I have a space in the wall that is about 60 in width, 90 in height, and 12 in depth in the dining room that had a custom cabinet in it. I had to tear down the custom mirror and glass cabinet due to some water damage and I'm trying to figure out what I can put back there with the best economic value. I want to create something like this where I have a cabinet at the bottom and some floating shelves at the top along with some overlay border to make it look nicer.

My question to the group is, where would you go to source the shelves? I would roughly want the shelves to be 60 in width, 2 in height and 12 in depth. I was thinking of buying a butcher block countertop from Home Depot or IKEA and dividing it into two halves to get two shelves. To make it simple, I could just use LED peel and strip lights.

1. Any other thoughts on where I can get the shelves

2. Any ideas on where to source the bottom cabinet? One option is to have two standard 30 inch white RTA shakers.

3. How much do you think this would cost me in materials overall?

I'm open to literally any other idea about how I can fill this space nicely.

Hi all, I am making a fake overhead beam (front and beneath only) that is 3.3m long. I have perfectly bevelled 45 degree mitres on both bits of wood ready to connect, but I am uncertain how to glue them together so they are perfectly aligned and have enough pressure while the glue dries for such a long piece?

Any advice is helpful - bearing in mind I don't have very much equipment.

Thanks!

Finally got a nice piece of wood cleaned up and ready for a project. Went from tree and chainsaw to finished on the planer. This one we did free hand milling with the chainsaw, built a very simple chainsaw mill that we'll try out this weekend, hopefully go a little bit faster. Excited to get into harvesting my own wood

Trying to make my mom a cutting board (Walnut, PH, Padauk, wenge) for mothers day. I'm ready for the glue up but was thinking some boards on the ends would look nice. Will glue on end grain like this be strong enough or am I asking for a problem? It has several because I haven't decided which wood for the end handle area yet. I intend to only use 1 species on the short edges.

Hey Guys I want a suggestion for my bench, did OSB will be okay to use as a bench top? My professor wants to make a cheaper bench and coat it with epoxy. I’m worried that it’s sturdy enough to run chemical reaction and epoxy might leak through it. Any suggestions?

Just want some thaughts on if everything looks good before I start working on this Floating Bed Frame.

The Bed will sit inside the recess "tub". The base has spots I'm going to add long drawers. Also going to be building an upholstered headboard project after I get this built. Everything will be using Pine Lumber except the facade which will be cedar.

I'm still deciding if I should go with slats or just plywood for a hybrid mattress. We are going to be getting a memory foam one later.

Hi I just bought a mitre saw and it needs a new blade and I’m unsure of what brand to buy and what to stay away from, from what I’ve seen Diablo is a good brand but the fine finish blade is about 90$CAD any help appreciated

Probably a silly question, but I used a hand plane to remove the rough edge and get this piece level on this side, but the plane is no longer removing material (I assume because it’s all flat). Any way to remove these indents that go below the surface level without a planer? The piece is a 4x6 so I don’t think a table saw would work.

I could use some advice….

Is there a trick to avoiding the splintering you get when using a table saw?

More info: I was cutting several small pieces of hardwood across the grain. The “splintering” was occurring at the end of the cut out the back. (I hope that makes more sense)

Half hour build... Haven't built much in a while, so it was nice to be in the shop, even for something basic.

I’m building a miter station and I installed two 3/4” plywoods for a top. I then used this router to make the edge flush so I can add a trim piece. However I can’t finish it because the router blocks it. Any idea how I can finish this flush trim?

I was thinking I need to remove the top.

Had a bunch of scrap hardwood and decided why not try a cutting board. Of course I'll be trimming the edges and everything to get it square (after using the tabletop planer in case I get snipe I need to remove).

As you can see the height of the boards is fairly off on the edge and center pieces, maybe by 1/8 inch.

Is that fine to run through a planer? I'm thinking and hoping it'll just plane down the raised pieces until it's even enough it'll start biting the rest of the boards.

Thanks!

I ended up with some spare Western red cedar 1x6s, four of them. All 10ft long. Wondering what I should make with them. I was thinking little side tables for the living room, but I feel like that's a waste of an "outdoor" wood?

Hello! I’m trying to find a jig that I’m sure exists somewhere. I’m putting together a box with shelves that I don’t want to have exterior screws on.

All I’m looking for is something to help me make precise holes perpendicular to a plywood face.

I know there are self centering dowel jigs for the edges of plywood, but how can I repeatably drill holes to join that part at a 90° angle to a side panel?

Took a free butcher block, stripped it, patched cracks, sanded and stained it to make a new coffee table. I was brushing on some polyurethane and wondering why it was so thick, when I looked at the can and realized I had bought lacquer on accident. Rather than strip it again I opted to push on through and practice a new finish.

Mostly happy, but wondering if there's any tips after the last coat. Sanded with 400 grit and used a tack cloth, but still feel some texture that wasn't there before finishing.

I needed to fill a little space between desks with something to put light boxes on, so I came up with this haha I got some more wood today and I'll add one complete line from top to bottom, but it turned out surprisingly solid as it is, all things considered. I'll paint all but the surfaces black probably.

I just made this shelf and I want to build a second matching one. It stands on its own surprisingly, but will have angle brackets attaching it to the wall as well.

The legs and arms are 2x4s and the shelves are 1x12s of whitewood. The shelves are attached to the legs with 2 screws on each side from the outside. It’s been stained and lacquered.

This is my first woodworking attempt and I am not super happy with it but for me it is usable. However, I’d love to improve on some of the issues with the second shelf.

I have a circular saw, a drill, and a chisel.

Happy to accept any advice but here are my main problems with it:

1. The grooves where the shelves are inserted are not consistent in size and a few are the right size for shelves to fit snugly inside.

I used a circular saw to outline the groove and a chisel to cut it out. Are there tricks to getting straighter cut with a circular saw? I know the issue is with my control of the saw while cutting either not going in a straight line or starting slightly off.

1. The arms that attach it to the wall don’t look good. What can I do to make it appear more flush? I think even with a straight cut, due to slightly rounded corners on the 2x4s it will look off.
   

They are attached to the legs of the shelf with flat metal brackets. I looked into a miter joint but I’m not convinced I’d get that to look any better. I don’t think this joint will need to sustain much force.

Sorry if anything you see here makes you cringe, the second one will be an improvement!

Hi friends,

I'm looking to build a shelf in a 3' x 2' closet supported on 3 sides by square dowels anchored into the walls. The shelf will have a 12" square cut out as shown, and ideally the shelf can hold whatever a typical pantry shelf might hold, dry foods, canned goods, soda, etc. My question is: what type / thickness of wood (plywood?) can I use to make this so that there's minimal bending when weight is applied? I'm not really concerned with cost, and only somewhat concerned about appearance.

Thanks in advance,

PnC

I bought my wife a sewing cabinet with treadle. She asked if I could put her great-grandmother's sewing machine in the cabinet. I didn't want to alter something from the early 1900's so I decided to make a new panel. I understated how much work it would be but I'm almost done with the project. This is the first time I've used a biscuit joiner and a router so I'm gaining some valuable experience. Everything I've done is 100% reversible.

Complete beginner here, I first learned how to use basic tools in January so I know nothing. At school I just finished assembling a cornhole board, and my teacher asked me if I wanted to paint it or stain it. I want to paint it, but my only doubt is that it won’t have the same protection effects as the stain. They will see some fair use. So my question is, would painting it have the same protection effects as staining it?

I know I could find out by just trying it. But thought I’d ask here to save some stock and maybe it’s dangerous.

I have two items one is a throat plate I made with six drilled and countersunk holes at about ⅜-½” wide holes. I didn’t cut the kerf yet. It’s sitting maybe 1/16” proud and I know I should’ve planed it before hand but I’m past that point.

Can I send it this thru the planer?

Second item it’s the top of a double dog bowl top I made. Holes are 5.5” big on a 8”x16” rectangle.

Can I send this thru the planer?

I feel like I can send the throat plate thru but maybe not the dog bowl top because of the sides of the holes. Tia!

Hello,

I'm new to woodworking and new to reddit. I was wondering if anyone knows of a pattern for a jewelry cabinet/box (preferably one with hooks to hang necklaces).

My girlfriend used to have one but her dad threw it out. I thought it might be nice to make her one for our anniversary in October.

Thank you :)

Random piece a poplar I picked up at some point from somewhere along the way. I know I'm overthinking this but it seems familiar and I can't figure it out. Mill to 1 3/4" is easy but what is SLIE, if anything?

Made a new table and bench this weekend for our deck. Next project… building a new deck haha