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| 91 days ago |
Breadboard Ends - How do you elongate your holes? - 6 replies Hey all, This weekend I hope to get to attache the breadboard ends to the top of the table/desk. The breadboard ends are already drilled and ready. I plan on offsetting the holes that are in the tenon on the table top about 1/32” to make sure the end is pulled tight to the top. I have built several panels with breadboard ends, and ... |
| 101 days ago |
Sketchup Question - 6 replies Hey all, Something about Sketchup is really bothering me. Let’s say I want to put a note in one of my scenes. I do this using what they call “onscreen text”. For those that aren’t familiar with the term, this is basically text that has no leader line pointing to something. Now, let’s say I have 30 scenes go... |
| 106 days ago |
Keyboard Tray Options - 5 replies Hey all, I have been looking for keyboard tray options for my new office desk that I am building. I have looked at several options on slides, trays, etc., and I am not sure that I will have room to mount one. Does anyone have any idea for self-made keyboard tray options? I really like the idea of a shop-made tray but I am a little unsure... |
| 175 days ago |
Help me figure this one out... - 11 replies Hey all, I am about to fix some shop cabinets and get some loose ends tied up in the shop. I am going to make a planer cabinet. The cabinet will serve two purposes. First and foremost is planer usage and storage. The second use will be as a light duty utility table for the shop. I will mainly use this to lay hammers, mallets, drill, chis... |
| 184 days ago |
Need help with kids room desk/shelves... - 7 replies Hey all, I need some inspiration and some design ideas. We live in a small house, and the kids are needing a desk and a set of shelves in their room. I already have quite a large chest of drawers in the room that we want to keep. What i need is some ideas on desks and shelving units, preferably integrated together into one. If I can come ... |
| 200 days ago |
How to mark a compound miter - 5 replies Hey all, I have finally put up the swing bar on the boys’ playground in the back yard, and I want to put in a couple of braces between the 4×6 beam and the 4×4 supports. I plan on laying the support board flat on the 4×4 support and running it at an angle up to the 4×6 beam. This, of course, will result in a compou... |
| 251 days ago |
Please Help Me Think of a Fitting Memorial - 11 replies Hello all, I need help coming up with some ideas. A close friend of my wife and I passed away this morning after having won his fight against Hodgkins Lymphoma only to discover a short time later that he had colorectal cancer which would eventually claim his life. We live far away from the family and cannot attend the memorial service. O... |
| 289 days ago |
Lathe Steady Rest Design... - 2 replies Hey all, I am hoping to start turning again, and I am aiming mainly for chair parts. One thing I am going to do is to build be a full length tool rest. Since I am turning chair parts, I will be needing a steady rest. Of course, the most common one that I see is the one that completely circles the work and has three wheels that support the ... |
| 336 days ago |
Shelf Life of a Log... - 4 replies Hey all, In support of my obsession to build some chairs and stools I have been doing some research and it seems than the better chairs are made from materials that a riven, not cut, from a log. I have also been looking for a supplier of such logs and have not had too much of a problem finding people to give me their trees. My problem not... |
| 395 days ago |
Adhesive Help Needed... - 14 replies Hey all, I am in the middle of putting together some Christmas presents which require me to glue some cork to some plywood. I thought I would be industrious and buy roll cork and use contact cement to glue it to the board. This has turned out to be a total disaster. I had to get water based contact cement because I needed to work inside (t... |
| 396 days ago |
Spraying varnish... - 7 replies Hey all, A Harbor Freight recently opened up in town, and I stopped in to see what I could find. One thing I bought was a 20oz gravity feed spray gun. It came highly recommended on other forums, and from what I can tell so far (just shooting mineral spirits and water) it does a decent job. The only thing I can find wrong so far is that i... |
| 442 days ago |
Painting Furniture... - 9 replies Hey all, I am getting ready to start my latest painted project. This is going to be a television console/entertainment center. The base of the thing is going to be painted a cream or ivory color, and the top is going to be solid cherry finished with oil only (ok, maybe a coat or two of poly, but I am not planning on that. One thing I hat... |
| 496 days ago |
Dual-heigth shop cabinet... - 9 replies Hey all, I am trying to design a shop cabinet to use my planer, oscillating spindle sander, disk/belt sander, and scroll saw on. Because of the wide variety of tools, I need the top of this cabinet to adjust to two heights. I prefer something that would slide up and lock into place, or something like that. I have a couple of ideas, but not... |
| 503 days ago |
Help Me Out With A Grill Cart... - 3 replies Hello all, I am just getting back into woodworking after a couple of month hiatus. I was inspired by the Big Green Egg cart that Sawdustonmyshoulder posted earlier. See below for a link. I want to build something similar for a Weber kettle grill. My only problem is that I do not want to burn down the deck with it. I am afraid that... |
| 604 days ago |
Harbor Freight HVLP Conversion Guns... - 16 replies Just wondering if anyone here has tried either of these HVLP guns from Harbor Freight: Option 1 at $30.00 I am thinking even if it is trash it should be good for something. Option #2, coming in at $60.00, I can really not tell the difference in this and the previous gun, except the air volume requirements are a little different. I could s... |
| 633 days ago |
Bent Lamination or straight cut for rocking horse rockers.... - 6 replies In case you have not noticed, I have way too many irons in my shop fire. I am supposed to be working on a rocking horse for my sons. I am to the point of doing something about the rockers. I need to get out my router trammel and do some curve cutting for the bunk beds, so I thought I would take care of the rocking horse rocker pattern while... |
| 635 days ago |
Auger Bits.... - 9 replies Anyone got an idea of where I can get auger bits for a bit brace? Of course, with the waning popularity of hand tools, these things are near impossible to find. Anyone got a good source for them? Thanks. |
| 637 days ago |
Help with sculpted tool seats... - 6 replies Does anyone know of any plans that give details on sculpted stool seats. I have been looking for some time without any success. The stools that I want to build for the kitchen have sculpted seats, and I have no idea how to even start making them. Thanks in advance, |
| 643 days ago |
Bits for impact drivers... - 2 replies A couple of weeks ago I picked up a Makita Li-Ion impact driver and drill kit (okay, stealth gloat). I have been making much use of the impact driver this weekend, and I have already managed to blow-apart two Phillips driver bits. Either I am doing something wrong, or I should have invested more money in bits. Question is, are there special... |
| 668 days ago |
Here we go again....Starting some chairs and stools... - 4 replies Hey all, I am about to do something that I have always wanted to do, build chairs, footstools, bar stools, etc. Several articles I have read mention a method by which you rough turn the stretchers and tenoned parts of the chair. Then the tenoned parts are placed in a “kiln” that consists of a box and a light bulb. The tenoned p... |
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