business license and become an LLC. How many of your friends have a "free" hobby that may even result in a second job that you love to pay your mortgage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Good idea and welcome sir, to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 If you are going to create an LLC and claim business expenses for your hobby, you need to be sure you’ll turn a profit within a few years. (It will need to become a job and not just a hobby) Claiming losses over several years is a surefire way to get yourself audited. Even if you win you’ll be spending dozens, if not hundreds, of hours providing documents and info to the IRS (they’ll even make you provide your past tax returns, even though they already have them) Or you can shell out thousands of dollars for a tax lawyer in hopes of reducing that time. It sounds nice to be able to deduct hobby expenses, but just know what you’re signing up for before you do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Retired in Tokeland said: The portion of your home used as a shop becomes an expense, along with the purchase of any new tools. Do you see where I am going with this? A wise choice would be to secure from Marysville and WA State your business license and become an LLC. How many of your friends have a "free" hobby that may even result in a second job that you love to pay your mortgage? This isn't as easy as it sounds. Like John said you need to show a profit pretty quick be for it is looked at as a hobby by he government. Then you could very well end up paying back taxes from the point you first stated righting things off. Talk to your accountant for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainjer Posted November 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 I have no desire to turn my hobby into a business.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderrz7 Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hello to you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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