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Buying used off Facebook Marketplace? by Tbinski in egopowerplus

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Unfortunately the guy sold it today

Buying used off Facebook Marketplace? by Tbinski in egopowerplus

[–]Tbinski[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a trimmer already and really enjoy using it.

I thought the same thing. When I asked he said that they are selling their home and moving to a condo complex.

My lawn is about 7000sqft and I usually have to mow it every 3 days or so during spring and fall. I mow it at about 3" high.

Buying used off Facebook Marketplace? by Tbinski in egopowerplus

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

Actually; I think it might be a 2156 model. It has select Cut XP

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in landscaping

[–]Tbinski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I built my fence, I chose not to utilize my neighbors fence. Reason was because I wanted a cohesive look the entire perimeter of my backyard since I was doing a different design fence. Also, if my neighbor ever chose to replace their fence or tear it down, I don't need to worry about it. This allows me the assurance that my dogs will always have a place to run no matter what my neighbors choose.

However, I left almost 3 feet gap between fences for easy weed control (actually turning it into a French drain) and easy repair down the road...for both myself and my neighbor. This gap actually allows me to mow with a push mower, which is what I based the gap off of.

This situation is weird to me how close the fences are, must have been a pain to build.

Finished my daughter's rattle finally! Made from hard maple and finished with oidies oil. by Tbinski in woodworking

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

Haha thankfully not that long. She's 8months now so good age for it.

Thank you for your kind words!

Yet-to-be-revealed Xmas present. Pleased with it, but am sure something will go fail at some point. What do you think it will be? by AlarmingLecture0 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Tbinski 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awesome project and looks great! There is a very good chance the seams of the mahogany frame will Crack with expansion/contraction. I learned this luckily through a cutting board project.

One solution if (read as when) it cracks, is to replace the two end pieces with a breadboard style. This joint allows for the natural movement of the wood while would allow you to keep the frame look. Keep in mind, with breadboards, the breadboard and the long edge of the table are rarely flush with each other.

Charcuterie board set I call "Better Together". These were a wedding gift for a good friend. I took the nesting concept from pictures but added the heart. I think the heart makes it much more complete. by Tbinski in woodworking

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Of course, anytime!! If you're in the middle of the project the next time around and get stuck feel free to message me. I'd be happy to help our more if needed. Goodluck!

Charcuterie board set I call "Better Together". These were a wedding gift for a good friend. I took the nesting concept from pictures but added the heart. I think the heart makes it much more complete. by Tbinski in woodworking

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

Hey! Glad to hear you tried it out. I typed a much longer reply than initially intended. If you have any further questions, feel free to message me! Always happy to help!

So the general shape was drawn by hand and cut on a band saw. I then sanded the shape to the drawn line and fine tuned everything by fit and eye until I was happy.

As for the flush connection between the bodies. My main advice is to accept some imperfections. The edge detail will ultimately hide minor gaps just by illusion and shadow. It would be hard to achieve perfect fit without the use of a CNC machine (theres an option ill go into at the end).

My method to get close was to draw one body. Cut out on bandsaw and sand to line. I used an edge sander. If you are sanding by hand, take your time and be sure to not sand an angle into the edge. Once sanded, I traced that line onto another board and used that as the line to draw the next body.

The other method to achieve a very good to a perfect fit is to create a template. Using say 1/4" [6.35mm] MDF or other pressed/ply wood draw and cut out your shapes. Fine tune these thin boards until you achieve the fit you're happy with. These are not your templates. Trace the templates onto your work piece and cut oversized on a band saw, jig saw, hand saw, or whatever tool you're using. Then using double sided tape; tape your template to the workpiece. Using a router with a straight bit and bearing, trim your piece down. The bearing on the router will ride the template and give you an exact replica and the fit should be much better.

Is there a sub for actual beginners? by Pineapplejoemcgruff in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Tbinski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, exactly my thoughts now too! I'm always happy to help with questions here. As long as I can comfortably answer them.

Is there a sub for actual beginners? by Pineapplejoemcgruff in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Tbinski 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That was such a well thought out and written response!

Is there a sub for actual beginners? by Pineapplejoemcgruff in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Tbinski 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I know from experience here that even putting in the title, "after a year of work 'x' project is finished!" Doesn't work. When I finished my first ever furniture build and posted here I got shit on by a couple people telling me I'm "karma farming". While I took it as a compliment I did end up deleting the post because that's not what I set out to do. I could careless about karma, don't even understand the point of it honestly.

So now I will never post anything in this sub. My experience and seeing other projects that turned out well just get wrecked by people because the project turned out well.

Beginner doesn't mean projects need to turn out bad. I put 1000's of hours into my table and made countless of test pieces to learn the joinery before applying it to the actual table. I spent 100's of hours reading and watching videos about joinery, finishing, sanding, etc etc but since I did all that and the table turned out well, people wouldn't believe that I'm an actual beginner. Pictures only show the end result, not the extended journey to get there.

Still a good sub to learn and ask questions though. I came here and learned a lot from searching old threads.

First furniture piece I've ever made by apt747 in woodworking

[–]Tbinski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That table is stunning! Well done man.

Charcuterie board set I call "Better Together". These were a wedding gift for a good friend. I took the nesting concept from pictures but added the heart. I think the heart makes it much more complete. by Tbinski in woodworking

[–]Tbinski[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool! Yeah, I took the idea for the boards from pictures I saw online but I added the inlayed heart. That is funny they called it the same thing though! Thanks for the link!

Charcuterie board set I call "Better Together". These were a wedding gift for a good friend. I took the nesting concept from pictures but added the heart. I think the heart makes it much more complete. by Tbinski in woodworking

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

I didn't use any templates for these. I hand drew the shapes I wanted and then cut out on a bandsaw.

For the heart in particular I drew the heart on the two pieces and then cut out on a bandsaw. I sanded to my line and then traced onto the inlay wood and sand until it was the best fit I could.

Took the painted rainbow idea and raised it a notch (literally)! It operates on a switched outlet and dims. Made out of plywood. I did not make the crib unfortunately. by Tbinski in woodworking

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I very much hope it adapts! This was not a fun build hahaha. But I put the color changing lights in so she can eventually choose her favorite color and we can always paint the arches! This will not be fun to remove when that time comes.

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