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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: utee94 on February 02, 2023, 03:27:50 PM
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I feel like we used to have a thread for this stuff but I have no idea where it went. Maybe it was a board or two ago.
Anyway, some of you know that I like to do DIY projects for woodworking or home improvement or crafting or whatever. And of course once upon a time I restored a vintage 1963 26' Airstream Overlander RV travel trailer.
So I thought I'd create a thread for projects and stuff. Feel free to post your own, I'm always interested to see what other folks are up to in their spare time.
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Last weekend before the big Icepocalypse 2.0 began here in Austin, I did a quick project for my 15yo daughter.
She's really into sewing, and her machine and gear tend to take up our entire dining room table. At the same time, her and my 13yo son's old "toy room" had just become a room for his computer gaming system, and she never went in there. Add to that, we had an old Ikea tabletop lying around that used to be one of the kids' crayon/project desks in said toy room, but had been unused for the past 4 or 5 years, and well, you have a project.
So I present to you, the Ikea Murphy Sewing Table Project:
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Nice work!
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Thanks.
I created the backside as a chalkboard, but my daughter doesn't want to mess it up with any chalk writing so it might just stay permanently black.
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looks great! might steal the idea for mrs. rtf artwork room.
i've got a ton of projects underway, none making much headway right now due to water leak in shop from freeze few weeks back. gotta repair that first.
2 most pressing are...
refinishing some french doors salvaged from nola into dual-sliding doors for our laundry room.
making a jewelry box for my daughter for her last birthday. need to get on that, lol. pretty awesome wood, though. flame box elder. never seen it before. google search has wildly different pics of it, ours looks more like this:
(https://rctonewoods.com/RCT_Store/bmz_cache/h/headstock-box_eld_hpjpg.image.232x200.JPG)
going to accent with walnut, i think.
other projects coming up...
dining table
master closet refinish
master bed
recently completed...
made a bunk-system (i guess that's what you call it) for my boys. don't have photos with me though.
i'll try to get some pics of bunk and plans of jewelry box up tonight.
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Very nice work!!
I'm planning on some more reno to my lanai. Lower the openings a bit to hide the awning parts, and then add a couple of short walls to keep rain and sleet out. I'll post the now photos tomorrow. We've already done a lot of work out there.
I wish I could teach myself to tile/grout and stucco. Everything else I can do myself, which I will (and have).
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My latest project
(https://i.imgur.com/wryETp4.png)
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Nice!
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My latest project
[img width=274.381 height=375]https://i.imgur.com/wryETp4.png[/img]
Maple Syrup or booze?
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My latest project
(https://i.imgur.com/wryETp4.png)
moonshine?
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looks great! might steal the idea for mrs. rtf artwork room.
i've got a ton of projects underway, none making much headway right now due to water leak in shop from freeze few weeks back. gotta repair that first.
2 most pressing are...
refinishing some french doors salvaged from nola into dual-sliding doors for our laundry room.
making a jewelry box for my daughter for her last birthday. need to get on that, lol. pretty awesome wood, though. flame box elder. never seen it before. google search has wildly different pics of it, ours looks more like this:
(https://rctonewoods.com/RCT_Store/bmz_cache/h/headstock-box_eld_hpjpg.image.232x200.JPG)
going to accent with walnut, i think.
other projects coming up...
dining table
master closet refinish
master bed
recently completed...
made a bunk-system (i guess that's what you call it) for my boys. don't have photos with me though.
i'll try to get some pics of bunk and plans of jewelry box up tonight.
That wood looks awesome, should turn out to be very cool!
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Very nice work!!
I'm planning on some more reno to my lanai. Lower the openings a bit to hide the awning parts, and then add a couple of short walls to keep rain and sleet out. I'll post the now photos tomorrow. We've already done a lot of work out there.
I wish I could teach myself to tile/grout and stucco. Everything else I can do myself, which I will (and have).
Tile and grout is pretty easy, watch some Youtubes and go knock yourself out!
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Tile and grout is pretty easy, watch some Youtubes and go knock yourself out!
Agreed, and the saw isn't too expensive. Pays for itself in one job.
I bought the Rigid one, works well.
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moonshine?
yes but only for medicinal purposes
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Agreed, and the saw isn't too expensive. Pays for itself in one job.
I bought the Rigid one, works well.
Yup, I bought one when I was doing a lot of DIY projects at our first house, and sold it on Craigslist ten years later for about 80% of what I paid for it.
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yes but only for medicinal purposes
😂😂😂🤣🤣
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It's not DIY, but a humbling inspirational and an eye opening YouTuber channel is Next Level Carpentry.
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here is jewelry box design and boys bunk thing
i have another design for the jewelry box with single row of drawers but can't find it right now. basically same thing though.
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Meanwhile my 11 year old is knitting a scarf, she would love that sewing table.
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Meanwhile my 11 year old is knitting a scarf, she would love that sewing table.
Super easy to build, if you have a spot for it. We made it a Murphy table, so that it lifts up when not in use, because my son also uses that room for his gaming consoles, and that's where the chairs go when facing the TV.
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For tile cutting, do you need the wet saw? I've not looked into it.
I've got maybe 10 SF of tile left to do. Not sure it is worth buying a uni-tasker tool for that.
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For tile cutting, do you need the wet saw? I've not looked into it.
I've got maybe 10 SF of tile left to do. Not sure it is worth buying a uni-tasker tool for that.
I did a tile job where I was laying mosaic tile, and needed to trim some tiles near the edges. I just bought the simple hand tool for it.
It worked well enough for what I was doing (and since I don't own the house). But the edges aren't perfectly smooth and it was only for 2" tiles--you could probably mess up a larger tile if you don't get it cut right on the line you're looking to cut.
However if you're really trying to do it right, I'd recommend renting the proper tool if you don't expect to need it in the future.
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Yup pretty sure you can rent a wet saw.
If you don't have a whole lot of cuts to do and they're all straight, then the tile snapping tool would probably work for you, too.
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Same answer here. My local HD will rent you the wet sawvthat I own.
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For tile cutting, do you need the wet saw? I've not looked into it.
I've got maybe 10 SF of tile left to do. Not sure it is worth buying a uni-tasker tool for that.
you can rent one, but for such small amount of work, you can probably buy one of the super cheap ones and they'll work plenty good enough for that little amount.
any big box store will have some for around $100. harbor freight has one for $60-70 that's not terrible.
if you can get it done in a day or less, renting one might be a little cheaper. anything more than a day, maybe 2, and might as well buy one.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CmFbY6evHgp/
^anyone in the market for a 2F jointer? I just left Steve's (Phantom CNC) this afternoon, and izzy is a buddy of mine (who is about to market the RFID/safe box for me).
there is also a cross bed table saw- a digital one you dial in.. a full size dove tail joiner, a planer, and of course the CNC and Plasma line.
I'll be working in partnership with him starting the week after next for fiber lasers- 4x4, 4x8, 5x10 in everything from 2kW to 8kW, which is some pretty industrial stuff... the bigger ones are freakin' climate controlled- hvac systems- no kidding... however, the prices make them available for medium and small shops.. we'll have a 5 axis cnc out by the end of the year in 4x8 and 5x10 for under $100k... yup- you read that right.
i've been running a s series now for a couple years- it makes life SO much easier... i'd bore you guys to tears with all the pics, so, i'll spare ya.
the jointer in the video above is a prototype- we've since made the fence a lot taller and put a more powerful motor on it. the self feed makes the tool safe to use--- if anyone is unaware, a jointer is a dangerous tool and likely costs more flesh in the shop than any other tool with the exception of a table saw, and that only because table saw's vastly outnumber them.
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Planning to make my wife a planter for herbs. 3x3 of 12" or maybe even 18" squares with wooden dividers so she'll have enough for 9 different plantings.
Right now looking like it'll be a project for the weekend of Feb 25, so I need to start drawing up plans and a material list.
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^anyone in the market for a 2F jointer? I just left Steve's (Phantom CNC) this afternoon, and izzy is a buddy of mine (who is about to market the RFID/safe box for me).
there is also a cross bed table saw- a digital one you dial in.. a full size dove tail joiner, a planer, and of course the CNC and Plasma line.
I'll be working in partnership with him starting the week after next for fiber lasers- 4x4, 4x8, 5x10 in everything from 2kW to 8kW, which is some pretty industrial stuff... the bigger ones are freakin' climate controlled- hvac systems- no kidding... however, the prices make them available for medium and small shops.. we'll have a 5 axis cnc out by the end of the year in 4x8 and 5x10 for under $100k... yup- you read that right.
i've been running a s series now for a couple years- it makes life SO much easier... i'd bore you guys to tears with all the pics, so, i'll spare ya.
the jointer in the video above is a prototype- we've since made the fence a lot taller and put a more powerful motor on it. the self feed makes the tool safe to use--- if anyone is unaware, a jointer is a dangerous tool and likely costs more flesh in the shop than any other tool with the exception of a table saw, and that only because table saw's vastly outnumber them.
love izzy's yt channel. him and his crew seem to have a lot of fun and make some great stuff, including tools.
i just got a craigslist find powermatic jointer and put a helixhead in it about 6 months back. love that thing. an auto feed on it would be amazing.
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@rolltidefan (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=12) powermatic's are fantastic tools... but the jointer in the video is in a class of it's own.. it cuts both faces at the same time- and a perfect 90* angle.. makes dimensioning wood stupid easy. and that's the biggest pain in my arse i face in the shop--- i have connections for exotic woods people wouldn't believe- a guy who imports and sells to wholesalers exclusively has literally 28 acres of JUST genuine mahogany (which only fairly recently was allowed back in the states).. he has sapele in equal amounts.. wenge, purple heart, jatoba... you name it. his smallest planks in the mahogany are 20" over the face and 16/4 thick--- 24' long.
i have pictures of one of my 'takes' from him.. he gives it to me for FREE... he literally pulls blemishes off the bundles and burns them in his kiln to keep gas costs down. i've picked up jatoba, wenge, spanish cedar, on and on- off the ground for absolutely free.
insofar as izzy is concerned- that guy is a evil genius.. the stuff he makes and comes up with is astounding. if you're familiar with his channels you only see a portion of it. Steve, who owns phantom cnc systems, utilized izzy to launch his business, basically, and though i thought he was crazy for leveraging a "social media influencer", i'll be damned if he isn't killing it. he uses nick at stated woods, too, who is also part of 'our' family.
steve is weeks from launching the woodworking line. he has them stacked up and i saw them today- got to play with a few i hadn't seen. i wanted to set up a dealership complete with showroom here, but he wants me to go another direction........ fiber lasers... and i think i'll do just that. well, that and the five axis gantry CNC's... THOSE things are stupifying to me to see work...
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Man I need to plane off about 1/4" from a piece of live edge black walnut I was using for a project. I was doing bar-top resin on it, which I've done a dozen times before, but this time I guess the ambient temperature was off, because it never stopped bubbling up. Normally I use a small torch to heat it up and get the bubbles out, but on this one, it just kept on bubbling and eventually it set, with bubbles still in it. Looks terrible.
So I want to plane off the top 1/4" where the finish is messed up and start with fresh new wood. Can a planer handle taking epoxy resin off, or am I just SOL?
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Might get too hot??
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gum up the planer blade
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@utee94 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=15) maybe a router sled with a surfacing bit?
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@Drew4UTk (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1) yeah i saw that jointer few weeks back when he released video. looks amazing, but i'm a lowly (and cheap) weekend worker, so i'm guessing that's out of my range. really cool, though.
now just put a width-adjusting table saw and add a planer to the autofeed thing on top, and you can do s4s in 1 pass.
or radial arm saw with blade 90 degrees
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Man I need to plane off about 1/4" from a piece of live edge black walnut I was using for a project. I was doing bar-top resin on it, which I've done a dozen times before, but this time I guess the ambient temperature was off, because it never stopped bubbling up. Normally I use a small torch to heat it up and get the bubbles out, but on this one, it just kept on bubbling and eventually it set, with bubbles still in it. Looks terrible.
So I want to plane off the top 1/4" where the finish is messed up and start with fresh new wood. Can a planer handle taking epoxy resin off, or am I just SOL?
i do it all the time, both with the dewalt 735 and with a surfacing bit on the cnc. shallow cuts is the key, and make sure the resin is 100% set up, otherwise it gets gummed.
@rolltidefan (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=12) - the jointer will drop for $5500 or so... not too bad. he also has a 28" planer he hasn't released yet, that cross sled table saw, a band saw, and that dovetail machine... all single phase 220v.
izzy called back in november and i went to see him the sunday after thanksgiving, and was supposed to start running production for him starting just before the new year...... and here it is Feb and it still hasn't materialized which pisses me off because i retooled and purchased material to support it. i think i'll be pulling stakes with that one.
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(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/318074949_565441345591680_5407069423824613930_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=XI9vWA3big0AX_Fj8x_&tn=Tmh8KleF5Mp7Ppq-&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfCTK0D30SeRd2ezhZ5cFaCTz32H1oMhKnwU2J8gJ4aSYQ&oe=63E45AD6)
i've been making woodworking and commercial (dimensional/architectural) sign making my living (if you can call it that) for almost three years now... i've been dealing with all kinds of woodwork and figured i had a decent grasp on things...
then i learn something new... huh...
this is mahogany and a shadow box i made some time back. the finish is hard to capture in an image and it's not here anymore (recipient has it, obviously) so getting a good one isn't going to happen. next time i employ this technique i'll try to remember to take pics... but here it is- a french polish with a quarter the effort (if that)....
get a quart or gallon of polyacrylic... hand rub it into the grain until it's dry... do at least two if not three coats- whatever the wood will absorb.... then, good ol' finishing wax.... rub it in the same and polish it off after it sets... this was two coats in with the wax iirc, and i think i took it to four before it was over... total time perhaps an hour... this was after sanding to 240g then raising the grain with water, another 240g and on up to 320g. the 320 (anythign really after 240g) is more the less burnishing. this technique is fantastic and super easy, just as strong as a proper french (piano) polish, and takes literally less than a quarter the time or effort.
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you guys may like this.... made for a retiring colonel for his retirement gif to a unit he stood up out at MARSOC.
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/281822995_1072338156722445_8316216939608895510_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=Xk3LPPKG0swAX_rBDyN&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfCxP45vpQ91Mn0WFp4QZef_02boma6oY-V7nvvVhULtCQ&oe=63E2AC1E)
it's 34" diameter, cut from 2x2x40 planks i milled down mahogany that was all reclaimed... i cut opposing staves across backside of it to brace it after the glue up, and then went to carving.
or this:
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/269946438_980982932524635_228847507918583027_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=TZ5weBqsLisAX-Hsjuj&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfA9Atgult4BJH2R_xLwrBGhKU8O5-cpa4D9liQULg5bnw&oe=63E3BF7C)
the 'softest' wood in that is sapele, and the hardest is padagonian rosewood... there is brazillian cherry (jatoba) which broke a table saw belt when dimensioning, padouk, purple heart, hard maple (which actually may be softer than the sapele now that i think about it, but it's close)... this was to become a desktop with inlays of a compass rose and name for my daughter- then i realized i painted myself into a corner without leaving area enough for contrasting wood... the inlay was to take up the entire lower right to upper right corner.
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/270655540_980982939191301_5079211636340908271_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=kGQrmC5l9woAX9WYFkR&_nc_oc=AQnugLXaiK5BM757Gdqnuru4Ixl3dGiVJLzUiKTLVxAyso6bLPpmiMMtpGkfRkTk9SiM3cRmmuWSKtX6gP57agyA&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfBmng6yPzZ6JdaGS08UPQdtQl7yJaxZ2M7qaxmMi8aEGw&oe=63E3CEC3)
and then this for an old platoon sgt's (and the best leader i ever served with) wife- inlayed black walnut into a swamp maple live edge plank... i sent it inlayed and nothing else, and let him finish it out as a gist to her.
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/268254351_971569816799280_8610503604952302803_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=B0QFpSr8xUIAX9iFs2P&tn=Tmh8KleF5Mp7Ppq-&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfBV5utDTV9DlU_VqyGWI5LuGwOXpx3ogxzqCFSEucnvuQ&oe=63E30ED6)
here is where the money comes from:
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/255460351_948767355746193_2229781846592367613_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=bNxTuMce0D0AX-Tk1il&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDOvupa1UKucDhVNq_H2JV_xo7hNhibqzeGQF6aQ8NyDQ&oe=63E412C5)
that engine cover barely fit on my table. they come in two's - one for starboard engine and one for port... they cover some fire breathing supercharged marine engines producing over 2kHP each... these are on the bottom of the hatch/compartment cover and only seen when the covers are lifted... that is carbon fiber with epoxy/resin encapsulating a piece of 3/8" acrylic that has edge lighting also laid into it.
my job is to locate the acrylic and then cut through the grpahite/resin and make the logo... when these are brought to me the factory (an hour north or so) have to tell the insurance company they're leaving and then when they arrive... then again when they pick them up.... i refuse to transport them. they're around $20k for the set. after they leave there is a resin pour to fill the logo/pocket i just cut... they use a very specific epoxy and go through pains to make it cure at just the right rate and at a precise temperature... otherwise, which is a lesson they learned the hard way, the epoxy melts and drips all over those engines which make the cost of the covers look like paper wrappers in terms of cost.
it was originally done as a custom job and by request from a specific owner, but is now an option offered by fountain.... and yours truly get to do the cuts... why? because i'm teh only one dumb enough to cut into such expensive material where there is no documentation on how to do so... :)
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/244849666_929055764384019_9008898508037885507_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=Zi0To9_KAG4AX_ykH0I&tn=Tmh8KleF5Mp7Ppq-&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfANodN0CofEJAsVHmmiiWLpvWoakcURU1ME4dr-XzBhDQ&oe=63E3F56D)
and i'll leave yall alone after this one, and since it kinda circles back to football... a guy asked me to take a table that had been in his family since he was a kid (he's around 60 or so) and was the first table his parents bought as a couple- and 'do something with it'... it doesn't have a lot of value money wise, but tremendous value sentimentally... dinners eaten over it, paperwork keeping the family running, arguments, good times and bad times, as he told it... he's done really well for himself and this thing doesn't quite fit in with the style of his house anymore- but he wasn't about to get rid of it... so... he made it a poker table and it exists in his game room with a new lease on life.. he's a big NCST fan as you likely noticed. that's black walnut inlayed into very damn old soft maple (that is far from actually soft)... this was a fun and fairly quick job (except for the stripping of the original finish).
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/249032271_10160254426283755_5763096774978044611_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=GQWzWnRNV8IAX8EvQ_u&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfBSs3Fh_J45foFY9VZdktvsULZSCy9ebbWSwZa8Ou6Myg&oe=63E307EA)
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Oh yeah the resin is set up. It's been something like 2 years now. That piece is just sitting in my wood bin in my woodshop shed, taunting me for screwing it up.
I went a different route for the tabletop and completed the project a long time ago, but that was a really nice $150 piece of live edge black walnut and it seems a shame not to use it somehow.
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Oh yeah the resin is set up. It's been something like 2 years now. That piece is just sitting in my wood bin in my woodshop shed, taunting me for screwing it up.
I went a different route for the tabletop and completed the project a long time ago, but that was a really nice $150 piece of live edge black walnut and it seems a shame not to use it somehow.
Find a local cnc guy and have him run it... ought to be simple job.
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Find a local cnc guy and have him run it... ought to be simple job.
Cool, thanks. I really would love to finish this project and get it out of the wood bin.
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you guys may like this.... made for a retiring colonel for his retirement gif to a unit he stood up out at MARSOC.
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/281822995_1072338156722445_8316216939608895510_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=Xk3LPPKG0swAX_rBDyN&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfCxP45vpQ91Mn0WFp4QZef_02boma6oY-V7nvvVhULtCQ&oe=63E2AC1E)
it's 34" diameter, cut from 2x2x40 planks i milled down mahogany that was all reclaimed... i cut opposing staves across backside of it to brace it after the glue up, and then went to carving.
or this:
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/269946438_980982932524635_228847507918583027_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=TZ5weBqsLisAX-Hsjuj&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfA9Atgult4BJH2R_xLwrBGhKU8O5-cpa4D9liQULg5bnw&oe=63E3BF7C)
the 'softest' wood in that is sapele, and the hardest is padagonian rosewood... there is brazillian cherry (jatoba) which broke a table saw belt when dimensioning, padouk, purple heart, hard maple (which actually may be softer than the sapele now that i think about it, but it's close)... this was to become a desktop with inlays of a compass rose and name for my daughter- then i realized i painted myself into a corner without leaving area enough for contrasting wood... the inlay was to take up the entire lower right to upper right corner.
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/270655540_980982939191301_5079211636340908271_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=kGQrmC5l9woAX9WYFkR&_nc_oc=AQnugLXaiK5BM757Gdqnuru4Ixl3dGiVJLzUiKTLVxAyso6bLPpmiMMtpGkfRkTk9SiM3cRmmuWSKtX6gP57agyA&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=00_AfBmng6yPzZ6JdaGS08UPQdtQl7yJaxZ2M7qaxmMi8aEGw&oe=63E3CEC3)
and then this for an old platoon sgt's (and the best leader i ever served with) wife- inlayed black walnut into a swamp maple live edge plank... i sent it inlayed and nothing else, and let him finish it out as a gist to her.
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here is where the money comes from:
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that engine cover barely fit on my table. they come in two's - one for starboard engine and one for port... they cover some fire breathing supercharged marine engines producing over 2kHP each... these are on the bottom of the hatch/compartment cover and only seen when the covers are lifted... that is carbon fiber with epoxy/resin encapsulating a piece of 3/8" acrylic that has edge lighting also laid into it.
my job is to locate the acrylic and then cut through the grpahite/resin and make the logo... when these are brought to me the factory (an hour north or so) have to tell the insurance company they're leaving and then when they arrive... then again when they pick them up.... i refuse to transport them. they're around $20k for the set. after they leave there is a resin pour to fill the logo/pocket i just cut... they use a very specific epoxy and go through pains to make it cure at just the right rate and at a precise temperature... otherwise, which is a lesson they learned the hard way, the epoxy melts and drips all over those engines which make the cost of the covers look like paper wrappers in terms of cost.
it was originally done as a custom job and by request from a specific owner, but is now an option offered by fountain.... and yours truly get to do the cuts... why? because i'm teh only one dumb enough to cut into such expensive material where there is no documentation on how to do so... :)
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and i'll leave yall alone after this one, and since it kinda circles back to football... a guy asked me to take a table that had been in his family since he was a kid (he's around 60 or so) and was the first table his parents bought as a couple- and 'do something with it'... it doesn't have a lot of value money wise, but tremendous value sentimentally... dinners eaten over it, paperwork keeping the family running, arguments, good times and bad times, as he told it... he's done really well for himself and this thing doesn't quite fit in with the style of his house anymore- but he wasn't about to get rid of it... so... he made it a poker table and it exists in his game room with a new lease on life.. he's a big NCST fan as you likely noticed. that's black walnut inlayed into very damn old soft maple (that is far from actually soft)... this was a fun and fairly quick job (except for the stripping of the original finish).
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You do some really cool stuff, always enjoy seeing it!
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thank you very much, Sir.
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Ya nice work drew,pop sicle stick bird houses are about the ceiling of my wood working acumen. Norm Abrams isn't shivering his timbers if I were to relpace him
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@Drew4UTk (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1)
https://www.holtzleather.com/products/family-name-wall-art?fbc_id=6281387697700&h_ad_id=6282202095100 (https://www.holtzleather.com/products/family-name-wall-art?fbc_id=6281387697700&h_ad_id=6282202095100)
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Why can't I see any of Drew's pictures?
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porn blocker???
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Uhhhh...
Anyway, here's a pic of some of my homemade Christmas decorations. I have more pics somewhere, and closeup, but the trees are all made from old scrap pallets, and the snowflakes hanging, are made from some scrap 1x I had lying around.
(https://i.imgur.com/hKqxbWG.png)
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Found a couple more:
(https://i.imgur.com/PGaJLFv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ay68URZ.jpg)
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Uhhhh...
Anyway, here's a pic of some of my homemade Christmas decorations. I have more pics somewhere, and closeup, but the trees are all made from old scrap pallets, and the snowflakes hanging, are made from some scrap 1x I had lying around.
(https://i.imgur.com/hKqxbWG.png)
ok Mr Grizwold
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ok Mr Grizwold
Ha!
No, my Dad is Mr. Griswold. My setup is nothing compared to his.
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Thanks to AI, Google Maps, and some ingenuity combined with borderline
stalker tenacious personality traits, I now know where you live. I'll be over for brisket at your earliest convenience. I'm not a moocher, I'll bring the beer and you're welcome at my place for gumbo anytime.
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Thanks to AI, Google Maps, and some ingenuity combined with borderline stalker tenacious personality traits, I now know where you live. I'll be over for brisket at your earliest convenience. I'm not a moocher, I'll bring the beer and you're welcome at my place for gumbo anytime.
thats scary
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Ha!
It's pretty well established that my residence is in Cedar Park. I've been posting on message boards with the same moniker since 1995, so I assume every scraper-bot on the planet knows exactly who I am and where I live. I like you better than I like scraper bots so you're welcome to the knowledge, and of course you're welcome to the brisket as well.
Pretty sure my next cook will be the first weekend of Spring Break, so 3/11.
Live Oak Big Bark or Pilz go especially well with brisket IMO.
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Since you already know where I live, here's Halloween:
(https://i.imgur.com/iek6Ml1.png)
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I started doing the Beetlejuice theme 3-4 years ago, after being decoration-shamed for years by my next-door neighbor who has always done a big Nightmare Before Christmas themed yard. I've always liked Beetlejuice so I figured I'd keep with the Tim Burton thing going.
Here are some pics of the neighbor's yard, they're from different years and it changes a little bit every time, but the 12-foot tall Jack Skellington is always there and he's REALLY impressive:
(https://i.imgur.com/XdxdEn4.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TRm14Sk.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/nFXfLIL.png)
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Bah humbug.
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Now you sound like my i s c & a aggie wife. She didn't like storing the pallet-trees and snowflakes, so we got rid of them after Christmas this year. I'll have to come up with something new for next year.
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Got hit with a short fuse for the USAF.... recruiting stuff.... since I was the only one who could pull it off in time, i get the job... if they like it/them, i get to do a metric shit ton of them- which is nice because they're SO simple.
this goes on a thingamuhthing--- a wall made for the obstacle course.... funny enough (being the USAF) the wall has a gadget that makes it raise or lower, and reveals a window someone can crawl through if they can't climb... A Marine wouldn't have that... they'd just walk around the silly thing :)
these things are inset into the posts on either side (or, will be at least on one) :
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Now you sound like my i s c & a aggie wife. She didn't like storing the pallet-trees and snowflakes, so we got rid of them after Christmas this year. I'll have to come up with something new for next year.
instead of pallet trees and snowflakes, what about fence panel/plank trees and snowflakes? completely different.
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Oh I just unearthed these pictures of a Lego/crafting table I made for my kids many years ago. The top is 3/4" birch plywood in a natural finish, edge-banded in mahogany because why not? The bottom is 3/4" BC pine painted out to match the Ikea Trofast storage units at either end. I put a little cut-out in the bottom piece on either side so the kids could pull up their stools right under it, and then of course had to put it on rubber casters so they could roll it around their toy room. I also tacked on a little base bolding trim to make the bottom look a little more finished. The Lego topper is made of Lego baseplates mounted to an MDF core.
(https://i.imgur.com/yReT6xM.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/cfdJ4hp.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/Py7YgqS.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/h88IGgf.png)(https://i.imgur.com/OKG7gtl.png)
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by building a table for legos you have taken away one of the joys of fatherhood
have you ever stepped on a lego in the dark at 2 in the morning
life doesnt get any better
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by building a table for legos you have taken away one of the joys of fatherhood
have you ever stepped on a lego in the dark at 2 in the morning
life doesnt get any better
Ha! It's not like my kids were particularly good at keeping the legos on the table, or in the bins. I've had plenty of occasions to enjoy the searing pain of a lego in the foot at 2 AM.