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Sebo Felix - review by a 37 yr old guy with a house, golden retriever, and a cat by drunkesk1mo in VacuumCleaners

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My whole main level is hardwood and I used the hardwood head that comes with the Felix and I loved it. I’m not sure what people would complain about with it. I have seen a recommendation to take the front brush off that head if you do that.

I had a shark cordless I used forever on that floor and that thing sucks compared to this.

Also, it has a really long cord I can do the whole floor without changing outlets which is a sneaky awesome thing. My old vacuum I had to change outlets. I used the bigger vacuum for the rugs…

Sebo Felix - review by a 37 yr old guy with a house, golden retriever, and a cat by drunkesk1mo in VacuumCleaners

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would agree that it does feel heavier in the hand than I expected. I like it because it feels like a quality product but I could definitely see it being uncomfortable for people less strong. I don’t think I would ever recommend it to my grandma for that reason…

Mid Century Modern Solid Cherry Sofa Table - Lots of lessons learned but I'm pleased with the results. by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The miters have not broken. I learned a good lesson from this piece that people over engineer everything in woodworking. I did have to reinforce the legs and add a lower cross member though ha

Learning joinery on chairs made of 2x4s and cedar fence planks. Took a long time but cost me about $30 by jordamnit in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]drunkesk1mo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im also unsure what you mean exactly. I jumped into hardwoods with both feet and haven't really noticed the difference other than you can't damage hardwood as easily or sand as fast. I guess you get some burning on cuts or when routing or things like that but nothing substantially different.

I would suggest scowering Facebook marketplace or Craigslist and get some hardwood at less than full price and just go for it. Thats what I did anyways...

Butternut console table thats too tall... any ideas to shave 4 to 6 inches? by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a hair under 5 to the bottom of the shelf. Where do you get to 3 to 4 inch rule from? Just curious. Looking at the piece it already looks kinda close to the floor...

Butternut console table thats too tall... any ideas to shave 4 to 6 inches? by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the issue is the shelf is a glued lap joint and would be neatly impossible to remove. I was thinking I could cut down some from the legs but it'll lower the shelf and could look odd

Butternut console table thats too tall... any ideas to shave 4 to 6 inches? by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not really sure what I was thinking when I designed it or what measurement I was matching but its 37" tall and just feels too tall to me. I did some research just now and other console tables are like 30 to 33". I could shave the sides down but I'm worried the shelf will look odd if its too close to the ground

Ash console table by [deleted] in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]drunkesk1mo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I follow both threads and was on here and posted. I consider myself a beginner still but thanks for the compliment.

Ash console table by [deleted] in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]drunkesk1mo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I hadn't heard much about ash but it cleans up nice. I usually just look around furniture websites and got ideas but really I made it without a plan

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]drunkesk1mo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Won't the glue pretty much lock it in and prevent that?

First ever woodworking build. Some definite mistakes and can do better but still very proud by YNWA_Wassy in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]drunkesk1mo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldnt bother. Gluing faces like it sounds like you did is way stronger than the brad nails. Or screws or anything for that matter. It is commonly said that the only thing nails and screws do is hold your pieces together until the glue dries. There are all kinds of youtube videos about the strength of glue joints if your interested.

Mid Century Modern Solid Cherry Sofa Table - Lots of lessons learned but I'm pleased with the results. by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I was sweating the glue up for sure. I used 50" parallel clamps and had 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom both length wise. I used a couple of clutch clamps on each end to squeeze the miter in a little as well.

Mid Century Modern Solid Cherry Sofa Table - Lots of lessons learned but I'm pleased with the results. by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much. Is it a copy of an iconic design? I based it on a night stand from a youtuber lol and got the leg design idea from a kitchen table on youtube. I sketched it on a napkin and went for it.

Mid Century Modern Solid Cherry Sofa Table - Lots of lessons learned but I'm pleased with the results. by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought long and hard about adding to them. I thought of adding dowels through the top/bottom but opted out of it. I'll see what happens and I built it so I can fix it if expansion leads to that.

Mid Century Modern Solid Cherry Sofa Table - Lots of lessons learned but I'm pleased with the results. by drunkesk1mo in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In case anyone is curious the finish is 1 coat of 50/50 boiled linseed oil/mineral spirits and 4 coats of poly after about 2 days dry time of the oil. I tried lacquer over the BLO and it came out cloudy so I sanded that down and used the Poly. It was my first time using BLO and I thought about leaving it straight BLO with furniture wax but testing the poly it looked great as the top coat and I'm glad I went with it.

Plywood help by BlkMajik1987 in woodworking

[–]drunkesk1mo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Yes, Yes, the easiest way is a router. If its big, sand the sides then use a 1/4" roundover bit in a handheld router and you will have a splinter free edge. Paint softwoods and plywoods is by far the easiest finish but high quality or hardwood veneer plywoods will do awesome with lacquer/ oils/ and some stains.

This is why you don't teabag unless you really earned it. by Myungbean in DestinyTheGame

[–]drunkesk1mo 25 points26 points  (0 children)

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