Woodworking thread

[woodisgood]

I dont do any wood working but, I do share a building with this guy.

[inertiaticism]

I get to work with wood everyday, I work at a commercial casework and millwork shop.
I've done everything from production finishing to furniture restoration to making furniture of my own using shop equipment and free walnut and mahogany offfall.
It's pretty rad, but construction industry deadlines suck a dick.

[jaywood]

Here's the bed frame I just build this past week. It's my first "big" wood project.











All done







Here's the shelfs that I made to go along with that square theme. I put my speakers on this one



And misc over on the other one



I will be refinishing that dresser to match. The veneer looks out of place

[deutschman]

Very cool! I like the black wood. There is a Japanese tradition of burning the surface of boards and then lacquering them for both preservation and looks.
Check it out.

http://pursuingwabi.com/2007/11/05/shou-sugi-ban/

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/169711/thumbs/www.houzz.com/ideabooks/169711/list/Shou-sugi-ban--Burnt-Wood-Siding-

[jaywood]

Oh wow! I wish I would have seen that before...that would have been an option. I brushed on satin krylon paint. I was going to use a stain but doug fir loves to blotch and I didn't have the time to condtion/stain/lacquer. 3 coats of satin black did just fine!

Thanks!

[Nick_S]

Bump!

iPhone amplifier. Walnut sandwiched between maple

Whoa, details? That's awesome.

Nice work OP. I lack skill and patience for woodworking but I love admiring finished results.

[jaywood]

It's a piece of walnut sandwiched by 2 pieces of maple. It's a natural sound amplifier, kinda like yelling into a cone :p

Bump!

[deutschman]

I started boat building school a bit more then a week ago. We've just been working on joints. Half laps, mitered half laps, half and full dove tails, all kinds of stuff. I had some pictures but I cans seam to find them right now. No power tools just hand tools. Fun stuff.
Ill be posting a lot as the year goes on. We should start building some boats after December.

[deutschman]

Here are some of the joints we have done for our beginning projects, along with some of my tools. Some decent chiselsd, a nice set of Woodriver planes (low angle block, and #3 bench), some Japanese saws.









The wood works not that exciting or beautiful but it's just the first week. I'm happy with what iv learned and had gotten 3-3.5 out of 4 on all my work. Can't get enough of it :)

[Shangsta]

love this thread. I am going to be starting a build for an aquarium stand for one of my tanks and ill post the progress here

[myinfernalbmw]

I wish I liked finishing projects and I actually had an idea for something useful I wanted to build. I love woodworking. Keep posting pics of your progress in school deutscheman. I love the process.

[evandael]

the japanese have impeccable traditional woodworking skills:

[M44schnell]

Ill post some pictures here in a day or two of the shifter knobs ill be selling in the short future. Made out of Bubinga, purple heart or laminated Maple/rosewood.

Any body have any experience with making shifter knobs? Id love to see some other you guys have made or seen

[jaywood]

I made a wooden shift knob ^^^ I'll try and get some pics up!

[deutschman]

Ill post some pictures here in a day or two of the shifter knobs ill be selling in the short future. Made out of Bubinga, purple heart or laminated Maple/rosewood.

Any body have any experience with making shifter knobs? Id love to see some other you guys have made or seen

Are you turning them by hand? I havent learned how to do that yet but we will be jumping on the wood lathes soon. Cant wait!