All Things Woodworking

[Lmo1131]

One of our cats was killed by coyotes last year. No more 'outside' cats at our house.

 

[Nazgul]

Finished this today for my grandson.

Don

 

[HoughMade]

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Finished this today for my grandson.

Don

Nice! Looks like fun.

 

[lovemachine]

It’s been awhile since I made anything. But I thought I would try making a desk for my wife, she teaches 2nd grade.

 

[Nazgul]

It’s been awhile since I made anything. But I thought I would try making a desk for my wife, she teaches 2nd grade.

SWEET!!

Don

 

[HoughMade]

I will try this again another way.

Before- ugly carpeted stairs.

During: treads under the carpet, warp happy, construction-grade 2x...also, stringers were cut sloping both down the stairs and up the stairs seemingly at random. All the treads and risers were removed and burned, then all of the stringer faces were recut to be level up and down and side to side....very tedious.

New stairs all solid oak....and level:

Most importantly- tools added to the collection: 23ga micro pinner gun, plate (biscuit) joiner, oscillating multi tool (which is what I used to trim the treads to level in place).

Oh, and the most often used tool on this job- radial arm saw. I have a big, heavy cast-iron 1968 model that was my Dad's. It will likely outlast me as well.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Oh. My.

 

[HoughMade]

I think I may have figured the pic thing out, but someone will have to tell me.

 

[JettaKnight]

I think I may have figured the pic thing out, but someone will have to tell me.

you got it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Nice job Hough! Those look great!

 

[HoughMade]

It’s been awhile since I made anything. But I thought I would try making a desk for my wife, she teaches 2nd grade.

Nice work!

Kreg jig?

 

[JettaKnight]

I tried to make tenons on the router table, and well, Helen Keller could have done better after three martinis.

My right hand guided, and my left held up the end (four feet long). Perhaps I lifted up too high, and it wasn't flat on the table constantly.

Thoughts?

 

[04FXSTS]

Not keeping it flat on the table is a good possibility. How wide is the router table and is it possible to make some kind of support arm to make a wider base? What kind of router bit: a spiral flute will tend to suck the work into the cutters where a straight flute cutter doesn't. How deep is the cut you were taking? I would take at least two cuts with the finish cut being .020 to .030 inch cut. Another thing is the flatness of the board, any bow there will also cause problems. That is about all I can think of now, if solved please let us know. Jim.

 

[JettaKnight]

Not keeping it flat on the table is a good possibility. How wide is the router table and is it possible to make some kind of support arm to make a wider base? What kind of router bit: a spiral flute will tend to suck the work into the cutters where a straight flute cutter doesn't. How deep is the cut you were taking? I would take at least two cuts with the finish cut being .020 to .030 inch cut. Another thing is the flatness of the board, any bow there will also cause problems. That is about all I can think of now, if solved please let us know. Jim.

Just a straight cutter, nor more than 3/16" deep, so I have some room to readjust and try again.

I was thinking that putting a weight on the board (e.g. 8# kettlebell) where it's on the table would help. There's probably 12"-14" of table past the bit. It's this one.



I suppose this is the consequence for letting my ego take over when I hear, "Real woodworkers don't use pocket screws."
The end goal is a knick-knack shelf with tusk tenons, but I don't have a table saw.

 

[ghuns]

...I suppose this is the consequence for letting my ego take over when I hear, "Real woodworkers don't use pocket screws."...

Don't let those kinds of people bother you. Unless it's part of the visual appeal of your project, like your tusk tenons, then work smarter, not harder.

 

[chocktaw2]

Just a straight cutter, nor more than 3/16" deep, so I have some room to readjust and try again.

I was thinking that putting a weight on the board (e.g. 8# kettlebell) where it's on the table would help. There's probably 12"-14" of table past the bit. It's this one.



I suppose this is the consequence for letting my ego take over when I hear, "Real woodworkers don't use pocket screws."
The end goal is a knick-knack shelf with tusk tenons, but I don't have a table saw.

Real woodworkers "DO" use pocket screws, and a lot glue. Our products roll down our highways at 60 mph on the same bumpy roads we drive on. I have access to 3 table saws.

 

[Rookie]

What kind of router are you using? Never mind, I see you're trying to use a router table. Do you have the feather board shown in your link? If so, use it to keep your piece stable, cut on the short side, move your fence after every pass.

Personally, I would bypass the router table and use a router if you have one....

 

[JettaKnight]

OK, I recut them using an 8# weight and being more careful. They came out just fine.


Now, the mortises - they look like the product of rabid beaver.


Drilled (with a press) and chisel away the waste. My chisel skills suck, (Yes, I'm using sharp tools) so there's a lot of filing a make it fit.





Stay tuned for the final result.

 

[HoughMade]

I do the face and edge cheek cuts for tenon on my table saw (tenoning jigs are for sissies who like their fingers...and Norm Abram). Sometimes I use the bandsaw for the edge cheek. I make the shoulder cut on the table saw or radial arm saw.

I have not mastered the router, so I only use it when no other tool will work.

[ETA]

In the interest of full disclosure, my mortise and tenon usage greatly reduced after I got a doweling jig and centers and even more when I got the Kreg master kit.

 

[JettaKnight]

Sometimes I use the bandsaw for the edge cheek.

That's how I did it.


I set the router fence for the depth to the shoulder, then just back and forth repeatedly (free hand) till the final cut right against the fence. The should cut was nice, straight and clean (about the only thing that was).

In the interest of full disclosure, my mortise and tenon usage greatly reduced after I got a doweling jig and centers and even more when I got the Kreg master kit.

Apart from a saw, a Kreg kit is about my most essential tool for woodworking. I use my doweling kit for end-to-end butt joints.