Duck Pond Redneckery


Thinking I'm going to build this today.

Cuz I can't think of anything else to do except..... go drive a truck. :eek:

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When I was wood working I had a million jigs for my table saw. Here's one for cutting a sheet of plywood.

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That plastic protector was the first thing to go! The most work for any project was the planning. Many things are 2" pieces. They make up the frame. You want to cut them ALL at the same time at the same setting with the same jig. All the half lap. All the dado's. All the mortise. All the tenons and so on.

I use to go to Boston once every few months and take a class by some well known cabinet maker. 4 hours sitting in a shop class learning how to cut a board. Learned a lot. Most of the furniture I made was a one shot deal for someone as a gift or just for the price of the wood.

My desk at home I made.

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When I was wood working I had a million jigs for my table saw. Here's one for cutting a sheet of plywood.

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That plastic protector was the first thing to go! The most work for any project was the planning. Many things are 2" pieces. They make up the frame. You want to cut them ALL at the same time at the same setting with the same jig. All the half lap. All the dado's. All the mortise. All the tenons and so on.

I use to go to Boston once every few months and take a class by some well known cabinet maker. 4 hours sitting in a shop class learning how to cut a board. Learned a lot. Most of the furniture I made was a one shot deal for someone as a gift or just for the price of the wood.

My desk at home I made.

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great job on the desk!! looks professional!!:thumbsup:
 
I noticed this dark spot on the edge of the ceiling. Instantly got pissed off thinking wind is still blowing rain through the crappy siding work I thought I'd sealed up before starting on the ceiling.

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So I dragged the big ladder in, moved the tool boxes, etc.

Got up there and discovered it's the shadow from this shelf bracket I'd just put up.

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I did the bolt distance exactly 36".

Top & bottom wall bracket holes are 36" apart and the horizontal has it's holes 36 apart.

Then I did math to determine the distance from the top bracket hole and the one in the end of the horizontal, away from the wall.

36 squared, times two, then square root. Then convert decimal to fraction... 50-7/8.

Dilled a 2x4 that way and it holds the horizontal piece doggone flippin' dog-gammed perfectly square 90 redacted degrees to the wall post.

:eek:

Does that mean I'm a nerd now that I remembered some 5th grade math? :stare1:



When I did the furnace thing I had the scaffold under it. I simply took a 2x4 and C-clamp, adjusted it til the horizontal was actually horizontal, tightened the clamps and drilled it.

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OMG the dark spot on the ceiling is getting worse!!! :panic:

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When I was wood working I had a million jigs for my table saw. Here's one for cutting a sheet of plywood.

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That plastic protector was the first thing to go! The most work for any project was the planning. Many things are 2" pieces. They make up the frame. You want to cut them ALL at the same time at the same setting with the same jig. All the half lap. All the dado's. All the mortise. All the tenons and so on.

I use to go to Boston once every few months and take a class by some well known cabinet maker. 4 hours sitting in a shop class learning how to cut a board. Learned a lot. Most of the furniture I made was a one shot deal for someone as a gift or just for the price of the wood.

My desk at home I made.

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i bought my desk, they delivered it....BUT I STILL HAD TO ASSEMBLE IT.......:throwfit:
 
Did ya grease it up before insertin' it?

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Stupid phone. :order:

Actually...

Have you ever drilled a 3/8" hole in wood and then tried to shove a 3/8" bolt through it? Any size really, as long as the drill is the same size as the bolt.

You can do it just fine in metal but in wood you either gotta go with the next size larger drill bit or wiggle the drill bit in the hole to enlarge it.

In the particular hole I mentioned that you're making fun of, the hole was too tight so I had to beat it through with a hammer.
 

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