Woodworking

I realize this is an expensive lathe, but how can you ask $4K for something that looks this bad in your photo??!! http://neworleans.craigslist.org/tls/3825594086.html

Saw these at the Furniture store and now everyone wants one. Wife, Daughter, daughter-in-law, Neighbor….geez.

A few months back someone asked me if I would make a Yo-Yo, so here is my take on the project. Here is a link to more about the Yo-Yo over on my website: http://thiswoodwork.com/make-a-wooden-yo-yo/ Be sure to let me know what you think!

A. Drauglis posted a photo: "Oh...it's 'Disapproving Rabbits' again. I guess that'll do."

I have a grandson on the way in the fall. My daughter wants the crib, changing table, etc. all painted white (arguing this point with a pregnant woman is futile). What type of wood would be suitable? I am considering poplar, birch and ash. Suggestions are welcome. ThanksRTS

This is my first project from rough wood, I have done two other projects from Home Depot wood. I got the wood from a Amish saw mill. It is cherry and was very rough but only cost me $2 for a 9ft 1×6. I do not have a jointer or planer so I did what I could with my $100 delta table saw, belt sander, palm sander. I should be pickup up my first used craftsman 113.206 jointer this weekend to help me on my next project. I probably did not finish it correctly as I just used a cherry stain and a few coats of poly. But I do have to say the end result was pretty nice. For my joints I used a pocket hole screws, i know not the best way to do it but it pulled my joints together nicely to hide the fact none of the boards where that straight. My now old table saw (got a new accurate saw) was about 1/2 a degree in on the out feed side which left burning on the wood. Let me know what you think, again this was my first wood working project with rough wood.

As you can see, I did get into the shop this week to begin on my workbench storage boxes. The thing I most like about building my own design – after 15 plus years building 18th- and early 19th-Century designs for customers – is that I can change the design clear up until I can’t. … Read more »The post Workbench Storage Build Begins appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

A Corn Hole set I made for one of our Squadron’s Family Day.

I remember seeing a bit set for beading that used 2 round over bits, one was off set so when you made the reverse cut (the 2nd cut,) you didn’t get that indented edge that has to be sanded of due to the bushing (roller) going deeper on the 2nd cut. Does anyone know what I am talking about :) or have suggestions?

I have a Lazyboy rocker-recliner that’s almost 30 years old and as much as I hate to admit, it’s beyond shot. After being moved from house to house and state to state all these years the wood rockers are so worn that it actually takes an effort to make it rock and the swivel is pretty much bound up. So it’s time to send it to that great big comfortable chair heaven and get a replacement. So now my question is…. I see posts all day long from folks who get wood by tearing apart pallets and finding old kitchen hutches and entertainment centers at the dumpsters. I’ve done a bit of searching and found one or two who have torn apart a box spring and one who cut up an old couch he found. We are moving in about 10 days and my shop is pretty well packed up so I cant start building anything much till after we move and I get a new shop built. But I still have a few basic things I can get at like a hammer and crowbar. This is a rather large chair, and it has lasted so long that I’m sure it’s not all pine and pressed-wood. It’s GOT to be mostly hardwoods under all that upholstery. So is there going to be any pieces of wood large enough in it to actually USE? Or will I be wasting my time to even bother? So has anybody opened up a Lazyboy and anything worth using?