I usually use Howard’s board oil. A mix of mineral oil and bees wax. I took a class with a well known woodworker and they were raving about the Odies. It is expensive as all get out, but I wanted to try it. It’s ok. One thing about this stuff, it’s made with a lot of orange citrus. It does give a nice finish, it is food safe, and you can even oil your table saw deck with it to prevent rust. A tip for anyone who wants to try it, it is expensive. Apply it with a white scotch brite pad. If you use a rag or sponge, your $$ will get sucked up into the rag never to be seen again. The pad will pick it up and apply it, but not absorb and steal it.
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Maggie’s The Wood Shop
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This week's boards fresh out of the oil. These are a gift set for the in-laws.
Salvaged an old log tobacco barn, repurposed the logs to build this. Took over two years
After much research I went with died brick mortar
I was going to chink the inside, but I like the inside the way it is
I also added a blacksmith shop to the side
UGH..... Damn you all. Damn you all to hell. The Hide strikes again. I have started dabbling in woodworking and find I am getting sucked in. So of course I read this entire thread from page 1 and now I want to learn more. Which means the foreseeable gun fund will get spent on woodworking tools, equipment, and learning.
Wife started painting. She wanted a frame for her canvas. I saw how much frames cost and said, "Self, you can build one better than that for way less." So I did some research and did. Realized I actually enjoy this quite a bit and of course finally popped into this thread here on the hide.
Gentlemen, I am impressed with the "art" you have created. It is beautiful and functional. Gives me a benchmark to strive for, although I know it will take a long time to gather that level of skill. Kudos to you all.
Wife started painting. She wanted a frame for her canvas. I saw how much frames cost and said, "Self, you can build one better than that for way less." So I did some research and did. Realized I actually enjoy this quite a bit and of course finally popped into this thread here on the hide.
Gentlemen, I am impressed with the "art" you have created. It is beautiful and functional. Gives me a benchmark to strive for, although I know it will take a long time to gather that level of skill. Kudos to you all.
It’s fun. Don’t be afraid to fail. You can add wood back on, contrary to popular belief that you can’t.
Buy high quality tools from the start. Even if it’s a rarely used tool.
Come on over. BFC is right about good tools. I’m having to go back and re do some of my purchases with an upgrade. Seriously, if you have questions, throw them out there. I think all of us want to help people get better at this. Also, don’t be afraid to make some very expensive fire wood like I did this week! lol…
definitely this! If I’m doing something unfamiliar, or something I haven’t done in a while, then I get some wood from Home Depot and practice on that.
Consumables are exactly what they are. Replace them often. Keep your blades sharp. Check set up every time you use a machine. Invest in high quality squares from starrett. All of your measuring tools is where you need to drop big $$ first.
Thank you all. Right now my shop set up isn't very much. I have a jobsite skil table saw (at least it can take a dado blade), and my old skil miter saw and an orbital sander. But it's a start.
I have decided the first damn thing I'm buying are some high end combination squares, measuring tools, and some decent freaking clamps. Turns out an old Stanley speed square from doing concrete forms just isn't up to the task of fine tuning a table saws blade or checking 45 degrees on a miter. I did toss the blades on the miter and table saw and buy some decent 48 and 72 teeth 10" blades.
I will bug you all for input. Especially @502Chevelle and @Bigfatcock
Beginning out I made a floating frame for a 24x48 canvas from pine. Then did one in maple. (Why in the fuck does the wife paint canvas as so large?).
Lessons earned. Home depot boards for pine suck but wokred fine for mock up and test. Went to woodworker source for hobby maple on the final project. Alos titebond 1 is not the choice of glue for miters when you are trying to glue and clamp a 2'x4' frame. Titebond 3 is the one.
My first project. Decided to torch the pine just to see what it looked like.
I have decided the first damn thing I'm buying are some high end combination squares, measuring tools, and some decent freaking clamps. Turns out an old Stanley speed square from doing concrete forms just isn't up to the task of fine tuning a table saws blade or checking 45 degrees on a miter. I did toss the blades on the miter and table saw and buy some decent 48 and 72 teeth 10" blades.
I will bug you all for input. Especially @502Chevelle and @Bigfatcock
Beginning out I made a floating frame for a 24x48 canvas from pine. Then did one in maple. (Why in the fuck does the wife paint canvas as so large?).
Lessons earned. Home depot boards for pine suck but wokred fine for mock up and test. Went to woodworker source for hobby maple on the final project. Alos titebond 1 is not the choice of glue for miters when you are trying to glue and clamp a 2'x4' frame. Titebond 3 is the one.
My first project. Decided to torch the pine just to see what it looked like.
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You are very talented ........I wish I had the room for the equipment................and someone to teach me how to do this...........
We all had to start somewhere. I remember nailing scraps together about 6 years old to make "boats" only to see them sink.
A few years ago, i made a cabinet for a friend with raised panel doors. I made them too small and had to trash them and completely start them over. Id say wood working is 60% what you know and 40% what you can fix when you screw up.
I've made everything from chess boards, music boxes, and grandfather clocks. Don't be afraid to push youself.
Biggest problem I have is everyone wants "heirloom" quality but at a Walmart price.
A few years ago, i made a cabinet for a friend with raised panel doors. I made them too small and had to trash them and completely start them over. Id say wood working is 60% what you know and 40% what you can fix when you screw up.
I've made everything from chess boards, music boxes, and grandfather clocks. Don't be afraid to push youself.
Biggest problem I have is everyone wants "heirloom" quality but at a Walmart price.
So true! I’d love to show some pictures of a couple of my projects that I built when I still had access to a complete shop. Desk, Book shelf, night stand, and coffee table. Unfortunately they are all full and buried in stuff. May start doing it again now that my father’s shop is a lot closer.
@bigdaddydmd , good measuring tools can be found at Woodpeckers, but be prepared for some serious sticker shock. There has to be some stuff that is cheaper, but I’m afraid to trust it. Will be starting over on my son’s Christmas present on Sunday. I turned a $50 curly maple board into kindling from not paying close enough attention to what I was doing. I know I’m cutting it close on time, but that seems normal for me.
Custom inlay cutting board. Padauck with walnut inlay, decided to add some hard maple outline to the walnut. Cutting the outline for the walnut tomorrow.
Yep. Looking at the woodpeckers website. Sticker shock for sure, but I figure it's like buying glass. I'd end up spending more in the long term buying cheap optics, then mid tier optics, then high end scopes. Should have just spent the money on the high end glass from the get go.
I really like that zigzag cutting board and would like to tackle one to make for my mom. I'll pm you some questions re: Your build process if you don't mind.
I would check out this channel. Has done some reviews of some of the alternatives or lower budget tools. Has also done a few different ways to make picture frames as well. Creative guy. His channel started as the Drunken Woodworker now it is Make Something.
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His rules for making are also pretty good.
Make Something
Creative woodworking focused on design and art. Over the past 10 years, I’ve created nearly 500 videos, each one reflecting a different stage of my journey. Along the way, I’ve explored every style of woodworking content and gone through many transformations. Now, I’m stripping away the...
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This is why I cut grip and stock making/finishing/refinishing by about 99% over the years.
My women clients are much better to work with and understand quality costs money.
That’s probably the best burnt pine finish I’ve ever seen. No bullshit.
Just keep in mind that fine furniture from the highest end makers have mistakes. I’ve researched and inspected furniture for a long time and have seen the mistakes.
Don’t let the YouTube fake perfection skew your perception of what is acceptable. I bet if I inspected their shit I’d find all kinds of oopsies not shown on their videos.
A world ago in time I wanted a reloading bench.
I found the popular shotgun reloaders plan for a bench on the internet and planned on building one to their specification using standard dimensional lumber. The only carpentry needed would be “cut to length and drive lag bolts”.
At the time I priced the lumber at about $1200 bucks and figured it would take me weeks of stumbling my way through. An hour each day setting up table saw, chop saw and a work area in my driveway, only to have rain come in and force me into the house.
My wife suggested I call the shop that made our commercial sale bedroom furniture and see what they would charge.
I called, they are in NH, and they said they would not be able to do it but they gave me the number to their foreman and said he does side jobs he may do it.
I expected an ass raping.
I sent him the 1960s era shotgun reloaders bench plan and said it was exactly what I wanted.
Dude said $2500.00.
It was a no brainer. I jumped on it like Mia Kalifa on dick.
Within a day or two he started sending me cad renderings to inquire if it was what I expected.
This is what I got delivered from VT to MA, installed and setup….
It’s a mess now but you get the idea. I did buy the maple top for $350 which he and I put in place when he delivered…
After he built this mirror, entertainment system and cabinet for my wife…
I don’t think we ever haggled with his prices, just paid what he asked, fed him and respected him when he showed up and tipped him when he left.
Sadly dude decided his wood skills were not giving him the life he wanted.
He is a programmer in the tech industry and I hope he is making big bank.
I wish he could have took his skills off like a jacket and put them on me.
Yes... it adds a low b string to a standard 6 string....
Also the fret slots are not parallel... it is a "multiscale" instrument so as you go from treble to bass string the length of the strings im crease gradually to improve string tension.
Neck is super thick... at over an inch including the fretboard.
the older i get the more it hurts my hands to play a thin neck and nobody makes a fat neck, multiscale, seven string.
Not pictured are the phosphor bronze frets and gold tuners.
I "fabricated" the bridge and nut out of solid brass... im not good enough yet to say that i machined it.
Its close to being finished, but still waiting on a few things to arrive.
Finish is about 25 coats of tru-oil... well... i applied 25... i think probably 7 or 8 remain after wet sanding and buffing all the imperfections.
This is my first one so i made a few mistakes along the way, but it was fun.
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I got to meet Stephen Kaufman (sp) many years ago, at Winfield and a couple other bluegrass events.
A red hot bluegrass flat top guitar picker who had a 7th string on his custom made guitars.
Im not musical, but wanted to be and played a lot for several years trying hard.
He was gracious and kind to a pimple face kid with an old Martin who literally played 15+ hrs a week
and was still the bottom end of mediocre.
Lookin forward to finished pics and hopefully a vid of you playing it!!!
A red hot bluegrass flat top guitar picker who had a 7th string on his custom made guitars.
Im not musical, but wanted to be and played a lot for several years trying hard.
He was gracious and kind to a pimple face kid with an old Martin who literally played 15+ hrs a week
and was still the bottom end of mediocre.
Lookin forward to finished pics and hopefully a vid of you playing it!!!
I suck at angles, that being said. My wife likes to do diamond art (think paint by numbers but using 1 -2 mm plastic dots). So I needed to start making some picture frames. I came across this style and it works for me. The left 1 is one of hers. The right one is a painting that a neighbor did many years ago, based on the descriptions of where we used to go camping.
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Ive always been good with angles. My drafting background helps. Best advice is sharp tooling and accurate setup.
Ive never been overly happy with my finishing and want to eventually spray clear but I'm not fully ready for that yet.
Ive never been overly happy with my finishing and want to eventually spray clear but I'm not fully ready for that yet.
Can't wait to see more!
I like this guy. Modified an electric 6 to a 7 adding the string on top with equal spacing. He makes his puppets, performs with them, sings, and does guitar.
In other videos he sings and controls old drum machines all while puppeting.
Not sure if this fits in Wood or metalworking... but almost finished my model of the Mary Rose Cannon... Firing. All scratch built from photos and measurements. Tomorrow I'll do the wooling (rope work) and it'll be done!
Cheers!
Sirhr
Cheers!
Sirhr
I would say allowed in both. Looks great!
A quick project today. A friend wanted these made as a last minute Christmas gift. Its actually copied from her Grandmother's handwriting.
Dude that's brilliant. You could make a fortune doing that for people. Charge as small as you can and I bet you have 200 orders your first week
