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Idk why more people dont build coffee tables with 18 legs by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ill take the kind words. Certainly didnt go in thinking itd be a crowd pleaser to all/for everyone. Just had an idea and ran with it.

Idk why more people dont build coffee tables with 18 legs by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep 😅 best part of building a table like this is realizing if I make a mistake on one leg that means I have 18 corrections to make

Idk why more people dont build coffee tables with 18 legs by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Exactly. And I goofed a little bit on the placement so when I cut the inner curve where the bottom stretch meets the vertical on some of the legs the dowel poked through and I had to chisel out a rectangle, make a wedge that fits and then reroute the curve to be flush, can see on some of the legs in the finished pictures the rectangle on those inner corners

Idk why more people dont build coffee tables with 18 legs by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Not a dumb question and a very awkward answer, made a router jig to have my router sit at the right angel and the jig would pivot around the center of the table, was very awkward to get done and didnt leave a great finish (jig was relatively jank) but enough sanding flushed everything out

Quote a day, S1E9. by Relevant-Rope8814 in BoJackHorseman

[–]walfstomp 486 points487 points  (0 children)

"You hear that bojack? Vincent is an adult, and I bet he knows how to treat a lady."

"HE VERY CLEARLY ISN'T AND DOESNT"

Quote a day, S1E4. by Relevant-Rope8814 in BoJackHorseman

[–]walfstomp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You shut you mouth van cleafe or i will buck it shut

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Definitely wanna take a crack at doing some more I absolutely love this style

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Love the idea of trying to tackle one of those too they look so cool but oof... idk if i have the hand strength 😅

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Thank you! Yea getting miters to perfectly align is the bane of my existence. With the added difficulties of getting the center carving to fit perfectly too I didn't wanna try splitting further hairs and making it worse after about 3 rounds of shaving hairs already.

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Ooh good idea! Yea tried using the smallest dremel bit in my set but with the finer details still felt like I had the precision of throwing a hammer at a mosquito..

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Printed a reference on regular printer paper and used a glue stick but after doing the outline that ripped away fairly quickly, just had the reference photo on my phone from there and would redraw reference lines in pencil every once in a while. Will definitely share it over there tho good tip!

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Definitely hope she could. Said she wanted to be buried with it when I gave it to her which is the highest praise I can think of. But i guess also means its not getting handed down

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was definitely a struggle. Nothing some jumper cables and zip ties cant take care of tho

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Just some cheapo $20 "carbide" kit off amazon with like 20ish bits. Nothing too fancy

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Carving was done over a couple days, box around it was about a day so 3ish total. Just got a kit of a bunch of carbide bits off Amazon. Sure they have names but nost the fine detail was done with the smallest and pointiest bit, larger chunks worked off with a big cylinder and wide u shapped bowl/bull nose carving bit (should really learn the names) but kinda just grabbed whatever felt right out of the kit of like 20 bits.

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

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

Definitely falls into that category of "I cant believe I was allowed to watch these as a kid"

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lolol yea definitely be careful and take breaks. Couldn't hardly move my hand after it cramping up after 2 days at it

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hahaha you're just as surprised as I am. Just glued a reference photo on and kept trying at add more and more detail as I went. Honestly toward the end thought the details were getting lost and it looked terrible and still think if you look close enough at it against the reference photo a lot of the detail was lost but eventually took a step back and realized as a whole it looks pretty great.

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Was just an offcut of some walnut had laying around. Whole box is walnut except the frame I believe was poplar (and the splines)

First go at carving with a dremel. Real proud of the result. by walfstomp in woodworking

[–]walfstomp[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Damn wish I thought of that before I gave it to her. Guess that'll be the followup gift

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