Odds are whatever you make is being made better, faster and much cheaper by a factory somewhere. Not trying to sound negative, but that's our reality: look at the thousands of excellent small...
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Odds are whatever you make is being made better, faster and much cheaper by a factory somewhere. Not trying to sound negative, but that's our reality: look at the thousands of excellent small...
Bunyan, the prototypical lumberjack, like the rest of society, has gone more 'techno' and less 'manual'....
Paul Bunyan is not dead - he just has acquired a new lifestyle that leaves less time for wood-related things. He is very happy taking night classes at the local community college - he really likes...
$15-20 at Amazon
$15 here:http://www.wayfair.com/Fox-Run-Craftsmen-Wooden-Cheese-Slicer-4178-FRU1053.html
$20 at Target.
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Cheaper items are impossible for a woodworker to create at a profit. Just go to any upscale home store and you will literally find all sorts of great-looking wooden items selling for 5, 10, 20, 40...
very good and valid points made there, but a few clarifications are in order:
1. It's not IKEA vs Custom Furniture. it's not Walmart Quality vs Krenov Quality. Most of the time it's Custom...
In all fairness (and this is coming from a hobbyist who fully understands it would be much cheaper to buy the things he makes!), the old furniture was made with the best tools available back then and...
Well...that seems like a contradiction to me.
If your premise holds true, woodworking is a declining hobby, indeed. For the simple reason the affluent are a smaller group than the rest (I agree...
That's pretty exciting, actually: imagine 20 years from now, you sit on your touchscreen desktop (an ultra-thin, ultra-powerful all-in one), start your woodworking software, design a chair, table or...
I think old hobbies are being replaced by new hobbies because of technology. People are just doing things differently. It can be a bit sad (but not wrong - we have to accept change): I love...
parallel, Frank
I have a decent circular saw (Makita) with a rail guide. I mentioned it in my initial post - one of the reasons for considering the stair tread is that by leaving a 5" groove between them (as in...
honest question (not arguing because I don't know the answer): if the stair tread is made of finger-jointed small pieces of hardwood sandwiched between two layers of 1/8" solid oak, how much...
My understanding is that the stair treads are made of finger-jointed pieces of hardwood under 1/8" oak layers on both sides (they have solid oak treads for a bit extra money), so there will not be...
Thanks David and everyone else for the generous advice. Will consider everything and will post back when I'm done, including the bumps, regrets and sound decisions - maybe even a few pics! I'm sure...
One other factor I have considered: even if I bite the bullet and order a laminated top for like $400 including shipping, I read a lot of guys claiming they had to flatten them upon arrival!
Thanks, Jerry.
Quick, honest question: how flat is "flat"? I know it matters, but what sort of deviation is acceptable for simple, non-commercial, furniture work? I'm a hobbyist building little...
thanks, Michael. Yes, I will keep an eye on that angle. I'm in NYC at it's surprisingly difficult to find woodworking-related tools and materials (specially non-construction wood). There's a few...
Thanks, Chris. Very true - not to mention it seems you need a workbench to build one! Lol
There is an 11 1/2 X 48 size available. 1" thick. Being 1" thick is appealing to me because of the possibility of just buying 3 of them and cutting them into 4 pieces to cover my planned 54x24 bench...
Absolutely necessary disclosure: I'm a beginner who does not have the skill (or hand planes!!!!!) to build a 3" thick bench top. I don't have the $400+ (including shipping) to buy a good one. So, I...
Great points. As a hobbyist I'm always aware that my woodworking is just for the fun of it - not cost. It's much better to just buy the stuff.
So, I guess the original poster would need to decide...
The Bosch sander has a "suction control" opening that is supposed to work (have no idea how well - but I'll try it and report back). I bought a Bosh vac hose (...
After listening to all the great advice received and reading countless reviews, I went with the Ridgid 1450 and the Bosch ROS65VC-5 sander, instead of the 4x more expensive Mirka vac/sander combo....
Great info, Bryan!
My concern with 'suction control' is because I've read that when suction is too strong, the sander is 'stuck' to the the work and performance is compromised.
From all the...