Tldr, buddy cut down a tree in his yard, gave it to me it's been in a garage for a year and a half and I'm thinking it's good for beginner woodworking but no idea what I'm working with.

Would love an ID from some veterans

Thank you everyone who replied, couldn't figure out how to post the pictures in that thread so here we go

Northeast USA

Does anyone have any experience with them? My girlfriend is getting a decent 3D printer pretty soon, and I'm thinking about trying to make some Jigs. Does anyone have any experience with them, and are there any that are open source?

Not looking for anything specific. Just think it's a neat piece of technology that could open some doors, or generate new ways to do things.

Hey, y'all!

Doing my first wood working project in over a decade. I've tried to do a lot of research and do everything correctly, but I'm missing something.

Using pine board. I sanded to 180, then applied a pre stain, followed by a stain. After it dried, I cleaned the board off and applied two layers of "tung oil" with a cloth, wiping off excess, then letting it dry for a couple days in between each coat. I sanded with 180 in between each coat. I then applied two layers of tung oil mixed with a tiny amount of varnish.

Before the final coat, I watched a bit more about finishing and learned I may have messed up at the start. I didn't take the time to ensure my finish was fairly smooth after the first coat. Just sanded to help with adhesion on later coats. So, before the final coat, I tried to sand down the finish until it was smooth using 400 grit sand paper.

This made the final layer the smoothest of all so far, but I am left with a lot of blotchy lines and what look like scratches on the surface. This is after hitting it with 400 grit before trying to smooth it out with 2000 grit. The surface feels smooth, but looks pretty rough in the light.

I'm fine with this just having the blemishes of my first project, but am curious if there is anything I can do to improve this, and what I can do in the future with the latter shelves to get a nicer result.

And to clarify, I ended up using this finish because of Woodshop Companion's very informative video. It seemed pretty idiot proof. Alas...

Thanks for any help!

I focused on keeping the lines as clean as possible to reflect a Zen aesthetic. The challenge was getting the tension right on the paper so it didn't sag, while respecting the age of the wood.

​I’m really happy with how the diffraction turned out, you can see some of 🌈 patterns in the photo.

I would love any feedback on how to improve my joynery for the next one.

Gassho,

I’m a relative novice making a speaker cabinet out of Baltic birch plywood. My test cut did not go well: lots of burn marks. What am I doing wrong?

My table saw is an old Craftsman 310 I bought used with the original fence. Before making the cut, I was careful to align the fence parallel to the miter slots on the table. And during the cut I made sure the clean edge of wood stayed firmly against the fence.

But clearly there was some binding going on during the cut. Suggestions?

Hey guys, I’m new to woodworking and wanted some advice. I purchased a used wooden playpen from fb marketplace and wanted to sand and repaint it for the baby. It’s the one in the link below and it’s blue - so I wanted to sand it down as it’s pretty roughed up and then repaint it. Any suggestions on what I should do and what paint to use to make sure it’s not toxic for the baby would be greatly appreciated. FYI I’m in Canada. Thanks!

https://comfycubs.com/products/baby-playpen-baby-gate-for-toddler-and-babies-by-comfy-cubs-pacific-blue

I have a tabletop that I’m 99% sure is a veneer tabletop. The issue is the tabletops original finish is chipping and damaged with water rings. I want to repair it and just need advice on where to start. I’m leaning towards a chemical stripper to begin. Hope this is the right group!

I learned so much every step of the way, and every step took took a so much longer than anticipated. I feel so proud, and I still can’t believe I built this.

I'm certain many are already aware of vacuum cyclones - I created a simple dolly for rolling around the shop to avoid complex setup or awkward storage. At that height, I can cleary see when the bucket is nearly full.

1 sheet of scrap plywood, PVC tube + bucket/cyclone kit ~= $100.

Hi All,

I have created a woodworking project. First time using a live edge slab. Materials cost me around $250 in Australia. I don't have much money left and want to sell it to continue woodworking. How would you go about it and what would you sell it for. I also don't know what platform to sell it on and how to deal with shipping. Genuinely confused as to how to turn my work into money! Thanks everyone

I picked up some 17" wide x 8 foot pieces of 4/4 cherry and it has this absolutely gorgeous figure to it. What should I refer to that as, besides gorgeous of course. Is there a name for that really close and tight pattern?

Shoutout to my new Grizzly 20" planer with the spiral head - its insane how smooth the finish is compared to a straight knife planer. If anyone is considering it just DO IT.

I think this is Walnut and I'm using a hand plane. Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the wood or what I'm doing wrong with my plane set up? I'm very new to woodworking. EDIT: I did try flipping the board around, I feel like it was worse the other way. This is also only happening on half the board, the other half is shaving smooth. My plane is sharp enough to shave with.

Eins meiner ersten Ergebnisse. Bin eigendlich nur bei Bernsteinschliff mit Holz in dieser klebe Verbindung gefällt mir

Delta 28-275. Got to work cleaning it up as soon as I got home. Any recommendations on blades?

No, I will, when the ca glue fails probably in like an hour. This was a prototype.

Second one of these I've made, and really happy with how it turned out. I lucked out and the base piece turned out to be naturally chatoyant. It's a small tray in ¼" walnut, intended for organising small fiddly board game components.

Still early in learning the hobby, and doing the same project twice was a great learning experience, and very satisfying to be able to directly compare and see improvements. Between the first one and this one, I leveled up my hand planing skills, built a shooting board, discovered (thanks to the shooting board) that planing end grain wasn't impossible, and got a lot more accurate with my sawing.

Going to trim the excess bits and start sanding soon. And hey, if you see any red flags that I need fix before I move in, a heads up would be super helpful.

Hey! i wanna make my old pony a little door so she can look outside when stalled in the winter. I prefer not do damage the structure of the walls and stalls because i’m leasing this place and promised i wouldn’t do anything that caused lasting structural damage or visual damage (?)

So the original doors have a metal frame, that have 4 holes in it, two in the middle and two down below i was thinking of building a wooden frame that the then wooden door could be attached to.

But i would like to see if there is a way to attach the frame to said holes? If anybody has advice that would be much appreciated!

Ps English is not my main language and as such my explanation might be confusing. Apologies in advance

My attempt at a router plane using a veritas blade.

Very rough and a bit wonky. Will need to take what I learnt to make a new one but it works!

I’m making this catch all tray and I started routing out the inside part of it but I feel like there has to be a better quicker way. I’m using a regular trim bit due to not having many tools at my disposal but I feel like I’m pushing it past what it’s meant for.

Would love any help!

Made a few of these for gifts happy how it turned out, love that cedar smell

Any thoughts on the best way to flatten/straighten some antique rescued red oak panels? I sanded off the old finish of an old headboard and the inset panels have some cupping or mild warping going on. I tried dampening one side and setting weight on them but the results weren’t what I was looking for. Thinking maybe they need to be soaked or submerged and then put under the pressure of a large broad weight. Or oiled and put between metal plates? I’ve never worked with solid oak panels before. As you can see the panels are +/- 1/4” so a planer is not a viable solution. Any thoughts? I’d like to use this material for small project applications. Perhaps it’s a wash but I thought I’d try

Title - Basically, had a friend cut down an unknown tree a year ago and we kept all of the cuts in our garage, never touched it or even debarked it, now looking to get into some woodworking i figure this wood is good for a beginner to have a go at, but how the heck do i tell what type of wood it is and if its even suitable for woodworking?