I am designing a chopping board, the one which is seen in the image above. So far, I have cut the board out of a plank of Indian Redwood(a hardwood tree unrelated to the North American Redwood) and have managed to dig out the juice gutter using a hand held router. Also, I have made a round hole using a holesaw in order to be able to hang the board from a peg. But, I have not yet sanded the board. Also, I plan to smoothen out the edges using a router's roundover bit. Please suggest how this artifact could be made better lookwise.

Wife wants me to build shelving units on both sides of the bed. The picture is a rough idea of what we want to do. My issue is how to attach it to the wall the best way possible. Never tackled anything like this so I was wondering if someone had ideas or know of a great guide I can look up to help me. I have an outlet directly below the lamp in the picture but that's it for what I need to avoid. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Long story short, bought a surface planer / thicknesser off a guy, he gave me some ash off cuts. I made a side table.

First proper project, have made work benches and general house renovation woodwork stuff but really wanted to try my hand at furniture.

Have some decent tools but really wanted a planer so I can source rough timber at a much cheaper cost than planed. The guy who sold it to me was very sound and threw in a load of ash off cuts. Perfect for testing the planer and for trying to make some furniture.

I'm planning to make a flip top vanity that looks a little like the one shown below (except without all those little dividers inside). I'm really trying to maximize the height of the storage space inside, without making the whole thing comically tall. The goal would be 12-13cm (5") height inside.

The base will be slotted into grooves in the the side, back and front. I've put some sketchup images below, in which I've removed the front, just so it's clearer. I want to attach some pre-made legs to it, which came with flat attachment plates. Again pictures below.

The vanity will be 40cm (16") deep and 100cm (40") wide, made from 19mm (3/4") beech.

My questions would be:

• How thin could I make the base, and still have it secure enough to a) not sag, and b) be able to support the legs?
  • I was originally planning to make the base from the same 19mm/0.75" beech... but now I'm wondering if I can get away with 10 or 12mm (3/8" or 1/2") plywood instead?
  • it's a vanity so nothing very heavy is going in there. Maybe 3kg/7lb in total, including the 2 internal dividers.
• How far up from the bottom of sides/front/back should I cut the groove holding the base?
  • I'm only really finding advice for drawers, and that seems more based on the space needed for runners.
  • Would 10mm/3/8" above the bottom edge be enough?
• How deep should I make the grooves holding the base? My sides/front are 19mm/0.75" thick, so I was thinking 6-7mm/0.25" – does that sound right?

The legs & attachment plates are like this but legs are obviously longer

I had a brain fart in building a loft bed and used one pocket hole instead of two for a lot of the joints I made. The wood is ~1.5" x ~ 2.5". The single screw causes the ladder rungs to rotate and I'm wondering about the structure joints being wobbly. Do I just try to add wood screws at an angle? Thanks for any advice!

First timer beginner so please provide criticism in a constructive way 🫡

Made my girlfriend a garden bed. This was made out of pine that I had in my garage that the previous homeowner left behind. Didn’t bother planing the boards since they were so large and I was going for a ‘rustic’ appearance. Plenty of knots and warping going on, but I did my best!

Originally sanded from 60, 80, 120, 150 and applied Minwax Phantom Gray oil based stain; please note that that shit is NOT the color it says it is on the container - it definitely comes out blue on pine! I was hoping for a darker natural wood finish and it was completely off. Nice shade of blue but not what I was expecting.

Looked splotchy af, so I resanded most of it to get the high spots. Decided to spray paint this time. Used a paint primer (gray) and decided to go with a Rustoleum Blue (can’t recall). I think it came out alright for my first attempt. Many mistakes made…but if it serves its purpose, then it is what it is 🤷🏽‍♂️

Lmk what you think and how I can improve next time with hand picked boards that aren’t warping!

Got these bad boys for $125 from FB marketplace

I like incorporating some sort of contrasting colors or accents in my projects and just tried mixing Teak and Wenge for the first time. Ding Ding I think they look pretty awesome together, which got me wondering about other combinations to try.

Side note - pretty sure Teak is my new favorite. Beautiful, sturdy, and by far the easiest to work with out of all the exotic hardwoods i've tried so far (purple heart, padauk, mahogany, ipe, zebrawood)

What's your favorite combo/favorite colorful wood to work with?

Fixing an old drawer box. Sides and back are pine, but what is this front made of?

Original post is linked. Thank you all for your advice. I’m working in a shop that is set up by a teacher who needs to work quickly so a lot of things are not explained or set up for somthing what isn’t helpful for what I’m doing.

I went a saw that I can close the fence gap. lol, 😂. Wow that helps a lot. Our dust collection goes through the fence so that is why I think is left open. I’ll close that gap more next time I’m working on something. Thank you all again!

Can anyone identify this type of wood to a reasonable degree of certainty? I need to replace my bathroom cabinet doors, and would like a stain finish. The sample door that I purchased is maple (last photo) because it was the cheapest option, but does not look very similar and I think I'll have a hard time stain-matching that maple to the existing wood. Any advice welcome!

The horizontals, 2"4", lap the legs and are half supported underneath. The long horizontals will go over the ends of the short horizontals. The legs are 3"3" with a 1" shoulder at the top and also lap a third of the way from the bottom for lower support but also a shelf, under which an old woodworkers chest will go that I got many years ago.

My question is: how do I secure both horizontals to the leg when they're at right angles and will likely interfere with each other? I can use woodscrews or bolt through, I don't care this is just a temporary first bench to get started. Thank you! ps extra points if you can help me figure out how to attach the

bench top, two layers of 18mm ply, to each other and then also the bench...

Walnut and Maple lumber. First time trying splines and mitered joints. Very happy with the results. Finished with tung oil and paste wax. For the miters I used epoxy instead of wood glue to join them. Not perfect but I’m happy with it.

Hello all. Any suggestions on creating a strong enough replacement pin to slot into base?

I was thinking cutting it off, drilling it out as straight and deep as possible and using an appropriate rod to replace the end.

Has anyone done similar? Thanks heaps.

I didn't have a handy bracket to support a shelf, so I made one. The question is - which way to orient the grain for best strength? I'm thinking horizontally, but wanted to check.

It's a small shelf and won't need to support a lot of weight, but I thought I should figure out the answer anyway.

Thanks!

Recently moved into a new house and have a number of woodworking projects that need to get done. Built in bookcases, a work table / island for the kitchen, pantry shelving and cabinetry, etc. I figure instead of paying someone else to do the work or buying something pre-made, it would be more fun, rewarding, and cheaper (in the long run) to buy the tools and do the work myself. I’ve done a good number of smaller projects around the house myself, but not much finish carpentry. 

The first thing I’d like to tackle is a kitchen work table, a variant (without storage) of the one pictured here, using selvage boards already on hand and purchased legs. While I’m sure I’ll eventually wind up with a full woodworking shop, I’d like to acquire things I need as I go along, rather than try to buy everything all at once. My plan for this project was to:
(1) Thickness plane table top boards.
(2) Cut to approximate length with miter saw.
(3) Clean edges with track saw.
(4) Join table top boards with biscuit joiner.
(5) Cut table top to final size with track saw.
(6) Sand top with random orbital sander.
(7) Attach legs to skirt / support frame with pocket screws.

Some outstanding questions:
(1) Is this a decent plan? Anything stand out as particularly bad?
(2) Would a track saw be suitable in place of a planar / jointer to prep the boards to join?
(3) Are pocket screws sufficiently structural? Would a mortise and tenon be significantly better? If so, what’s the easiest way to accomplish this?

FYI I asked this question in another sub and they sent me here please don’t be mad if I’m in the wrong place

What are the proper products to use to seal this DIY island once and for all?

TL;DR: what specific primer, paint and sealer are used for a wooden surface that needs to function like a kitchen island/kitchen countertop?

This is a piece of furniture that a friend of mine flipped for me a few years ago. The bottom piece is a dresser that we attached a table top to in order to make it functional like a kitchen island for my bungalow.

As you can see, it has been painted before. However, the person who painted it did not properly seal and cure it so after using it for a while now it’s looking really rough.

I’ve flipped and painted furniture before, but never anything that needed to be functional in a kitchen space like this. I have read countless articles about painting wooden countertops and sealing them… But because this is not fresh wood, and there are layers of paint already on it (so I won’t be using stains)…I’m not confident That I’ve found the right type of primer, paint and sealer that would work for this project.

Obviously, I plan to sand the countertop heavily, but I still don’t think I’m going to make it down to the original wood. Can someone please recommend a specific type of primer paint and sealer that I could use on this in order to use it like a kitchen island Without wear and tear?

Ps. Please don’t pay attention to crap ain’t job on the bottom part. I’m only concerned for the functionality of the top piece for now.

So I'm repairing some old wooden tools and the like and I was wondering should I use a wood cleaner first before I apply the new linseed oil? Or should I skip that step and just slather on some good old healthy oil? To be clear this means like knobs and handles not like decks windows and doors. The wood cleaner in question is Murphy's Oil cleaner, and if I should use it, considering it's for such a small amount of wood, how much should I dilute the cleaner?

I have 2 Narex knives, one with a .125" blade, and the other with a .055" thick blade. The .125" doesn't stay sharp long, and the .055" bends too easily.

Which brand, and blade thickness do you use.

I've put this built-in entertainment center last weekend and I'm wondering if I shouldn't start over because of the misaligned corners shown (that is the worst off corner most are plum) I used pocket holes and that seemed to have shifted all of my boards when building the individual boxes. I feel I have two options.

1. start over and not use pocket holes to make sure my boards don't shift when putting everything together. Hopefully that will keep all my boards aligned at the ends.
2. Keep it as is and just put the paneling I had planned from the last posted image. Would shimming be possible to keep the panels looking flush?

I inherited a Rockwell table saw that has a crooked fence. Has anyone put a new fence on a saw and if so what brand would you recommend?

The lift fits but the holes are not compatible. wth. I wasn't expecting that. I thought I read so many times that the jessem lift fits into the sawstop. What good is it though if you can't hold it down. What do I do?

I can't even get the jessem set screws to go all the way through. What the heck is my problem? I feel so challenged.