Woodworking Thread - NEED MORE CLAMPS

I nailed many a finger to a cabinet or countertop back in my college days working as a carpenter
its amazing how much a little nail can curve and find your finger

 

It was a bitch to refinish.

I guess in the 70's ship hatch cover tables were all the rage. My dad found 3 hatches when he was in college and had them made into tables. The legs were these 12" rounds of fir and the top had this old resin on it that was was nearly an inch thick in some places. I just had to heat gun the shit outta it then scrape it off. It took forever but I am happy with the end result.

 

I've nailed myself three times. Once just under the skin on my hand with a 16d, got lucky there. On the second a tape measure was inside the nailer frame depressing the trigger and when I kicked it out of the way it buried 2 1/2" finish nail through my shoe into my heel. Had to cut away the heel of the shoe to get a pliers on the head to pull it out. Third time, nailed a finish nail completely through my left index and ring finger somehow missing the bone.

Nailed three times and was able to pull them all out with pliers and go back to work.

 

those big framing nails you gotta get out quick cause most have a glue on them that will start to set up

we were framing a gazebo when the guy I was working with slipped and shot one into his thigh, I got the joy of pulling it out while he almost passed out

same guy is who wrapped up my hand and drove me to the ER when I slipped and cut off three fingers in a table saw

 

wrap it up with electrical tape and go back to work dammit!

 

Ahhh shit, you win.

Get them sewn back on?

If so, do you have any feeling in them?

 

best one I remember was a guy who went back to work by himself after a break, nailing something to the top of a wall he slipped and nailed his left hand to the top plate on a wall, while he was up on a ladder
luckily he had his hammer and knocked the top plate off, climbed down and grabbed the skill saw
he got it cut to about a foot on each side of his hand and was walking up to us (looked like he was carrying a short board) when we came pulling back up to the jobsite after running to the store during break

drove him to the hospital with that board still in his hand

 

yea, got most of the feeling back
they were all hanging by the bottom side skin
8 pins later, I lost the middle joint in my pinkie, it is just a bent stiff finger now,
for a year it was perfectly straight and that is annoying as hell, had a second surgery where the doctor broke my pinkie back and re-set it gripping a hammer handle, its much more useful this way

 

reading this thread like

 

its pretty much bound to happen to you in one way or another with woodworking

 

you can pretty much still see the pattern of the saw blade in the scar across my middle finger on my right hand (finger that took the least damage)

 

The table saw is the one thing I really fear and take the most caution in using. Still have had many close calls.

 

yeaaaaaaaaaaaa i think ill just pay too much to the amish amirite? honestly i wanted to get into woodworking a while ago but determined i just dont have the space. My garage basically fits our cars and I value being able to park inside vs. using my garage for space.

i had enough of near-finger-losing when i nearly had one chopped off with a hockey stick during a game.

 

I was honestly too comfortable using it, had used it thousands of times before
was cutting 6 inch rips for some closet shelving cleats, guy across the saw catching grabbed the bigger fall piece and the ripped piece started to fall, so I reached across to grab it and keep it from falling, reached right across the blade
sucks your hand down in it pretty damn fast

 

I totally understand and I don't use it everyday but did for a long time. It is just the only piece of equipment that I picture tearing me up for some reason.

 

Yep, I had one those trim rosettes get kicked back and stuck in the wall ten feet behind me.

 

I know this is more of fine woodworking thread but I am going to be doing a perimeter fence around my place and its my first time setting posts. Any advice? I have researched the hell out of it but there are always helpful tips from people who have done it before.

 

I'm no expert- but from my experience building a dock these past few weeks- make sure it's square, and make sure your posts are square or else you'll have a bad time.

 

The way I have done it is two strings, one for the top height and the bottom one for vertical. Keeps everything straight and you only have to level one direction. Set the posts on both ends first making sure the are level in both directions and then string between them. Use a gauge block though so the posts are offset from the string some and don't interfere.

Also, I prefer to have the top 2x4 flat to keep the fence straight and the bottom one on edge to hold the section up and keep it from sagging.

 

This is probably the most important thing.

 

Here's the hanging planter I built for my girlfriend this past weekend. Didn't turn out quite as well as I would have liked. My mitre saw didn't make even cuts on the 45 degree cuts and I need to work on my staining techniques.

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And here's a wine rack I made out of a pallet a couple years ago. Wish I had the tools I have now back when I built this. It would have turned out a little nicer.

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I like it- simple, but a nice herb garden. I think I need one like this when I re-do / expand my back patio.

 

Finished wine rack

 

I want to build a corner cabinet and a cover/counter for a wine fridge for my dining room. I'm thinking of putting racks in the cabinet to suspend stemware but am not opposed to hanging them on a wall-mounted bit too. Anyone got thoughts? It's an open wall, no windows, about 14'

 

My dad and I just got done putting up a handrail in my garage going to an upstairs apartment. I guess this might be better suited for the home improvement thread, but I've been posting in here more.

 

Not sure where to post this, but i made a fire poker/tool out of a pine branch and some rebar. Works really well.

 

Nice ventilated stacking in that fireplace.

 

Guess i could also post a few pics of a treehouse me and my brother built as a Christmas present for his kids. Its not totally finished yet. He still has to put some finishing touches on it this week.

Its roughly an 8'x20' split level treehouse. 8'x8' section on the left is 5' high and the 8'x12' section on the right is 6' high with a 5'x8' clubhouse on it.

 

Nice tree house

 

Thanks

 

I need to build something like that at my deer camp in the next couple of years- maybe not quite that big though... That's a lot of lumber

 

Think my bro spent like $1400 total on wood, slides, screws and whatever else. I made a smaller one for my girls last year that cost about $700. Whatever size/price range your looking at it's much more affordable to built yourself rather than buying some p.o.s. pre-made version.

 

Cut up 4 1x12x12s and 3 1x8x8s into honey bee boxes today. Now I just have to glue, nail, and paint them all.

 

Very nice. I'm still waiting on half of my hive to be delivered.

 

Just an incredible amount of work but holy hell, what an achievement.

 

I got my flow frames in today. Should be getting my bees by the end of the month.

 

Look forward to hearing how it goes.

 

Definitely keep us updated on these- they look so awesome / easy to use

 

I will report back.

 

Not really woodworking, but put this together Saturday.


Also got done painting some of the hives I built.

 

We built one very similar to that 2 weekends ago- thing was a bitch.

What are the mats you have, our daughter isn't quite 2 yet- so it would be nice to put something like that under the swings / stairs so if she does fall it'll pad it a little.

 

My parent's church replaced their playground last year. Scavenged these off of that set. Also have a tunnel slide i'm going to run off the back for them to be able to crawl through.

And yes, it was a bitch to put up. Took 3 of us about 9 hours.

 

What's the name of the vine with yellow flowers growing up the power pole?

 

Yellow jasmine. Bees are all over it this time of year.

 

Built this table last month, fucked up the finish a little bit but it turned out alright. Also, the bookshelf in the background is the one I built last year.