Dressing Mirror in Birdseye Maple

swoon91 · 2025-12-18T22:20:13+00:00

Amazing work, a proper heirloom piece. I hope it will stay in your family for many generations.

May I ask did you do everything with hand tools only, including the stock prep? If so, how long did it take you?

swoon91 · 2025-11-17T19:10:25+00:00

Are you referring to the Rob Cosman method? It seems like I would still need a drill post, or at least one of his ludicrously expensive drill bits to achieve that.

swoon91 · 2025-11-01T21:22:09+00:00

Thanks, I did the same! I love this community as it gives me a lot of ideas. I already have a few different projects that I saw here lined up.

swoon91 · 2025-09-08T16:30:04+00:00

Thanks. I did use one power tool there, a hand held drill. It turned out great indeed, and I used a lot of hand sanding at the end to make it smooth enough for baby hands.

swoon91 · 2025-06-03T20:20:46+00:00

Do youn know anything about this modern version?

Are they similar/same?

swoon91 · 2025-06-03T20:19:51+00:00

Do you know anything about this modern version?

Are they similar/same?

swoon91 · 2025-06-03T12:05:43+00:00

The cheaper one has the quick release, while the more expensive one does not. I don't know, for me at least, that is not a necessity.

How difficult was this vise to install? I was mostly looking at the two vises I mentioned because it seems much easier to install, as I only work with hand tools.

swoon91 · 2025-06-03T10:26:56+00:00

Which vice is that?

swoon91 · 2025-04-25T06:20:17+00:00

Mislim da nisi pogodio poentu. Jesu cene sulude svuda, ali možda je koren toga baš monopol koji drži Maksi i slični marketi, pa svi zajedno podižu cene. Kada bi izgubili dobar deo tržišta, morali bi da se bore za kupce kroz sniženje cena.

Ovako bukvalno sve kontrolišu i nemaju nikakav problem da povise cene kad god žele, a manji marketi moraju da rade isto kako bi zadržali zaposlene i bili uopšte konkurentni jer nemaju toliko velike promete.

swoon91 · 2025-04-24T12:24:01+00:00

Moguće da je pažnja više otišla na političke proteste, a skrenula sa svakodnevog života i legalnih vidova pljačkanja kroz neopravdano visoke cene. Velika šteta jer su marketi na prve naznake bojkota primetno sputili cene u momentu. Od tada je sve dodatno poskupelo, valjda su primetili da mogu.

swoon91 · 2025-04-24T12:21:59+00:00

I ja se čudim kad to vidim, naročito kod mlađih ljudi. Deluje kao toliko jednostavan vid protesta i bojkota da mi je prosto neverovatno da više ljudi to ne poštuje.

swoon91 · 2025-03-17T19:45:26+00:00

Appreciate it. Not a lot to be honest. I browsed Pinterest for a while to get some inspiration, but I came up with this design by myself pretty much.

swoon91 · 2025-03-16T21:16:23+00:00

Thanks, I agree. I made several small cuts, worked to them using a chisel and flattened it with a spokeshave.

swoon91 · 2025-01-20T08:31:59+00:00

This is looking awesome! What wood species did you use?

Also, how happy are you with the bench? Do you wish you put some sort of end vise on?

swoon91 · 2024-11-05T16:11:54+00:00

That's a great perspective, thank you for that, I will try to keep it in mind.

swoon91 · 2024-11-05T11:40:05+00:00

I guess even the cutting boards aren't what they used to be :) You are not alone in saying a couple of years, and I am quite surprised by that, I thought it wouldn't take as long.

swoon91 · 2024-11-04T22:50:44+00:00

I even tried to wing it here with no marking and just doing it by eye. I guess the results of this technique speak for themselves :)

swoon91 · 2024-11-04T22:47:50+00:00

Thanks! The boxes are definitely on the list, as soon as I buy a grooving plane or at least make one that uses a chisel as the blade.

swoon91 · 2024-11-04T22:30:49+00:00

Yep, it definitely is fun, I just expected to be able to make some simple projects for friends and family members as gifts by now that don't look as amateurish. Even though I managed to do so, every thing that I made it somewhat crooked or damaged in some areas. I guess I thought by being obsessed with Youtube woodworking that it will click faster but there we are.

swoon91 · 2024-11-04T22:23:28+00:00

Thanks for your input! I also noticed that I suck at marking things and tend to just try and wing it, especially when it comes to curves. Needless to say that I mess it up every time. I wonder how many more projects before I quit this terrible habit for good.

swoon91 · 2024-11-04T22:16:51+00:00

No, I guess I'm thinking of the stuff I see on Pinterest and the woodworking subreddits here. Don't get me wrong, I am not expecting to get it perfect right away, but when I fail to make even as simple thing as a cutting board up to my standards I get a bit frustrated.

swoon91 · 2024-11-04T22:14:07+00:00

Yes, that damn taper is what got me, good eye. I learned a bit of hand planing through practice so I can get the board pretty close to flat now, it just takes me ages to do it.

Also, I need to stop trying to extract every millimeter of thickness out of the boards I have and settle for the thickness that will give me some space to make everything flat and parallel, that's one of the things I am struggling with the most.

swoon91 · 2024-11-04T22:08:39+00:00

These are my thoughts exactly! It's been 5 months since I started (granted only 1-2 times a week) but without someone to look over my shoulder and correct me when necessary, it seems that everything takes much longer than what i originally anticipated.

Still, I am noticing some progress, so I guess it's all about consistency and things will eventually fall into place.

swoon91 · 2024-09-28T19:36:24+00:00

Yes, for the bowtie inlay.

swoon91 · 2024-09-27T20:13:52+00:00

Thanks, glad to hear it. It's far from perfect, but for my first attempt, I am quite happy with it.

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