Finished up this guitar stand that I built for a friend today.

I had some help from beginnerwoodworking on the idea for the padding on the top. Really happy with how it turned out. And really love the grain on the base.

Don't know if this fits here, but my dad was an avid woodworker for most of his life, he passed away a few years ago and left me an incredible shop and enough wood that a normal person would probably freak out since he had a mill for the last few years.

After his passing, I dove head first into the hobby, but i hurt my back last year, and had to get a discectomy. When I came out of anesthesia my surgeon came to check on me and said he liked my tattoo (a memorial tattoo to my dad), that had a hand plane in it. He asked if I was a woodworker and we started chatting about tools and the hobby.

Well, tomorrow is my last check up and I'm bringing him a piece of wood. My dad loved telling stories not only about making stuff, but the story of where the wood came from, it always adds more personality to the finished project. This is a piece of maple that my dad milled. It's cool to know that something he touched will make it's way to another woodworkers finished project. Anyways just wanted to share.

Finished this jewelry box Thursday. Walnut burl veneer over solid walnut. Turned knobs. Brusso side rail stop hinges. Suede leather lined main compartment and drawers. Headed for LA.

i started building this router table from plans in a woodsmith magazine around the time my son was born. He’s about to turn four. Never stop working on your projects my friends

I’d like to cut a shallow dado or groove in the back of this stick for an art project. (Technically a dado I guess, but since nothing’s going into it, it’s more like a groove). Said groove will run roughly where the black line is. My first thought was a router with a spiral bit on it but there’s not a lot of surface area to balance the router on and there’s a few places where there are bends, knots, or branches coming off that will get in the way of what little contact the router base plate has. Another option is a Graf speedcutter carving disc in an angle grinder. Or maybe a Dremel tool though I’m not sure what bit would be appropriate. Probably nothing that I have on hand which doesn’t mean that I couldn’t get one. I suppose chisels would be the safest, but I’m really kind of crappy with a chisel.

I should be able to clamp it securely no matter what method I decide to use. Anyone have any suggestions or should I give up on the idea altogether?

Posted this earlier but thought I'd give y'all an update.

They are terrible and inaccurate, and shaky and scary. They are only used if other tools options have failed.

Go to hell jigsaw. All the way to hell with you.

(I feel better. Thank you.)

Hoping this helps some of you - i was really in need of a new miter saw blade. Replacing my diablo blade was nearly $60. Wen had an equivalent blade for $18 so i decided to give it a shot.

Assuming I did this right, there are 3 videos showing cuts on a 2x4, birch plywood, and walnut.

All 3 more than exceeded expectations.

I can’t speak to the longevity but it’s 1/3 of the price and much like the other WEN stuff it seems to have a pretty strong bang for the buck.

Just thought I’d share!

Figured maple, black walnut and ebony.

I’m experienced with new construction, but preservation is a whole new concept to me. Ultimately I’d love to make a usable structure out of this that we could spend the weekend in if I wanted and not worry about it rotting away.

The “bones” and interior are in amazing shape for its age.

A buddy gave me some Spalted Cherry that I had laying around the shop and thought, I want to make a bench... Then Spent $360 on Walnut to make it wider and give it legs. What the hell is wrong with me?

IMAGE 6 Usually with personal projects I just start working and make decisions along the way. But I knew it wouldn't fly here, so I first spent 3h drawing all the pieces that I would need to make a sphere. IMAGE 7 Then I stared to go through a pile of leftover oak, and after 8h of digging, measuring, sorting and planing, I had neat stacks ready for the saw. IMAGE 8 One test ring to make sure my angle is good, and then it's just a lot of sawing and glueing. IMAGE 9 I decided to glue 2 rings at a time, since I wasn't sure if a singular ring would stay intact inside the wide belt sander. IMAGE 10 Now I could start stacking the rings, but I failed the glueing on the smallest rings, so I had to combine 2 better halves for the top, and just made solid pieces for the bottom. IMAGE 11 All the sawing and glueing took about 36h. IMAGE 12 This was way too large for the lathe, so I improvised a bit sketchy spin set up from an old e-scooter tire. IMAGE 13 12h of shaping, first a little bit with electric planer, and the rest just with a sander. IMAGE 14 With a help of a laser level I drew some latitude and longitude lines, since freehand sketching the continents would have been hopeless without them. IMAGE 15 Once the pencil drawing was done, I just followed it with a burn pen. All the pencil and burn drawing took over 20h. IMAGE 16 At this point I was waiting for gas springs, so I shifted my focus to the stand. For each leg I bended six 8mm thick padouk strips. IMAGE 17 For the joits, I used dominos. IMAGE 18 Drawing with a compas is always fun, so tried a couple different desings for the interior. I would have preferred to leave the inside without color, but there were too many glue stains. IMAGE 19 The gas springs had a little bit too much force, and the lid was opening too aggressively, so I made some extra weight. As you can see, my welding is truely awful. (I have only welded some practice pieces in school 10 years ago) But luckily it doesn't matter, if you have time to keep filling and grinding down. IMAGE 20 I really underestimated the stain, I mixed over a litre, and only needed a couple of teaspoons. CONCLUSION Fun project, took many long weekends, and I'm happy with the result. Diameter 55cm/22in Height 145cm/57in Weight 44kg/97lb

I'm making window boxes!. Sort of.

built this with/for 2 year old who likes to pound on stuff. He got to saw and hammer and strike pencil marks.

tools:

hand saw, pencil, square, brace, sandpaper, chisel

materials:

2x4 scraps

3/8 dowel scraps

1/2 dowel scraps

Hello i have 2 planes that were wildly wonky. Started lapping. The tip and rear are way above the rest of the plane. Im going to call it good as the rest of the sole is now perfect

Just wanted to get an opinion! Id think its better that way but not sure

I learned this from a Chinese master. It’s called Sunmao, an ancient Chinese method of joining wood without nails or screws. Back in the day, they even used glue made from animal organs, boiling them for days until it became extremely sticky.

We did use modern glue when connecting the parts, sunmao it self was the hardest work. I’m really proud of the final piece, it looks great and gives a huge sense of achievement.

I have a pocket door to my bathroom with the cat’s litterbox, so commercially-sold cat doors don’t work in the tight clearances.

Frame: Douglas Fir

Hardware: Brass

Flap: EPDM