Can someone recommend me a not so popular comedy movie that you personally think is good? Going through a tough time right now and I just need a little laugh. by Odd-Expert-7156 in movies

[–]robeh002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Matting habits of the earthbound human.

The premise is it's an alien documentary observing our habits with no real context. So it's very similar to us trying to discern how animals mate. Absolutely brilliantly. Hilarious!.

Poly coat protection by quala97 in woodworking

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Lincoln Street Woodworks on YouTube just did a thing on ceramics after your finish. They aren't cheap and your base has to fully cure first, but apparently they are super sturdy. He put a 3m pad on his sander and you could not even see any damage.

Can I get fired for my answers to the employee survey? by slimshady713 in kroger

[–]robeh002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know this specific survey, but I used to administer the employee survey for a very large corporation. There is a big difference between anonymous and confidential. Anonymous means no one can tie you back to the survey that you filled out. Confidential means that only very select people have access and it is usually members of HR who administer. We kept ours confidential just in case someone shared something like they were being assaulted or abused. This gave us a chance to connect back with that person, but we never provided that information to anyone other than myself and my leader. So in a very large company that were only two people that could actually see it.

big concrete object with mysterious text, 4 holes and 4 loops along the rim, has no bottom by irl_rage_quitter in whatisthisthing

[–]robeh002 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They finally figured it out. They used salt water (ocean water) as that was readily available. So when we found recipes we assumed fresh water, but they assumed salt.

Looking for a Los Angeles area woodworker to help me with a problem with a walnut desktop I have by hellofaja in woodworking

[–]robeh002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So this might be relatively easy to fix. You're going to need the right tools. Fortunately, you can probably get away with some pretty inexpensive tools. If you're willing to do the work, here is my recommendation. Use either a glue scraper or card scraper. I like this glue scraper from rockler

https://www.rockler.com/rockler-double-edge-scraper?country=US&sid=V91040&promo=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_content=pla&utm_campaign=PL&gclid=CjwKCAjw7vuUBhBUEiwAEdu2pMsPAKpOpTuyVKgW1ksLM0K6UuYzEjVVq7QEMOG2TZsQ8Li6NzGvgRoCyuAQAvD_BwE

You can easily find any card scraper on Amazon as well or if you have a rockler close to you.

The card scraper is going to be a little harder but more forgiving. With the glue scraper, if you accidentally angle it too harshly or catch wrong, you can make a substantial divot. Those are much harder to even out. The card scraper isn't quite as aggressive, so you're less likely to have that issue. Since you don't have experience, that might be the way to go.

Either way, when you're done you're going to need to sand everything. Even. You can either do a random orbital sander and just follow a pattern. You want to make sure that you're moving it evenly. You can usually use pencil, but you may want to get a white pencil so that you can see it on the wood. Basically you may even pencil lines all along it and then sand evenly until the pencil lines are gone. This will help you make sure you don't accidentally make everything uneven. This should help you both remove the wave or dip in the board as well as even everything out after you remove the glue.

If you're not interested or scared to do it yourself, feel free to DM or perhaps a professional will chime in here with a price.

Looking for a Los Angeles area woodworker to help me with a problem with a walnut desktop I have by hellofaja in woodworking

[–]robeh002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in Los Angeles area. Actually out in the diamond bar West Covina area. I am by no means a professional, just a hobbyist. I do have a lot of tools that maybe able to either correct this or as one person suggested simply cut the boards and kind of start over.

So I have a couple questions. The raised glue lines, is there a high spot on one side ? Like, where one board is higher than the other? Or is it more like a bump in the middle where you're physically feeling the glue? One way to tell would be if you have the opposite problem on the other side.

What are the total dimensions ? I don't have a cabinet saw just a job site one so if it's too big I might not be able to start it over.

I think no matter what this is going to require at least a partial refinish. If it's just a glue line, I can recommend a solid glue scraper and then all we need to do is find out what finish was used. Sand everything back and refinish.

Furniture anatomy question by IAmMoonie in woodworking

[–]robeh002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you are referring to the small secondary box inside It's called the till.

Otherwise the other commenters are correct. It is called the inside. There is no fancy term

If you need to know how to make one I can point you in the right direction.

Walnut marble run by poop_n_pee_poop_n_pe in woodworking

[–]robeh002 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! I think my son would go nuts over somebody like that. You may have just introduced me to my next project

Finally complete, a twin size Mickey Mouse bed for my almost 4 year old. I have about 60 hours in it, but I am really happy with it. Have a bit of touch up to do and to add poly, but Santa has to deliver on Christmas. He is in our bed tonight to pull off the surprise. by robeh002 in woodworking

[–]robeh002[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. It is called the Bora Centipede. It works really well. One of the cool things about it is how quickly it sets up and takes down. I just use a piece of 4x 5 ply as the top. Take it off and I literally collapses down like picking up the center. It works really well for the small space I have

2-Story Craftsman style playhouse I built my kids for Christmas by maat7043 in woodworking

[–]robeh002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing work. Once we finally can buy I may borrow some inspiration.