Hello from Switzerland

[AJBaker]

New member here. My family is from Dorset, but I grew up in Switzerland (in the German and French speaking parts of the Valais in the Alps).
These past few years I've collected some handtools (including a bunch of English tools from ebay) and I've begun learning how to do some halfway decent woodwork with them.

Recently, my wife and I as well as our 3 months old daughter moved into an old chalet that was in her family. I've been building furniture and fixtures for the house and it has all been a bit of an adventure! As for the woodwork, it's been all hand tools so far, but I'm hoping to soon buy a bandsaw. My furniture so far has been a mix of local styles that I see all around me, and English/US styles that I've learned from books and visits to Dorset.

I'll hopefully post some pictures of things I've built, and I'll be asking for advice on upcoming projects.

 

[Sideways]

Welcome !

 

[Jamesc]

Welcome, looking forward to seeing pictures of your work

 

[Bingy man]

Greetings from the uk ,,lots to learn from woodworkers with many different skill sets and types of woodworking..

 

[Katomi woodsmith]

Hiya welcome

 

[Fred48]

Welcome to the forum
Fred

 

[velar]

Welcome! Whereabouts in the Valais are you? Not many straight lines in some of those older chalets...

 

[AJBaker]

Welcome! Whereabouts in the Valais are you? Not many straight lines in some of those older chalets...

I grew up in Zermatt in the German speaking part, but I now live on the other end of the canton in the Val-d'Illiez valley (the ski areas of Morgins and Champéry are nearby). Indeed, not many straight lines.
In fact, for this door I ended up sawing through the wall beams in order to have the jamb end up more or less plumb:

 

[Morag Jones]

Welcome from me too.