Woodworking thread

[tom d]

here it is finished, but not yet installed. not only did I make all the pieces, but I also had to make the tools, when was the last time you saw a 14 foot lath?

[F34R]

That staircase is GORGEOUS! I am a huge fan of them. What wood was used in building it? I am guessing that it is for a customer or some other place in the home? Unless you love cleaning the hanging crystals ;)

Off topic, but F34R upstate looks friggin beautiful. Good job on the deck. I've always been a diyer but something about construction just seems out of my hands.. and always have much respect for those who still carry this trade.

Thanks, construction is not an easy task. Even more so building in the woods where trees and boulders hinder digging every 6" haha. Construction kinda found me as it is my Father's trade. I was just born into it is all.

[delatlanta1281]

What lake is that F34R?
Looks like a lake we used to go to as kids. Beaver Lake to be exact.

[cmcgrogan]

here is something me and my dad have been working on for a little over a year and a half. if interested will talk about it

[Fusion]

Holy shit. I know little about boats, but is that a replica of one of those extremely expensive Italian boats?
Awesome workmanship right there!

And that staircase is awesome too.

[IronFreak]

This is an egress window I built from scratch after I was quoted almost $3000 to have one installed. More pictures of the build in the thread bellow. The base stoop was an old upright piano that my grandpa built into a toy box years ago.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=290689

[evandael]

here is something me and my dad have been working on for a little over a year and a half. if interested will talk about it

please, please elaborate. that thing looks gorgeous already.

[Fusion]

A little project I've been working on

[E30_Pare]

I'm not too concerned about the finish since it needs to be redone anyway. Assuming it's going to be refinished, do I have any other options?

U could use the sawdust mix it with filler but matching the grain would take some fancy brush work.

[mitch500]

Okay guys, let's see if you can help me with this. I have an antique bed that's in pretty good condition except for a few small flaws. Looking for some input on how to fix/improve them. There's a big ding at the top right (the right of the bed post), and on the front of the post there's a handful of smaller dings going down, as well as two long scratches - let me know if I need to point them out. What can I do about this?

These pics suck, but I think they show the issues well enough.

use shellac sticks, you can buy a kit with various colors of shellac sticks. it comes with a iron which you melts and smooth the shellac into the dings... It is used in wood refishinging.

you can buy it from this site, just scroll halfway down the page and look for the "burn-in kit"

http://www.shellac.net/BurnInDamageRepair.html

[bmwman91]

My first ever project was a pair of 2-way speakers. My own design and whatnot. For $150, they blow away basically anything sold at any Best Buy. Not sure if it counts as woodworking since it involves MDF.






I later put a few coats of clear Shellac on them.


Then I needed some tables to put them on in my living room. All red oak, with the flat surfaces made from cab-grade birch plywood + red oak veneer & red oak trim on the outside. Dimensional stability, yo!

Tapered legs on the planer...pretty easy to do.




I made a squaring jig from MDF scraps to locate things and then glued the braces in.






One finished one. I used Watco Cherry V Danish oil on them.


A year or two later, I decided that I needed some bass to go with my speakers. This sucker hits 15Hz without much trouble.


1" MDF walls with generous bracing and a 4" diameter port.






I had a bunch of Damplifier sound deadening left over from a car install, so I lined the walls with that and the egg-crate foam.






And my last project as of a year or two ago. Reference-level monitors. I built them, and the cosmetics were my choice, but credit for the design goes to John Krutke of Zaph Audio.





There are like 100 pics in here:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1770770

[deutschman]

My first ever project was a pair of 2-way speakers. My own design and whatnot. For $150, they blow away basically anything sold at any Best Buy. Not sure if it counts as woodworking since it involves MDF.






I later put a few coats of clear Shellac on them.


Then I needed some tables to put them on in my living room. All red oak, with the flat surfaces made from cab-grade birch plywood + red oak veneer & red oak trim on the outside. Dimensional stability, yo!

Tapered legs on the planer...pretty easy to do.




I made a squaring jig from MDF scraps to locate things and then glued the braces in.






One finished one. I used Watco Cherry V Danish oil on them.


A year or two later, I decided that I needed some bass to go with my speakers. This sucker hits 15Hz without much trouble.


1" MDF walls with generous bracing and a 4" diameter port.






I had a bunch of Damplifier sound deadening left over from a car install, so I lined the walls with that and the egg-crate foam.






And my last project as of a year or two ago. Reference-level monitors. I built them, and the cosmetics were my choice, but credit for the design goes to John Krutke of Zaph Audio.





There are like 100 pics in here:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...ad.php?1770770

The speakers are beautiful! I like the way you work. Very clean and meticulous.

here is something me and my dad have been working on for a little over a year and a half. if interested will talk about it

And yes I want more info! I am a builder of boats my self. I dream of building one of these some day.

[rturbo 930]

^ Dude, did you have to quote EVERY SINGLE PICTURE?

[E30_Pare]

https://vimeo.com/43005056

Art of Making. (flamenco guitars)

Found this vid a while back. Thought it was awesome enjoy.

[bmwman91]

The speakers are beautiful! I like the way you work. Very clean and meticulous.

Thanks. My father gets the credit for teaching me the important things in life.
- "Clamping is EVERYTHING"
- "Measure 5 times, cut once"