Stop pointing out your “flaws”!  98-99% of non-woodworkers will never notice them anyway.  Those of us who are woodworkers, we understand & would likely never say anything (unless you bring it up).

 I’m far too often guilty of this.  Someone comments on how beautiful or amazing something I made is & I’m like:

“well, I don’t like this joint” or “I had to use filler there” or “Yeah, but that tiny drip in the stain right there (pointing) drives me crazy that I missed it”

The list goes on & I need to stop and if this sounds like you… then you need to stop too.

Hi all, I'm an experienced woodworker, but recently acquired a gorgeous piece of purple heart. I've never worked with Purple Heart before. It's a pretty unusual wood from what I've read. Wondering if any of you have any tips or things to watch out for with it.

TIA

I want to thank the person who mentioned buying hockey pucks to use as bench cookies the other day. Not only did I buy a bunch for bench cookies which work amazing, but also I bought a bunch to use for desk risers and now I've lifted things up with space for cable management under my computer, monitor, speakers, etc. amazing recommendation. 10/10.

Wood glue and clamps don’t work due to the angle. What’s the best way to go about this?

So I've recently purchased a Dremel kit.

I have yet to crack it open and set it up until I get some basic foundation knowledge.

I've been watching YouTube videos and reading alot of sub Reddits but most are using knives I'm not I'm using a Dremel.

Any tips, advice, tricks or things I need to be aware of before starting my first piece?

What types of wood are best. What woods should I avoid.

I know most people start with spoons and stuff but I really want to learn to create artistic skills and create sculptures but no idea where to start. Any and all comments welcome.

I made the mistake of letting the glue from a tabletop glue up cure. And now I can't seem to get rid of several yellow/orange stains along these joints.

While I've learned my lesson for how to prevent this problem in the future, what can I do to fix it now?

After scraping off the hardest bits with a carbide scraper, I've sanded with 60 grit and 220. Unintuitively (to me at least) I feel like I was making more progress on the stains with the finer grit. Does this mean I should just keep going with finer grits and eventually they'll do the job? Would love any confirmation or other ideas.

Bonus question: how would you handle the hairline gaps at some of the joints?

Thank you!

This oak was from part of an early 1800s barn in Michigan that was torn down in the 20s and stored in said barn. I'll be making some bedside tables with it.

Found this cypress round. Sanded it and just put a coat of oil on it. I was thinking about finishing it with polyurethane.

Hey

I want to dado the cabinet sides for the floor of my base cabinets about 4” from bottom edge.

My kreg router table does not set back 4” to accomplish this task.

Can I remove the kreg fence and clamp on my own fence for this task?

I assumed the table would be good for this task?

Thank you!

Hello all, My Dad recently built these night stands to match the log bed frame he built for my mom and himself. He just does woodworking for a hobbies but tends to roll out special projects like rocking chairs and desk and chests. My question is, is there good money on the open market to selling items like these? And what would you people appraise these pair of stands for. Thank you for yalls time.

Got impulsive and bought a mitre saw.

Followed a plan and here we are…

I have been in the trade industry for a long time, almost 30 years. I have a 4 year BFA degree in sculpture. My material of choice is wood and metal, but I utilize pretty much anything, plastics, polymers, fabrics, clay you name it. I have been a professional tradesman for over 25 years working in construction with a focus on finish carpentry and custom fencing and decks. I have used every contractor grade tool brand on planet earth but I am about to start a new venture that requires me to move into an area of woodworking that I don't do on a regular basis and have gotten by with my contractor grade tools when I needed to. Not that it matters, but my brands of choice are Makita, Metabo, and Dewalt, depending on the tool.

What I am looking for, however, is none of these or any other boxstore brands. I need commercial grade shop tools, and no amount of search terms renders the results I'm looking for. If I type in best (adjective) shop tools or woodworking brands, or any other keyword flipping Google and Bing both give me nothing but run of the mill box store brand junk. If I get told one more time that Milwaukee is the best woodworking tool brand, I'm going to lose my shit.

So please, can somebody please recommend some top end shop tools I can research and shop for. I have decided on Saw Stop for my shop table since I will have several workers with varying levels of experience in the shop and have used sawstop myself and love them. But I need band saws, planers, joiners, lashes etc.. and I want good brands. Please help.

I bought these collapsible sawhorses, and these brackets at the top are preventing them from opening all the way. What am I missing?

I have a circular saw, impact gun, drill, and some very basic hand tools. What else do I need if I want to do small things like cutting boards and some small fun home decorations (like random designs) and small coffee tables.

I plan on getting better and little by little do bigger things like cabinets and small and medium furniture.

I’m looking to build a Ron Paulk style workbench/ assembly table here in the near future. Figure the top will just be a single sheet of 3/4” ply with 3/4” dog holes. I assume I can use these clamps with that style of top but I’ve also been considering making the top out of something thicker, more like an actual workbench for hand tool work, and I wondered what the theoretical maximum thickness would be before I couldn’t use this style of clamp in the dog holes anymore. I know they make specific versions of this kind of clamp for dog holes, just don’t want to make the thing and then not have some of my clamps work.

Thanks!

Title says it all just looking for ideas cheers

Anyone have experience with these? Something like the Lee Valley rare earth ones that get inset into the top of the door and the cabinet. For an inset door do you also need a physical stop/jamb for the door? I’d like to use them and then put a plug over the hide them. The door is about 13”x18” with a 3/8” panel, I’m guessing the 1/4” magnets would be plenty.

I've been trying to find a supplier that makes carbide tipped Forstner bits in 1" dia and 1-1/8" that have a 3/8 hex drive.

I've ordered maybe 50 from different suppliers and not one of them has been even close to a 3/8 hex shank. Most are either 1/4 drive, 8mm (0.314) or 0.340", all of which are way smaller than 3/8 (0.375). The hex fats don't even engage they're so much smaller.

These are to run in a special tool that needs 3/8 hex drive specifically. I can get them in regular HSS, but not carbide tipped.

Please, first hand accounts only, don't just google search. I know there's tons listed all over Amazon, and I've ordered heaps and none have been 3/8, even though they're advertised as such.