New Official member

[richardhag]

Hi everyone,

I'm just introducing myself. I have been receiving the emails weekly for several years now, but just recently decided to become a member. I love to build and modify things and love to see all the great work you guys do. I am an Embedded Systems Engineer who also to do metalwork, woodwork, and just about any other kind of creative work there is. I really enjoy seeing the things you guys come up with. Thanks for all the great Ideas.

richardhag

[Jon]

Hi richard - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

Always nice to have another engineer on board

What are you thinking of building next? Do you see any projects here that pique your interest?

[kbalch]

Hi richardhag,

Welcome!

Sounds like a great skill set. What sort of homemade tools do you find yourself building most often?

Ken

[richardhag]

Thanks for the welcome guys. We have been remodeling our house for the past several years, so I haven't had much of a chance to work on projects like I would like to. Things have been especially hectic for the past two years, but The house is almost done now, so soon I will have my Saturdays back! Mostly I have been working on small projects that I can do int the evenings when I have a little free time. I have been doing a lot of modifications to my bike helmet to allow me to easily attach and detach things like earmuffs and lights and battery packs and goggles and a mask. I like to ride my bike to work year round, so I need to be able to modify it for the current season. I am also working on modifying a Leatherman Wave multitool with a new set of jaws from a Leatherman Rebar and adding some new scissors and other tools. I am hoping to be able to build myself a small workshop once the house is done and have somewhere to really do some work and a place for all my tools. Some of my next projects will be to make some tools for the mini-lathe I bought a few years back, and maybe even do a bed extension on it. As far as projects here that pique my interest, It's hard to pick just a few because most of them are really amazing. I just love anything that is made with ingenuity to solve a problem.