Got Wood?

[Que]

I like woodworking. I've been acquiring tools but have no actual shop to put them in.

I went down a rabbit hole the other night and ended up watching several videos of Ron Swanson's Workshop

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zIA2Xl8P7Es

I really like the work that he does with big slabs and the seat of pants engineering that he used to build his method for chewing them up.

 

[William_James]

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[Que]

Like him, I prefer stout, cast iron, vintage equipment. I have a really nice Craftsman jointer planer but it's kind of hobby size but it weighs a ton. I also have a really big scroll saw from the same era Craftsman collection.

I've got an inexpensive but serviceable Harbor Freight imported wood lathe. eventually I'd like to get some vintage chisels but for now I've got a cheap set of imported ones.

I have a radial arm saw that might very well be junk I ended up paying $15 for it. It is going to need to be disassembled cleaned, polished and put back together. I've got a really small vintage table saw and a kind of medium sized tableside neither one has much of a table to it so I need to make some table extensions.

 

[thør]

I like woodworking. I've been acquiring tools but have no actual shop to put them in.

I went down a rabbit hole the other night and ended up watching several videos of Ron Swanson's Workshop

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zIA2Xl8P7Es

I really like the work that he does with big slabs and the seat of pants engineering that he used to build his method for chewing them up.

"His" seat of the pants method for working slabs is an old method for making scarf joints.

 

[Que]

"His" seat of the pants method for working slabs is an old method for making scarf joints.

Interesting.

Now are a scarf joints those ways that they used to join two long timbers when they were putting up a barn...that sort of thing?

I used to have a turn of the (20th) century book full of Illustrated drawings for all sorts of widgets. I remember being fascinated by the book but I don't remember too many of the widgets. Vaguely I remember designs to make self-closing latches and things like that. I had another one that was kind of a pioneering book showing how to build a rock wall house and how to use a garden hose and some clear plastic tubing to make a primitive Transit. I think a lot of knowledge is kind of getting lost because we have such ready access to Modern equipment and techniques. with CNC machines is anyone going to be able to do anything by hand in 20 years?

 

[thør]

Interesting.

Now are a scarf joints those ways that they used to join two long timbers when they were putting up a barn...that sort of thing?

Typically for jointing plywood into long pieces. For stitch and glue boatboating, etc.

See Fig 12.2

 

[Que]

Typically for jointing plywood into long pieces. For stitch and glue boatboating, etc.

See Fig 12.2

Ok, 1st, What a great PDF.

2nd: 412 pages?!?? To my phone?? the only reason I was even able to download it was because I recently pared-down everything on my phone to make some room for a app or two then I'm going to have to install shortly.

Now I'm going to have to see if downloads are finally going to my ssd card like they were supposed to. .

 

[thør]

Ok, 1st, What a great PDF.

2nd: 412 pages?!?? To my phone?? the only reason I was even able to download it was because I recently pared-down everything on my phone to make some room for a app or two then I'm going to have to install shortly.

Now I'm going to have to see if downloads are finally going to my ssd card like they were supposed to. .

I have the hardback.

 

[Que]

I have the hardback.

Building a boat on your bucketlist?

 

[thør]

Building a boat on your bucketlist?

An old dream.

 

[Que]

An old dream.

It's a worthy one. In your case, I would think some of your ancestors are calling to you. I've got this theory that the same way that a bird has hardwired songs built-in even if they've never heard their parent sing, We have all that knowledge of our ancestors somehow locked up in our DNA. I can't imagine the mechanism but I believe it's there.

 

[doowdniw]

All the wood I have (currently roughly 3 cords worth) is either going to fire the oven or the fireplace.

 

[suckonsimon]

My late father-in-law had four sons. When he was dying he asked me to take all his woodworking tools, as he wanted them well kept, valued, and used. One of the deepest compliments I ever had.

 

[Saint Peter]

Typically for jointing plywood into long pieces. For stitch and glue boatboating, etc.

See Fig 12.2

Thanks!

 

[Que]

My late father-in-law had four sons. When he was dying he asked me to take all his woodworking tools, as he wanted them well kept, valued, and used. One of the deepest compliments I ever had.

Very nice, Simon!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

All my fucking about with wood has been almost exclusively on houses and residential structures. There has been the oddball furniture repair, and a goodly number of cabinet repairs over the years, usually rebuilding what wasn't assembled properly.


I always enjoyed the cutting and shaping and fitting bit. I was very thankful when Allah made it possible for me to air up, as fastening was always my downfall. I've spent two hours getting a piece to fit gnat's ass perfectly and then fucked up the whole bit with one misplaced hammer stroke which faced the work.


If it was paint-grade, I'd get disgusted, fill t, sand it, and walk away to the next bit. Air tools, for me, eliminated fuck-ups like that.


Then, as I strayed from custom to production work, I learned all the corners to cut leaving a decent-looking product slammed into place with reduced effort and minimal completion time. And it doesn't bother me any more.


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[Radiohead]

http://www.woodworkingmasterclass.com.au/

Wide open for you

 

[Saint_Ann]

My Dad made a shield shaped block to mount a buck's rack on. I was probably around 4...it was maple, I think. He scribed something onto it, probably deer statistics...wish I could remember. He stained it a reddish brown and probably put 10 coats of whatever they used back then, sanding each coat. I looked at it every day as I grew up, and the occasional time I returned for a visit. It probably still exists. Somewhere.

 

[Aphro]

This is not the thread I had hoped for.

 

[ABmaninCAL]

This is not the thread I had hoped for.

So what were you hoping for?

 

[William_James]

So what were you hoping for?

Pics of the erect penis of male GB posters.

 

[Rightguide]

I like woodworking. I've been acquiring tools but have no actual shop to put them in.

I went down a rabbit hole the other night and ended up watching several videos of Ron Swanson's Workshop

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zIA2Xl8P7Es

I really like the work that he does with big slabs and the seat of pants engineering that he used to build his method for chewing them up.

I was up in Anaheim yesterday and dropped in at a Rockler's store nearby and bought a couple of finely grained 8 ft. black walnut boards. Now, what to do with them? Can't pass up a good piece of wood even if I have nothing in mind for their use, I'll think of something.

 

[thør]

Wood Support.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

I've been slowly teaching myself woodworking. Most of my focus has been on lathe work. I inherited a mid 80s shopsmith. It's a badass machine. It's like the Swiss army knife of woodworking equipment.

 

[EternalFantasies]

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To each their passion, I suppose.