Looking for a new project to do. I've been spending a few months upgrading the workshop / fixing minor annoyances, and really need to actually build something. I ran across this in a magazine ad. The furniture is supposedly solid teak, though I don't think that will be in the cards for...
Last Post By: Joe Calhoon Today, 9:50 AMAbout a month ago I began a thread about designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs were purchased all those years ago along with a table, which is around 200 years old. We need a larger table, and time has come to...
Last Post By: Derek Cohen Today, 11:10 AMThere is a person, that has designed very crazy looking squirrel houses. All kinds of fancy, moving parts, and such. He sells the plans to make these squirrel houses in print form, as pdf, and as dxf. He does not sell kits, nor parts. Plans only. Oh his policy page, he writes the following: ...
Last Post By: Edward Weber Today, 2:37 PMAnswer = Tape
Last Post By: Mike Soaper Yesterday, 8:13 PMI'm looking to build my first set of cabinets in my kitchen. I'm currently building a new house. I am a third generation general contractor so l have a good degree of knowledge in construction my grandfather used to build furniture and cabinets so I have a very good general idea of how they need to...
Last Post By: andrew whicker Today, 2:44 PMBeen doing it like (or equivalent) this for years. (Votes: 4)
Wow! Never thought of that. (Votes: 0)
Been doing it with mirrors. (Votes: 2)
Ain't got a boat, truck, care… (Votes: 0)
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John Lanciani Today, 2:52 PMThanks all. Everything is sold except the record low angle block plane. I’ll be posting lots more of Dads tools in coming weeks including lots of
Mike Allen1010 Today, 2:47 PMI don't think you need a tracksaw. I think you need a decent circular saw and make your own track.
Actually the jobsite saw I have (newer
I just did my first set of cabinets, tough I had a pretty decent set of tools before I started. I'd highly recommend looking at the Sommerfeld method
Patrick Varley Today, 2:42 PMI thought I would throw a couple of things out there to help confuse things even more.
Do I need to purchase two sets of plans to build matching
Time for some levity
Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NHWith all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.
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