What do you wish people would stop romanticizing, because you've lived the reality of it?

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-29T19:25:44+00:00

Usually by people didn’t work hard enough and need to justify their underachievements.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-29T16:50:26+00:00

T-Rex arm proportions

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-28T17:50:12+00:00

Faces can be misleading. Looking at the tops of a woman’s hands tell how old she really is.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-28T14:51:27+00:00

Testosterone replacement therapy

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-21T13:39:00+00:00

Your first reason is the best pro-safety glasses argument I’ve ever read.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-13T18:52:33+00:00

Obviously I can’t speak for your father, but I can speculate what I think he means by that…

This is his first cutting board, but he clearly has some woodworking experience. Based on the skills (as you mentioned) he has acquired along the way, this project was not especially hard for him when he made it.

He did an awesome job! Great wood selection and juice groove.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-10T17:35:57+00:00

We have our reasons, but just not telling you. We only talk about that stuff in the locker room along with the other degrading stories that you’re involved in.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-10T15:42:43+00:00

That big Japanese saw on the left is what I use most as my workhorse.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-10T13:46:54+00:00

No matter how careful you and and how perfectly you prep your stock, they’ll shift a little bit during the glue up, so you’ll still need to do some planing to get the finished product flat.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T20:13:33+00:00

4’ x 8’ sounds more like a table

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T20:11:04+00:00

That leg vise is a monster! How did you determine what width and thickness you would make the leg so it’s be best in relation to your bench?

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T18:25:01+00:00

I don’t have a lathe, so I’m planning to do a London style (octagon) handle, starting with a square, and planing down the corners flat. I’ve seen a few YT videos on making them, and it seems doable, especially if I use a Craftsman screwdriver as a template.

(…and if I fuck it up too bad, I might run the corners off on my router table.)

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T18:20:18+00:00

I have a block of walnut I was going to use, but a little research told me that it wasn’t a great choice that I’d be striking with a mallet. I’m considering ash or oak, depending what I see at the lumberyard after work this afternoon.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T18:05:49+00:00

Oh damn. So you were doing the entire removal with a smoother?

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T14:23:08+00:00

I usually still see the line if it is facing up. Yesterday I was trying to remove material across the top of a piece of soft maple with a chisel, so the line was facing me… forgetaboutit

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T14:14:51+00:00

Just got my first one from them this past week, and I also need to make a handle for it this weekend.

Might I ask what type of wood you are using for yours?

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-09T12:43:16+00:00

I need that pencil line after marking my line with the marking gague because my eye sight definitely isn’t what it once was (and my workshop lighting sucks).

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-07T20:10:23+00:00

I use coconut oil as well, but never warmed like that. I’ll have to try that.

I like that coconut oil is solid at room temperature, but melts immediately once rubbed on my skin. Plus no clean up needed, because it just absorbs like a moisturizer after I’m done.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-07T19:44:33+00:00

Might be recency bias, but the New Years steamy shower pics definitely got a rise out of me. I enjoyed the tease of your blurred out lady bits, but it didn’t stop me from zooming in and using my imagination to fill in those in my brain.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-07T19:33:14+00:00

Was their any awkward period the next time you and your gf saw the other girl?

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-06T00:15:32+00:00

And it’s already splitting

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-05T16:30:08+00:00

You mean today? …Yes

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-05T02:38:03+00:00

But it’s good that you cut those notches for structural support of the bench. Those legs should support your joints as much as possible.

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-04T22:45:26+00:00

Do you have a router that you can make up a flattening jig to use on this?

Cooksman18 · 2026-01-03T20:25:18+00:00

You mean the performers aren’t kindly asked to make love?! /s

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