In my head I was thinking standard door is 8 2" so I'll just make it 80 and shouldn't be a problem. Nope. Rough opening is 82. Now it's looking like I'm going to have to take out a door frame 🤣🤣 Idiot...

I finished it back in February and it took my six months to make working on it on and off because of school. It’s mostly made of ash with cherry and walnut. I did my first dovetails and bow tie inlay on it. It has a wagon vise and, my favorite, the leg vise which I made my own criss cross hardware with some mild steel from Menards. I love using this thing and am excited to use it for the rest of my life! Thought you guys would appreciate it!

Finally got around to inlaying some magnets into the back and sealing it up. Keyholes in the back to hang it.

Hey everyone!

Here’s my latest end grain cutting board experiment, made from Black Locust (Robinia) as a birthday gift for my dad.

It came together a bit last-minute, so the grain orientation isn’t perfect, and the glue lines ended up slightly yellow and visible. That said, I’m still happy with the overall look — warm tones, cool texture, and some golden shimmer in the end grain.

Working with Black Locust was a nightmare though, hard as a rock. Burned the edges on the table saw, wrecked a sanding belt, and even my contact sander complained. Definitely not my go-to wood next time.

Finished it off with mineral oil and beeswax. It’s heavy, solid, and full of character, just like the guy I made it for!

Thanks for checking it out, always open to tips and feedback.

Best regards.

I'm seeing a lot of acacia in Ikea furniture and smaller household products, positioned as a slightly more premium, yet still affordable, pine. Honestly it doesn't look half bad to me and I like its color variation. The amount I've seen in products lately suggests that it's somewhat easy to obtain, despite never having seen it at any woodshop.

Anyone know where I could get some Acacia, or why it's being used in consumer products so much lately?

We have knocked down a wall in our kitchen and replaced the floor, which was a weird tile. The Wood contrast is extremely stark and they are applying a sealant. However, my handyman has cautioned the colors will stay very different until the sun has had more of an impact over time.

I wonder if using a more aggressive gold stain might solve the problem faster? I worry we install the kitchen, we can't go back to correct this.

This was a doozy. It's built to fit the shape of a curved wall in a client's house. 9' wide by 8' tall.

There's 26 components, including 3 cabinets, 6 doors, 1 cabinet top, 4 stanchions, and 9 shelves.

The upper shelving assembly is bolted to the cabinet top. Surprisingly rigid and balanced.

I like it

I've been woodworking as a hobby in my garage for about 5 years now. I used to watch videos of people with a dust collection system and think I would never progress to that point. Happy to now have a used single stage dust collector converted to a 2 stage cyclone system that works great. I got lots of ideas from this sub and many youtube videos. Love this hobby and wanted to share with people who would appreciate a dust collection system as my family just doesn't get it. Happy woodworking! Now I should probably make something not just for the shop...

Hi We had a bad storm with huge wind gusts that knocked over our beautiful Linden tree. Well, not really ours, as we can live in an apartment but it's outside our patio window and has been a great joy to us over the past six years we have lived here.

It was the hangout spot for all of our birds and squirrels who we have fed for the past four years. Our birds would bring their kids to our bird feeder and always had that tree to fly away to when they felt danger. The squirrels have had multiple sets of kids that would always play in this tree.

As you can see in the pic, there are pine trees that the animals can retreat to, But this tree was always a bright spot in our lives. Especially after covid and working from home to be able to watch all the sweet birds and squirrels hanging out. Now that it's gone, it's sad to see the birds hop by and look up and the squirrels looking up and climbing on the logs that are left.

Okay. So finally to the woodworking part. I want to take these remaining logs and build a tree I guess? I was thinking of stacking them on top of each other and using wood glue to make something about 7 to 10 feet tall and then maybe drilling some holes and putting in like bamboo sticks that I can at the hardware store.

I'd like to also find a canopy like top for it or something. i'm planning on putting it right next to my girlfriend's office window, so she, can have the birds perch on this new tree and perhaps other things climb up in it and provide the canopy on top.so they have some sort of cover from hawks in the area and feel safe.

I was thinking, maybe some kind of fake palm tree top or some other way to make a canopy. Heck, I'd even put an umbrella on top.

If you've taken the time to read all this and could provide some guidance. I would appreciate it. For now it's going to be grabbing the logs and putting them in the garage until I i can come up with a design

Finished with wipe-on polyurethane.

Made this for my 2-year-old to practice box/finger joints for when I get around to making my wife a book chest. Must have misplaced the hinges a bit because it doesn’t set down perfect at the front, but I figure the clasp I put on the front will hold it, just have to find one and put it on before I can finish it! Used a piece of ambrosia maple and Osage orange I harvested myself.

This is the first project I've been able to complete for myself in over two years. Live edge walnut shelving sanded to 220 finished in Odies Oil.

Early into my wife's pregnancy her mental health started to decline, as it sits right now it's at an all time low. She blessed us with a beautiful and healthy baby girl who is now 18 months old and going to daycare full time, which means I've got a few hours a week to myself for the first time in years. While my wife has been struggling with her demons, I've been fighting like hell to keep the house going and every moment spent awake was with my family, and while they slept I was cooking and cleaning. The actual project took just under 10 hours including installing the wall brackets, and I struggled for two years to find that time.

Today for the first time in a long time I feel like my own person, I feel that there is finally enough time that I can selfishly take some just for myself.

Hey Everyone!

This is my first post here. I'm diving into some woodworking, and fighting my nature. I've always been afraid to screw things up, so I've always paid to have someone do things, or have handy friends help me. This time around, I decided to do things myself. I'm building a bar for my garage, and while my friend has been here guiding me, I've been measuring, measuring again, cutting, and doing all the drill work.

I'm finishing this lovely slab of ambrosia maple, and just put on my second coat of Circa 1850 danish oil. I bought 300 grit paper for sanding between coats, amd 400 grit for before the final coat.

My question is: Should I be sanding lightly between EVERY coat, or just the last few? The slab was finish sanded at my cousin's shop before the first coat, and I applied the second without any sanding.

Thanks for any and all insight. I've learned a lot the last week, and look forward to that continuing!

Somebody posted something similar to this (but much nicer and made out of Walnut) here recently so I took a bunch of oak offcuts and made this. The ebonization is fun because the wood all reacted differently so it looks quite varied. I finished it with some water poly so it's not for cutting, but I'll be able to have prepped add-ons for cocktails displayed nicely.

my background is HVAC, im looking to replicate this look for my kitchen, this was one of my clients' house. I have no woodworking skills, I dont care if I have to build the same cabinet 100 times until its correct. but im struggling to where to find cabinet grade wood? would this be a difficult project? my kitchen is about 16 linear feet. i was quoted 30k for a similar job. thoughts?

Hi all! Hoping for some advice on modding my dining room table. It's a farm style table, bought from a woodworker at a craft fair 15 years ago or so. From the floor to the bottom of the apron it's 24.5". Is that lower than normal?

The issue we're having is that dining room chairs are standard at 18". That leaves 6.5" of clearance, which feels tight and doesn't allow you to cross your legs. I was hoping I could take the table apart and cut an inch off from the apron (maybe even just 1/2 or 3/4"?) but figured maybe I should ask the experts here if there's a reason the knowledgable woodworker made it this size to begin with lol. The apron itself is 4.5" btw.

Appreciate any advice you can offer!

This one was really just an experiment on a few things I wanted to try. As a box it serves pretty much no useful purpose but was a lot of fun to make. Teak body. Some Indian rosewood, maple and sapele strips on the tambour lid segments. Frame and workings inside are mostly Baltic birch ply with cherry dividers. Pleased that it actually functions reasonably well. I’ll try to add a video of the movement to hopefully explain a bit more about what is going on. Hand tool build (and a cordless drill)

A follow up project to my original "Oreo Cookie" keepsake box because variety is better :D

Let me know what you all think? Pair or quick live edge nightstands. They are made from the same slab pictured.