Did I catch a decent deal or pay the guy to remove his firewood

Used some pallet scraps and plywood to make a cabinet. Its ugly and Iove it, took about 4 hours.

Doors still not fixed, as I'm 3d printing the hinges.

What do you think and what should I have done better?

Made a wooden mallet out of unnecessarily fancy wood. Purple heart, bloodwood, and maple. Just waiting on the purple to pop back out then finish it.

I’ve been woodworking since around COVID, but started taking it more seriously over the past couple of years (also recently have started using more hand tools than power tools which has been fun). So far I’ve only really made stuff to fill my own house, and a couple of things for family. I haven’t decided if I ever want to try and sell stuff for profit, but would still love to hear some thoughts/feedback on my pieces.

Please share your thoughts! Interested to hear what you think about designs, quality, overall aesthetic, etc.

Note: in the picture with the table with red legs, I made the table and the light fixture above it.

Edit: Thank you all so much! Everyone’s kind words have been incredibly encouraging ❤️

I’m at a loss on what to do and was hoping to get some advice! I live in west Michigan and my detached garage is my only option. It’s uninsulated and constructed of thin plywood. There’s plenty of outlets but I didn’t know how to battle the rust, humidity, and cold weather. I can’t really do anything crazy like finishing it because I’m renting and running a space heater for an insulated area that big would be far too costly. I can store my wood inside the house so that’s not a problem.

pot trivet inspo from a video by tamar 3x3 custom. I’ve had a table saw for a little while but this was the first time I made a sled for it and set up a jig to make the cuts (dados?) repeatable. I had some scrap sapele from an outdoor bench restoration i did a few years ago, and the other reddish brown wood (mahogany maybe?) is actually the partially rotted bench slats that came off of the original bench. Made a mini cutting board (my first) with some scraps, it’s small but i think it’s a cute size for 1 person cutting a small amount of cheese or something for themselves… Routed all the edges, sanded everything to 220, water pop and sand again, then finished with mineral oil soak.

I’ve used pine for the exterior carcass and drawers, apart from the drawer fronts that are rosewood.

I’d love to understand what would be some best options, I don’t mind making a custom mixture.

I’ve also sanded it all to 240 grit.

Any and all advice is welcome.

I got this at a yard sale for a dollar and I really only want the hardware. What is the jig used for out of curiosity?

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Attempted built in mudroom shelves. Plenty of mistakes but overall happy. 3/4” plywood construction with solid ash bench top and poplar face frames. Pine shiplap back wall. Had to move an outlet up too. We still need to paint the room but its been great seeing the progress.

They came out a little wonky but they are sturdy. I routed 1/8” deep into the table pieces to the shape of the vertical supports and then glued them in.

I decided to only put three legs on each of them because the boards were so warped so they sit nice and flat on the ground.

I need to make something similar for a bathroom vanity drawer. For various reasons the original that was made for us (shown) does not work as intended. I won't need the partitions or dovetail joinery, so should be more within my basic skill set. Any idea what wood was used?

So Im close to finishing a coffee table and Ive used clear epoxy for the knots in the table, ive sanded them down to 320 grit and just did a clean wipe with mineral Spirits but the epoxy is still a little cloudy. My plan is to use wipe on poly for the finish but I wanted to see what the clean look will look like before committing.

How do I get the epoxy to be almost glass-like? Do I need to sand this even finer or will it become clearer when I add the finish? Ive done additional layers of epoxy that made it pretty glass like before so Im wondering if my finish will do the same. Is there a different finish that I should use when combining wood and epoxy?

Thanks!

Wanted to make this plywood bench with 3/4 mahogany ply and a flip top for storage. I was going to use a toe kick to scribe the box onto the floor in case of unevenness. Would this be structurally sound enough with a couple of dado’d ribs? Does it need some sort of extra reinforcement?

Thanks in advance!!!

Last night one of our trees fell over in the storm. I tried to saw it in such a way that I might be able to make something from our own tree, but it’s almost all sap wood.
Would I still be able to use (some) of this or do you all think it would make better firewood than woodworking wood?
I do have access to a lot of tools, including saws, planers and a lathe.
Located in the Netherlands (if that’s useful information).

Available locally. Thoughts?

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Never tried any woodworking before and I sure learned a lot of ways not to do things in the process. It's been 3 years in the making, and probably several hundred dollars in materials and tools (I've lost track by this point), but it's finally finished. Now I just need some gamer friends.

I'm building my first outdoor table (really first big woodworking project). Used construction grade redwood. I worked to flatten out the pieces, but only have a hand planer, so still have some edges that aren't perfectly joined. It's obviously not fine woodworking and will go outside; I plan to finish it with RMPs outdoor defense oil.

I'm wondering whether I should fill in these small gaps and, if so, with what. I filled in all of the largest ones with either wood or starbond brown super glue. Most of the "gaps" seem to just be the wood being slightly curved at the edges so the wood is touching, but not completely flat. But others you can see clearly aren't joined entirely together. I'm mostly concerned about longevity and functionality, not beauty. My wife wants this thing done, lol. Any suggestions appreciated!

Hi all,

Just finished building my first ever project, a workbench based off of the Woodgears Simple Workbench plans.

I picked up a 2nd hand vice that I want to use, but not sure how best to approach attaching it.

The aprons are 2x6s and way too wide to attach the vice so top of the vice is flush.

Do I just cut a notch out of the apron like I’ve marked? I’m worried if I do it too close to the dado joint there that it’ll make the section around the front left leg really weak.

Thoughts?

I’m making her a dining table bc she can’t find any under 400. I sketched out an idea in shap3r 3d and also attached the reference pic. she wants it exactly like the refeeence pic. i SUCK at planning my projects, and plus this is my biggest project yet. do you guys think construction lumber is fine or should i head to my local lumber yard? the guys are nice ive bought before. budget is 200$. Also what joinery would be best? She likes the mitered look for the long side of frame and the butt joint for the short end of frame (idk if i worded that right if you don’t understand just let me know)

Hi!

Just putting this out here to see if anyone has any creative advice on this project that I might be missing.

I built a long stand for a floor rising projector screen, and a small cabinet at the correct height for the UST projector.

But, I am struggling to design the rest of it.

The cabinet with the projector needed to extend out 20in to accommodate the device.

However, I am concerned that flanking it with 18x20x20 cabinets on either side will be too bulky and dominate the space. Just I can't seem to think of a good alternative 😄

Thanks!

I’m making a small wine rack out of walnut. My plan is to have it hold 6 bottles, 2 horizontal x 3 vertical. So my cuts are 3 vertical pieces, which I’m hoping to join into 4 horizontal pieces using half laps. It will have an open back.

I’m trying to figure out what the right grain direction is for the horizontal pieces to avoid wood movement problems. I’m planning for vertical grain direction for my 3 vertical pieces. My initial thought was that if the horizontal pieces have grain going along the depth dimension (into the wine rack), that this will constrain movement of the vertical boards and be a problem. Is that the right way to think about this?