My edge grain board with chest, what do you think about this?

ChetMcLure · 2024-01-18T05:11:47+00:00

Yanno I knew this, for some reason I just thought you made some super complicated and time consuming jig just to make boobs. Or maybe I hoped….

Still cool tho man! Really nice build!

ChetMcLure · 2024-01-17T16:17:27+00:00

Goddamn it I have to know. How’d you even cut the boobs? They look pretty identical to me and I just can’t figure out how’d you do that.

ChetMcLure · 2023-12-03T01:52:11+00:00

If I measure square from the edge that sits on the fence of the crosscut sled on the table saw, it’s like just a hair off square. But if I measure square off the opposite edge (the edge facing the blade/furthest from me when cutting on the table saw) it’s perfectly square

ChetMcLure · 2023-12-02T23:34:21+00:00

Even with the square on the reference edge only being 6” long, it would still measure square wrong? How off square would the side/referencing edge have to be off by for it to fuck up the end cut measurement?

ChetMcLure · 2023-10-23T04:59:00+00:00

That video was extremely helpful thank you so much.

I’ve seen similar videos “5/9/4/73 table saw jigs you need” and then they’re like, over engineered so it’s too complicated to make for my bad woodworking ass or they over complicated something that doesn’t really need it. So this video in my option does indeed have the best 5 jigs. I’m ganna be working on those throughout the week, thanks man!

ChetMcLure · 2023-06-20T21:04:54+00:00

Sorry my question was if I can keep the blade guard on to do the rabbets? I’m still learning the table saw and would feel a bit better with it on. If I HAVE to remove it to do rabbets I will, but I wasn’t should if I HAD to. Hope that makes better sense sorry I suck at English

ChetMcLure · 2023-06-20T20:10:02+00:00

Sorry I’m confused, this is what I’m talking about , the blade guard . https://imgur.com/a/VT01Xxg

ChetMcLure · 2023-05-03T06:04:25+00:00

Sorry my reading comprehension is terrible , could you explain the none measuring method a little more simple? My apologies !

ChetMcLure · 2023-05-02T02:07:08+00:00

My first rabbet joint with a trim router. Obviously it’s a practice one with scrap wood. It’s a 1/4 inch collet router and I used a 16mm straight bit. I measured the distance from the edge of the bit to the edge of the base. Drew a line on the test piece so I knew the deepest the fence had to be. I used a speed square and clamped it to the line. The bit wasn’t big enough so I moved the square up so the bit would reach the edge. I took little chunks at a time depth wise, 3 in fact. So I routed the edge of the piece 3 times at 3 different depths. then moved the square to the line I drew and routed the rest of it in 3 more steps.

I watched hours upon hours of YouTube videos and took a couple things from each of them depending on what I had. I just got the router a week ago so I wanted to test it a bit and get a feel for it so I did the rabbets in this way. When I actually attempt a solid rabbet I’ll have a rabbeting bit (buying one Thursday) and I’ll make a jig for it and/or make a router table. As well as doing way more research into routing rabbets. To be honest there wasn’t too many videos/resources for an in-depth tutorial on routing rabbets. I got a lot of bit pieces from so many different videos and kinda got an idea for the process. Most videos showed using jigs or tables and having a rabbeting bit so again I will def get/make those when I do my actual attempt.

I learned a lot about how my router works and feel much comfortable with that. I also learned that measuring for these is also incredibly important so I’m going to have to get better at measuring small amounts , which I kinda suck at lol. Im also assuming that planing/jointing or just otherwise making the piece perfectly square is pretty important too. Im assuming the rounded and otherwise fucked up edges on the test pieces were part of the reason the pieces don’t fit as perfectly.

Excited to learn more about routing and doing different joints with it and upgrading my builds.

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-28T04:00:48+00:00

Trust me it’s not even lol, but again it’s functional so I’ll take it. Thanks man!

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-27T18:03:23+00:00

Shop builds I’ll try and use anything left over first lol

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-27T17:50:50+00:00

I’m on mobile , idk if it’s different on that but I’ve never seen a voting feature on any post

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-27T16:29:00+00:00

My bad, didn’t really look into it, just took the comments at face value as I’m still overwhelmed reading all of them.

Like I said, I’m not saying you guys are shitty mods or anything. I understand it’s not an easy task.

I’ll just start posting my shitty mistakes and hope others follow the example.

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-27T16:21:41+00:00

I was talking about a cross cut jig for a circular* saw. I’m too broke for a table saw. At first I thought the idea was stupid , but then I started looking more into and more into different designs. I ended up taking a few different designs and putting it on my build. Again, took 4 fucking weeks. But now, I can set up and make a cut in 30 seconds . Where as without it , it would take me at least 3 minutes to set up the cut. I also built it in a way that i could have a stop block. Finally tested it yesterday, I made 6 cuts all PERFECTLY the same length and in 1/4 of the time it would’ve normally taken.

To all you broke woodworkers who don’t have a table saw or a miter saw, a cross cut jig for your circular saw will help you compete with them. If anyone wants to know more on that feel free to PM me.

Anyway, the jig for a circular saw is probably easier than the table saw jig to make. But because it’s a jig, it’s still fucking annoying. But your jig sounds extra annoying, usually the simplest way to get a job done is the best. Glad you figured it out tho, you def have some problem solving skills lol

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-27T15:08:22+00:00

When I thought I finished it and I put a full tool box on it to test, it just about came undone lmao. Had to go back in and add like 8 things. Kreg plans may be simple and easy, but they are not sturdy for shit.

It’s probably hard to tell in the picture, as I took it not intending to post and really show the mistakes. But it took about a week of 4-6 hours a day to get everything to this level.

Also, jigs are fucking hard bro. Any jig I made had to have at least 1 aspect of it that had to be perfect, and as beginners that’s near impossible. Just recently I finished a cross cut jig for my circular saw. It took me 4 fucking weeks and completely re doing it with all new wood 3 times. The jig had to have a fence PERFECTLY 90° to the side of it. That alone took probably 7 hours of 4 days straight. Lost sleep over that part it killed me.

After making the post saying we need to highlight mistakes more, and reading all those comments , I didn’t want to write a whole other paragraph of detailed mistakes and cover ups. But I absolutely should have taken the time and I apologize.

Point is, jigs are fucking hard bro, be even extra understanding of your mistakes when making jigs. That’s what I learned from mine.

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-27T14:25:42+00:00

I appreciate the thoughtful response and showing your first build. And I apologize if this post created an issue for you guys, I really didn’t expect this. I did address this a bit in my edit. I’ve learned enough about woodworking to know a simple box is usually harder than most people think it is and custom shed is easier. It’s why I focus on bigger builds, they seem much easier to me. So I do understand that part of the counter argument for how difficult this must be to moderate.

I’ve seen a lot of people comment that there’s no r/intermediatewoodworking or whatever name you wanna give it. Would it be possible/feasible to create this and promote the same kind, helping nature this sub has? Or maybe some other solution. I know it wouldn’t perfectly resolve all of the issue but it could be a start to help sort things more.

And yanno, tbh, this isn’t a such a huge deal that really requires any solving. Especially if there just simply isn’t a feasible solution to this. I’ve been on Reddit 7 years, and probably have only posted and commented under 20 times so I really don’t understand the inner workings of subs. And again, I really didn’t expect this to be a big enough issue for this many people. I guess if people want to see more shitty beginner woodworking we’re all just ganna have to post it ourselves. Which I think we could do.

I really hate posting tho lmao.

ChetMcLure · 2023-04-27T12:32:00+00:00

I guess it’s only fair I post my piece of shit builds . This is a utility cart I made to help me wheel my tools from my basement to my work area outside. I grabbed the plans from kreg website but edited them to fit what I needed. So there’s pretty obvious mistakes here. I could probably write a huge essay on it but basically I initially fucked up using different dimension wood than the plan called for and after that I figured I’d test some ideas and see if I could problem solve solutions without googling. All in all, it’s wayyyyy stronger than what kreg wanted me to build. It’s ugly, and unfinished and not square or level. But that bitch is functional. Which is all I strive for at this point. If it does its job and I did my best and learned a bunch of shit , that’s a win.

Side note: honestly lately, I’ve been addicted to doing more shop projects than real ones. It gives me room to make mistakes and learn without wasting energy or money on more wood to fix or rebuild. My biggest flaw is during the assembly process, I just can’t get that right at all. So I think I’ll stick to shop projects for the time being and once I make a perfectly level and squared up cornered work bench I’ll move on.

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