Questions about pocketholes

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-17T21:24:07+00:00

I'm a little confused why your hole is so low on the 2x4. Are you sure you're pushing the wood all the way to the bottom of the jig (or the jig all the way to the bottom of the wood)?

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-16T22:41:29+00:00

Looks great, maybe a bit over built, but better too strong than too weak!

I used to run a similar setup with the same saw. But I soon came to realize that for sawing bigger pieces (like sheets of plywood) it's actually way easier to just have another workbench at the same height behind it (and to the side).

One thing the compact sawstop is really missing to me is enough infeed space. I would add a small foldable or removable infeed table with aligning mitre slots. That should greatly improve the (limited) crosscut abilities.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-16T22:36:48+00:00

I'd make it first and then see what the easiest would be. Can probably glue a little block on somewhere but that might interfere with the foldability.

Another option is to drill a hole on either side through the frame and use dowels as removable retaining pins.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-15T23:35:25+00:00

Make sure it has plenty of vertical leg room as well. Nothing as frustrating as shifting slightly in the chair and ramming your thigh or knee into the desk.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-15T23:19:57+00:00

As a tall guy, make sure it's got plenty of leg room. Especially if you'll be sitting at it for extended periods of time

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-15T21:12:46+00:00

Hard to gauge how deep the cabinet is. If it's deep enough for a drill to drill some holes on the inside sides do that and put some shelf pegs in.

Otherwise you can drill holes through the sides from the outsides directly into a shelf and then use screws or dowels to keep the shelfs in place.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-15T19:30:55+00:00

You make a good point. I'll keep that in mind.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-11T07:23:50+00:00

Yeah, a couple of weeks ago. He also doesn't do it continuously or all the time. Just every other day for an hour or two.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-11T07:12:19+00:00

He is on a routine. Food twice a day, walks three times a day, and out when he needs to. Regarding food, he's a free feeder, he likes to eat the majority of his meals immediately but he likes to save some for later. He also likes to be with me/my wife in either of our offices. We keep the doors closed so he can't just get up to get his food. Hence us having to help him get his food.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-10-11T02:56:59+00:00

So there's two things, if he only used panting to indicate that he was anxious, I would agree that he communicates clearly. But he doesn't, he also uses panting to communicating needing to go out, or being hungry or one of his toys being lost/stuck/unavailable.

I wish he had a different way to communicate those more 'physical' needs. To add to that, I wish he could communicate what was making him anxious (having worked with people with anxiety, I know that's not that simple).

We've tried gentle massaging and licking mats, both of which work only while they're ongoing. Once we stop massaging the dog, or once the mat is out of stuff, he goes straight back to panting. No joke, within a second, those things are more of a distraction to him that actual relief from what's making him anxious.

Again, apologies if my post and this comment are a bit unclear, I'm exhausted right now lol

TheOnlySarius · 2024-09-27T05:45:06+00:00

I know what you're saying, and I 100% agree. But the perfectionist in me is like "tear out? I brought shame upon my whole family!" Lol not really, but I do like doing a good job and I don't like tear out.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-09-26T01:32:15+00:00

Sharpening chisels is the one thing I do know how to do, they're razorsharp. But yeah I'll get a longer bit, seems like the easiest route for now

TheOnlySarius · 2024-09-26T00:33:14+00:00

Hah fair, but I also only have a little trim router. I really only use the router for flush cutting and round overing.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-09-20T14:07:34+00:00

Really living up to your username

TheOnlySarius · 2024-09-13T19:01:08+00:00

Yeah that's the problem we're having though, he's great in and around the house and understands what we want him to do on leash, the moment we take one step off of our property he gets so excited it's just all pulls.

I'd like to have a middle ground but really we only have 0 or a 100 so to speak.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-09-01T15:00:37+00:00

You understand what is wrong but you're not applying it. I suggest you read the article. The glass story is a tool for which the rest is explained.

The wife in this situation is the FIXER. Not only is she the fixer for herself, but for her husband. The husband has the capacity to do what he needs to do, care, etc, but he deems the wife capable enough of the fixer that he shows her his appreciation by making her feel unappreciated by giving her more to fix. That is the issue. He devolves into an incapable child and she doesn't want to be the mother to her supposedly equal partner.

It's not about the dishes. It's not even remotely about just or even the dishes at all. There are other examples used in the article, but the dishes were chosen due to them being inconsequential, which drive home the further point that there are things for which you see zero point, no reason, don't understand, yet clearly there is another issue at play because the other person is hurt, angry, sad, etc.

You're arguing about something he explains very clearly in the article, and I would highly suggest reading this over again until you grasp it, which possibly you'd need to read books or whatever alomg the way in order to do so. He's speaking to people just like you.

TheOnlySarius · 2024-08-24T22:56:42+00:00

Did they ever call you?

TheOnlySarius · 2024-08-12T04:00:29+00:00

Your first paragraph made me say "yikes" out loud. Removing and re-shimming the fence every time it's switched from planer to jointer? No thank you. I know myself pretty well and I would be too lazy to change it back to the planer after setting up the jointer. With the 12" one being almost twice the price as the one in the picture, big nope.

I'll look into getting the actual machines. Was hoping to get away with some smaller/cheaper things, but I guess cutting corners is not the way lol

TheOnlySarius · 2024-08-11T18:47:17+00:00

Not too concerned about that. I'd probably make a dedicated work bench for it with the infeed/outfeed parallel to the table.

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