Here's my sunday afternoon project. I made a pizza peel for taking pizza off the Traeger.
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Here's my sunday afternoon project. I made a pizza peel for taking pizza off the Traeger.
is that angled down at the end? If so, did u just sand it or what?
I'm at the tail end of making shaker cabinet doors for my entire kitchen. Currently working on the last 15 doors. Made 40 or so total.
I just used a 1/4 inch router bit and made sure that it was precisely spaced in the center of 3/4 inch poplar. Cut each piece long so I can take some off on both ends where the router work is slightly off.
It's thinned out at the end. I cut most of the chamfer on my tablesaw using a tenon jig I made a long time ago and sanded it down afterwards.
Just takes patients and time. It is like a good whiskey. Keep working on projects and you get better with time.
I would decide on a style you like (craftsman, mid century, shaker or whatever) and buy a book with some plans in it. Build a few projects out of the book and I think you'll be surprised on where you end up.
Or another option is this series of books from Lost Art Press. They're spendy but there is a ton in these books from techniques to projects. Plus with a book like this you look all sophisticated and stuff with them on your self.
https://lostartpress.com/collection...dworker-the-charles-h-hayward-years-vols-i-iv
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I would second this. I didn't have a clue how to do much about a year and a half ago. But if you commit time you can get certain things down. During the covid time off from work, I build a 7' tall by 14' wide privacy fence off our second story deck. If you would of told me I could do this a while back without serious help, I would of told you you were drunk. I look forward to keep learning things. I don't understand half of the terminology used in this thread but I am trying to.
Got my table saw and set the fence just right so I only have to run each piece twice. Also using poplar. Using birch plywood for the center pieces because the actual thickness is just right.
If you can swing it get a sawstop, if you don't want to spend that kind of scratch then things get more complected.
Deck I built for my parents over the Covid layoff. Planning on doing a pergola that leaves the two sides open, and live wall off the north end where the dog is facing attached to the support posts of the pergola. Then there will be a second tier built out 6 inches lower than existing deck to get a nice roomed effect with the live wall and pergola. Used red cedar and a stain that was tinted for cedar. I loved the original natural look of the cedar, but that nice milky consistent orange was really nice once we stained everything. Decided to stain both sides of the boards so that theoretically in 10 years we can flip them over and pressure wash them and get another decent set of years for life. Looks great wet!
Really liked the limestone blocks as a step, eventually going to replace the front walk with those pavers you see now.
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Guess it wouldn't hurt to add I'm a contractor, so if anyone has projects that have been sitting around and might like some help, give me a message and maybe we can work something out? I travel for work, but if I could get a clientele going back home, I might get a normal life again!
I specialize in finish carpentry. Had the opportunity to work with some incredible craftsmen down in Florida for DeMarsico Custom Trim, a major player in high finish homes in the south Florida area. Gave me the chance to polish my skills as a finish carpenter from when I lived in Iowa. If interested I have some pictures I can send you of the work I have done in the past.
*humble brag alert*
Fitzy mentioned me earlier this week having done some demolition work for him on his shed as a character reference.
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The table saw is the workhorse and at least in my shop the most important tool. If you buy a used one and it’s not square and you have issues getting or keeping it square, that sucks and for me makes woodworking aggravating, not enjoyable. I have a sawstop now, but ran a Ridgid r4512 for 5 years prior to that. It was a good saw and I was able to use a 20% off Harbor Freight coupon at Home Depot for it. It’s not cheap, retails at $749, but it’s way better than a jobsite table saw you try to turn into a contractor saw.
Skil makes a table saw with their legendary worm drive for the motor. It's my next big tool purchase. Not really too bad for $600. Best table saws in my opinion are Delta, but it depends on if you want something mobile or something more like a stationary workshop table saw.
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There's a coop shop in Humboldt. I think you just pay the dues and you sign up for time and the shop is yours to use. My dad keeps telling me about it and I haven't checked it out yet.
I’ve had that rigid saw for 8 years or so and the fence sucks. I’m getting a sawstop once I get my truck paid off.
The fence is why I got rid of mine and got a sawstop. The saw itself was good. But that fence....prior to any project I had to true it up. But still, better than any used and beat up craftsman or delta I could find of Craigslist. Heavy stable saw, dead flat top. Put a good blade on it and I’d take it over a new Dewalt any day of the week.
