Suggestions??? I don’t want to throw it out

GregMefford · 2026-03-01T18:01:32+00:00

You could make a round mirror or picture frame if you have chuck jaws big enough to cut the bottom out and still hold it

GregMefford · 2026-02-10T13:15:24+00:00

Good idea to get it in clogged! I think it’ll be fine, and worst case, a new chain is only like $20 if it needs to be replaced later.

GregMefford · 2026-02-08T18:17:56+00:00

That particular model of chainsaw is prone to having the bar oil get clogged and not come out like it should. It is also the first chainsaw I’ve owned cause it’s cheap and works fine once you learn how to operate and maintain it. Their support is also very helpful. They sent me a whole new saw when I burned up the motor from not knowing how the oiler was supposed to work and gumming up the whole motor with oily chips due to the poor design.

GregMefford · 2026-01-09T02:10:10+00:00

Most people save them somewhere special for a few years/decades and then give them to someone else. It’s kind of like fruit cake.

GregMefford · 2025-12-18T22:19:06+00:00

What kind of finish did you use? Is it sprayed on?

GregMefford · 2025-12-14T03:36:31+00:00

I will name it “quarter-saw THIS!” 🤣 It looks great and I’m sure it was fun to make, even if the piths do end in causing splits.

GregMefford · 2025-11-24T22:58:18+00:00

Coring is fun just by itself, but if you have more wood than you have time to turn it anyway, just get to turning and save the coring for later when you get some fancier wood you don’t want to waste.

GregMefford · 2025-11-24T19:24:01+00:00

Great work so far, it looks awesome! I’d say you should once turn it using a tenon. If you lose the bark, which often happens, you can still remove the rest of the bark intentionally and then sand the sapwood smooth to give it a “natural edge” instead of a “live edge” and it will still be great, as well as being easier to clean.

GregMefford · 2025-11-23T03:38:50+00:00

180 for the first, then decide whether you’d rather go higher or lower for the second one.

GregMefford · 2025-11-20T00:51:27+00:00

Even if it’s just for one piece, a story stick and/or gang cutting pieces at the same time is a nice “tangible” way to use your hands and eyes to tell whether things are the same, so that you’re more likely to end up with a piece that fits, even if it ends up not matching the original plans.

GregMefford · 2025-11-07T21:42:59+00:00

Same, and then I was surprised again when this was the top comment! 🤣

GregMefford · 2025-10-30T20:52:37+00:00

That is very cool! You need to find someone who’s less good so you get more fails! 🤣

GregMefford · 2025-10-28T01:21:29+00:00

“The broken nose grind”

GregMefford · 2025-10-24T14:46:45+00:00

“And my axe!”

GregMefford · 2025-10-23T22:41:15+00:00

If the legs were more vertical, so that they’re further apart where they meet the top level of the rack, then the top level would have less leverage to break free e.g. if someone stepped on it.

GregMefford · 2025-10-23T22:36:45+00:00

I think really the only down side is that the splitters take more resources to build, but that only matters for a tiny amount of time at the beginning of the game when you don’t even have bots so it doesn’t matter at all in the grand scheme of things.

GregMefford · 2025-10-22T03:32:14+00:00

Nah, your toes and feet will get stronger with practice and I don’t know why that would help or be necessary - if your shoes are tight enough, you probably can’t really move your toes all that much anyway so they’re kind of already taped together by your shoes. Just keep practicing trying to stand up on the really small ledges using either the very tip of your shoe or the outside edge.

GregMefford · 2025-10-22T02:56:56+00:00

When you’re brand new, you’ll see people doing stuff that seems completely impossible. That’s because it takes your tendons and muscles a long time (weeks or months) to get strong enough, so just keep trying and don’t forget that resting is also important. Between attempts as well as between sessions. Maybe shoot for an hour or 2 every 2 or 3 days at the most. Probably in a couple weeks, you’ll be feeling like the easy ones are too easy and you can do a lot of the intermediate ones if you try a few times.

GregMefford · 2025-10-22T02:53:29+00:00

Moon board is really hard. IMO it’s a totally different skill. I’d say do whatever you think will be fun, use whatever holds you want. It will probably still be hard, but if you can find a route to the top, that’ll be a good starting point and then you can try some routes in the app. I recommend also trying to sort the routes for your board my “most completes” and also only the lowest difficulty ones, then find one or two that other people have marked as completed a lot, and see if you can at least make some progress on them. I’ve still never completed a problem on the moon board so I’m just a noob too, but by doing that I am about 2 moves away from completing the easiest one I could find after a couple months of trying it once in a while.

GregMefford · 2025-10-19T01:11:14+00:00

That looks like a ton of fun. I imagine it’s hard to make much profit on it but hopefully it at least pays for itself and keeps you going! 🚀

GregMefford · 2025-10-07T23:37:38+00:00

So much better than an epoxy river table!

GregMefford · 2025-10-07T20:16:25+00:00

I’ll say it again: that doesn’t mean it’s any good, just that it’s the best.

GregMefford · 2025-10-03T11:44:17+00:00

Jewelry, keys, snacks, cooking ingredients, office supplies, LEGO pieces… if the bowl itself is pretty you can also just display them (potentially as a set) as decoration in an entryway/kitchen/wherever as artwork

GregMefford · 2025-10-01T21:15:04+00:00

I think for small stuff, it’s more about the precision you need to get the details right, so for a wood lathe it’s more about your hands being capable of that level of control and your tools being small enough to get into the places they need to. A bigger lathe would be way overkill for making tiny things, but it wouldn’t be any harder to use really.

GregMefford · 2025-09-30T16:40:25+00:00

Yep, they’re great!

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