Anyone enjoy woodworking?

[KStatefan]

I like to dabble in woodworking. Made these tables for a friend and his wife before Thanksgiving. Ambrosia maple, walnut, and wenge.

Your definition of dabble is different then mine.

 

[RobW]

Your definition of dabble is different then mine.

Lol! That was the first table i ever built.

 

[Ilikefishandlamps]

Bird house me and my boys made for the wife

 

[TheHarold]

Random end grain tray from cutting board scraps :D. Took way too much time but looks pretty sweet.

 

[Staghorn]

I would much rather be making stuff like this than Cabinets all day. I try to at least do one project a year to make some Christmas presents.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Got my baby this weekend. Now I can not worry about losing a finger.

That is a fantastic machine. If this is your first SS, make sure to memorize the list of things you SHOULDN'T cut. I went through 3 cartridges on my saw stop job site saw in two years. Kept forgetting not to cut PT lumber on it. Eventually I wrote on the table in sharpie No PT!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I like to dabble in woodworking. Made these tables for a friend and his wife before Thanksgiving. Ambrosia maple, walnut, and wenge.

Beautiful piece.

I absolutely love the look of wenge but can't use it any more. Dust off the saw KILLS my lungs not to mention that's got to be the most angry splintery wood in existence.

 

[Staghorn]

Sorry not in order

 

[Staghorn]

Butterfly

 

[Smirkish]

@Staghorn Loving the optical illusions. Now I want my floor to look like that...

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Butterfly

I hope you have a drum sander.

Absolute game changer tool when you're working with flattening end grain.

 

[Staghorn]

Beautiful piece.

I absolutely love the look of wenge but can't use it any more. Dust off the saw KILLS my lungs not to mention that's got to be the most angry splintery wood in existence.

I try to use walnut for the dark whenever I can. Great wood to work with.

 

[Staghorn]

@Staghorn Loving the optical illusions. Now I want my floor to look like that...

I quoted someone $450 a square foot to make the butterfly tiles for a floor like that and they almost had a heart attack. But it is absolutely too much work unless your really setup for that.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I try to use walnut for the dark whenever I can. Great wood to work with.

Agreed. I'm lucky enough to have access to cut and mill trees to lumber. Walnut in Southern California is still hanging around $15 per bord foot. I've got a few hundred feet in 2" slabs dry stacked.

 

[Staghorn]

I think maybe in a future house I may come up with some kind of butterfly Parquet for a dining room or something

 

[Staghorn]

Wood is definitely going to be one of the things that will be hard to come by in the future, unless you are willing to pay big big bucks.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I quoted someone $450 a square foot to make the butterfly tiles for a floor like that and they almost had a heart attack. But it is absolutely too much work unless your really setup for that.

I'm sure with a few qualified brains around, and a few hours you could make the appropriate jigs in order to make a floor like that feasible. I would still charge insane time on it though because I wouldn't want to do it.

 

[Sailingeric]

That is a fantastic machine. If this is your first SS, make sure to memorize the list of things you SHOULDN'T cut. I went through 3 cartridges on my saw stop job site saw in two years. Kept forgetting not to cut PT lumber on it. Eventually I wrote on the table in sharpie No PT!

That is good to know about PT lumber. Not that I am planning on cutting any time soon.

 

[RobW]

This was my 40th birthday gift last October. It was a big step up from an El Cheapo Porter Cable jobsite portable table saw that I had. Added a few different Forest Saw blades. Cuts like butter!

 

[RobW]

Now I'm just working on getting the last couple of pieces of equipment that I want for my home shop. A new 8"x 83" parallelogram jointer with a helical cutter. A 20" planer with a helical cutter. And a new 17" bandsaw. Probably more than enough for anything I will ever need. I don't do any woodworking for a living. Strictly a hobby and to take care of projects that I like or if the occasional neighbor or family member wants something not found in a store.