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Woodenskye (Bryan)

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    Design discussion for hallway closet

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    Nice rendering, but I’m still confused (shocking right).  Is this space open and seen?  In 1 of the early photos there was a door, which if the door is always closed, I would paint and probably skip the wainscot, but with that said, if your now making this open and visible all the time you can disregard my previous statement.  

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    Entertainment Center

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    Coop, I think it looks good.  I think it appears light because of the 3 & 4 boards from the left.  They appear lighter, plus they draw the eye more.  Not sure how you will finish, and I’m by no means a great finisher, but maybe you could do a very light wash coat with some tinted shellac or something and maybe it will add a little darkness to the color.

    Outdoor Dining Table

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    If they are deep gouges, the epoxy May add a bit more strength than just wood glue or filler.

    Since you live on the sun you may not get much moisture from the MDF, but I would put some stickers or 2x4’s underneath for air flow, but also some support for the portions hanging off the MDF.

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    Outdoor Dining Table

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    If you were building this table to go in your house, I would be more concerned about hitting that number.  Since this is going outdoors you shouldn’t really need to worry about it dropping that extra %.  Being outside I’m sure the table will fluctuate more than 1% throughout the seasons.

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    Outdoor Dining Table

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    6 hours ago, Kev said:

    You could get away with the width you're looking at with the Domino XL but, not the 500.  I believe rethinking the size of your BBs is the way to go regardless.

     

    I don't think the smaller breadboards would look "funny" at all.  Perhaps some image searches would confirm that.  I also think the C channel is a viable option is you don't like the look of the smaller BBs.

    Do you need them?  Maybe, they do serve a purpose.  Often times with DF, the dry times are hurried so the MC is a bit higher than normal hard wood lumber.  I really think DF is more prone to twisting and cupping than standard hard woods.

    I think the dowels could work.  The difficult part would be the pins, your holes would have to be spot on.  I would also be a little concerned about the strength of the dowels at the pinning point.  I'm also not sure that not pinning them would be an option?

    I have never seen it done with dowels, that’s why I’m not sure it would work. You may need extra, but you bring up a really good point about pinning them.  However I have to think if you drilled carefully and with a small enough bit as to not drill the dowel in half it might work.  Could be an interesting experiment.  

    Outdoor Dining Table

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    2 hours ago, Bushwacked said:

    hmmm he says its best to go into the breadboard about 1/2 to 2/3's the width ... that would be a really deep mortise if I used the 7" breadboards haha. I guess I could dry a drill press and chisel though?? Would hate to screw that up somehow doing it that way.

    Would smaller breadboards, like 3-4" or so look funny on a 9' table? The main table would have about 7 1/2 - 7 3/4 boards for that ... will know once I mill them but they all look mainly good and are all about 8" wide. 

    If they would look goofy, does this table even need them? Maybe C channel would be a better approach? or since it is vertical grain doug fir, it wont be moving too crazy since all the grain is the same and just a normal put together table would work?

    3-4” would be fine, if you wanted to go 5” fine but that starts to be a PITA doing that much chisel work.  I am not sure how thick your top is going to be, but I always wondered if you could use dowels, if no domino xl for the BB ends.  In the middle you do a 3/8 dowel into a 3/8” hole. Then on the outside you do a little larger hole (1/2” or 5/8”).  If this actually worked, then you could do a larger BB end, cause you should be able to find a bit that could drill deep enough and not have the chiseling of the mortise.

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    Cyclone Bags

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    10 minutes ago, Coop said:

    I like the bag as when it swells up like a mamma cow’s udder bag, I know it’s time to clean the baffle filter above it.

    Now there is a description that should be in the manual.

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    Quilt Ladder

    in Member Project Journals

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    9 hours ago, Kev said:

    The way lumber prices are, I'm not sure that would make a huge difference!

    Just use pallet wood, most people wouldn’t know the difference, then you can sit back watch that extra profit add up!

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    Quilt Ladder

    in Member Project Journals

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    1 hour ago, Kev said:

    Was my thoughts too..  My wife wanted thicker but, will probably end up around 6/4 by the time I get them flat 😉

    For the record, I had 2 chunks of 12/4 on hand that I could have used..  Just couldn't bring myself to us it for this project.

     

    Could have been a good resaw test for the new bandsaw

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