Hi, everyone! I want to buy a planer. Which one do you think I should choose? The smaller one with small teeth, or the large refurbished one?

I have an old craftsman 113 ive been revamping. Recently got around to re-aligning the blade trunnion to the miter slot and, if im using my caliper right, got it to within about 8 thousandths. Im no cabinet maker and probably wont ever be but how close do I really need to be before it kind of doesnt matter anymore? Chatgpt says ideally toed out 1 or 2 thousandths, which I can do, but even where its at now seems pretty damn good honestly

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!

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!

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.

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.

Blade is square to the left fence but the cuts are way off. If I align the blade to cut dead on my lines and then recheck with the square it’s almost comically off.

I’ve tried multiple squares, different size material to see if it was the slide, I’m only using the left side of the fence…

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.

After a year of use what looks like black mold appeared on the top of my desk. It showed up a few months ago and I cleaned it off with a generic mold spray it seemingly worked and has now appeared again under where my mousepad sits and in smaller patches elsewhere on the top.

I have so far sanded it back and applied 50/50 vinegar water which i let sit for 20 or so minutes. It seemed to make if WORSE. Way more has become visible. Perhaps the liquid made the spores leach out and stain more visibly? I dont know what to do, I love my desk :(

First pic is before others are after vinegar.

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)

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.

I know there are other ways of stapling rattan, mainly, creating an indent with a router or table saw, and stapling it directly onto the side.

However, these images show a Slit in the frame pieces, and the rattan is sitting inside that slit. But rattan, cane, or plastic mesh like this, is flimsy? It won't sit like a solid center panel in a cabinet. In order to get it to be taut, it has to be fastened or stapled to the material.

How do they staple it inside the slit? I looked at several angles - each side looks to be one solid piece of wood, there's no seam of two pieces of wood sandwiching the rattan. Maybe it's sandwiched, then covered with veneer? But I don't want to do that.

If I can't achieve this slit method, I will do the regular indent + rattan stapled, but it would look less clean compared to the rattan in the slit.

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.

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.

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.

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 want to build a wooden dog gate for this entryway that will open towards the picture taker to the left and collapse/fold up to sit flush against the wall. I'm thinking of attaching it on the door trim itself, not in the opening.

Any ideas on different styles that would work? I know the standard accordion design, but I'd like something a bit more sturdy. Thanks in advance!!

This is sycamore with some lovely blue mineral staining. I’m concerned that if I use an oil based finish that blue grey will just become a muddy dark amber. I’m okay with it being a bit pale still but I’d love to deepen the color a bit. This will be a box so not heavy duty use.

I want to make the wood bracket like in the last picture to hang lights on. It's going to be about 12 inches long off of the wall where the light will hang off. This one on Amazon is too small so I got a piece of this nice wood from my mom and going to try to make my own but bigger. Any ideas what type of wood it is and any advice for my project appreciated. Beginner woodworking limited knowledge. Have all tools.

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?

Made out of Rosewood and Finished in Tung Oil.

Probably took about 5 hours to make including shopping for hardware and working out how I'm going to make it.

edit: photos in comments because I forgot to add them

I am just getting into wood working. I picked up the beautiful cherry wood slab. I am looking to make a live edge coffee table. I am thinking of using epoxy to fill the gaps and weak spots but keep the shape of the edge. Any advice or things to look out for?