I spent 7 years teaching noobs, pros and DIYers how to woodwork. If anyone has any questions about it, I can answer them. Need tips or tricks? General suggestions? Just wanting to get started in an inexpensive fashion? I got you. Just let me know.
Woodwork/carpentry advice
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Getting back into it after a few years, put all my tools in storage when I sold a shop at the start of covid and just took them out of storage. Gonna make some finger joint boxes with a dado stack on a table saw to practice.
Dust control, need good dust control strategy or should I forget about it and wheel the saw out of my garage when I use it?
Dust control, need good dust control strategy or should I forget about it and wheel the saw out of my garage when I use it?
For a table saw you need a 4" system for it to actually work. A shop vac just will not cut it when you're drawing air from the big open cavity under a table saw. The least expensive route is a harbor freight dust collector. They're honestly exactly the same as rocklers but painted a different color. Trust me I'm intimately familiar with rockler products. Rockler does however have a nice quick connect/disconnect handle system which I'd recommend but buy your 4" hose somewhere else. It's quick and easy to set up. It is worth it to have a 4" system vs shooting dust in the yard.
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I'll be honest, I was half trying to kick start this thread, I have exactly the setup for dust collection you describe but I was toying with selling it due to working out of a smaller space but you might have convinced me to keep it. Snagged some laser cut zero clearance inserts last week I bet will help the dust collector snag more dust.
Now the real question, I spent what felt like hundreds of dollars and weeks building and rebuilding the perfect cross cut sled years ago. Am I disowned as a woodworker for buying a crosscut sled kit and just being done with it?
Lol thanks and fuck no. If you want to build all your jigs and tools fine but at the end of the day I want to make what I want to make and I'm not going to be the cheapskate adding WEEKS onto the project I actually want to do just to DIY a jig/tool. That's just ineffective.
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Ah man, I wish I could have a shop—not just for woodworking but sculpting, airbrushing, metalwork, lapidary etc.. I've wanted to turn a burl bowl for a while.
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Got a neighbor that poaches downed trees during the day and gets blitzed on uppers and turns bowls all night long with his stereo at 11. Seems like a wholesome hobby.
What's stopping you? Live in an apartment? I've known a couple dudes who set up micro shops in apartments. Also Adrian preda is a woodworker on YouTube who has set up a nice little corner bench/shop in his apartment if I remember correctly and you need inspiration. Lathes are a lot of fun but are very messy and there's no real great method of dust control so that'd be tough. However for metal work/lapidary there are a lot of jewlers who work in small indoor spaces. Just need a small work bench. If it's casting and heavy anvil work you're thinking though that would be noisy and need more space.
I love turning. Taught classes on it for a while. Both traditional tools and carbide.
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Alright, I've got an old as shit out building- we're talking 100+ years. It's leaning ~3 degrees. It's wood with wood siding covered by metal siding. The sill plate and multiple studs on the wall that is leaning inwards are rotten about 75% through. I want to replace the sill plate and rotten studs. My woodwork experience is limited to helping on small decks and putting up 100$ garage shelves. would you say this repair is out of skill range for someone like myself?
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Went into shop, dust collector is a JET, cut some of the hose off, found a lil nest in there cleared it out now it rips. Keeping it for sure. Dust collection is real and not a meme.
Naw, I'd think you could handle it. I might be able to give some good tips but would you be comfortable posting a picture of what you're talking about? If not I understand but it'd help.
Jets good! Definitely don't ditch it. My air filter and table saw are Jet brand.
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I've always been interested in woodworking but don't really know where to begin, what could be a good place to start?
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Teach me kemosabe. I’ve been learning on my own using YouTube videos for the last year or two. There was a wood shop in high school I used a bit, but now I’m ready to move up. I’m learning CNC, collecting tools (bandsaw, table saw, chisels, etc). I got a shit ton of wood from an estate sale (a lot of great Brazilian Rosewood). I’m taking my time, I want to make guitars and furniture.
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What interests you to make in the end?
I was lucky enough to live (at the time) near a shop you could be a member of that put on classes. For a monthly fee I had access to the shop and took an intro class on the table saw, found I could do most everything I was interested on a table saw and took to learning its ins and outs.
Just getting back into it myself, spent the morning practicing by making a couple dado joints. Turned some scrap and a dowel into a roll holder, think a giant paper towel roll holder for a shop. I stuck a roll of roofing paper in there for easy access to pull some down for messy projects. Feels good to use random scrap for something useful.