Hi Everyone,
So for context, this is the first thing I've ever made. New saw, new everything. Bought a 2×4x4' of S4S red oak from Menards and am attempting to make this frame. As you can see I managed to burn the wood pretty thoroughly (new Freud Fusion TK combo blade on Dewalt DWE7491RS saw). Could have been my feed rate (being my first-ever cuts I wasn't trying to break any speed records), or something else. I did spend 2 days setting up the saw before I ever turned it on. I used a Mitutoyo dial caliper that reads ten thousands of an inch, calibrated miter slot to be .0002" from front to back. Also used a Starrett double square to set the blade and Incra 1000HD miter gauge up. Without rambling on any more, I really, really tried to nail the setup so that hopefully things would line up nicely when assembled. And to be honest, the 4 mitered corners turned out pretty nice. Only issue was the 2×4 seemed to warp a bit when I ripped it to the 2×2 pieces. And since I don't have a planer or jointer I was a bit stuck dealing with it.
Anyway, first question is what would you guys recommend to get rid of these burns? I was going to pick up a card scraper today to see how that worked. Sanding knocked it down a bit, but seemed like it would be a long haul to get it all and might leave a wavy surface in the end.
Secondly, I really screwed up when trying to quickly trim my corner spline pieces to make for less chiseling (perhaps it was the 2 hours it took me to sharpen a single new chisel that had me a bit impatient!). I was using a miter saw for that and managed to cut into the main wood. Ugh! What's my best bet for a newb-skill-level recovery on this? Sanding? Planing (bearing in mind I don't have a nice plane, just a cheap home depot on about 4" long)? Running it back over the table saw? I also have a Bosch router and table that aren't even out of the box yet. But was trying to limit the number of tools I don't know how to use for this first project lol.
Definitely having fun with all this stuff but I'm trying to salvage this as a usable frame given all the time I have put in so far, and if I don't get some advice on how to wrap it up I'm afraid that might not happen
Thanks for reading!
Jeff
So for context, this is the first thing I've ever made. New saw, new everything. Bought a 2×4x4' of S4S red oak from Menards and am attempting to make this frame. As you can see I managed to burn the wood pretty thoroughly (new Freud Fusion TK combo blade on Dewalt DWE7491RS saw). Could have been my feed rate (being my first-ever cuts I wasn't trying to break any speed records), or something else. I did spend 2 days setting up the saw before I ever turned it on. I used a Mitutoyo dial caliper that reads ten thousands of an inch, calibrated miter slot to be .0002" from front to back. Also used a Starrett double square to set the blade and Incra 1000HD miter gauge up. Without rambling on any more, I really, really tried to nail the setup so that hopefully things would line up nicely when assembled. And to be honest, the 4 mitered corners turned out pretty nice. Only issue was the 2×4 seemed to warp a bit when I ripped it to the 2×2 pieces. And since I don't have a planer or jointer I was a bit stuck dealing with it.
Anyway, first question is what would you guys recommend to get rid of these burns? I was going to pick up a card scraper today to see how that worked. Sanding knocked it down a bit, but seemed like it would be a long haul to get it all and might leave a wavy surface in the end.
Secondly, I really screwed up when trying to quickly trim my corner spline pieces to make for less chiseling (perhaps it was the 2 hours it took me to sharpen a single new chisel that had me a bit impatient!). I was using a miter saw for that and managed to cut into the main wood. Ugh! What's my best bet for a newb-skill-level recovery on this? Sanding? Planing (bearing in mind I don't have a nice plane, just a cheap home depot on about 4" long)? Running it back over the table saw? I also have a Bosch router and table that aren't even out of the box yet. But was trying to limit the number of tools I don't know how to use for this first project lol.
Definitely having fun with all this stuff but I'm trying to salvage this as a usable frame given all the time I have put in so far, and if I don't get some advice on how to wrap it up I'm afraid that might not happen
Thanks for reading!
Jeff