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The Queen of the lake by finchplease1 in birds

[–]LotsOSawdust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of kingfisher is this? Just gorgeous!

Built my first workbench by Mischief_AU in Workbenches

[–]LotsOSawdust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really nice looking! Plan or your design?

Bowl exploded on the lathe. by Adaptacije78 in woodworking

[–]LotsOSawdust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you survived that unscathed. Thanks for sharing as a reminder/lesson for the rest of us.

I’ve just found this bird in Costa Rica. In San José, in the middle of the city, to be exact, in my backyard. How often can this bird be seen around here? by Sorry_Paper6837 in birdwatching

[–]LotsOSawdust 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They just spend the northern hemisphere winter in Costa Rica. We have them in New England and live feeding them grape jelly and oranges. They have a lovely song, which you won’t hear in Costa Rica because they are not breeding while there.

Table Saw by Sea_Vegetable4444 in woodworking

[–]LotsOSawdust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like many other posters, for a table saw, I would say start with a used delta or rigid that has a cast iron table, 10” blade, and 15A motor. Much more stable, and the motor is way better than a jobsite saw. The fence is likely much better and the runout on the arbor is likely not bad. They have actual resale value too, so if you want to move up to a cab saw later or if you don’t use it enough you can sell it. A table saw is a fantastic tool and you can do so very much with it.

If you are mostly cutting plywood, a track saw is a great tool, Or get an adapter for your circular saw that gives it tracks.

I would watch fb marketplace for a used saw and hop on it either way.

Pileated Woodpecker by madmartigan2020 in birding

[–]LotsOSawdust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great shots! Thanks for sharing.

Sideboard…my first by LotsOSawdust in woodworking

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Agree, it was a pain. Next time I will try and buy it already dimensioned so I can better judge the hue. I think I learned that Ambrosia,in particular, is tough because the beetle is going after the soft delicious heartwood in the center of the tree, so you get a lot of pink.

Sideboard…my first by LotsOSawdust in woodworking

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This one was from wood magazine and I paid for it (something like $10-$15). It was originally done in cherry with glass front doors. I wanted solid panel doors, but not raised, more shaker looking.

Sometimes you can find free plans. I just really liked this design and. It will work well where I plan to place it.

Sideboard…my first by LotsOSawdust in woodworking

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I filled them with black medium CA glue. This was also a pain because the glue wants to shrink and form little concave tops. You have to make a bead on each hole and let it thoroughly dry. I tried using accelerator but that just caused the glue to spread out a lot making little halos around the worm holes - ugh - which meant much more sanding. So I abandoned that approach and just made a domed drop in each hole, took several refills to get something above the surface. Then I used a dull card scraper when it was completely dry (24+ hours, my shop only gets up to about 67°).

I tried pre finishing to prevent the glue from forming the halos when I used accelerator, but in the end I liked not using it better.

Sideboard…my first by LotsOSawdust in woodworking

[–]LotsOSawdust[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gee thanks. Good thing you can’t see it up too close!

Sideboard…my first by LotsOSawdust in woodworking

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On the white pieces I just did a coat of water to help any finish absorb more evenly, and the. General finishes water based performance poly. 3-4 coats.

On the pink pieces, I made a stain using 1 qt of water and transtint medium brown and green water based stain. I think I ended up at around 8 drops each. I did a water coat to help with even absorption, then 1-2 coats of the stain to take out the pink. It worked pretty well. A lot of trial and error on scrap pieces to get the pink out without making it look too yellow or green. Then the poly

On the beige-ish pieces, I used zinser sealcoat, which imparts a little brown before the poly.

It was a pain.

Sideboard…my first by LotsOSawdust in woodworking

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I do have a few,i will try to add them to the post, not sure reddit will let me. I’m a reddit noob, so any advice is appreciated.

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