Trying my hand at woodworking (non Valk)

[Jopson]

Got bitten by the woodworking bug about 2 months ago. Haven't done any woodwork since high school, but always enjoyed it. Wife decided she wanted a new kitchen table and after looking at the usual overpriced crap in the stores, I figured I would try my hand at building something. Table is 7'6"x3'6" and made from pine. Benches are made from recycled old barn wood.




After the table project I figured I should make some Mother's Day things, so I made 2 adirondack chairs with matching footstools from cedar. One for my wife and one for my mother.


Hope you enjoyed looking!
Thanks!

[Valkorado]

I wish when I tried my hand at something it would turn out looking like that!  Great work!   

[The emperor has no clothes]

Very nice ! It's very relaxing don't you think ? Plus handmade beats store bought every time. Nice job 

[Challenger]

That set looks sweet, very nice, My first wood project I tried looked like an explosion at a tooth pick factory. Getting better though.

[Chrisj CMA]

Nice Work 

[dreamaker]

Nice items, really like the table and bench seats. Wood working is awesome and very rewarding, when your done. Being a Model Maker, one of the materials I worked with is wood, and loved working with it. But from my experience and opinion, wood working equipment, may be some of the most dangerous equipment of them all.  The thing about woodworking is it demands respect, no day dreaming when using it, its like riding a bike, but the results is awesome.

[Jopson]

I wish when I tried my hand at something it would turn out looking like that!  Great work!   

Don't worry Valkorado.... There's a massive pile of "mistakes" just out of shot in one pic!

[Jopson]

That set looks sweet, very nice, My first wood project I tried looked like an explosion at a tooth pick factory. Getting better though.

I've had many of the toothpick factory moments too.... My dad is happy though cos it replenishes his firewood store at my expense!!

[Jess from VA]

Very nice.   

[hubcapsc]

Real nice table and chairs 

These should have looked like toothpick explosions too, I made
them around 1992... The only tools I had were my father's old
aluminum bodied circular saw and my new Milwaukee sawsall.

I made the curved cuts with the sawsall 



They were making adirondack chairs on Norm Abram's teevee show,
and I recorded it on the VCR. Then I rewatched it a few times and
made my plans from it...

-Mike "Norm's were better..."

[art]

Fun isn't it. I had to give up riding and now have a wood shop in my back garage and learning fast about wood shop machines, MUST be careful. I'm enjoying it as long as I can keep it neat. Sawdust and scrap wood tends to collect everywhere. I'm rebuilding a vintage small camping trailer which is keeping me very busy doing the complete inside. Sorry to say there is no more Valk,now it's Valk related.

[Jopson]

Thanks for the kind words guys.
Dreamaker, don't worry I've got the scars to prove the dangers of power tools.... And half a finger missing, but that's a tale for another time!

[dreamaker]

Thanks for the kind words guys.
Dreamaker, don't worry I've got the scars to prove the dangers of power tools.... And half a finger missing, but that's a tale for another time!

My Model Shop Mentor always said to me. You are not an expert until you loose a finger. Well I am still an armature, I have all ten. But I do have a deep respect for the equipment. Oddly enough, early this morning I went to Lowes and bought some oak planks, I want to make some simple bird houses.

[Jeff K]

That's odd, I too am in process of building a table. We need a big table for when all the kids come so I like you, decided to make one! I have a mountain of old lumber from crates equipment came in.

Mine is an 8' table with extensions for both ends.

Heavy SOB not sure how I'm going to get it in the house.

I opted out on the benches, Fat guys and little kids on benches don't mix well. I found a pile of old oak restaurant chairs on Craigs List and Joanne is refinishing them.


 

[Jess from VA]

I am in awe of you guys with skills.

Today I really pushed my limits and hammered a new rail into my split rail fence.... after breaking one with the lawnmower the ants had moved into. 

[Spirited-6]

I wanted to say something nice but, I hate you. You are the quickest study I have ever seen ! Two months BACK into Wood working. Come, you lie ! Kidding, great work from a 80 year old wood worker. 

[Jopson]

Real nice table and chairs 

These should have looked like toothpick explosions too, I made
them around 1992... The only tools I had were my father's old
aluminum bodied circular saw and my new Milwaukee sawsall.

I made the curved cuts with the sawsall 


Hey hubcapsc! Yours look really smart, I'm hoping mine are still in such good condition in 23 years time!!
 
They were making adirondack chairs on Norm Abram's teevee show,
and I recorded it on the VCR. Then I rewatched it a few times and
made my plans from it...

-Mike "Norm's were better..."

[Jopson]

That's odd, I too am in process of building a table. We need a big table for when all the kids come so I like you, decided to make one! I have a mountain of old lumber from crates equipment came in.

Mine is an 8' table with extensions for both ends.

Heavy SOB not sure how I'm going to get it in the house.

I opted out on the benches, Fat guys and little kids on benches don't mix well. I found a pile of old oak restaurant chairs on Craigs List and Joanne is refinishing them.

Nice work JeffK!
I too was concerned about fat guys and benches also, which is why I went with the old Douglas fir barn wood, those SOBs are heavy!!

 

[Jopson]

Thanks again for all the kind words guys! Much appreciated!! Hope to meet you all in spearfish!!

[wiggydotcom]

Geez, you people! We could start a show, "This Old VRCC!"

You guys are talented!

[dreamaker]

Geez, you people! We could start a show, "This Old VRCC!"

You guys are talented!

You want to be talented? Simple!!  Don't ever tell yourself you can't do it, give it a shot and don't quit on yourself, each time you get better.   Understand one simple thing, every flood starts with a drop of water.   Think about that, and apply it to yourself.

[Jopson]

Geez, you people! We could start a show, "This Old VRCC!"

You guys are talented!

You want to be talented? Simple!!  Don't ever tell yourself you can't do it, give it a shot and don't quit on yourself, each time you get better.   Understand one simple thing, every flood starts with a drop of water.   Think about that, and apply it to yourself.

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Well said Dreamaker!

[Stanley Steamer]

I dabble in a little bit of woodworking....purely amateur....a few of my projects..

http://s119.photobucket.com/user/tekman88/library/New%20Bookcase/Woodworking%20shop%20and%20Toy%20Boxes?sort=3&page=1

http://s119.photobucket.com/user/tekman88/library/New%20Bookcase?sort=3&page=1


Enjoyed actually building my little 12'x16' woodworking shop the most...

http://s119.photobucket.com/user/tekman88/library/Woodworking%20Shop%20Construction?sort=3&page=1


Hadn't messed with welding since the 8th grade....got a cheap HF wire welder a couple of years ago and made me a welding table for practice....


http://s119.photobucket.com/user/tekman88/library/Welding%20Table?sort=3&page=1


Then last year I built me a small greenhouse......backyard can't hold any more buildings.....says the Wife....

http://s119.photobucket.com/user/tekman88/library/Greenhouse%202012?sort=6&page=1

[Jopson]

Well Stanley, not a single one of those projects look amateur to me. Really liked the pink box! Very well done sir!

keep posting pics guys, I'm enjoying that this has become a 'look what I've built' thread! Keep up the good work gentlemen! 

[Stanley Steamer]

That was a toy box....I actually built 2 pink ones and a blue one for my nieces and nephew for Christmas one year

[Hooter]

Real nice table and chairs 

These should have looked like toothpick explosions too, I made
them around 1992... The only tools I had were my father's old
aluminum bodied circular saw and my new Milwaukee sawsall.

I made the curved cuts with the sawsall 


Hey hubcapsc! Yours look really smart, I'm hoping mine are still in such good condition in 23 years time!!
 
They were making adirondack chairs on Norm Abram's teevee show,
and I recorded it on the VCR. Then I rewatched it a few times and
made my plans from it...

-Mike "Norm's were better..."

Nice work! That cat almost looks like the real thing!   

[dreamaker]

Just got done with my bird house, what a hack job!! Only had a 4" cut off saw and a Ryobi crap band saw, no excuse.   Bottom was slightly out of square. The worst part is after looking at it, after it was done. I made it out of Red Oak, what was I thinking, I just made The Old Ironsides of bird houses. Probably last longer then the house.  The thing is, at the back garage there is a security flood light, it has motion detection on it, so I had to evict some birds building a nest on it.  Either that or burn down the garage, point is I felt guilty and I built the bird house. I made furniture, but hacked a bird house, what bone head!!

[Gryphon Rider]

I'm sad to say I haven't built anything since I did this rush job in early January, 2011.  I couldn't let my wife's father pay the high-profit cost of a casket for my wife's mother, when I had the capability to design and build something that would do a dignified job for far less.

[dreamaker]

Beautiful work, sorry for your loss, I can't think of anything nicer you could have done for your wife's parents. Got to say, that would be an awesome honor.

[Jopson]

I'm sad to say I haven't built anything since I did this rush job in early January, 2011.  I couldn't let my wife's father pay the high-profit cost of a casket for my wife's mother, when I had the capability to design and build something that would do a dignified job for far less.

That is beautiful work gryphon rider. So sorry for the reason behind its construction though.
But an beautiful tribute to your mother in law.

[Patrick]

There is great satisfaction in doing work yourself. Nice, I like it.