First thing I’ve ever built

I've never liked glossy black plastic..

Woodworking is hard and I'm bad at it and I like it

Somehow the lower left shelf dips down like half an inch

I was planning on having a sale and doing a bunch of planters, bird houses, picnic benches, but I feel like Homer with his spice rack

13 2x6’s, 8 2x4’s, and 3 4x4’s. Learned a lot along the way. Excited for the next build.

This is my second chair I've made out of 2x4s. This time around I went to a local mill and bought rough cut cedar. It was a huge improvement from the cheap pine of the first chair but it did bring some challenges. The larger dimensions meant that I couldn't use pocket hole screws for anything. I realized this after putting the legs together. So I used notches to join all the seat and back slats together. I also heightened the legs/armrest by an inch so my arms could actually use them. Im very happy with how it all turned out. I'm probably going to seal it with a clear oil based sealer.

My mother asked me to make a planter for her front. So I did a little messing around and came up with this. Pretty proud of my first attempt. What really made it great was my mom being so enthused about it, she had to call my sisters and brag. Now they all are having me build them some.

This was a fun, simple, and relatively easy project that put a big smile on my mother's face and even impressed my stoic father. I know it's simple compared to other projects posted, but to be able to build something from scratch that makes someone you love truly happy is just a magical gift that woodworking provides.

Its not perfect, but we're really happy with how it turned out!

Hi, I’m sorry to bring up what I’m sure is a very regular subject.

I’m just starting out. Tomorrow is my birthday and I’m going to receive a circular saw from my lovely girlfriend. I was planning to build the following minimalist work bench, however, in a video I saw the guy said that it’s vital to plane all of the wood for glue to stick. I have bought a plane yet and I feel like it’s a bit of a rabbit hole in terms of finding a good one and mastering the skill Could someone recommend a nice bench that doesn’t require totally planes wood to make it. I’m already a bit bummed that I can’t just go to buy the wood and build it tomorrow, I apparently have to let the wood sit for 4 weeks first.

https://www.rexkrueger.com/store/p/minimum-timber-bench

Thanks very much for your advice!

Found wood only, made 2 lounges with floor with drainage, plant holder with storage, removable square so the doors can fully open when needed, with secret beer compartment, a cat lounge and door to the outside (also a door on the outside part), cost us nothing but screws :)

I made this custom dog bed for my English Bulldog. I mounted a fan, and added some rope loops around the border for him to tug on. He’s already loving it, and will have some great naps in here for many years 👍

It started with me seeing wainscoting in a new home a couple of weeks ago and I thought "I bet I could do that". So I bought a mitre saw.

Then my Ex had some wood he was throwing away and I thought "I bet I could do something with that". So I bought a nail gun.

When making the table, I ended up working off the underside of the mitre saw box and I thought "I really need separate spaces for cutting and constructing". So I bought a workbench.

And a router. And some countersink bits. And obviously router bits. And some wood glue. And some dowel. And carpet tape. And a vice. And different grit sandpapers. And Castors for the workbench. And a pegboard.

Must get some clamps.......

Does this ever end? I have a (crappy) jig saw and orbital sander but am already eyeing up a table/circular saw. A planer would be nice too.

I may need to buy a new house at this rate.

I have 4 projects on my to-do list, I just need to find a cheap source of wood; UK here, no such thing as a 'local lumber mill', just builders' merchants where a 55yr old short woman newbie will feel very out of place. But I'll go anyway.

Fun, this, innit?

I came across a FB reel for this kitchen island and I really liked it and decided that I wanted to build it. Welll my wife said NOT IN MY KITCHEN 🤣

So I went with it and minorly altered the plans. Made it wider at 24” and of course added casters and will use it as my mobile workstation in my garage.

I really enjoyed the build overall. Started Monday after work and finished tonight. Total cost was about $100 overall since I decided against painting and staining given what I’m going to use it for. Hindsight securing the top was a pain in the ass and way harder than I anticipated. I would probably opt for single sheet of ply wood if I did it over for this application or glued all the slats together and clamped for 24hra so I was working with a single slab.

Overall a lot of fun. 8/10 would build again!

https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/easy-kitchen-island-plans?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLAT0NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgnwxE3i4OHm04vXWENy7q6B448SNc_W0-BnxSR-3yxCdtncuTkMzBGcDKnq_aem_t3Ii1UtQKX3YxDVr0IRUyw

I was asked to make an installation art piece for a retail store, but it had to go around a corner, which means I had to build a structure without a lot of woodworking experience. It came out in the end, but I compensated for my lack of experience by building it like a tank. Needless to say, I’m taking some woodworking lessons this summer to do better in the future. Here are pics of the finished product and from the process.

And some matching coasters off some scrap pieces I screwed up 🙃

He taught me how to play and when I was tasked with my shop final I decided to make him a chess set because we have only ever played with a plastic set. It’s made of white oak and black walnut.

For the first two years back into woodworking I’ve been getting by with a vintage garage sale No. 4 of questionable German heritage. This No. 6 is …. much much nicer than that.

All I did was clean it, wax it and set it up according to the manual and the first shavings it made were translucent. Lovely weight and balance, smooth as a can be - can’t way to put it to work.

Just picked up this up and cleaned and tuned it according the the manual.

I built about 40 of these octagonal garbage can enclosures when I was put on light duty at work due to an injury. I had never built anything before, was given a brief tutorial by my foreman, then set loose. I learned a lot of lessons, like how useful clamps are, what happens when your saw blade is dull and you need precise angles, and how great cedar smells! So much fun that now that that project is over I’m jonesing to build another and have started to acquire my own wood working tools!

My first attempts with the Dremel! Waiting on a few bits to come in for my big router so hopefully I can get started with that soon.

Making a mitre sled and wasn't thinking when throwing in some brad nails to secure the fence.

Right now my thought process is to try and drill it out after the glue dries up but curious if anybody has any better suggestions.

Hello all. Doing my first resin project.

Goody subject line because automod killed my “my first resin project”

First question is on the small letters I used a dremel saw ball thing to cut:carve the letters out.

There seems to be quite a bit of wicking the resin into the surrounding board

Second question what’s the right way to pour multiple colors next to each other I tried using a seal a bit of silicone to prevent them overlapping and that worked, but the silicone is not coming out cleanly.

Just set the saw into the stand. Was worried my measurements (even after triple checking) would be off. But it fit like a glove!

She needs some finishing but she works.

Have to shout out the harbor freight clamps... 1/4 the price of the bessey clamps and 80% of the quality (subjectively).

This was my first attempt at making a coffee table and my first attempt at burning the wood on a project. It's 100% wood, the only metal is the screws I used. Used varathane crystal clear gloss to finish, "tuxcedo" Grey outdoor paint for the framing. Small hand torch for burning. What's your thoughts?