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I have purchased, used and miss placed a clamp in less than 3 hours.
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more falafel please posted:I bought all the stuff (minus the sjoberg tail vise) to make the rob cosman workbench. Talk me out of it, and tell me what else I should do with a sheet of 1" MDF. I'm also in the process of making the cosman workbench, though I could only find 3/4" MDF. Just glued on the last layer yesterday and laying out the vise and dogholes, etc today. The Anarchist workbench probably is superior, but my skills are pretty poo poo and this will be good enough for a while.
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Apr 18, 2021 19:17
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I looked at the Cosman bench recently, but I couldn’t get past the fact that he appears to be attaching the vise with just carriage bolts directly into MDF. I’m surprised that could he strong enough. I’d be worried about ripping the thing off.
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Apr 18, 2021 19:46
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i was just happily flattening a glued up panel when i noticed (via a sharp pain) that i wore a blister in my dominant palm and welp i guess projects are on hold until that heals 
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Apr 18, 2021 20:19
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good jovi posted:I looked at the Cosman bench recently, but I couldn’t get past the fact that he appears to be attaching the vise with just carriage bolts directly into MDF. I’m surprised that could he strong enough. I’d be worried about ripping the thing off. I bought a significantly cheaper vise that uses even fewer screws into the MDF. I'll let you know if I ever tear it off!
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Apr 18, 2021 20:32
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Built the Cosman bench last year, no regrets. It's pretty dang heavy all assembled, and with lumber prices being what they are right now probably the most economical bench you can make. Okay one regret, it's hard to retrofit a tail vise with the way I mounted the top.
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Apr 18, 2021 21:18
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A Nicholson/English joiner's style bench is a solid choice that's more economical with the amount of wood that's required and seriously worth considering if your still on the fence. Chris Schwarz's Workbenches book has two good designs, one of them a knockdown version that can be disassembled in case that's ever required, though I don't know if you can still get it. Paul Sellers has a series building a bench in this style on his Youtube-channel if that's more your speed (skip the tool tray though, and make the top completely solid, and also don't be afraid to lower it as his design can be awkwardly high).
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Apr 18, 2021 21:53
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Just Winging It posted:A Nicholson/English joiner's style bench is a solid choice that's more economical with the amount of wood that's required and seriously worth considering if your still on the fence. Chris Schwarz's Workbenches book has two good designs, one of them a knockdown version that can be disassembled in case that's ever required, though I don't know if you can still get it. Paul Sellers has a series building a bench in this style on his Youtube-channel if that's more your speed (skip the tool tray though, and make the top completely solid, and also don't be afraid to lower it as his design can be awkwardly high). Rex Krueger also has a joiners bench design (and associated videos).
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Apr 18, 2021 21:59
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Calidus posted:I have purchased, used and miss placed a clamp in less than 3 hours. Buy two more
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Apr 19, 2021 08:44
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Calidus posted:I have purchased, used and miss placed a clamp in less than 3 hours. Well where was the last place you had it?
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Apr 19, 2021 12:25
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I found it clamped to the underside of my bench while cleaning up with the shop vac.
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Apr 19, 2021 12:58
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It's just unused to your shop and is looking for somewhere secluded where it could feel safe.
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Apr 19, 2021 13:06
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Speaking of clamps, it's pretty rare for me to need a spreader but yesterday I did. None of my bar clamps are reversible and I briefly had the thought that I should be able to just screw off the end of one of my pipe clamps and reverse it but after looking at them for a minute I realized that the knob you use to tighten all of the ones I have wouldn't have the clearance to turn if it was attached backwards. Poking around on the internet some of them have a knob that you can slide which should make it possible to use it as a spreader but none of them actually mention that as a feature which makes me wonder if I am missing something.
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Apr 19, 2021 14:16
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Yall ever be cleaning out your garage or whatever and find a power tool you didn't know you had but suddenly want to find a use for edit: Oh nevermind it's apparently for drywall signalnoise fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Apr 21, 2021 |
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Apr 21, 2021 23:14
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signalnoise posted:Yall ever be cleaning out your garage or whatever and find a power tool you didn't know you had but suddenly want to find a use for Its a Dremel knock off (rotary tool) with a spiral cutter bit. You can use it for whatever you want and there are a ton of bits that will fit it.
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Apr 22, 2021 04:32
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Thats a purpose built drywall router / rotary saw, its much heavier and sturdier than a dremel.
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Apr 22, 2021 04:39
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signalnoise posted:Yall ever be cleaning out your garage or whatever and find a power tool you didn't know you had but suddenly want to find a use for I bought one of these in a pawn shop for $10 thinking it was a palm router. It was not 
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Apr 22, 2021 05:11
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Drywall is the most obvious application for those rotary cutters but I've used one to cut holes in all manner of other things. Plywood, thinner hardwood boards, large chunks of plastic, doors, etc. They don't work very well on plaster.
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Apr 22, 2021 06:11
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I think I found my next project. https://twitter.com/paulabke/status/1385165573382938629?s=21
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Apr 22, 2021 19:08
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ECkRrphj8
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Apr 22, 2021 19:40
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This man made a jig for making dowels using worn jigsaw blades set tangentially to holes used for sizing and it is goddamn mesmerizing to me. Woodworking youtube is the best youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jG87WrArmE If you watch the video and see he has a panel saw setup and want it for yourself, here's a bonus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2I0vUCXsE signalnoise fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Apr 22, 2021 |
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Apr 22, 2021 19:53
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My first dovetail! (3 more to go)
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Apr 23, 2021 01:17
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I have an old wooden bannister. Dull, some of the stain worn away in spots. Anything I can do to make it pop short of refinishing?
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Apr 23, 2021 15:19
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just another posted:I have an old wooden bannister. Dull, some of the stain worn away in spots. Anything I can do to make it pop short of refinishing? Otherwise, you can probably spot stain the worn places. Use a small watercolor craft brush or a q-tip to apply it. Color matching the old stain will be difficult, but if the areas are small coming close will probably be good enough. Wood has natural color variations anyway, so they should blend in. A spray-on version of whatever overcoat was used would help it blend in well. Some wood polish will brighten it all up, then. A couple of furniture restoring channels that might provide some inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd8v3SbzGP9_wuSOr_xk_eA/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHTuONqU81QTkWNnmuAoHw/videos
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just another posted:I have an old wooden bannister. Dull, some of the stain worn away in spots. Anything I can do to make it pop short of refinishing? A finish restorer. They're usually thin oil finishes tinted to match (ish) different furniture colors; the oil "blends" by seeping under the old finish and diffusing. There's also Briwax, same concept but with wax. Refinishing wasn't as "difficult" as I thought, it's just tedious getting the old stuff off. Worth consideration.
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Thanks! I'll look into those. I was also looking at this linseed oil wax: https://sagerestoration.com/collections/linseed-oil-wax But this is all new to me. Maybe sanding it down isn't such a bad idea.
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Calidus posted:I think I found my next project. That first tweet is attacking me
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Apr 23, 2021 16:29
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just another posted:Thanks! I'll look into those. I wouldn't put something with oil (esp. linseed oil) over an existing finish. It'll get gummy and probably won't dry right. A plain or appropriately tinted past wax is probably the easiest can really work wonders. otherwise touch up the bare areas with some stain and clear coat over them (and then wax). If you have pictures we might be able to give more detail.
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I'm still trying to get this stupid inherited Sargent bench plane into shape and it is not fun any more. At least the sole is flat. I spent literally 45 minutes on 120 grit sandpaper trying to get the bevel on the plane iron and it's still wavy. The chipbreaker makes contact with the plane iron in the middle and curves up to gaps of about .003" on either side. I ordered the ]Veritas grinder tool rest so I can regrind all of this instead of going through sheets of sandpaper. However, the matching sharpening jig is backordered until July. Would .47" rare earth magnets in the jig slot hold well enough to slide back and forth at a consistent angle do you think?
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dupersaurus posted:That first tweet is attacking me Same here. There is something satisfying about making a tangible thing that writing code or queries doesn’t give.
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I spend all week writing bad code so that I can spend my weekends making bad furniture very slowly,
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Bloody posted:I spend all week writing bad code so that I can spend my weekends making bad furniture very slowly, Why not combine the two and make your own cnc? Also the price of construction lumber is absolutely insane right now. OSB is double the price it was this time last year.
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serious gaylord posted:Why not combine the two and make your own cnc? If you had loose morals, stocking up on OSB and PT decking would net you a hefty sum late summer when demand is going to be massively outstripping supply. I know a guy who is opting to put up one of those big steel arched implement buildings instead of a more conventional garage because they ended up being cheaper. Blistex fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Apr 25, 2021 |
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Apr 25, 2021 16:19
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I'm pricing up my new workshop and it's getting close enough that brick is now an option.
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I'm moving into a new place and want to put up some serious bookcases, probably baltic birch. Any forecasts for how that market might go? I could hold off, but not if prices will get worse in the next ~year
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Anne Whateley posted:I'm moving into a new place and want to put up some serious bookcases, probably baltic birch. Any forecasts for how that market might go? I could hold off, but not if prices will get worse in the next ~year Theory is production and demand will stabilise later this year, so roughly January onwards prices will start coming down. They're *probably about as high as they will be now because as things open up more and people return to work there will be less call for lumber. However if Canada/Russia/China go into a big lockdown again production will stop. They won't ever be as cheap as they were though, not without another massive financial crash decimating the housing market.
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I chose a great time to take a summer off work and focus on woodwork and home reno, eh?
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Anne Whateley posted:I'm moving into a new place and want to put up some serious bookcases, probably baltic birch. Any forecasts for how that market might go? I could hold off, but not if prices will get worse in the next ~year E: serious gaylord posted:Theory is production and demand will stabilise later this year, so roughly January onwards prices will start coming down. They're *probably about as high as they will be now because as things open up more and people return to work there will be less call for lumber. However if Canada/Russia/China go into a big lockdown again production will stop. This is where it’s starting to hit the hardwood market here too-hardwood lumber takes a good bit longer than softwood to produce and dry and so the mills don’t have a ton of extra space or capacity to keep up with everyone suddenly trying to fill their warehouse back up, even though end user demand hasn’t shot up as much as for softwoods. Kaiser Schnitzel fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Apr 25, 2021 |
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For a novice woodworker, what are good practices for getting useful wood at lower prices? I keep hesitating to buy materials because I feel like I'm going to waste money on wood I'm not prepared to use well, but at the same time, I have had bad experiences with construction lumber for practice stuff because it can be full of knots that my tools hate, and some lumber has a ridiculous grain that chips out in huge pieces when trying to use a chisel on it. I'd like to practice joinery and stuff but navigating the world of materials for decent prices is intimidating because I don't know how to evaluate wood well in the first place.
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signalnoise posted:For a novice woodworker, what are good practices for getting useful wood at lower prices? I keep hesitating to buy materials because I feel like I'm going to waste money on wood I'm not prepared to use well, but at the same time, I have had bad experiences with construction lumber for practice stuff because it can be full of knots that my tools hate, and some lumber has a ridiculous grain that chips out in huge pieces when trying to use a chisel on it. I'd like to practice joinery and stuff but navigating the world of materials for decent prices is intimidating because I don't know how to evaluate wood well in the first place. The two most common big box construction woods-Douglas fir and southern yellow pine- can be very frustrating to work with by hand. They have really hard growth things next to really soft growth rings and they both tend to crush instead of cut when you chisel then. Spruce/pine/fir or whitewood or hemlock have a more consistent grain and are a little easier to work by hand.
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