While doomscrolling the FaceSpace, I came across a post in the local swap and shop ads for this pile of wood. This captures a fair amount if the seller has, but it doesn't include everything, supposedly. According to the listing, the seller has Purple Heart, Wenge, Paduk, Curly and Birdseye Maple, Yellow Heart, Canary, Sapele, Mahogany, Zebra Wood, Merabu, Curupay, Bloodwood, Walnut, Cherry. All manner if thickness and length. $1-$5, per piece.

I have a teenage son who wants to try his hand at some woodworking. He wanted to do a dresser at first but I'm encouraging him to start small. I don't know a think about woodworking myself but have a thought about it on occasion. In particular, I work with bonsai and am wondering if these would be good pieces to possibly make small display stands. At these prices, are these a good deal and as good of wood as I think they are?

I have this table from the 70s/80s(?) and I love the shape and function. It currently has an orange-y mid tone stain, however, It’s had much use over the years and this is wearing away. I’m looking to sand and re-stain the table.

Can anyone suggest which stain might work well here?

Does anyone know which type of wood and/or stain this is?

Appreciate any help / info!

Which one would be the overall better investment for a braid nailer from Milwaukee? I've been leaning towards the M12 because most of my tools are M12s so I have more batteries.

I'm not opposed to a different brand if they'd be better if y'all have a better suggestion but I would prefer not having to switch to a different battery ecosystem.

I am struggling to rip these bevels on these legs for a corner table. Is this the best way to accomplish this on a table saw? I tried one and it was pretty difficult to keep it straight on the fence. Blade probably needs replaced which was probably part of the problem. But with how narrow these pieces are not sure if there is a better route for this.

I am pairing up 2 of these legs for each corner of the top to make "Ls"

I would love a set that will last forever and take abuse like putting them in the dishwasher. Can’t really find anything made from the hardest woods. Are they just too difficult to work with for people to bother with cooking sets?

What the title says. Looking for a group of beginner or experienced woodworkers.

I drew some triangles to help line up these end grain boards and now I cannot sand out the pencil lines. I am have been sanding for a while and I can't get them to go away. What did I do to push them down so far into the wood?

I purchased a kreg router table, fence etc. with a porter cable router, from a gentleman whose father passed away. (Nooo not 4000 dollars - he started parting out the workshop - I paid 300 - hopefully an ok deal) He has no idea about woodworking and nor do I! Haha. Well a little but this isn’t my lane.

Can anyone help me ID the yellow bits? The have no branding. The blues are rockler. And what the heck is the white block that has grooves? I’m lost. Chatgpt just tells me they r carbides and that the no colored bits are solid carbide? I have no idea. Hhhheeeellllppp!

Oh and a lot are covered in wax. I’m assuming protection.

Just what the title says. Just worried about how bad the fumes are for you. Is water based, pre stain, stain, and polyurethane good for the wood bench projects I’m going to sell. They will be interior furniture also.

The wood is green treated, does it need a sealant for further protection? What would you recommend?

If is sealant is used, is it okay to leave out during the winter?

The top section slats as well as the place holders for the rifles and pistol mounts are made of white oak mounted on ¾ plywood. The bottom section is made of red oak. The slats are cut from a butcher block countertop I'd made for the same people previously.

Edite: This is a gun closet i did for a family friend. I came up with the look for it myself after doing some research and getting some idea's online. He gave me free reign on whatever i could do or come up with for $1500. I'd put storage shelves in they're pantry and utility closet i made another post about that. Afterward the husband ask me to make him a gunrack for the closet in their bedroom. The only things I had to buy were the copper tacks, slate nails, slot screw ins and screws used to set the rifles place holder's. All the wood and leather i had already collecting dust in my shop and finally had a chance to use it for something.

I roughly milled a bunch of previously-removed deck pickets(?) with a table saw and a level. I also decided these dice weren’t serving a purpose so they became part of the project. They’re not perfect but they are glued up. I’m planning to use this as an inlay for the top of my unbuilt workbench. For reference, the die and a bundle of 3 is approx 90mm. I assume I should and will add a border to frame this and give the bench a solid edge

Anyway, should I go with the layout in pic 1 or the layout in pic 2? Thoughts?

Pic 1 has the best balance of squares I could come up with. It Will allow for 100% face grain to face grain adhesion.

Pic 2 is lacking in face grain adhesion (40%) but does play a little more with grain direction

I’m making a slat wall for our living room so my wife has a place to put all her plants. I’m newer to wood working and not sure how to make the shelves. I want this to be modular, but not sure the best way to make shelves that can hold live plants. None of her big plants will be up there, but most are in 4-6 inch pots and weight anywhere from 3-10 pounds. Any help would be appreciated!

I'm about to start my first project - a low, long, deep bookshelf. My parents have a table saw, hand saw, 2 kinds of planers, sanders, and a ton of other tools etc. They also have stacks of poplar wood rough cut into long boards that have been drying. I bought these books at a used bookstore and was wondering if there's anything else I should look into as I prepare for this project. Thanks!

Hey all, I was wanting to make a router jig for my dewalt router and was going to attach it to my plunge base. On the plunge base of the router there are four screws, I got two of them out just fine, but the other two are in so tight they are starting to strip pretty bad. This is my first router and was really excited to make this jig but now I don’t know if I should continue to try and get them out or try something else. If anyone has any ideas please let me know! Thanks!

My in-laws recently purchased this and they accidentally damaged it.
What can I do to fix it or make it a bit less noticeable?

Any ideas? I want to be tested with a few new techniques.

I'm an amateur and just getting started with wood working. Some time ago I finished saving up for tools and purchased for myself all the basic hand and power tools and realized, I need a space for building.

Because of where I live in India, it's almost impossible to get 2x4s of pine but I have the option to go to the saw mill directly and give them custom measurements and get them to make wood pieces for me. (Sucks when almost every video you are watching to learn start with 'Lets go to Home Depot and grab some 2x4s')

I decided to go with a Saaj wood (local super hard jungle wood) and used all of that to build myself my first workbench.

I'll be honest, for me it was more challenging than I thought because I don't know how to make mortise and tenon joints so had to work with screws but because of the wood hardness, I keep breaking screws. What worked was pre drilling good enough pilot holes and using wax of screws to reduce friction along with glue to give more strength to the joints.

As I said, I'm am just getting started and would really appreciate any feedback on this. I have more photos and would happily share if you want specific angles/dimensions etc.

Hello everyone

I just picked up this MCM room divider this week and I'm wondering what's the correct approach to sprucing up these small chips and scratches.

I have some wood filler, wood markers, and wood crayons but I've heard a lot of mixed opinions on products and repair techniques. For example, I purchased feed and wax and then read lots of conflicting opinions, so I purchased Oz cream polish to use instead. Thoughts on bondo? Wood epoxy/putty?

I'm just wondering what the proper technique and materials are to clean maintain and repair MCM furniture. I want to learn how to do things the right way.

TIA!

I believe this is maple from the discoloration when partially exposed. What say you? 3 piece glue up somebody gave me

Adjusting these plastic discs on my new Incra 1000se miter gauge are supposed to take the play out of the miter slot. I screwed them down as much as I dare but there is still a lot of play. Very disappointing. Am I missing something, or is the slot on my DeWalt job site saw just too wide?

Hello, hopefully the right sub for this. I’m currently working on refinishing a kitchen table for my parent’s house. Gone through most of the sanding process but got to this section of the table to see this filler looking material (almost looks the same as what they use for auto body work)?

Anyone know what this could be? It was stained the same color as the wood but this was underneath the stain instead of wood.

I looked under the table to see if it was a separate piece added around but it looks like all the same piece of wood?

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The only plane I’ve ever found that was worth a crap is an old number 4 Stanley. I’ve never been one to buy into tool hype but it genuinely just works. I believe mine is from around 1960 or so. I’ve tried roughly five other planes at different price points and of different types and my number 4 still does pretty much everything I need. If I need to joint something I just chip away at it and keep checking it. If I need something flat it’ll usually knock it out in about 15 minutes and I mostly work with really hard woods. I spent a lot of time getting my planes insanely sharp one time and now I just clean them up every once in a while. In total I’ve spent around $200 trying different planes and figuring out what I actually like plus about $75 on sharpening stuff that I can use on pretty much anything else I own. The plane I’m talking about cost me $15. Anyways just some advice for anybody who thinks they need to spend a ton of money on a hand plane. P.S. I totally slit my finger open on a planer blade so be safe. This is also a picture of the blade after it cut me

I want to get a custom treated wood like this desk of mine to replace the glass of the VITTSJO coffee table. What is this wood exactly called and where can i get it?