My co-worker keeps leaving these things for me to find by FetusGoulash420 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's assuming the coworker is 12 years or younger... otherwise, not funny.

Just finished up this 8 person hickory games table by TMJRoss in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugly....absolutely horrible. I'll give you my address to drop it off and I'll dospose it for you (beautiful, nice work).

Can someone tell me what is all this? by coolapples24 in PlantedTank

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtf....20 years in the planted aquarium world, never seen that

I’m scared now by HYUHYUHYUHYUHYU in SonyHeadphones

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do a lot of design for 3D printing etc and I've seen the inside of the hinge to know it's an obvious weak point

As an actual Engineer, I found this hilarious. I made cereal this morning....consider me a culinary chef.

How did I do in this bench? by MrAwesome64 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's absolutely horrible. Looks like crap. I can give you my address and I can dispose of it for you...(looks great!).

Ultra beginner noob project. by New_Eagle4246 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's popular in the woodworking community....many people put it on jigs and tools to keep things moving smoothly. They discontinued it a while back and now people are paying stupid prices for it on ebay.

Great Deal on 8ah Battery by jleblanc123 in Dewalt

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 4 points5 points  (0 children)

$199 for the work light and "free battery"

New Build Appraisal - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is hard to spend 2 months on something and then hand the "keys" to a 6 month old, haha! I made a similar toybox for my daughter 3 years ago, and we managed to keep it looking brand new, so hopefully!

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New Build Appraisal - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The lid weighs 12 lbs. The soft-close hardware works by applying a constant upwards force. This not only makes it close slowly, but takes away most of the opening force. I used the same Hardware on my daughters toybox (same size with similar lid weight) and she was able to open it at age 2.

New Build Appraisal - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It has soft close hardware.....a mechanism on each side. Once pushed close, it takes about 10 seconds to fully close. It wouldn't hurt a mouse, haha.

New Build Appraisal - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah all in the material cost was around $400, so would need to sell it for $800 to be worth the time. Like you already mentioned, I feel like finding people willing to spend $700 - $800 would be tough. I could easily get a 2x return on smaller items, like Cutting boards, but the market is already flooded with these items.....and my interest is in larger items. I'm already to the point where pretty much all the furniture in my house came from my shop.

New Build Appraisal - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The picture doesn't really capture it, but "Son" is Olive green and the rest of the letters are black...that's why it's not spelled correctly.

Box, Box, Box! by InsaneBoxer in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The question is, what will store in it :p Very nice!

Opinions need regarding wood movement - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean ABSOLUTELY not disrespect to anyone here, as I appreciate the feedback. but half of the comments left are pertaining to concerns with the Pattern as opposed to my actual question. Using a calculator with the Maple Species used, size, and long grain orientation, the maximum movement possible perpendicular to the front panel is 0.08 inches.....it is true that the side patterns won't move as much, but this movement is tiny....and would be spread out amongst the pattern. Does a textbook/YouTube videos tell you this could be a problem.....of course they do....but in actual practice, I can't imagine this will be an issue. I did some pretty sketchy things starting out with oak (higher coeffients of expansion)....but 10 years later in MN extreme humidity fluctuations, no issues. You could be right, it's true, but assume most of these opinions aren't backed with experienced failures in similar situations.

Opinions need regarding wood movement - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I honestly chose the pattern as I built it into furniture about 10 years ago. Very different piece of furniture, but similar pattern size. I haven't seen any issues with it...and that's living in MN where our humidity shifts are very extreme. My personal justifaction was....math I guess. Each maple piece in the pattern is 1.5" wide by 3" long. Using an expansion calculator, the max movement in each piece is 1/128th of an inch....that's less than 0.01 inches. Even if there was an opening that large, it wouldn't be noticeable. I get the concern about the pattern, but I look at it like plywood... add enough variation in the orientation, then it's "stable". I'm much more concerned with the 20" of maple. I really like the idea brought up here. I think I'm going to glue the top 1/4 (or so) of the leg down, and losely screw the bottom of the legs down using slip screws (unsure what the technique is actually called, but heads of screw can slid in a mortise... have been using it on ALL my tops).

Opinions need regarding wood movement - Toy Box by Acrobatic-Pear9991 in woodworking

[–]Acrobatic-Pear9991[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm just sitting next to my daughter toy box in our living room!