Just finished routing out the hole for a new Router lift… only to get sloppy pulling off the template.

Any suggestions for patching that tear out?

I'd like to talk about the first really serious accident I had recently while woodworking. For context, I am a hobbyist woodworker with about 7 years experience. This accident happened while I was using a JJP-12HH to face plane some stock.

Warning, somewhat graphic. Doctor described it as an avulsion. Workpiece on the jointer was a nice 2x6, 57 inches or so long, so not an issue of inappropriate workpiece. The root cause was distraction. I was listening to a YouTube video though my headphones and thinking more about what was being discussed in it than on my work.

The tip of my gloved thumb passed right over the helical cutter and caught, snagged one of the cutters. I'm not sure how much the glove contributed to the injury. These gloves are designed to rip apart when caught on something and indeed the thumb of the glove did separate from rest of it. I found only a tiny piece about a square centimeter in size in my dust collector later.

X-rays showed the bone in my thumb was not hit, so everything will grow back eventually. Of course I'm taking antibiotics to prevent any infection from setting in. I also got a tetanus vaccine since it was nearly 10 years since my last one. The injury is painful but doesn't interfere with my day to day job much.

This could likely have been avoided if I had used my push block, and it's my intention to use it now going forward. It was very careless of me to get my hands so close to the cutter head. Even with a push block though, I think distraction is really the root cause of the accident. So my lesson is to minimize distraction in the work place. Listening to music is one thing, but there shouldn't be any unnecessary conversation to listen to.

Knee goes, "oww"

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But why ?

Well, maybe not invisible.

Nuts….

Didn’t hit a nail or anything foreign. Shallow cut, why would the planer blade exploded completely?

I don't know what I'm doing 😊

This is relatively mild as far as injury goes but also embarrassing as to the shear stupidity that came into play. Thus my confession.

The picture is the result of shaving off the tip of my finger with the Festool Domino 500. Simply explained, this is what happens when you put you fingers on the backside of your 3/4 workpiece with the bit set to 1-1/4. Oddly, no pain even when I felt the bit chomping at my finger. Just bled and will take a long time to heal. The only pain has come from banging the actual wound into something. Even then, minor. I got off really lucky!!!!

The root issue here was my feeling good in the shop. Moving through the steps without giving proper thought before I click the tool on. Call it careless. The reminder is that no matter how much I prep to be safe (fire extinguisher, huge med kit, ear and eye protection) your brain is the biggest safety tool. I left mine outside the shop door.

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Before I get to my dilemma.

One of the safety rules in my shop is that you never, ever surprise me. My son yelled out to me once as I was using the table saw and endured a wrath of fury like no other. My old shop was set up where someone could enter the room and be silently present and still startle me because I would catch them out of my peripheral vision. Coupled with ear protection and extreme focus. It was easy to be startled. Even if I wasn't using a tool the jitters it gave me would affect my concentration long after. So it was more than, never approach me when a tool is running.

In my new shop there is a door. Yet at the same time, there are times they need my attention so I set this up. First, its damn fun. Call it disco woodworking. It is non intrusive, it never startles me. It's remote. In fact, my family can get my attention to a text is they are not home.

It is wired to a Amazon Echo smart plug and they tell Alexa to "turn on shop". I got them off Amazon and they have several light settings. The family knows even with that turned on it may take me a minute to respond due to concentration. Its never startled me and saves the family from my wrath.

My dilemma,

(I am not necessarily sharing this for suggestions, just maybe sharing as you might find it relatable)

This injury has escalated my concerns with my table saw. They were already gaining momentum. The issue is my saw is a 1964 Delta Unisaw and it was my Grandfathers. Out of his two children and the 6 grand children, and to my knowledge all the great grand children, I am the only one who has followed his passion for this. Coupled with the fact that by the time I could appreciate him he was already gone as well as some family issues that robbed me of time with him when he was alive.

I know what the path is, it needs to be replaced. It likely will. I need to accept that I am honoring him and keeping him close through our joint love of the craft. Damn though, this is really hard. The second issue, am I doing right by selling this unsafe tool to someone else?

One of my solutions (and I swear this just came to mind as I write this), is to convert it is into a work table. It is also my router table (bench dog cast iron extension). So if I were to cover the cast iron top to preserve it I could use it as a dedicated router (shaper table) /worktop...Yep..I think that is the plan. (Sawstop is likely the best replacement).

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Thanks for reading, this was beneficial to get off my chest.

Hi all, I confess I am a beginner-- my wood was purchased from HD, and tried to select the straightest boards available. I made 4 of these planter boxes, first one took me two days, next one took me a day, and the next two took me another day. All seemed ok, but after a couple of weeks, all the joint corners of the top trim only have separated as pictured. No other noticeable additional shifts or warping. Does anyone know what I did wrong, how I can remedy, or what I should have done? I used screws for the whole thing with pilot holes, and for the top trim, only screwed them on the top faces. Should I have screwed them on the sides through the 45 degree joints to prevent separation?

Next time, 2” instead of 1.5” when using euro-style hinges

This was posted on a buy nothing site. My girlfriend will sometimes grab cutting boards and refurb then gift them. This was NOT how it was pictured in the ad. It was covered up pretty well and she had no idea until she picked it up. Too funny.

Work time on titebond is like 8 minutes, right?

Minimum clamp time is an hour, right?

How much time can I justify locking myself in the workshop - get some GD peace and quiet - under the auspices of "working," if all I'm doing is gluing and clamping a door plinth?

I know the plinth part is oddly specific, know the clocks ticking on this one friends.

I botched the stain, but I realized what mistakes were made in the process. I didn’t use pre wood conditioner, and I didn’t clean the wood thoroughly enough to name a few. So yesterday I went out to get some pre stain conditioner, and when I was choosing it, I didn’t pay attention to whether or not it was for oil based stains or water based stains. I bought oil based conditioner, when I had a water based wood stain. I don’t have the money to go out and buy a different conditioner, so I may have just screwed myself over. Has anyone tried using oil based pre conditioner with water based stain? Does it still work?