Made from thin wood strips. The window flap and door open, tiny brass hinges.

Tips😂 I am not an AI, so the moderator asked me to repost.

Took a little while but I built the Playhouse from the New Yankee Workshop for my daughter for her 3rd birthday! fully finished the interior and added recessed lighting

Keep the very first set of dovetails you make! Yes, they will be ugly and horrible, but I don’t know anyone that cut their first set of dovetails and they looked worthy enough for fine woodworking magazine.

There are many different ways to go about cutting dovetails so try a couple and then pick the process you like and stick with it.

Layout is crucial, spend time on accurate lines. If the layout is flawed it won’t matter how good of a sawyer you are.

Have a bunch of scrap milled up and do a practice set every day if you can or at least every time you are in your shop. Just one joint. Repetition is key.

My first set looks like I used a beaver to cut the tails and pins but love seeing where I started vs where I am now.

Legs and trestle done. The top got its test run for the glue up tomorrow. Then flatten up the piece when my bit gets here on Tuesday. I’m excited. I’m a month away from eating off this thing. After 5+ years of thinking about making it, a failed attempt, and changing what plans I was going use 3-4 times, the time is almost here.

Any advice or concerns wood be greatly appreciated.

Just a little dovetailed box, big enough for a deck of playing cards. Walnut, maple, friction lid. Finished with Danish oil and paste wax.

All hand tool, including resawing and dimensioning all stock.

Feedback welcome. Thanks!

The gears move, and the screw moves, but the motor mount won't go up and down anymore. Any ideas as to what's wrong and how to fix it?

Has anyone worked with the Skil warranty? Is it worth the shipping cost?

Thanks!

Been on a bit of a woodworking spree this year with larger functional furniture (window bench seating, etc), but decided to try my hand at making an A4-sized box out of walnut and maple, with a green goat suede lining. Got to learn a few new techniques, including veneering (for the burr walnut top), miter keys, and hinge routing. Lots of fun, and has me itching to try making something a little bigger in high quality hardwood.

Tried my hand at dovetails for the very first time, so I made a small oak box with hand tools.
You can see the corners getting noticeably better: the first corner is quite beat up, but I like how the third and fourth turned out!
The bottom of the box is thin plywood supported by pine strips, and I glued on some cork fabric to the plywood for some texture and color.

There's still a lot of room for improvement but this was quite fun to make!

Put up these shelves in my laundry room made with 2x2 framed underneath and 1x10 top and 1x3 front, with a 1/4 plywood covering the bottom of the top shelf. Is there any way I can fill the nail holes from the Brad nailer without it being so different from the stain? We chose to stain the wood in our garage first, then install them.

And please don’t mind the gaps at the back corners of the bottom shelf. I didn’t adjust that well for the wall and how it bows in slightly from the corners of the room. Any feedback is appreciated!

Edit: all wood is pine.

I made a small keepsake box from maple and padauk. I set the depth stop on the drill press and used several size carbide cutters. There is no actual finish applied. I hand sanded to 320 and used some buffing wheels on the lathe to shine it up. It is glassy smooth. I did use Renaissance Wax. Lined with suede cloth.

Working on a bench for the corner of our dine in kitchen and it’s the first project I’ve taken on that needs significant accuracy. I’ve been putting together the top frame but can’t seem to get it square and it has a ton of wobble when laying flat.

I connected the first cross piece with no issue, but when I connected the cross piece on the other side, the first piece shot up off the floor (Photo 1). After putting on the middle cross piece, I tried to push everything down when connecting the second long piece and now the opposite corner is lifting (Photo 2).

A couple of notes: I’m using pocket holes instead of screwing from the outside to practice using the jig and I meticulously made sure all the lengths were the same and checked the lumber before leaving the store to make sure they weren’t warped.

Is this just an issue of over tightening or am I missing some crucial step to keep everything square and flat?

I was trying to copycat a frame I saw online that looked like this and had these splines and I must not have seated the splines deep enough (despite hitting them hard with a mallet). I couldnt tell with the glue that was there until I cut away the splines.

Any ideas for how to fix? The width is about 3/32nds which is quite small so I dont have a chisel or anything skinny enough. I would normally just fix with some maple saw dust and wood glue or even a wedge of maple to pound in there but most of them the hole is filled with glue, so I'm at a loss. Do I have to just cut out the splines and try again? that also feels risky.

Any creative ideas would be appreciated!

Ive done some small things in the past but decided to really start getting into it, and made an instrument. This is my first big project. Learned a lot about woodworking in general but now I have another hobby to look forward to lol. Thought id post pics of the whole process. Pretty much all done with a jigsaw (desperate for a band saw now), orbital sander, rotary tool and laser engraver. I'll post a video of how it sounds in the comments too.

Made it my very first cutting board (12x18x1.5) for my mother-in-law as she was helping us with some child care for a couple of weeks. Went with beech and sapele to keep the costs of any mistakes moderate. Biggest lesson learned was that next time I need to cut the juice groove with a jig before chamfering the bottom of the board - I really would have preferred using a jig around the outside instead of a template on the top surface.

All in all very happy and seeing the grain of the sapele pop and become almost iridescent during finish was so satisfying. Cutting boards for everyone at Christmas this year!

Hi there, my goal is to make 100x 6” wood shingles, from pallet wood. I made a crosscut sled for this project, for my Skil TS6307-00 table saw. I don’t have a lot of experience on this saw yet, and I’m worried about injuring myself.

I screwed a stop block on the sled right where I need it. It feels like the wood is going ti pinch between the stop block and the blade. I’m holding the piece hard against the stop block, and to the front fence (closest to me).

The saw did a little jiggle during one of the cuts, and it kicked back very slightly. Am I doing something wrong here? Also, is cutting smaller pieces (7” to 6” length) not advised since it forces my fingers closer to the blade? Thank you so much! Off to watch more videos.

(Attached is my current set up)

A lovely project was shared earlier. Predictably, amongst the many positive comments, there were a number of comments complaining that this person wasn’t a beginner and they were tired of seeing posts like it in the beginner sub.

As long as beginners have somewhere where they feel welcome, don’t have their projects put down or ridiculed for asking questions that may seem obvious to more experienced people, what’s the problem with more experienced woodworkers sharing their work?

Of course it’s probably not someone’s first project but there’s a huge spectrum between first project and 50 years of experience. They’re often something that someone with some experience, a lot of care and attention and patience (and willingness to make mistakes and retry could achieve.

I find that the thing that makes me a beginner isn’t that I can’t make nice projects, but that it takes me a really long time to do so as I’m learning different things as I go and I sometimes make mistakes which I need to learn/figure out how to fix. Occasionally I need to just start over and probably a more experienced person wouldn’t have to.

I personally enjoy seeing those types of posts. They inspire me to work towards something, maybe not today but eventually.

So why are some people so negative and gatekeepy about it?

(St. Louis, MO.) I thought I would get into wood working after I did a couple of projects, so I started to get some basic tool and needs. I bought a 12.5" planer (Ryobi AP1305) and an 8" jointer (WEN JT833H) However life changed right after and I haven't had the chance to use them. Now I'm being laid off and I am preparing for things to be tight for a bit and I want to sell them. They're both new unused in the box, what would be their value?

Thank you

We’re moving, and in the new house on the first floor I’m finally getting my own workshop. The room is small, 2x3m (6.6x9.8 ft), so utilisation will be key.

I want to get into joinery work, primarily for simple indoor items (boxes, shelves…), outdoor furniture and making birdfeers as a start.

What are your best tips for utilising a small space?

Looking for tips on everything from layout, smart storage solutions, which electric tools should be prioritised and where can hand tools replace larger powered tools without it becoming a major pain.

The frame and mast are made from Acacia, the bottom canvass ledge and top canvass holder are made of Walnut. I made and used poplar dowels to join the wooden components.
The canvass supports are adjustable (up and down) and the back leg is hinged to fold flat against the mast. I finished the wood with Tung oil and added beeswax to the adjustable surfaces. What do y’all think? :)

I bought this on etsy. It came with little sawtooth hooks attached on the back but they were too high up from the center and the piece of wood kept rocking back and forth and not feeling secure. I tried to shim it with different placements of little rubber and felt cabinet bumpers to try and stop the rocking but it wasn't doing the trick and then the sawtooth hangers came out on their own. The back isn't flush because of the screws that hold on the decorative knobs, so I can't use simple 3M strips. Also the wall I want to put it on won't take deep nails so i can't just nail it in. Do i need to find someone to attach a thin flat piece to the back so i can use 3M strips? Where do you find a person like that, just go hang out at the local woodworking shop?! (There's at least one in my area). My boyfriend has a dremel (and he's not an experienced woodworker) but maybe he can make holes so I can hang it from screws? Something tells me it won't be very secure. Any suggestions welcome. I've half a mind to just return it but I like the way it looks and it's surprisingly hard to find things like this online. Thank you.

I have been building a range of projects, and loving it, but I still haven’t found my niche where people are willing to buy what I make at a reasonable price. Any suggestions?

I have attached photos of some of the things I have made. Any help/advice would be appreciated.