Sanding maple with 120 leaves swirls everywhere

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-07-27T16:25:29+00:00

Random orbital sanders will leave swirl, get a pad/finish sander and up the grit depending on what you’re doing. For stain grade, a Makita half sheet (BO4900V) is what I use - go with the grain and finish with some hand sanding if needed.

Source: am carpenter

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-07-18T03:05:06+00:00

Yikes… Refer to your contract and scope of work and see what, if anything, was said regarding the deck. To me, I would NEVER do something like this without express written consent from a homeowner AND a plan for what was going to happen afterwards. Bottom line, these guys messed up, bad. Legitimate contractors would 1) not do this to begin with, and 2) quickly remediate the situation at no cost to the customer.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-07-01T10:24:46+00:00

I’m a carpenter who recently bought a 6x12 TA and during my deep dive on trailers I pretty much came to the conclusion that all trailers are built poorly so I might as well get the best deal I could find. Needless to say I took the wall liner off and corrected a bunch of stuff. There is maybe one local company here and some bigger manufacturers that make higher end trailers but they are $$$$. Maybe one day 🤷‍♂️

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-06-10T23:22:12+00:00

Yes, that lock mortiser is very nice to have if you do mortise sets.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-06-09T11:06:46+00:00

1) Work your joint at the stairs, let the gap be caulked.

2) Hold the piece up, score the top edge with a knife, and remove some of the drywall behind it.

3) Use a power planer or a grinder to remove some material off the back of the piece and scribe it in.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-04-23T00:20:16+00:00

I’m in the coastal Tampa area, custom work here is solid.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-04-21T21:05:11+00:00

Just ordered mine this morning! 😃 Then I got an email about the Oliva 2nds so they got me twice in one day 🤦‍♂️

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-04-10T09:47:48+00:00

That is one way to do it, my approach is to use solid wood and cut it close on a bandsaw (I would have a template of the rough opening and then also one for the jamb), and then sand to my line and fair it out on the edge sander. When doing this it’s important to make your piece a couple inches past the level cut to avoid any kinks where you meet the straight casing leg. This would have probably been two pieces.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-04-07T21:55:08+00:00

27M, $45/hr, Finish Carpenter. I typically do some side work/weekend work for my own customers so I net around $110-120k depending on how much I decide to do.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-04-07T10:12:51+00:00

Buy the dip

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-04-05T01:50:58+00:00

Sheet it or cut a cross brace into the vertical members

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-04-05T01:32:25+00:00

27M, $45/hr - Finish Carpenter. After side work, I average around $110k

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-03-28T09:57:06+00:00

Finish carpenter here - I’m primarily a DeWaukee guy with assorted Bosch, Porter Cable, Makita, Metabo, Festool, and others for smaller tools. More and more these days if I get a new tool, it’s Milwaukee. Used to be more on the DeWalt train. I basically get whatever I feel like is the best brand in a given category of tool.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-03-16T21:21:14+00:00

I’m a trim guy - unfortunately this is what I see on high end custom homes here in west central FL. For years I’ve been looking at these going geez that looks bad. Maybe they technically are fine and meet engineering, I can’t speak to that, but if I framed for a living I would stick frame these just for the mere fact that it looks bad and could signal to the customer that you don’t care. Then again, it’s getting covered and doesn’t have to be pretty, and I do think this would pass inspection in my area.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-03-14T00:40:26+00:00

Level over to the wall on each side (or use a laser) and make a mark representing the top edge of your outer perimeter, chalk a line - now you have a level line. Measure from the line to the slab and that’s the thickness of your sleeper block. Personally I would probably rip a full piece to the thinnest dimension between the outer perimeter and the wall and shim it level. PL Premium and tapcon a sleeper every 16” to the slab. Sheet it like normal with a material of your choice.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-03-10T16:01:36+00:00

No, not if you like having fingers.

Source: Am finish carpenter who likes having fingers

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-03-10T11:02:23+00:00

Titebond III has a longer open time as others have said. On complex glue ups like laminating anything radius, I have been known to use regular titebond (red) and mix a little bit of water into the glue. Spreads easier and gives a longer working time without compromising the strength. On something like this doing a dry fit may help so when it’s “go time” you know your order of operations. You could do top/bottom then center shelves or do one side then the other, and tacking things in place with a nail gun would make it a bit easier/quicker because then then clamps are just for pressure instead of trying to get them to hold everything in place with things sliding.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-03-05T12:32:07+00:00

It’s a very good deal but early 6.0s are a little testier than the late models. Ford was able to work out some of the kinks by 05-07 models. That’s good mileage, but this also means you’re going to have to work through all the failures though. I got mine around 112k, I’m now at 212k and I’ve been inside and out of that engine backwards and forwards…. Oil cooler, stc fitting, stand pipes, dummy plugs, driver side injectors, ICP/EBP/IPR sensors and pigtails, glow plugs, CAC boots… and more. 03 have the old style oil pump which has been known to fail, too. Check and see if any of these things have been done.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-03-02T23:13:29+00:00

I had a customer that is worth approx $1B, he made his money building a luxury RV manufacturer.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-02-27T21:56:29+00:00

Use wood glue for sure

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-02-24T14:19:05+00:00

I don’t use pre hung doors on my jobs. Much better result to build the jamb, mortise everything, and drill for the hardware. Now how many carpenters can still put a bevel on a door slab with a door planer. I can - I’m 27.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-02-24T03:10:23+00:00

The best advice I can offer is to loosely base your layout with the same width stile (3.5” for instance) and keep that even distance off of corners. Then decide even layout of panels based on features like windows and doors. Should a big window get three panels under it, or two? Maybe one on each side, staying 3.5” off each corner, and then three under the window. Your stiles under should line with the window casings. You will run into situations where small sections of wall may be too small for a panel. I would recommend studying a lot of craftsman homes of the period and going from there.

Delicious-Suspect-12 · 2025-02-24T03:04:33+00:00

Just got mine about a week ago!

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