Woodworking and carpentry thread

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by gregpark

I'm not a Roofer but I've done enough for myself to know to take your time, it all shows. I'd start off with a string to get things started straight. I've stapled on a ledger board and moved it up for each course but with your concave roof? You'll figure out the best method on the first panel

He could use a long strip of thin gauge flexible sheet metal. However, I've never done the geometry on something like that. I'd look at it from a few angles before committing. I'd hate to have an unintended arc.

[gregpark]

A 2" strip of ¼" plywood might do the trick but yeah, not sure how that will arc. You could snap lines with red chalk maybe

[Crowbob]

Thank you, all!

I am seriously considering not laying the shingles in a straight line. My idea is to be sure the ends of each course are roughly the same (I.e., 5” or whatever) but the courses are not in an exact straight line but rather randomly placed (within a certain tolerance). I think this technique will be much more rustic.

[gregpark]

And easier! Whatever you do that will be a really cute little shelter

[masraum]

I can't wait to see the end result. So far, it's awesome!

[E Sully]

Electrician by trade, but woodworking is one of my hobbies.
I built this blanket chest for my wife. Mahogany with cedar lining.



My entertainment center, hand cut dovetail joints for the drawers and raised panels for the doors. Routers are wonderful scary tools.

[gregpark]

Very nice!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by E Sully

Electrician by trade, but woodworking is one of my hobbies.
I built this blanket chest for my wife. Mahogany with cedar lining.



My entertainment center, hand cut dovetail joints for the drawers and raised panels for the doors. Routers are wonderful scary tools.

Wow! Very nice! Beautiful. You're clearly quite the craftsman

[URY914]

This doesn't even come close to the project above but it's more functional then beautiful.

One corner of my shop needed some attention. I was using three upper cabinets stacked together and it just wasn't working well. I ended up with a 17" x 96" piece of 3/4" plywood from my flooring project (posted above) and it would be the perfect side for a new tall cabinet. I decided to make the door have shelves built in like a refrigerator door. The two walls of the corner would act as the back and right side. The best part of the build was all the material came from stuff I had already in my stockpile of material. Not one penny was spent at HD to build it. And I used a piece of stainless steel to add a shelf next to the sink.

Before....




After......

[masraum]

Originally Posted by URY914

This doesn't even come close to the project above but it's more functional then beautiful.

One corner of my shop needed some attention. I was using three upper cabinets stacked together and it just wasn't working well. I ended up with a 17" x 96" piece of 3/4" plywood from my flooring project (posted above) and it would be the perfect side for a new tall cabinet. I decided to make the door have shelves built in like a refrigerator door. The two walls of the corner would act as the back and right side. The best part of the build was all the material came from stuff I had already in my stockpile of material. Not one penny was spent at HD to build it. And I used a piece of stainless steel to add a shelf next to the sink.

Before....


After......

Very nice, and looks like a huge improvement! I'm making a mental note because I'll be organizing my garage/workshop this year.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by URY914

Next is raising the floor in the same room as the ceiling shown above. I'm raising it to match the room elevation in the house. After I finish framing I'll add the 3/4" subfloor and hire a guy to install the red oak finish floor to match the rest of the house. This room used to be a screened porch, and it is slab on grade whereas the rest of the house is above grade. The slab for this room is actually sloped which means I needed to rip the 2'x6" to keep the room floor level. And the slab has a 3/16" birdbath in it. All this just adds to the PITA this project had been.

This week the oak flooring was installed. Ties right in the existing floor perfectly. Three coats of stain and poly and the morning light shines bright.

[herr_oberst]

Is there anything more satisfying than walking into a room with freshly refurbished wood floors? That looks beautiful.

[oldE]

My woodworking skills are about on par with my welding abilities and anyone would say I'm a grinder, not a welder. However, with the exception of the stud walls of the barn which came down in a sleet storm, everything I've built is still standing.
But this post isn't about me, but my MIL's grandfather who went to sea as a young man, circa 1880 and returned to his home village in his 40s and became a carpenter. His tools were passed down to his son and after his death, stayed in a tool chest until about 30 years ago when I was asked if I wanted them.
These are tools I use frequently (except for the chisel without a handle). I turned new handles for the draw knife. I tried to replicate the remains of the handle which remained. Many of his tools had his name stamped in them. I have no idea what happened to the die he used.
There are also some wooden planes I have not used, but after I took possession of the chest, I made a small display frame with his tongue and groove planes for my MIL's sister.
The mill file cuts better than any modern file I have used.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by oldE

My woodworking skills are about on par with my welding abilities and anyone would say I'm a grinder, not a welder. However, with the exception of the stud walls of the barn which came down in a sleet storm, everything I've built is still standing.
But this post isn't about me, but my MIL's grandfather who went to sea as a young man, circa 1880 and returned to his home village in his 40s and became a carpenter. His tools were passed down to his son and after his death, stayed in a tool chest until about 30 years ago when I was asked if I wanted them.
These are tools I use frequently (except for the chisel without a handle). I turned new handles for the draw knife. I tried to replicate the remains of the handle which remained. Many of his tools had his name stamped in them. I have no idea what happened to the die he used.
There are also some wooden planes I have not used, but after I took possession of the chest, I made a small display frame with his tongue and groove planes for my MIL's sister.
The mill file cuts better than any modern file I have used.

Awesome stuff! Thanks for posting. I've got tools that are from the mid to late 1800s through the early 1900s, but it's so much more impressive to have the history that you have with those tools.

I love the caliper that is an "outside" on one end and inside on the other. Set it once and forget it.

[gregpark]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Is there anything more satisfying than walking into a room with freshly refurbished wood floors? That looks beautiful.

Yep, the house is born again. When i do these I schedule the refinish on the customers vacation. I take before pics of every room so when it's done the furniture gets moved back exactly. They come home from a nice vacation to a new house. They're so happy

[gregpark]

Been throwing these together lately. People love them for the garden and are easy to sell. Unlimited free bench and leg material at my mountain place, fast and easy to construct. No fasteners even, just a little glue and finish

[gregpark]

Been churning these rosewood spatulas and scrapers out from my scrap. Given a bunch away and selling bunches in a boutique downtown. People are snapping them up for 20 bucks to use on their stainless and Teflon pans. About a sixteenth of an inch thick so they flex nicely. The spatulas are a foot long. Sanded to 400 and finished with bees wax and mineral oil

[herr_oberst]

James May is building a harpsichord!
A HARPSICHORD!
Of course he is!

[rwest]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Is there anything more satisfying than walking into a room with freshly refurbished wood floors? That looks beautiful.

Doing it in stocking feet!

[E Sully]

I must say I was a bit neglectful the past 22 years. I had nice oak stairs installed when my addition was built. With all the work going on, I never finished them. I always meant to, but it made no point early on with all the abuse of construction. Then it was the problem of not being able to step on them for days if I did finish them.
So my wife went away for a couple weeks to visit family in Indonesia. I had just replaced the water heater and moved out a heavy lathe up the stairs and was out of excuses. Time to set to work. Needless to say there was quite a bit of grime embedded in the grain of the wood. I spent a day scrubbing and sanding the 14 steps. Then it was time for the fun part.
It took about 3 days a shot to stain and apply 4 coats of polyurethane with sanding on every other step. While I had used oil based in the past, I decided to try water based for the first time. Low odor and fast dry times sounded good. It cut about 2 days of time over oil based. The water based product recommends a higher grit between coats than the oil based. I guess water based needs more bite to bond between coats. The fast dry time also cuts the amount of dust that can settle into the finish.
Coming up on 67 now, going up and down stairs for almost a week using every other step is not as easy as it used to be. Thank goodness the hip was successfully replaced years back.
This is the lower section to my basement workshop. Now of course I have to paint the rest of the staircase.