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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:This looks really great. Will the panel be cherry too? Thanks. No, the panel will be a 4-way bookmatch of walnut burl, it's in the vacuum press right now. I really like cherry and walnut together.
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:Is that a typo, or does that really exist? Oh my bad! It's a 12"! I also have a 14" chop saw, for cutting metal, and I got the sizes reversed in my head. That said: 14 inch miter saws do exist.
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:Is that a typo, or does that really exist? Back in the day, miter saws were not made to lean over for bevel cuts so if you wanted to do wide crown molding or base mold, you got the Makita 14". Hitachi made a 15". They each cost as much as a good used table saw. And like meatpimp said, Makita made a bigass beam cutter that was just about the scariest tool on the site. Just put a sole plate on a chainsaw ffs. Leperflesh posted:Oh my bad! It's a 12"! lol gently caress me, they still exist.
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Mr. Mambold posted:And like meatpimp said, Makita made a bigass beam cutter that was just about the scariest tool on the site. Just put a sole plate on a chainsaw ffs. I bought one for $40 from someone that thought it was a regular circular saw. You're right, one of the scariest tools I've ever physically handed. That blade is fast and enormus and barely guarded. 
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Postin this again. Circular saws rock. Beam saws really rock. Do more with less!  
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My miter saw broke a while back, and I replaced it with a handheld circular saw because it was cheaper and (a decent, quality model) available at the local hardware store. Safety-wise, I think the most important part is making sure that the cut depth is set appropriately and you're using a guide. Having a huge chunk of blade hanging out below your cut is asking for trouble, and so is free-handing a cut. Honestly, I've done just fine without it. I think if I were working with longer pieces it might be an issue but I can cross-cut on my table saw no problem.
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Free handing cuts with a circular saw is superrr easy after any amount of time cutting plywood. Miter saw and circular saw fit completely different uses though but I agree most home owners probably don't need a circular saw if they arent doing their own upkeep
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Yeah, the first time you build a shed or resheathe your exterior or want to cut rafters at a family members house quick and dirty, you'll appreciate having a good circular saw. Worm-drive supremacy
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Mederlock posted:Yeah, the first time you build a shed or resheathe your exterior or want to cut rafters at a family members house quick and dirty, you'll appreciate having a good circular saw. Makita hypoid-drive supremacy Fixed that. It's a couple pounds lighter so you can one-hand it, no chain, no oiler, and has reverse winding brake since 1988.
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Mr. Mambold posted:And like meatpimp said, Makita made a bigass beam cutter that was just about the scariest tool on the site. Just put a sole plate on a chainsaw ffs. You rang? https://youtu.be/pUtvD-bCKsQ
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Mederlock posted:Yeah, the first time you build a shed or resheathe your exterior or want to cut rafters at a family members house quick and dirty, you'll appreciate having a good circular saw. Worm-drive supremacy I have both a sidewinder and a worm drive, useful in different situations.
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Kalman posted:You rang? I knew I'd seen that somewhere. No oiler.  Stultus Maximus posted:I have both a sidewinder and a worm drive, useful in different situations. Who knows why standard circular saws are Lefty, but worm drive are Righty? I don't, but as a lefty, I learned I was sawmbidextrous.
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I used some wood stain on rubberwood nightstand parts and plan to put polyurethane on them next. I applied the stain over 48 hours ago; it seems fully dry in the sense that the wood is certainly not tacky or wet or anything, but there is still a noticeable smell, though this has been continuously lessening. (It’s been both humid and cool out lately around here, which maybe slowed things down.) Should I wait for the odor to go away completely before I apply the polyurethane? If it matters, both the stain and the poly are oil-based Minwax products.
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Gabriel-Ernest posted:I used some wood stain on rubberwood nightstand parts and plan to put polyurethane on them next. I applied the stain over 48 hours ago; it seems fully dry in the sense that the wood is certainly not tacky or wet or anything, but there is still a noticeable smell, though this has been continuously lessening. (It’s been both humid and cool out lately around here, which maybe slowed things down.) Should I wait for the odor to go away completely before I apply the polyurethane? If it matters, both the stain and the poly are oil-based Minwax products. It's probably fine, 48 hours should be more than long enough unless you're in a bog or something. If you use a stain and then a poly (or whatever) that have the same solvent you may pick a little up on the first coat but it's not usually a problem in my experience.
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Wallet posted:It's probably fine, 48 hours should be more than long enough unless you're in a bog or something. If you use a stain and then a poly (or whatever) that have the same solvent you may pick a little up on the first coat but it's not usually a problem in my experience. Thanks! Solvent thing is good to know, I’ll bear that in mind. (I did have to lol re: bog woodworking as I am in fact 5 minutes away from a nice big wetlands preserve/park. No plans to take my stuff down to the boardwalk though)
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:I remember someone saying that their glue turned to dust in the cold, what does oiling wood in 35 degrees do?
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Finally starting to see some progress on the workbench. 8 pieces of 3 1/2" red oak, a bit less than 2" wide each, plus cherry tool tray. Just need to add about 9" on the back side, which will be the crap white wood I have on hand, because it's lighter and the top is already over 100 pounds. There's a long gap which will be for an extended wagon / tail vise. A couple spots are pretty wormy, gonna fill those with epoxy before I finish. 
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I had an exciting weekend: I got to meet Chris Schwarz and his business partner Megan Fitzpatrick. He's been selling chairs via his blog. I got the opportunity to buy this one in cherry, which is great because all of the furniture I've been building for this room is in cherry. Here it is next to my dining table, which you may remember me talking about building in this thread a few years ago. I had the option to either have them crate & ship it, or drive down to their shop to pick it up. I had nothing going on this past weekend, so I decided to do the road trip. It's about 11 hours from Saint Paul to Cincinnati. It was really cool getting to meet them, since I've followed them online for so long and his books really inspired me to get into the hobby. We all chatted for about an hour, I got a tour of their shop, he showed me some techniques I had been wondering about, I got to see the bog oak chair he had just finished and a bunch of the actual pieces from Design Book. It's cool having the chair now as inspiration. Being hand-made, it's got little imperfections if you look up close, so I can kind of see this as something to aim for in my own work. I've been considering making a chair for a while, so I think making a simpler version of this might be my next project. 
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ColdPie posted:I had an exciting weekend: I got to meet Chris Schwarz and his business partner Megan Fitzpatrick. He's been selling chairs via his blog. I got the opportunity to buy this one in cherry, which is great because all of the furniture I've been building for this room is in cherry. Here it is next to my dining table, which you may remember me talking about building in this thread a few years ago. That's super cool, thanks for sharing.
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ColdPie posted:I had an exciting weekend: I got to meet Chris Schwarz and his business partner Megan Fitzpatrick. He's been selling chairs via his blog. I got the opportunity to buy this one in cherry, which is great because all of the furniture I've been building for this room is in cherry. Here it is next to my dining table, which you may remember me talking about building in this thread a few years ago. That is a beautiful chair. I'd love to attempt to make one some day.
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ColdPie posted:I had an exciting weekend: I got to meet Chris Schwarz and his business partner Megan Fitzpatrick. He's been selling chairs via his blog. I got the opportunity to buy this one in cherry, which is great because all of the furniture I've been building for this room is in cherry. Here it is next to my dining table, which you may remember me talking about building in this thread a few years ago. That's really cool, and a great looking chair. When I first saw those stick chairs I wasn't in love with the look of them, but they have really grown on me and I really love the design he is making now. They seem like a great way to get into more traditional chairmaking without all the faff of steam-bending and sourcing green/air dried wood.
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:I remember someone saying that their glue turned to dust in the cold, what does oiling wood in 35 degrees do? Viscosity changes too when oil is cold, so it might not penetrate as well or at the same rate so you may have issues there too. Polymerization I think has to do with interaction with oxygen, but maybe temp interacts with that too? A chemist may know  From what I've experienced is that BLO takes a lot longer to cure if it's cold. On the upside, I don't think that oils really care that much if they do get really cold so if you warm them back up they should be good to go.
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I'm slowly turning my garage into a small shop, and need something capable of doing cuts beyond what my little handheld circular saw can do. I was thinking of a band saw, since it would give me a lot of flexibility that I can't get from a table saw, but are there other options? I'm on a budget, and unfortunately it seems like there aren't a lot of used options near me, so it looks like ~$200 for a 9 inch Ryobi from home depot might be my only option right now. IS there anything I should look into beyond that? e: i have a friend who I think has a spare scroll saw which i could get for a pack of beer, so i could have the detail stuff sorted at least for cheap A Real Happy Camper fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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A Real Happy Camper posted:I'm slowly turning my garage into a small shop, and need something capable of doing cuts beyond what my little handheld circular saw can do. I was thinking of a band saw, since it would give me a lot of flexibility that I can't get from a table saw, but are there other options? Bandsaw is good, functional, and available on the used market. Look for a 14" Delta or clone, they used to be close to your price range, I don't know what they are now. But they are FAR beyond a 9" big box store bandsaw. Edit: Sorry, I was off by a bit in what the 14" saws normally sell for. I got mine with a throat extension and fence for $250 in the summer of last year, but in looking at current listings and sales, that was crazy cheap. Still a great tool though, and holds its value even if you spend a couple hundred more. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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A Real Happy Camper posted:I'm slowly turning my garage into a small shop, and need something capable of doing cuts beyond what my little handheld circular saw can do. I was thinking of a band saw, since it would give me a lot of flexibility that I can't get from a table saw, but are there other options? Sounds like a bandsaw would be the way to go. Unfortunately anything smaller than a 14" is basically a toy and you will likely be frustrated. Lee Valley has a Rikon 14", Busybee has a Craftex 14" and CWI has a 14" that would all be decent, but all over $1k. I recognize you from the Toronto thread, so if I see anything used come up in the area I'll send you a pm. Although the used market for bandsaws around here hasn't been great. I was looking for one, as I was waiting on a new one for 11 months, I figured if I could get something reasonable used I would cancel my order, but there's not much out there. Meow Meow Meow posted:Im working on a coffee table project, the legs/base are all turned parts. My first time building something where the majority of the parts are turned. It is quite satisfying going from a rough blank to a totally sanded piece complete with joinery in a short period of time straight from the lathe. I chose the turned base as I would like to tackle a windsor chair sometime in the future, so this is a bit of practice. Update, I got the panel in. Still needs a bit more work to clean up but I am very happy that it turned out, I also got it to sit even with the frame which was what was concerning me the most with the build.  
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Meow Meow Meow posted:Update, I got the panel in. Still needs a bit more work to clean up but I am very happy that it turned out, I also got it to sit even with the frame which was what was concerning me the most with the build. That is super sharp and awesome. I can't wait until you put a finish on that and post pictures.
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:That's really cool, and a great looking chair. That reminds me to ask, for anyone else who’s read the Anarchist’s Design Book - is there any real reason Schwarz makes all his legs and stretchers octagonal? I don’t think he really gets into that in the book. Just to give them the appearance e of being round without having to actually turn them?
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It's mostly a result of how the parts are made. When you use a plane to make parts that way, an octagon is what you get halfway through the process. You can continue to make it nice and round, but you don't have to.
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random wax question: I haven't used it much and I'm going to pick a can up, any reason you wouldn't get butchers bowling alley wax? Seems hard enough to polish nicely ColdPie posted:It's cool having the chair now as inspiration. Being hand-made, it's got little imperfections if you look up close, so I can kind of see this as something to aim for in my own work. I've been considering making a chair for a while, so I think making a simpler version of this might be my next project. Killer chair, I actually have a weird question.. I go back and forth when I'm deep in a project and it's hard to see the big picture sometimes especially in regards to imperfections, what kind of stuff did they leave? I'm well past letting perfect be the enemy of good and I've looped back into sand until you're happy (a hosed up curse someone told me once) which means I'm somewhat coming full circle I suppose but I'm curious as to what they left and didnt care to hide or fix Harry Potter on Ice fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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Noxville posted:That reminds me to ask, for anyone else who’s read the Anarchist’s Design Book - is there any real reason Schwarz makes all his legs and stretchers octagonal? I don’t think he really gets into that in the book. Just to give them the appearance e of being round without having to actually turn them? Schwarz has a strong sub-theme of making woodworking accessible, and especially making "specialty" woodworking, like chairmaking, accessible. Hence planed octagonal legs (which are historically accurate) to avoid needing a lathe. Hence riving kiln dried wood to avoid needing to source green wood. Hence using mostly a jack plane and a scorp/inshave for chair seats to avoid needing an adze or a travisher. When you see him breaking convention its almost always in the service of this idea that "if I can just reduce the barrier of what people think they need to do this, they just might finally try it."
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IDK where else to ask this, but I just bought an old bench grinder that says "do not use wheels rated for less than 3600 rpm" and it came with an old 7" wheel which is supposed to be kept under 3600 rpm. I'm probably good to go right? The wheel doesn't have any visible cracks and passes the ring test. I know I'm being a bit paranoid but I really, really don't wanna join the ranks of people getting themselves killed in stupid ways 
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Is getting a new wheel difficult? If it's old, and used, you may as well get a fresh wheel if for no other reason to have a good new wheel to work with on top of the potential safety issue. The wheel hasn't exploded YET, do you want to be the (un)lucky winner for when it hits that just-right combo of going too fast, being worn, and being old?
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El Spamo posted:Is getting a new wheel difficult? Nah, I'm just usually cheap, though I'll spend money if it's worth it. What kind of wheel would you recommend? Everything at the local hardware stores is <$15 but then I see a Norton wheel is $30+
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:random wax question: I haven't used it much and I'm going to pick a can up, any reason you wouldn't get butchers bowling alley wax? Seems hard enough to polish nicely One of the leg angles is a little wonky, which makes me feel a lot better about my own leg angles; there was a chip knocked loose from one of the armrest mortises, which was glued back into place; there are like, two dings and a stray sawtooth mark. That's about it. Little stuff, but very relatable.
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Just get one of the white Norton wheels and be down with it. They're great wheels
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So I needed to remove a smoke tree because it had been allowed to grow sideways on the ground, but there were lots of bigger branches to it. So i finally got around to cleaning up that mess and grabbed a few of the more interesting pieces to screw around with.  This is the deep spoon I made in less than a day with one of those pieces. It’s a brilliant yellow and orange even without the mineral oil. And I have two more pieces left that I’ll make some spatula utensils out of this week too.
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Man a Delta 12" 46-700 lathe just popped up on my local craigslist for $100. In the last 5 years I think I've thought "this would be much easier with a lathe" like 3 times but still.
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The Spookmaster posted:Man a Delta 12" 46-700 lathe just popped up on my local craigslist for $100. In the last 5 years I think I've thought "this would be much easier with a lathe" like 3 times but still. For that money, you don't even need to rationalize. If you have the space. edit Jhet posted:So I needed to remove a smoke tree because it had been allowed to grow sideways on the ground, but there were lots of bigger branches to it. So i finally got around to cleaning up that mess and grabbed a few of the more interesting pieces to screw around with. Also, that is gorgeous wood. Are you in Aus or somewhere? I've never heard of a smoke tree except something high school kids congregate under after school
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