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I'm looking for the link to the etsy store, to buy a fuggin' made-by-Sam custom cutting board!!
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PM me if you want one. I don't have an etsy store since I generally just sell stuff locally. The latest rage are wall shelves...who knew. Also starting to get into picture frames which I hope will also sell well.
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Can't wait to see the final table.
Also would love to see the shelves you are building as I still haven't started on mine yet.
Also would love to see the shelves you are building as I still haven't started on mine yet.
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And you don't have to wait anymore, here it is! I kinda wish I would have done something other than oak for the wood veneer but there's always next time.
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Table looks really good. I like the fact you left the end end grain exposed it really gives a nice detail to the table.
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Looks really nicely made. One suggestion... spring for plywood with straight cut rather than rotary cut veneer. The plywood will have much more natural and attractive grain patterns.
The materials should do justice to your skills and talent, and you have both.
The materials should do justice to your skills and talent, and you have both.
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You should. If I can do it, anyone can.
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https://www.columbiaforestproducts.c...-and-matching/
I get mine at a local hardwood store called Owl Hardwood. I think HD and Lowes may carry a limited selection.
Here is an example selection from a company I have also bought from. .
List of Products and Services - Badger Hardwoods of Wisconsin, Ltd.
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Here is a page that shows how the plain slice looks compared to rotary.
https://www.columbiaforestproducts.c...-and-matching/
I get mine at a local hardwood store called Owl Hardwood. I think HD and Lowes may carry a limited selection.
Here is an example selection from a company I have also bought from. .
List of Products and Services - Badger Hardwoods of Wisconsin, Ltd.
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Here is a page that shows how the plain slice looks compared to rotary.
https://www.columbiaforestproducts.c...-and-matching/
I get mine at a local hardwood store called Owl Hardwood. I think HD and Lowes may carry a limited selection.
Here is an example selection from a company I have also bought from. .
List of Products and Services - Badger Hardwoods of Wisconsin, Ltd.
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I wonder if you could use the lower end stuff to make a knife throwing board that would be robust enough to take the hits, but soft enough to not damage the tips and bounce the knives off.
Could be custom ones too with built in targets that you inlay.
Meh, just an idea...I guess your hard work being demolished by knives might not be appealing.
Could be custom ones too with built in targets that you inlay.
Meh, just an idea...I guess your hard work being demolished by knives might not be appealing.
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Thanks man, really appreciate it! The plywood I buy is already from columbia forest products but apparently HD only carries the low end stuff. I'll have to look into where I can get some nicer material for that. I just picked up a bunch of walnut, cherry, and maple. Now to figure out what to make with it... Maybe a chess board? Any ideas/suggestions?
I gravitate to furniture projects, so I'd suggest a craftsman style end table of walnut. I love the look of raw walnut with just a matte varnish on it. Even though the classic wood for craftsman furniture is quarter sawn white oak, pretty much any close-grained wood complements the style.
Cherry is gorgeous once it has aged for a few years; it darkens considerably over time with exposure to sunlight. I have a coat hook board made of cherry that has been in the sun for over a decade and it's an amazing deep reddish brown color.
Hard maple end grain makes a great butcher block.
Floating shelves are a good project too. I made a set of those for our family room in cherry and a Craftsman style that I love.
Lots of great project ideas in Woodsmith magazine, with very detailed dimensioned plans and explanations of tools and techniques. If you can find back issues, I think the project quality used to be better.
I am looking forward to having a bigger workshop in the new house and a need to make new stuff.
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Walnut and maple make nice chess boards.
I gravitate to furniture projects, so I'd suggest a craftsman style end table of walnut. I love the look of raw walnut with just a matte varnish on it. Even though the classic wood for craftsman furniture is quarter sawn white oak, pretty much any close-grained wood complements the style.
Cherry is gorgeous once it has aged for a few years; it darkens considerably over time with exposure to sunlight. I have a coat hook board made of cherry that has been in the sun for over a decade and it's an amazing deep reddish brown color.
Hard maple end grain makes a great butcher block.
Floating shelves are a good project too. I made a set of those for our family room in cherry and a Craftsman style that I love.
Lots of great project ideas in Woodsmith magazine, with very detailed dimensioned plans and explanations of tools and techniques. If you can find back issues, I think the project quality used to be better.
I am looking forward to having a bigger workshop in the new house and a need to make new stuff.
I gravitate to furniture projects, so I'd suggest a craftsman style end table of walnut. I love the look of raw walnut with just a matte varnish on it. Even though the classic wood for craftsman furniture is quarter sawn white oak, pretty much any close-grained wood complements the style.
Cherry is gorgeous once it has aged for a few years; it darkens considerably over time with exposure to sunlight. I have a coat hook board made of cherry that has been in the sun for over a decade and it's an amazing deep reddish brown color.
Hard maple end grain makes a great butcher block.
Floating shelves are a good project too. I made a set of those for our family room in cherry and a Craftsman style that I love.
Lots of great project ideas in Woodsmith magazine, with very detailed dimensioned plans and explanations of tools and techniques. If you can find back issues, I think the project quality used to be better.
I am looking forward to having a bigger workshop in the new house and a need to make new stuff.
I do have a knife kit that I want to make some wood scales for. Might be a good project for the maiden run of the band saw...
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I wonder if you could use the lower end stuff to make a knife throwing board that would be robust enough to take the hits, but soft enough to not damage the tips and bounce the knives off.
Could be custom ones too with built in targets that you inlay.
Meh, just an idea...I guess your hard work being demolished by knives might not be appealing.
Could be custom ones too with built in targets that you inlay.
Meh, just an idea...I guess your hard work being demolished by knives might not be appealing.
I personally don't have any use for such a thing but if there's enough demand for personalized items, I'd be down for investing in a CNC machine to do so. No way I can do it by hand...
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Bought a band saw and built a cart for it yesterday. Designed it so that the planer fits below for space savings. Not sure what else to do with this, might add some magnets on the side to stick things to it or something. No idea. Spent like 2 hours dialing in the band saw (royal PITA) so now I'm going to do that knife kit this weekend. Going to make another similar cart for my table saw. The one I have now royally sucks.
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That is awesome. Congrats on the new tool.
Is the knife kit wood, g10, or micarta? I imagine it is wood with all that you build.
Is the knife kit wood, g10, or micarta? I imagine it is wood with all that you build.
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It's wood. Well the handle is at least, the blade bit is metal lol. I have a bookmatched set of hard maple scales to mill into the handle. The kit is a carving set so it has a matching knife and fork thingy. Eventually I'll build a box to put them in since the one the kit came with is pretty crappy.
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Nice. Look forward to seeing the results.
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Here are pics of the shelves that I made for my house. These are super small (12") but fit perfectly in this tiny spot. I made a few more that are 5ft long but don't have pics. They are the same idea though. The screws to mount on the wall get covered up by whatever's in front of them. For the longer shelves, they hold up picture frames so you never see the screws after you put something in front.
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I drink a lot of tea. That's like half of my cup inventory lol.
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5 cups is a lot?
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I have 3 or 4 that I use, and a few extras for when we have guests. Maybe 10 total.
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Nice wood
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Made my aunt a serving tray for her birthday. Solid cherry with walnut accents. Only thing I hate about it is the screws for the handles. Next tray (already have 4 more to make lol) I'm going to go with an integral handle without screws.
Also, decided I'd try my hand at bent lamination to make some coat hooks. I made a form and glued up layers of walnut veneer to curve into a hook shape for our laundry room. Even though I need to do some tweaking, these turned out FAR better than expected.
Also, decided I'd try my hand at bent lamination to make some coat hooks. I made a form and glued up layers of walnut veneer to curve into a hook shape for our laundry room. Even though I need to do some tweaking, these turned out FAR better than expected.
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Nice work Sam! The serving tray come out very nice! Maybe some bronze screws, instead of silver, would give a better look?
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I have one from TJ's at my house (don't have one of these yet lol) and the one I made is built like a brick shit house. You could knock someone out with it. The one from TJ's feels like a wet paper bag.
I'm going to make another one next weekend. Heading out of town this weekend...
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You're going to need a website & climate controlled wood room to support Sam's Wood, if you keep up this fine work.
I still need to get around to measuring for a cutting board.
I still need to get around to measuring for a cutting board.
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Thanks for all the kind words, I'm learning lots as I go and have a big project to build a cabinet next weekend so that'll be fun. I'm going to try and do the whole thing without using any screws or nails...we'll see how it goes.
Let me know man, just remember the clock is ticking for winter and I shut down around October-ish.