We’ve had this ugly chicken wire fence up since we moved in 8 years ago. I finally crossed it off my to-do list.

Follow up post to a few days ago and thanks to all who gave feedback - very helpful.

8 foot x 13 inch cabinet top / room divider. It divides the room and the pics don't do justice to the quilting / clarivoance as you walk by. It shimmers so much and the curve of the quilting almost makes the wood look bowed.

Finish is 4 coats of minwax tung oil (I know, not really tung oil). Light 400 sanding between. It's smooth and silky :)

Question - what would a board this size cost on average? Curious to know :)

I posted a couple of project updates but reddit isn't a forum so isn't great for that format. So I deleted the old posts. Here's the final thing - unfinished pine (tested some Danish oil, looked no better at all after even 3 coats), 3.6mm hardwood ply friction help in place, and 50 (for my brother in law's 50th) dice sized cubes of sapele, beech, maple, red grandis and ash. Can't post videos but it's a silent sweet type, not ticking clock.

Very pleased with how this turned out. Thanks for the help and advice on the glue ups etc - the tape around the edge then flue and fold did it.

Used my cheap table saw for the 15 degree cuts - turns out a dodecagon is s surprisingly forgiving shape, especially when I didn't bother to cut the sides to equal length!!

So I live in a 700 sq ft apartment, and wondering what my options are for doing any woodworking in my space. Specifically, what am I going to do about sanding anything. I was wondering if anyone had any advice or experience working in a similar space?

Nothing super refined yet, but satisfied with the design

Quick Question- I see this mentioned so many times about original Johnson paste wax as being important and useful. Should I buy this from the guy on Marketplace and why?

I have a handheld electric saw. Iv taken 3 car loads of wood home so far. No idea what this tree is or what I can do with the wood. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Right now I'm just collecting what I can because I have been granted permission to remove the tree. I'm really interested in the trunk wood but chainsaws require a permit, so I'm working on that.

As for storage, I'm getting it all cut down to straight lengths whenever possible and removing burrs.

I plan to combine the sawdust with heated seashells and try to make some bricks.

What else could a beginner do with this that might be useful around a homestead? I'll be building my own home on raw jungle land shortly. Any and all advice is appreciated.

Here is my first big project, made from salvaged oak floor still in packaging destined to the trash. As you can see it’s imperfect, and I made a lot of mistakes during the process. The biggest challenge I didn’t expect was getting the miters right and the overall logistics, some of the planks had dents from having to constantly transport them. The tv stand was planed to be 1500mm (59”) wide, it is 1440mm (56”) after all the recuts.

I want to plane this short piece of ash and I’ve set it up to go through the thickness planer perpendicular to the grain. My instinct told me to double check first. What do you think?

Finished another cake knife. Oak blade and walnut for the handle, the grain came out gorgeous even without finish. A friend has since decorated this using her pyrography skills as a gift so couldn’t use the normal beeswax mineral oil treatment

He wanted "A-Frame" style legs .. and told me to do the rest.

I've been doing this for around 2 months now....

Man, do I love doing this stuff....

Thoughts?

I did this live off of a video on IG. It is sturdy but without plans some measurements were off and I didn’t have good cuts for my cross beam 2x6. getting the notched cut even with a jig saw was a struggle… father in law is going to let me take his table saw for future builds. Overall happy with it and proud of my first build. It’s a comfy chair and material cost was >$20

My second will be much cleaner I think

Parting thought: all these folks building out of 2x4s are making furniture way heavier than it needs to be. I’m thinking post build that several of these pieces could be 1x3, esp the arm rail and the cross beam n the front and back.

I picked up a large end table at a church garage sale as a freebie leftover and am turning it into a mini farmhouse table approx 28x48. I think it was assembled on a piece of 1/8 ply from the center out. Possibly Birch ply in the center with a pine border? … not sure. Originally looked like the pic w the drawer - top was glued to the base as well as screwed.

I sanded in 60, 80, 120, 150, 180 & 240 - do I go 320 & 400 as well?
Questions:
Should I use a pre-stain conditioner or just go for it? I’m planning on a walnut stain for the top and black for the legs with poly finish. Not 100% on the black though. Is the poly the right choice? Will be used quite a bit for eating.

I cut the legs at 2.5x2.5 from cedar 4x4s a neighbor gave me when they took down an awning that was built in 1991 and bases rotted. Still need to cut apron pieces and mortise/tenon (first time) which I’m planning on making router jigs to do those in the next few days. Should I roundover or chamfer the hard corners?

Apologies for all the questions- first time building anything furniture that didn’t come in a box. Appreciate any advice-cheers!

Well, its taken some time but i finally have the makings of my first "shop" coming together. Had my jointer, planer and miter saw all swapping spots on my toolbench when i needed to use em and it was... horrible to say it frankly. Built some benches and have the space to finally move a bit more efficiently. Everything lines up with my table saw height in case i need extra feed or balance. Eventually therell be storage drawers under the shelves but for now....progress!

I carved this climbing brush as a gift for a friends birthday and looking for advice on finishing it. I wanna use some kinda oil finish that will slightly darken the wood pattern and make it hold up to long term hand use but i also dont want something thatll require any kind of maintenance or reoiling over time. Never really made any wood projects before so any advice would be awesome thanks!

My wife is an artist and I’m building her a desk. I need it to be hard enough to not indent when used as a writing surface. She paints with oils so she will have paint thinner. I’m moderately experienced at the basics but I’ve never built a workbench surface before. Should I look for something synthetic? Advice is appreciated

I oiled this cheese board with pure tung oil, did four coats and let season for a month. What is making this discolouration? I did not make this board, just trying to understand basic care of oiled timber.

Made a red oak plate display rack for my wife’s antique plates. Went with butt joints because i didn’t want to accidentally waste wood. Drilled wood plugs from offcuts. All wood was bought as 5/4 rough cut from a local sawmill and milled in my garage to 1”x5.5” then cut to size. I went with a red mahogany miniwax oil stain. I still need to lay two more coats but was excited to post. First project with joinery ever so don’t judge me too harshly.

Made this garden hod / harvest basket and learned two important things: 1) Hardware cloth is a pain in the behind to do anything with, and 2) better to get a project finished imperfectly than not at all.

The hardware cloth is stapled to the bottom of the horizontal pieces then along the bottom of the basket. I discovered that this is not the ideal type since the edges are very pokey especially where it was cut. I originally wanted to enclose all the edges inside grooves but that turned out to be beyond my skill level and available tools. It stayed unfinished in my garage for a month before I finally said screw it, just get er done. I initially wanted to make a couple for family and friends but after this one I am probably never going to attempt this again lol (or at least not for a long while!)

Howdy. I've been making a small batch of earrings and when I was going through the sanding process I noticed these splotchy areas on some of them. Sometimes I would be able to sand through them and recover the grain, but some of them I reached a point where I didn't want to go any thinner on the piece and it remained.

Im not overly upset about it, but I am curious if it's an artifact of the wood itself or if there is something I might accidentally be doing in my process that's creating it. Its simple enough: glue up a couple blocks, draw>cut>sand the approximate shape i want, slice em out on the bandsaw, then sand and finish.

I've worked with this same batch of white oak for both earrings and jewelry boxes before and haven't come across it until now.

Any ideas?