Woodworkers Thread
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With 2 young kids I have zero time for any woodworking so I'll just have to live vicariously through this thread for awhile
I’m pretty sure that’s the start of the guy that started a root fire that was burning for like a month the last I saw. lol.
Yeah, I started this thread posting a dresser I had just made for my upcoming second child. The third child was two years after that. There has been nearly zero done since my OP.
Apologies for encroaching on your thread, but any recommendations for a bags board plan? Just you tube it?
I think back towards the beginning of this thread there are some really well done ones posted. TIA.
I think back towards the beginning of this thread there are some really well done ones posted. TIA.
Use 2*4s for frames, 1/2" plywood for top. Get a hole saw on Amazon for the holes (9" down from top, centered)
I sell them, unfinished, for $100 on Marketplace. Summer of COVID I did 75+ sets. We were in MN at the time and I'd work my day job 7-4, then go to the garage and build boards till like 9 each night. It was exhausting but also fun.
I feel this. I also kind of burned myself out a little bit with some major (to me) remodel projects I tackled by myself that ended up taking longer than I would have liked (like most things but ran into some major problems I didn’t know existed and had to fix). I’ve hardly used my saws in the last 10 months.
Yeah I feel that. My wife and I have run into that. Took too long and was just stressful to try and take care of kids, have a room and all its contents make the rest of its house a mess, and finish the project. I think we will be taking a bit of break for awhile.
Since my heart attack, I do not have the stamina to spend a full day of outdoor activities, so I venture into the shop for a little less physical activity.
When making some projects, I often make duplicate pieces that take multiple set ups to construct in case I find flaws in the wood during the next cut or I mess one up so I don’t have to go through the same procedure to get back where I’m at. Eventually, you end up with a stack of leftovers and cut-offs.
My latest project involved, taking these pieces, adding some glue, Subjecting them to the table saw, the Sander, and slapping it on the lathe to create this bowl. The pattern was limited to what I had available to remain somewhat symmetric. Regardless, I won’t have to share the popcorn bowl again!
When making some projects, I often make duplicate pieces that take multiple set ups to construct in case I find flaws in the wood during the next cut or I mess one up so I don’t have to go through the same procedure to get back where I’m at. Eventually, you end up with a stack of leftovers and cut-offs.
My latest project involved, taking these pieces, adding some glue, Subjecting them to the table saw, the Sander, and slapping it on the lathe to create this bowl. The pattern was limited to what I had available to remain somewhat symmetric. Regardless, I won’t have to share the popcorn bowl again!
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That was a nice compliment to my work, Thanks!
I've had others suggest that in the past so the wife and I ventured to the fair one year to see what we would stack up against. At the time, the judges seemed to focus on who had the best laser engraver or the best CNC router, etc. rather than actual woodworking skills. I have more appreciation for a near perfectly assembled bird house than a chunk of wood that someone programmed to write their name on. I, like most others, relish a "pat on the back", but would rather see the joy on someone's face as I gift one of my projects to them than a ribbon hanging on my wall.
To your point about CNC: I think it’s important to distinguish where the actual skill is. I’m seeing these “woodworking” videos where someone uses a CNC to cut these very elaborate patterns and glue them up to make cutting boards.
I am not discounting the skill it takes to design the pattern, program the machine, and finish it. But I wouldn’t call that woodworking, personally.
I’m like you: I marvel at a perfectly built but simple table with well constructed joinery.
I've never thought about attempting something as intricate as this, but I know enough about woodworking to know how insanely difficult this would be to make. Nice work.
Thank you!
Most of my tools are antiquated. My table saw Is a 1976 version Craftsman, as is my lathe. I tell people I don't have any superpowers and such, the difference is maybe my ability to figure out (eventually) the means to an end and my patience to get there. My pride is in the fact that I'm self-taught (OK, so I've watched a few YouTube vids, but the internet didn't exist when I started, and after watching I think to myself "wouldn't it be easier or make more sense to do it this way?") Another advantage I have is that my shop is heated with a wood burning stove in the winter, so even my failures get put to good use LOL.
I made these almost 10 years ago....walnut plywood with hardwood maple frame. Dovetailed just to prove to myself that I could do it.
Idk what's more impressive, the fact that you even entertained the idea of overcomplicating a bags board to the highest level possible, or that you pulled it off. Kudos.
A few years back I was building 70+ sets of boards a summer and thought I was hot ****. Joined a Kreg group on Facebook and people are nuts about how they build boards.
This is the craziest thing I've ever seen and I'm beyond impressed.
