Lathing is where I started. Cheap used thing. Ran it making harry potter wands for the kids until I blew the motor. They are a ton of fun and you learn a lot about what woods will and won't do. It's also hypnotic and relaxing (except when something breaks, lols).
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Lathing is where I started. Cheap used thing. Ran it making harry potter wands for the kids until I blew the motor. They are a ton of fun and you learn a lot about what woods will and won't do. It's also hypnotic and relaxing (except when something breaks, lols).
Well, I just made some new cabinets and doors outta some wood... and some wood-like stuff(MDF)...
The last couple days been wrestling with some store-bought oak butcher block for a new countertop...
Stain samples. I knew which one she'd pick, but she made me do it anyways...
Clearcoat test...
This was Watco's butcher block oil and finish. It says not to use it on top of any other product. I emailed and asked them if they really meant that. They assured me that if I applied it over my oil based stain, it would puddle on the surface, not absorb into the wood, and not dry. Turns out, they don't know jack.
There's nothing worse to do than cut HUGE 45s...
I'm no artist with a circular saw, so I stayed FAR away from my lines. Thinking that if I got lucky, I'd just cut the excess off the straight end. I didn't get lucky. So I screwed a perfectly straight board to the bottom side and carefully measured to produce an exact 45 degree angle. Then took my router with a large flush trim bit and cut along my straight edge. The result was still not acceptable to me. My perfectly straight board was a VERY soft piece of pine that had some knots in it. The bearing of my flush trim bit wore a slight groove in it where there were no knots, producing high and low spots which double when you put the two pieces together. So I clamped the two pieces face to face, averaged out the inconsistencies and belt sanded the hell out of them. It finally came out good...
Coat #4 of the Watco is currently drying. I hope to get it installed after work. Then I'll untuck the back of my tee shirt, ditch my belt, and show the wife some plumber's crack while I put in the new sink and faucet.
The last couple days been wrestling with some store-bought oak butcher block for a new countertop...
Stain samples. I knew which one she'd pick, but she made me do it anyways...
Clearcoat test...
This was Watco's butcher block oil and finish. It says not to use it on top of any other product. I emailed and asked them if they really meant that. They assured me that if I applied it over my oil based stain, it would puddle on the surface, not absorb into the wood, and not dry. Turns out, they don't know jack.
There's nothing worse to do than cut HUGE 45s
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I'm no artist with a circular saw, so I stayed FAR away from my lines. Thinking that if I got lucky, I'd just cut the excess off the straight end. I didn't get lucky. So I screwed a perfectly straight board to the bottom side and carefully measured to produce an exact 45 degree angle. Then took my router with a large flush trim bit and cut along my straight edge. The result was still not acceptable to me. My perfectly straight board was a VERY soft piece of pine that had some knots in it. The bearing of my flush trim bit wore a slight groove in it where there were no knots, producing high and low spots which double when you put the two pieces together. So I clamped the two pieces face to face, averaged out the inconsistencies and belt sanded the hell out of them. It finally came out good...
Coat #4 of the Watco is currently drying. I hope to get it installed after work. Then I'll untuck the back of my tee shirt, ditch my belt, and show the wife some plumber's crack while I put in the new sink and faucet.
Both are cool, but I need more on the second one. More pics or an explanation please - it looks really interesting!
I'm not in the same league as you guys, but I like to mess around with stuff. Here's a couple lamps I made recently.
It's basically an electric version of the swedish torch. Pretty quick and easy but fun project. Here's a closer pic, this one is cedar, the red center really makes it look like fire.(I don't know why it keeps showing these sideways)
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A selfbow made from a black locust stave I aquired in West Virginia. I got to talking to the manager of a state park about archery. Next thing you know we were in his home at the park then he insisted on me leaving with a stave out of his barn. Made the Flemish string also.
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You guys are making me feel guilty for turning all of my walnut, locust, and oak into firewood.
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Wow! Have you shot it?
A selfbow made from a black locust stave I aquired in West Virginia. I got to talking to the manager of a state park about archery. Next thing you know we were in his home at the park then he insisted on me leaving with a stave out of his barn. Made the Flemish string also.
Yes, it shoots good but came out at a lighter draw weight than I originally wanted at 45lbs. I was wanting 50lbs or a little more but I took more wood off the belly during tillering than I had hoped. I have another made out of osage.
Another board for my wife:
Those look really nice. Do you dowel those together before gluing? Do you got a planner, or you taking those down by sanding? You got me wanting to dig around the garage to see what wood I might have laying around.
I used to dowel stuff. Then I got a biscuit joiner. It's life changing.
I built this "stand up desk" for my kid's room at his frat house. They are prohibited from having "bars" in their rooms...
The wood was mostly rough sawn cottonwood. Which is nice because it's super light. I have a big pile of lumber like this in my barn that my dad and grandpa cut up back in the 60s. I don't think my grandpa EVER bought lumber. He had several acres of woods, and his dad had a sawmill.
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