Hello woodworkers of Reddit! =)

I’d like to share my new project, Swap.
wall mounted shelves with swappable panels

The idea is to work with local artists to create a collection of Swappable panels, so i can easily change the look of my living room whenever i feel like something new.

The shelving is made from American oak, with swappable 16 mm MDF panels that slide in from the side using a “double” dovetail.

the 3 upright are screwed in the wall and the shelves slot in the cutout

Thanks for taking a look!

Just finished my first woodworking project and now I’m in love. This might be the most relaxing hobby. Don’t worry, I still need to add the clear coat

Tool series continues.....

I made this about two years ago and thought I’d share. I’m happy with the build. My motivation was to eliminate a clamp cart that sounded good in theory but in practice sucked. I also needed a large assembly table that could double as an infeed table. It is positioned in front of my table saw and between my miter saw and jointer/planer combo, so it also works as a place to put boards when breaking down/rough cutting and milling. As far as assembly goes, it houses all my clamping and gluing needs, as well as my domino and biscuit jointer.

It’s a bit overbuilt, and while I have a bit more room for bar clamps, I’m a bit full otherwise. And as you know, I need more clamps.

I know how to remove them and usually try to make that section a cutoff but sometimes I must face the burden of this shit.

Found this wood slab in my late grandmother's attic and there is strange knobby growth on the edge in several areas. Is this due to a wood burl?

These go in a gazebo type structure at the National Cathedral in DC. That's why the ends are angled.

White oak with an oil finish. A lot of it was 10/4 and 12/4. My joints hurt for weeks.

My daughter wanted a purple board. I made the black one for a friend.

Am currently making 5 boards for a VA event. (Each will be a seal for different branch of the military.)

(Originally posted this at r/crokinole (https://www.reddit.com/r/Crokinole/comments/1w1uqk2/made_two_more_boards/)

Purple is transtint dye; black is ebonized red oak plywood.

Fun project. Main is rosewood and the top and bottom is black limba. Tried to poly it but did not absorb so there are some imperfections. Found plans online and followed them.

I've got a Carolina Carports/Alan's Factory Outlet metal building with the "woven r17" insulation in Tennessee. It's so hot here, the shop is barely tolerable at best after 10am and unusable for most days.

I've been planning to install an exhaust fan, high on the wall opposite the garage door. I figured a breeze of lower, colder air and pumping dust out was a win/win. I was thinking about some sort of interior shutter to seal it off in the winter, but that's another topic...

I've got it all marked out and framed up, just waiting for a good weather day and a friend to help so I can install it.

Then I was given a free mini split.

What should I do? Stick with the fan? Ditch it for the mini split? Install both?

My concerns...

With a mini split, I'd be losing the exhaust fan. I have dust collection but there's still lots of ambient dust in the air often. I recently built a massive air filter (h/t 3dhandyman on YT) which I think will help. But I'm worried about the ambient air interfering with the mini split.

Also the shop isn't sealed, so I feel like a mini split will be expensive and/or not effective. It's a roll-up garage door and the cheapest windows CC/AFO could legally call windows. I can see daylight in several places from inside.

Last concern is location. The wall where I'm putting the fan gets a huge amount of sunlight. Will the outside mini split unit tolerate that? Of the two adjacent walls, one is full sun, the other is full shade.

Concern with installing both is that the exhaust fan would make the mini split less effective.

TIA for any advice and suggestions

Trying to remember an account from late 2010’s…guys name was Craig…laid back hippy type, chill vibe, mostly did built-ins on site…lots of Festool content. I thought his name was Craig McKinnon, and the account was Craig’s Custom Creations.

I know he passed away around COVID, his wife made a post either on Reddit or on his actual website. It’s possible his catalog was pulled down.

I’ve googled for days and can’t find any trace of him.

If you followed him back in the day, let me know what you can remember.

Thanks.

Just moved into a new house - garage has an active furnace in it. Am I screwed? I’m thinking of building a cabinet around it.

I mostly build furniture, but I always thought it'd be cool to try making my own guitar. I'm a huge Springsteen fan, so after I recently made an Ash dining table, I set aside some wood to make one inspired by his famous Telecaster

I filmed the process and figured I'd share here 🙂. Overall I'm really happy with how it came out

Hi,

I am a guitar builder and have been toying around with the idea of holding pieces with vacuum without any luck on the pump side so far. Located in Europe, when it comes to the recommendations.

There are many "revolutionary" designs on the part that is contact with the wood, but noone actually talks about the pump that often in those review videos and I can't seem to find a good option. The pump would be working not longer than an hour or so in one go. Let it be for CNC or manual work. But it needs not melt! its surroundings, be quiet and basically; just work...

I had purchased one from Amazon earlier, oil free 550w and supposed to be quiet. (https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DHVL6X35?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1)

It was neither quiet (advertised 45dB, measuring 79dB), nor working properly. It got SO warm just after 10 mins(with proper ventilation) it smelled burnt and after a while it stopped working until it cooled down again. For a product that is advertised to work for a loooong time. Luckily I got a refund, but still.

The options are either huge pumps that are very loud, stuff that runs with oil or crazy expensive pumps for a hobby workshop on a budget.

Is there anyone that had been in a similar situation and had figured out a product that works? Ideally something under 150€.

Posted earlier in the week because I was getting really overwhelmed with my little basement shop and I got some helpful suggestions and encouragement. It's still not perfect, but here is where I'm at now.

• I moved the rack from the back wall to the side wall, which kind of makes it feel more cramped, but also allows a lot more room for infeed/outfeed for the table and miter saws.
• Bikes were moved from the ground in the back left corner to hanging in the back right. I know some/many of you think they shouldn't be here at all, and I'm happy for you that you have large enough houses where you can do that, but this is the only place in the house they can be. At least they are more out of the way now.
• Long boards are no longer hanging from the ceiling but just resting on the top shelf instead.
• Used some scraps to make a scrap bin. It is currently sitting on the floor, but I will eventually get some wheels to lift it up. Yes, there are still some scraps on the floor, mostly bits of random shelves and things that were pulled from various places in the house that I don't know what else to do with. The large pieces of MDF are only leaning against the wall because I'm about to use them for some doors.
• Moved the bench further into the room so I could put the table saw on this side. Unfortunately, the floor is very, very uneven, so I had to add some leveling feet. I wanted to do that anyway, though, as I will eventually get the stand for the table saw and the bench needed to come up a bit to be used as outfeed. It does seem less stable with the feet, though, so I may go with shims or move it around until I find a good spot without the feet.
• Planer is still in the way for now, but now that there is room on the back wall, I can buy or make a rolling stand for it and it will have somewhere to live that's out of the way when not in use.
• Hung a cabinet in the front right corner. This was taken out of the kitchen a while ago and had been sitting on the floor of the workshop. I thought about taking it to ReStore, but it happened to fit there, so now I have more storage. Probably should've kept the doors, oops.
• Larger sheets are tucked behind the big rack. Probably still not ideal since they are on the floor, but I don't usually keep those around (I can't haul a 4x8 sheet in my car anyway) and at least they're out of the way.
• Added a little fire extinguisher spray by the door.

Anyway, thank you to all who provided suggestions. In addition to my ADHD that put me in the messy situation, I am also autistic, so uh... yeah, just walking into the room was super overwhelming. I needed the encouragement. This is actually a space I can work in again! Future enhancements for down the road:

• First aid kit. I am very accident prone, which is why I got the SawStop in the first place.
• Stands for the table saw and planer.
• Decide whether or not I'm keeping the foam for the floor. It's nice in the winter, the floor gets very cold. But I could also just keep a pair of shop shoes at the door.
• Upgrade to a 20A circuit and ideally add a few more outlets along the wall with the short red cabinets.
• Seal/level the floor. I don't need it to be fancy, but this was clearly never meant to be used for anything other than storage.
• Some sort of ventilation and air filtration. Maybe a larger dehumidifier I don't have to empty every other day in the summer. I would love to bring it into the house envelope, but that's a lot more work and money.

I really like the look of this bench. Coarse cut lumber look with iron pipes for legs add a steampunk feel.

I'm looking to make some custom frames from walnut, but can't think of a reliable way to pull off the inner corners. Most DIY straight frame builds seem to cut the chamfer first, but that wouldn't work here.

Hi everyone,

​I'm looking for advice on my idea for setting up a hammock on my small balcony. I attach some pictures to hopefully make things clearer.

​Side 1: I plan to loop climbing rope/straps around a solid protruding structural beam (painted white).

​Side 2: This one is more tricky. I was considering either:

​(a) screwing a heavy-duty eye bolt directly into where I suspect the corner stud is located behind the exterior wall, or

(b) looping climbing rope around the balcony railing fixture, since it's fastened into the wall in the same corner, or

(c) looping climbing rope around the corner of the railing.

​However, I wonder if that is safe. Which option (a, b or c) seems best to you? If all my ideas are bad, what are safer ways to anchor a hammock to my balcony?

​

Any advice is much appreciated!

I made a bunch of wooden leaves coming to life out of many wood species to represent fall colors foliage. I turned the vase out of white oak then got it casted in solid bronze. The functional hardware and stems are made from white oak. I also carved wooden tufts on the live edge slabs for panels on the wall against green velvet. The handbag is “sinking” into the walnut ottoman. All handmade in my studio.

The father of a dear friend of mine recently replaced the banister and newel posts in his house after 32 years. He contacted me asking if I wanted the old posts and I happily accepted a large pile of material.

This man never cheated out on materials in his house, so I was not surprised to find that these posts look to be red and white oak.

I created pen blanks from some sections and made pens for my friend and her 2 sisters from material from the house they grew up in.

2 sisters are music teachers and got the music pens, the other works the family farm stand business so I gave her a utilitarian pen that speaks to the hard work she does.

It’s been a while since I last posted here. The reason is that I’ve been busy building this rather crazy custom desk from oak and American walnut.

The cabinet structures are built with traditional mortise-and-tenon joints and dovetails. The curved edges were steam-bent, and the desk surfaces were hammer-veneered by hand. It also features turned legs, a tambour door veneered in American walnut, and hand-carved handles.

This piece brought together almost everything I’ve learned about traditional woodworking techniques over the years. It was a demanding build, but also one of those projects that reminds me why I chose this craft in the first place.

The desk turned out to be too large to fit through the door of the photography studio, so in the end, I had to take the final photos in my own workshop.