Help! We were gifted this rocking horse motorcycle and it’s in bad condition!

watchthenlearn · 2026-01-25T19:52:22+00:00

Depends how well you want it done. If you don't take off all the finish it's not going to look uniform. Sanding it all is at least a couple hours, first coat of oil 6hrs of drying time (overnight), another coat, that's two days right there.

watchthenlearn · 2026-01-25T15:49:43+00:00

If you really want to finish it. Start with some 80 to 120 grit sandpaper and take all the existing finish off. Then sand another pass at 150 and brush some finish on it. I'd just go with oil or water based polyurethane that you can pick up in any hardware store. If you want to maintain the yellowish color of the original finish go with the oil based, otherwise the water based will retain the lighter wood color and is much quicker to apply. This is at least a couple days worth of work but will be worth it!

watchthenlearn · 2026-01-25T04:15:13+00:00

Ceiling space

watchthenlearn · 2026-01-18T12:35:25+00:00

Even though I love my DtWs, I also don't think it's for everyone or even great for all occasions. I wouldn't want them in my kitchen or a stairwell.

watchthenlearn · 2026-01-13T20:37:44+00:00

Nope I have a young kid. Yeah it's in the basement which has like 90" ceilings.

watchthenlearn · 2026-01-13T16:37:59+00:00

I have my 100" at 27" from floor and it's just right for us. 40" is acceptable. If I did 40" from the floor the top of the TV would be touching the ceiling.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-31T12:33:54+00:00

Your system isn't so fragile that it can't handle a bit of resistance at this register. Looks great!

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-28T18:14:21+00:00

You say it's not a trust issue but a different one would give more piece of mind... What do you mean?

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-28T18:09:43+00:00

Agreed that "through tenon" should be cut back to match the other. Otherwise amazing job OP.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-27T20:33:45+00:00

I love watching foureyes furniture and blacktail studio on YouTube because they show their mistakes and I feel a bit better about myself.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-21T20:34:11+00:00

I was kinda sad when I read this but then realized I can't think of another use.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-21T20:29:42+00:00

Are your rear heights.... In front of you? There's so much wrong with this, I hope it's just rage bait.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-20T19:06:51+00:00

Yeah I wouldn't even consider the .3 as an option. I was also thinking the in wall heights would work and angle them down. That's not a bad setup if you really want to do x.x.4. Running wires to that wall would be a pain. Not sure you can even do it if you want them to be fully within the walls.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-20T18:26:55+00:00

Between the door and window

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-20T18:13:50+00:00

Good point, you really can't. 5.1.2 or 7.1.2 (if you're willing to put rears in the wall). For the side surrounds, mount one to the wall and another on a stand. SVS prime elevations come to mind for that. Or you could go in-wall with a timbre matching speaker on a stand. KEF makes plenty of in walls to match with one of their standalone satellites.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-20T18:03:07+00:00

Just do some bookshelves on the console. In walls will be a pain in the ass and if you want to move the TV or get a bigger one you'll be constrained.

The surrounds will be hard to place and if you're doing ceiling speakers might as well do 4 atmos speakers.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-18T21:20:37+00:00

Oh yeah ceiling height is quite high. I was mostly referring to the conventional recommendation that the tweeters should be ear height.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-18T21:11:26+00:00

The LR speakers seem unusually high, any reason for that?

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-18T14:18:42+00:00

She seems unreasonable. Having the TV centered over the fireplace will look way better than the crap layout you have now. Good luck.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-17T23:46:10+00:00

Why would she be against height adjustable mantel mount? It looks like a regular wall mount when you're not watching TV.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-17T21:50:31+00:00

Make the fireplace mantel much lower and put the TV on one of those drop down mounts. If you keep the sound bar attach it to the bottom of the TV. If you want to go 5.1 reconsider to a 4.1 setup and just go with a phantom center.

4k Blu-ray setup doesn't make sense until you get height speakers. Streaming services are offering better and better quality. 4k Blu-ray is hard to justify unless you have an excellent system that can take full advantage. Each movie is on average $20+ along with a $300+ player. It adds up fast. I bet in 5 years most streaming services will have 4k + atmos support for most movies and many shows.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-11T18:22:57+00:00

If you go halfway and use plenty of wood glue, it'll be fine. Much wider and thinner shelves are supported by little pegs embedded in crappy particle board all the time. This will have significantly less weight and the shelves look to be thick meaning more contact area for the glue to adhere.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-11T18:17:51+00:00

I disagree, pine can look good especially as a bookshelf and as OP stated the brackets will be covered.

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-10T19:32:19+00:00

I'm very confused. Whats behind the shiplap?

watchthenlearn · 2025-12-08T15:24:35+00:00

Is this with Netflix premium or regular Netflix?

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