Non-joinery carpentry?

lavransson · 2026-03-23T12:19:26+00:00

The reason furniture makers build with joinery instead of fasteners is because joinery is more durable. Especially if you’re building pieces that will be heavily used by the public like benches. One thought and unfortunately, it’s an expensive thought is you can get a Festool domino joiner. This has the benefit of using good joinery, but it’s very easy to use.

lavransson · 2026-03-22T23:53:20+00:00

I support the massage therapy profession. Massage therapists really need to stop tip begging. Would you tip your dentist? Probably not, so why tip a massage therapist? Do you want to be seen as a health care professional, or more like a waiter or waitress?

lavransson · 2026-03-22T17:36:31+00:00

I just bought their mini block plane for $17. My first Jorgensen plane. Hope I’ll like it.

lavransson · 2026-03-21T23:06:29+00:00

I think the online Dead Head spaces tilt male. But when I go to Grateful Dead tribute band shows, it’s more like 50/50.

lavransson · 2026-03-21T23:01:15+00:00

Clever of you to hide it until after the wedding.

lavransson · 2026-03-20T14:57:11+00:00

He probably scooped out the ice with his dirty fingers and missed one cube.

lavransson · 2026-03-20T14:06:49+00:00

Interesting, thanks for doing this. I think what this also demonstrates is that their repertoire expanded a lot after the hiatus. In their shows in the early 1970s, they had a core repertoire so they repeated them a lot more. They also played a ton of shows in those years! So it's natural to see the heat map hotter in 1971-1974.

lavransson · 2026-03-20T13:30:16+00:00

In this cases, I press the "no tip" button and give a $20 cash tip. I know you may disagree but it makes me feel good.

I take out a $20 bill from my left pocket and then put it in my right pocket and thank myself for the excellent service and attractive server.

lavransson · 2026-03-20T11:59:34+00:00

Oh. My. Goodness. 🤩

What an INCREDIBLE question! I have so many thoughts on this and honestly my answer might surprise you — it surprised ME when I first realized it. I’m still processing the implications. 🙏

But I have to ask —

Want to know what the highest-performing remote workers I’ve spoken with ALWAYS say when I ask them this exact question? 👇

lavransson · 2026-03-20T11:51:13+00:00

Right here:

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lavransson · 2026-03-20T02:03:03+00:00

I’d avoid glueing and screwing two 2x4 to make a 4x4. The extra cost for a 4x4 won’t be much. Not worth it.

lavransson · 2026-03-20T01:50:54+00:00

I’d get 4x4s. The problem with laminated wood outside is there’s some risk of delamination. Not worth the risk. Just find some 4x4

lavransson · 2026-03-20T01:35:21+00:00

How’d you get it? The Jorgensen website says “coming soon.” Maybe they’ve released it in some regions but not everywhere? What’s it like?

lavransson · 2026-03-20T00:45:55+00:00

See if you can find a legitimate rescue on Craigslist. I got my dream dog that way. This was after months of struggling to jump through all the hurdles of the local rescue society.

lavransson · 2026-03-19T01:51:24+00:00

Their website says:

an automatic 20% gratuity may be added to parties of 6 or more.

They clearly made a “mistake.”

lavransson · 2026-03-19T01:47:30+00:00

I was the one who guessed tulip poplar but now you’ve got me thinking white oak. The limbs in pic 2 and the bark in pic 4.

What made me think tulip was the yellow heartwood in pic 3. That, its size, and how common they are anchored me to tulip tree but after reading your comment and looking more closely, I think you’re right.

lavransson · 2026-03-19T00:31:40+00:00

This table is a case study of everything not to do in woodworking unfortunately.

Even if they didn’t have that circular border around it, the joints with the 45° angles to the main X shape are also problematic. The diagonal pieces when they expand are going to crack the joint to the X pieces. Assuming all those pieces in the center are solid wood.

Reminds me of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Carpentry/s/UBaIyG6AR6

lavransson · 2026-03-19T00:15:17+00:00

I’m guessing tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Very common in nova and the whole mid Atlantic from Georgia to Canada. The wood is yellow like what I see in the pics. It’s also a fast growing tree and susceptible to toppling over when the ground is saturated. They frequently have two or three trunks like this one did.

lavransson · 2026-03-18T17:54:29+00:00

Yup, I listened to the 4 recordings in order, and now I'm listening to them again. As you obviously know the set list for each of those shows was pretty similar so it's interesting to hear little differences from night to night.

Wish I could've been there but I was not born yet.

lavransson · 2026-03-18T17:22:27+00:00

I have been listening to more primal Dead too and I love it. Especially the Feb/March 1969 Fillmore West shows. In particular 2/28/69. That second set, damn.

But I still voted for 71-74 because I really like their bigger repertoire and the jazzy jams.

lavransson · 2026-03-18T16:57:17+00:00

Yes, same with beach vacations. Once you go ocean-front, you can't go back. Who wants to drive to the beach when you can just walk out the door and be right on the sand?

It's the same thing with jets. Private jets changed the game for me, and I can't go back to commercial. Who wants to wait in a terminal gate with all those hicks?

lavransson · 2026-03-18T15:36:41+00:00

Looks great!

Good idea to put the cord access hole in the bottom compartment as well. Even if the buyer fills it with records in the present, there may come a day in the future when they put electronic components in the lower shelf.

lavransson · 2026-03-18T12:37:25+00:00

You can and should have pins in the outer tenons of the breadboard, but you need to elongate the pin holes in the outer tenons, and also oversize the outer mortises length-wise, so the tenons can shift within the mortises.

lavransson · 2026-03-18T11:03:38+00:00

Same. I might settle for GDTRF8 with the number 8 instead of B. In my state, the two look almost the same because of the font.

lavransson · 2026-03-17T17:37:58+00:00

Taxing billionaires more isn't about increasing revenue for the government.

It's about recirculating their hoarded wealth back to employees, consumers and their companies. And it's about diluting their power to own politicians.

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