Woodworking

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>>1132815

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>>1132815
Wanted a new fight stick. Made a new one from Queensland maple, mahogany, and wenge stringing. That was about 3 months ago now, and is the most recent thing I made.


And now my friends are gonna find this post and make fun of me, but that's okay cuz /diy/ is cool.

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>>1132821
Dayum son

>>1132816
Why would you not mitre your lipping...

>>1132876
Didn't want to...? Plus, putting a rounded edge on a mitered corner isn't so great to me.

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I have a birch chair and I want to achieve similiar finish to pic related. What sort of stuff I need?

>>1133542
It looks lacquered. I don't know if you have access to spray equipment or not. But you could achieve a similar finish with polyurethane or varnish.

>>1133550
Yeah I was going for the old-timey varnish. But does it need to be dyed/stained since birch is not a dark wood?

>>1133581
To me it looks like the chair has gone through a few years of UV exposure. I'd do a test to see how the varnish looks without a stain or colourant. I'd assume it would look a bit lighter though. If that's the case, I wouldn't worry too much about that. It might look out of place for a month or two. After the fact, and a few more months of the new chair sitting in the sunlight, it should darken up a bit.

>>1133584
No it's not just UV exposure. Everything was that dark starting from the legs to the top. I forgot to mention that the finish is slightly darker and colder in real life since room the lightning a bit distorted the pic.

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>>1133661
The room lightning*

>>1133581
Hard to say from the picture, but I would put down a seal coat of dewaxed shellac, then use a stain like dark walnut. Wipe on, wipe off. Should get you pretty close to that color.

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>buy boards to make table
>leave in garage for a month
>one warped like fuck the other is still crisp and true

Fuck it, gonna glue it up anyway and take off shit with a plane.

>>1133865
Gotta love it.

>>1132815
Fake trim is a solid idea op. Bout to make a full room battlestation. Will make a thread when near done.

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>>1134901
Fake trim? Why is that?

Shitty picture of finished product. Ebonized, Arm-R-Seal semi gloss finished. Base is General Finishes Java and Minwax Wipe-on poly. Gun Blued bolts for extra strength at the leg and apron.

>>1135128
No offense I can tell you at least tried. But it looks like shit. Chairs should be stools with 3 legs or something. There is no cohesion.

Just ordered a new induction motor for my tablesaw tonight. 256 dollars down the drain.. I paid 255 dollars for the saw. The little old shit who sold it to me, "working" I hope karma comes back and bites him in the ass. He showed me the saw "ran" and I believed it. But he only "ran" it for like 15 seconds. Got it home couple of days later. I realized I got fucked because the motor was dying. Funky smoke everywhere. Not the cap either, is the windings.

Tho I'm salty as fuck over it. Maybe one day ill unwrap the old motor for a fun diy project..

But for now. Im hyped to have my tablesaw back! Only 7 to 10 days for shipping.. Guess I waited this long I can wait another 10 or less days...

>>1135152
Along this same vein, I'm trying to fix my dad's old craftsman contractor saw.

It turns on, and I think the motor runs, but the belt doesn't spin, and then it blows the breaker after about 10 seconds. The belt spins by hand, with some resistance though.

Any idea what it could be?

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I resolved to turn $8 worth of walnut and rock maple off cuts into a cutting board....

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Jointed and planed.

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Then you glue up a stack of alternating boards - do not glue up boards to be wider than your planer. If you have lots of boards to glue up, then glue up two stacks.

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Run these through the planer.

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Then crosscut these stacks until you have a bunch of sticks. I used my sled and a stop block for accuracy and consistency. The thickness of the cuts you make here will determine the thickness of the cutting board. Make sure each stick has the same dimension or you'll be in trouble since you can't put an end grain cutting board through the planer.

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Final glue up.

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I sanded the thing until the ridges from the imperfect glue up disappeared, and broke the sharp edges with a block plane and sandpaper.

I thought long and hard about how to finish it. I was seriously considering bucking conventional thought and using polyurethane to minimize the risk of the cutting board sucking up moisture and cracking on me. I decided to use mineral oil in the end, because then I realized the poly would crack with repeated use and get flakes into my food.

I put a thick coating of mineral oil and super glued 5 rubber feet on the bottom. I'll just have to be careful about keeping it dry.

>>1135580
You can put an end grain board through the planer if you're willing to sacrifice a couple of centimetres for chipouts. Alternatively you could put a slight rounded edge on it with a router before running it through.

>>1135588
Also it looks really good btw.

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Does this belong here? I made it a few months ago out of some scrap pine and walnut. Finished with beeswax.

>>1135583
Looks nice man. How thick is it? It looks like a beast

>>1135588
The planer knives just arent made to deal with a big slab of end grain. Maybe with extremely light passes but I would never risk it.

>>1135628
About 2 inches

>>1135152
Oh, okay. I guess that's why I sold it for $900. I build what people will buy. Not my personal style, but I don't build most projects for myself.

>>1135128
>Gun Blued bolts for extra strength
that's a good one

>>1135174
Is it a big induction motor off the back? Could be the cap on it is bad. Take off the belt from the pulley. And turn it on. Now give the motor a spin by hand. And before that if you haven't already. Blow out all the sawdust in the motor.. If it spins up and rolls fine. Its the cap. If it doesn't start spinning and trips the breaker. The windings are fucked.. Mine does that shit after like 30 second of running.

>>1135583
You can increase the moisture resistance sonewhat with beeswax over the existing oil finish. Still food safe.

>>1135721
Bolts aren't strong? For extra strength wasn't exactly the best words. They are mostly for aesthetics, but if the glue joint ever fails (not likely, it's nearly a 1 square foot surface area) far down the road, it won't just fall apart. 4 bolts on each leg will easily keep it together and strong. People where I sell stuff like the rustic/industrial look, so I provide it.

>>1135128
How do you get the wood to be bent like the front legs of your chairs ? do you heat/steam bend it or do you simply shape it like that ?

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Hey guys, I've scratched up my table saw. What do you think is the best way to deal with the scratches? I was thinking I'd just buy a clearcoat pen and go over them. Any better suggestions?

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I made a small cat scratch pad tree today. Cut the cardboard with my table saw.

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I taped them up and then cut them to size on the table saw.

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>>1136792
Then I used a drill press to make holes through them and ran rope through. Should be thick enough that I could use both sides.

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>>1136793
Just kinda winged it with the design. I made a bigger cat tree for my roommate a while ago and he wanted it unfinished so I left this one like it.

>>1136791
>Cut the cardboard with my table saw.

Did you lose all of your scissors and knives?

>>1136802
Nope I broke down the boxes by hand but cut the strips out on the table saw. I did a bunch of layers at once and it went pretty quick.

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'made yesterday a wooden box for an Odroid I will install into a shop's cashier. This still needs to be varnished.

>>1136790
It's a tool princess it's supposed to get scuffed up

>>1136790
>Uses table saw 1 time a year
>Table saw gets tiny cosmetic scratch
>Whines it no longer is good for the showroom

Dude why do you even have tools? Just give them to me.

>>1136847
>>1136852
Shit I just don't want it to rust over time. I could just rub it down with wax or something. I just want my shit to last. If I can easily get a new top for it I'll just ignore the wear and buy a new one when it gets bad.

>>1136863
Unless you leave it out all winter and let it stay wet when it gets moist it'll be fine. I have a 15yr old wet saw that is just fine, totally covered in gunk and cement, every part has been replaced and it's still trucking. Don't baby your tools they are made to take a beating.

>>1136864
All I want to do is proper maintenance to make sure it lasts a while.

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Does a big cat tower count?

>>1136955
That's awesome. How did you make the large cylinders?

>>1136955
>owning a cat
>not gay

pick one

>>1137177
I'm guessing you are the manly man type who doesn't wear ear or eye protection when using power tools to prove how tough you are?

>>1137188
I have nothing to prove - I wear eye protection, I'm just not gay.

Even some gay people are not gay enough to own cats. Get a dog or get in line for the day of the rope

>>1136955
>cat tower
...
>no cat

wtf

>>1137197
But that clearly indicates there is a cat, as a cat is never in a cat tower built said cat.

Thus the only way there would be a cat in that cat tower is if there was no cat there at all.

Do you now see?

>>1133542
Birch is like cherry in too many of the bad ways: It doesn't always take stain well. Dyes work better

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>>1135583
I use a Holtey A6 plane that he dropped and put a ding in and sold it to me for 750 pounds off.

Accept no substitutes

My next project once I get these Deacons Benches done are a set of maple kitchen islands made butcher block style so you can re food on them

>>1135583
In a weird coincidence, some guy on /ck/ made a cutting board just like this.

>>1135583
You thought about routing some reliefs in the bottom corner on the short sides for grabbin spots?

Looks damn good though.

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I needed a new kitchen table, my old one still screamed "married couple" so I decided to see what could be done with lumber for the big box stores

The top is 3 1/2' x 6', 2x8 in the middle and 2x10 for the breadboards. Biscuit joints prevent the center boards from misaligning themselves and the breadboards are functioning. Only the middle foot or so is glued on the breadboard mortice and tenon joint, and the peg holes are ovaled out in the tenon so the center boards and expand and contract.

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I remember thinking it was the right thing to do, but for the life of I me I cant remember why the fuck I would EVER think that, but when I make this table again (2 friends have already placed orders) I'm fully housing the top corner mortise and tenons. I ended up wedging them the long way and putting 3 oak pegs through so they're quite strong now, but trying to make a 3 1/2" wedge isn't easy, so it looks like hammered hell. At least it's under the table.

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Finished frame, still no hardware, but christ those wedges...

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Steel wool and vinegar stain. I don't know if I would do it again, it turned out well and ended up matching my house, but the finish did change it to a walnut stain look and brushing on the vinegar is hard to tell coverage because it takes 15 min or so for the color to come out. I think I just took the hard road to get a dark stain.

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It turned the oak pegs and walnut wedges blue for a time though, so that was neat.

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Finished table. Benches are being made right now. I've joked when people tell me that it's a bit overkill as far as bracing and materials is concerned (particularly the 4x4 frame) and I tell them "it's built to fuck on, so it's about right".

It took 3 guys to snake it in through he doorway. It's somewhere in the 150 lb+ neighborhood.

Like I said the finish turned it into a walnut color, I don't know if I would have gotten the stark contrasts in the sap wood, but I still don't know if it was worth the hassle.

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I think I may have picked the wrong finishing product to protect this vintage racing steering wheel. Oil polyurethane looked good on paper until I started working on it with a brush. Nothing but drips, smears and brush marks no matter how hard I tried and I would try to sand it all down smooth with 220 grit.

It takes forever to dry at around 50F~65F ambient weather. At around 12 hours a layer would still feel tacky. It used shellac or spar varnish before I stripped it.

>>1137728
I forgot to mention, the only hardware in the whole project are brackets holding the top to the frame. They're just called "table top fasteners" on Amazon, little zig zag brackets that I fit into biscuit cutouts.

>>1137731
If you want to start over you might try an oil (tung or similar) and a wax. After the excess is wiped away I doubt it would leave your hands waxy.

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>>1137722
You should have cut the slot for the wedges for the tenons in at right angles to the grain, like these in my timberframe sawhorses.

Otherwise you can wedge the piece apart.

Also, drill a hole at the bottom of each slot the wedge goes into to prevent a stress riser where a crack can start from

>>1137728
Make the frame with tusk tenons, that way you can take it apart into sections manageable by one person

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>>1137786
I did that on the all the tenons in the frame except the ones in the upper corners in >>1137720 and >>1137722. Those motises are open on one side and a wedge going cross grain would only have pushed the tenons out of the open side. Unless I'm just not seeing what you're talking about.


>>1137787
That was the original plan actually but I decided I wanted as little sticking out to catch pant legs or to trip on since it's in a high traffic area of the house (right next to garage door).

>>1136936
I think he's trying to tell you to focus your energy elsewhere because its wasted there.

>>1137798
It's hardly wasted effort. I have to oil my air tools. If I want to take care of a tool and it's literally a few minutes work don't knock me for it. I don't care if you don't give a shit.

Anyone got any good guides to get into sanding/finishing wood?

I run a sand/shot-blasting place and its pretty good at getting paint off large wooden furniture very quickly, it would be nice to be able to offer other services after bringing it down to the bare wood.

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>>1136790
My tablesaw got a scratch in it too. And turned like this.. You better return it for a full refund before warranty is up.

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>>1136790
>>1138079

Similar thing happened to me. I bought a brand new Dewalt™ table saw and used it for one cut. I got a tiny discoloration of the paint on the top side of the table. You could only notice it with a lot of light shined directly on it, so I thought it would be ok. The next morning, I went to look at it again and it had turned into pic related.

>>1138093
haha GOOD one

>>1137799
Just seal it up with wax or some sort of fast drying coat. Eventually, the more you use it, the more it'll get damage.

I was an auto technician, broken tools means you're doing good work. They wear overtime

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HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Friday!

its like Christmas! except I can start my boat project!

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>>1137809
I watch this badass old man to finish my wood wheel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAEJCM9FcQE

Oil-based polyurethane takes forever to dry and is still soft after two days. I should have used some yellow/amber tint too because it was too clear.

>>1138556
You should of checked out french polishing. For an car steering wheel it would be perfect.