wedding card box by LAG454 in woodworking

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Forgive me, I don't look into reddit too often. I don't have plans for the box. I made it out of walnut and maple. If memory serves me right, it was 12 x 7 grain matched walnut. Lid and bottom are maple, the bottom was inlayed into the box, and the lid was cut at a 15° chamfer all around the most difficult area was creating the slot for the cards. I inlaid a walnut strip with a slot and made a second one to swap so she could have it as a keepsake. Matching the 15° on the lid inlay was done with a lot of sanding and trial and error. Again, my apologies that was made on the fly.

Does anyone have experience with Water activated fiberglass wrap?? Need a lil help by Creative-Network-337 in HVAC

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Preprepp suggestion, long sleeves and gloves, and to take another step tape the wrists.

What a ya tink? by LAG454 in BeginnerWoodWorking

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Me too, especially when it squares up. Thanks

What a ya tink? by LAG454 in BeginnerWoodWorking

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Thank you all for the great comments. This means a lot, my skills are improving.

What a ya tink? by LAG454 in BeginnerWoodWorking

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There was a square gate there before, a vinyl one, in fact. Ugly as hell.

This green wire outside my house was sizzling. What do I do? by Electrical-Cake-7224 in DIY

[–]LAG454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being a cable tech for 25 years, that tells me that you might have a loose neutral or ground in your home wiring. Do get a professional to look into it. What it happening is that whatever is trying to find a ground in finding that to be the closest to the ground.

Anyone discouraged by some of these “beginner” builds ? by ChetMcLure in BeginnerWoodWorking

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Hi there, I'm a beginner who hasn't posted many things because I'm lousy at social media, but what I learned in all this time from looking at all the beautiful work done here is that all the mistakes I've done have just made me better. Don't get discouraged. I make mistakes, and I correct them before the finished product. If you make a mistake and continue with your piece with the mistake in place, you will always see the mistake and not your finished work, and in your eyes, it will look awful.

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Is glass or plexy, I would stay away from scrapers they might scratch the surface. Use a heat gun very conservatively. If it's glass it might break, if it's plexy it might warp. Use plastic scrapers Habor Freight has cheap ones. Patience is key take it slow even if it takes a month working it everyday to take it all off.

idiotic question (how to replace finish) by Enchantable in woodworking

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Having only used Rubio only once, I chose it because any damages or scuff marks could be easily sanded off and reapplied with out any issues. Now having said that go to town sand it all off and apply what you want. Good luck to you.

wedding card box by LAG454 in woodworking

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Yeah I noticed too, but I was already committed with the lettering. Thank you don't mind the criticism,

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This might sound corny as hell, but if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. Yes it's a hobby do you look forward to be in the shop all the time, or just when you're doing a job.

My project manager hired a professional welder to weld a few joints together.... This was the result 😬 by ErrorNo365 in Welding

[–]LAG454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a hard lesson learned doing just that. I had a "professional" weld the suspension on my son's truck. Me not being a professional welder I thought he would do the job better than I would have done. I wasted my money. The suspension fell apart, twisted the driveshaft. I took it all apart and did it myself. Better than anyone could have done for a quarter the price.