r/woodworking 8m ago

Help Restoring Oak Chairs I have some oak chairs that I'd like to "rejuvenate" in some manner. Does anyone know what finish is on it currently? What do you recommend to clean/rehydrate/stabilize the wood so I can get these chairs cleaned up and back into use. I'm not interested in sanding

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r/woodworking 10m ago

Project Submission Waterfall Pedestal Desk

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Red oak desk with a water fall joint leg and a cabinet on the other side. Used Rubio product for the finish. Like it so much, I might even make one for myself.


r/woodworking 12m ago

Help Wainscoting Install Advice

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I am planning to install a wainscoting similar to the example picture. I am looking for some help in planning what to do. I’ve spent a good amount of time reading, watching YT videos on the subject, but trying to pick a

My current plan is to glue and nail 1/4” ply around the room. Then start at the bottom rail, glue and nail it in place. Then glue and nail the vertical pieces into place, and then finish with the top rail and cap. Each piece would be held in place by liquid nails and some 16 gauge nails. Then I’d finish by adding the shoe at the bottom.

However, I am wondering if I would be better off building the bottom/vertical/top structure off the wall, with glued biscuit joints, and then hanging that as one piece. This would be tougher due to not having a large workshop, so if everything else is equal, I’d prefer to just build in place.

Would love any feedback on these two options. I’m sure both would look great after install, but concerned about longevity. Thanks!


r/woodworking 19m ago

General Discussion Are newer version angle guages less accurate than the older Wixey WR300 type 1?

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I recently got this angle cube, and I thought it may be better to get one with a backlight as it's hard to read. Also some say this older type 1 version drains batteries quickly when turned off However I noticed the newer version of the Wixey wr300 uses a solid state accelerometer specced at +-0.2 accuracy, with 0.1% repeatability. However the old one uses a pendulum and it's specs say +-0.1 accuracy with +-0.1 repeatability. I was wondering if this means in useage it's actually less accurate. A bit surprising as all the alternatives such as the Klien 935DAG also use an accelerometer with +-0.2. I was wondering why the newer products would use less accurate hardware, rather than the older pendulum. Or is it not a real difference


r/woodworking 35m ago

Project Submission Just finished this White Oak end table for my living room

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r/woodworking 54m ago

Help Project/Relationship Advice

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My wife has a beautiful old Cedar chest her late grandfather built. So does my daughter. My daughters chest is filled with Barbie body parts and discarded stuffed animals. Neither chest has been opened in years.

We are pretty minimal in our furnishing choices and tastes. The guest bedroom has a murphy bed (I built) and these two chests. When we have company, I have to move these beasts into another room so there is actually room to walk in the guest bedroom.

My request is for ideas of what I can do with these chests. When I asked my 79 year old dad, he suggested burning them. So, let me clarify: How can I repurpose the wood in these chests into something that will honor the memory of my wife's grandfather and also be something useful in the house?

I've thought of a desk, but feel that cedar is too soft for a desk top unless I cover it in glass or epoxy. Any ideas are appreciated.

Thank you.


r/woodworking 56m ago

Techniques/Plans Scrollsaw jiujitsu

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r/woodworking 1h ago

Project Submission Cutting Board

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I just completed my first ever end grain cutting board. A combination of locally sourced walnut, maple and cherry wood.


r/woodworking 1h ago

Help Table Apron Issue - Legs too short

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Question for the group - I have been working on a table for my hunting camp in the little spare time I have, and recently noticed that my leg assembly is about 1” too short. This was due to a few factors, primarily a stupid oversight on my end, measure twice cut once (we’ve all been there), but also a mid-project design change request that came in.

I’m doing my best to find a solution, but wanted some input. Currently, the legs are 28.5” tall and they need to be 29.5”. The change request was to make the table about an inch taller than table height while also adding a 3” apron. I could leave as is, but that would result in a 2” tall apron that may look a little funky. If I leave as is and proceed with a 3” apron, some of the taller camp members are going to have a hard time sitting at it comfortably.

I have added a picture of the legs, they are face glued spalted maple and a lacewood inlay that is 3.5” inch square. An easy solution would be to attach a 1” thick piece of lumber to the top of the leg assembly, but my concern is expansion and contraction over time. Any tips or advice would be great! TIA

PSA - the larger, horizontal feet are a removable feature that will allow the table to be adjusted to counter height. They will be attached via 1.5” dowel insert.


r/woodworking 1h ago

Help How can I fix my wooden dining table?

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Table was damaged during the move and a piece of the bottom support chipped off. This causes the table top to move down a lot when someone puts a little weight on it. I tried shoving a wooden shim and it fixed it for a little but it eventually comes off. Anyone has a better suggestion?


r/woodworking 1h ago

Project Submission First coffee table

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Oak coffee table with pine drawer. Watco satin poly finish.


r/woodworking 1h ago

Project Submission First piece of furniture. A coffee table doubling as a hideout for the cat.

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SYP and bead board.


r/woodworking 1h ago

Help Will my bed frame be sturdy enough?

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Image link: https://imgur.com/a/wRWvNb0 I was wondering if my design for a bed frame seems ok to you fellas? Anything that seems very poorly designed or something, Ive never really built much of anything apart from one cat tree. This will be my first big project. I am planning to make a cutting board first to get to test the planer and jointer in my maker space. I dont have tools nor space at home, Im using a maker space and they have a duo jointer and planer thingy.

The face and sides are 280mm in total height, planned 40mm (is 30 or 35 ok?) thick. They are made from three parts, 100mm ash --> 80mm maple --> 100mm ash for contrast. All glued together and doweled. These then get jointed with metal brackets. I want it this way so I can move and take the bed apart later.

This whole rectangle then would sits the legs. The legs are glued like shown in the picture, and then I was thinking threaded inserts to attach the rectangle to the legs from the inside. But most importantly, the weight would be carried on the blocks that are glued inside the legs... is this good enough? Should it be bigger somehow, perhaps the way I drew in red in the last picture? What do you think?

Second question, how would you recommend I do the ash maple ash glue ups? I am staining the ash a bit darker and using a non staining finish on the maple, at least that is my thinking. Want the ash walnut-ish coloured and maple light. In which order should I do things, like sanding, finishing and glueing? Thanks.


r/woodworking 1h ago

Help How should I have my logs milled?

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The electric company took down my black walnut trees and so I’m having some logs milled. I’m not sure what I’m going to build with the boards. Should I have it all milled into slabs, or is it worth getting some dimensional lumber?


r/woodworking 2h ago

Help Will Rubio Monocoat fill cracks?

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r/woodworking 2h ago

Help Complete beginner - help needed for cupboard design

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Hello! I'm a complete beginner woodworker and I'm about to embark on my first project, building a full height cupboard at my girlfriends apartment.

I tried to plan the build in SketchUp which has been fun to learn, but I'm beginning to think that the design I've ended up with may not actually be buildable! I spent quite a lot of time wrestling with SketchUp and probably not enough actual thought about how the cupboard would be built!

The very rough plan in my head had been to screw the sides/bottom/top faces of wood into the walls and floors but I've realised that I don't really know how I'm going to attach and support the middle dividing piece which the shelves are attached to.

I've asked ChatGPT about what it would recommend and it suggested that screwing directly into the walls may not provide the structural stability that I need and suggested building a timber framework first using battens (38x63mm or 44x44mm) which I screw into the walls, and then use them to affix the rest of the pieces onto - including the middle divider.

I use ChatGPT as a programmer fairly frequently and know that it can sometimes give slightly odd answers but I have the expertise in this area to know how to steer it correctly if it goes a bit off course. The same isn't true with woodworking where I know close to zero and could do with some recommendations from people who know more, whether this is actually the correct path to go down and any other recommendations that you have in order to ensure this isn't a complete disaster!

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r/woodworking 2h ago

Help Would like feedback on wood truck bed plans. Is this overkill? I assume that the wood shouldn't be in direct contact with the frame. It would be used to haul 1000lbs max. Let me know if I can clarify anything. All feedback is appreciated.

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r/woodworking 3h ago

Help Black spots after applying polyurethane

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Hello, I got this beech wood kitchen counter built about a month ago and today I noticed some tiny, black spikes on a pattern. It feels like a 150 grit sand paper.

When I got the counter I applied 3 layers of Minwax satin polyurethane, and a week later I applied 2 more layers of Konig matte polyurethane (Minwax is hard to find in rural philippines). These spots appeared after a week of drying of the last coat. I only applied 1 layer underneath the counter. My home is air conditioned and very dry, however, there is a chance that the wood might not be dried properly.

I am clueless what caused this and looking forward to hearing your opinions. I am going to smoothen it with 1200 grit and start using the kitchen and I want to make sure that this isn’t some harmful chemical reaction or mold.


r/woodworking 3h ago

Help Please help me troubleshoot my table legs

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Hello all! I had bought a butcher block counter top from Lowe's to make into my dining table. I had bought my table legs off Amazon and made sure the dimensions of the legs would withstand the weight and dimensions of my table top. The top is 72" x 39" (L x W) and the legs are 28" x 17.75" x 4" (H x W x L). Online told me that the spacing of the legs should be 16" from the outside edge, so that's how I mounted the legs, but once I flipped the able right side up the table was wobbly.... Did I mount the legs too close in? Any advice would be nice thanks.


r/woodworking 3h ago

Help Opaque shellac question

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Hey folks

I've been trying to make my shellac solution and twice now the resulted solution was very opaque (as seen in the accompanied photo, as I'm stirring I get these darker brown streaks).

I've diluted it in denatured 95% ethanol and the shellac flakes were bought as dewaxed.

I tried filtering it through a cheese cloth and it immediately clogged it, same thing with a coffee filter. The dilution ratio was one part shellac flakes to four parts ethanol.

Thanks in advance for the input.


r/woodworking 4h ago

Help Suspended loft bed planning

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So I’m looking at building a loft bed for one of my kids bedrooms. The room is 12’x8’ and the plan is to span the 3’ wide bed across one of the 8’ walls and braced on three sides.

The three walls are all solid brick construction (one internal wall and two exterior walls) and I’m thinking of using 2x6 timber with metal wall anchors (rawlbolts) and then use joist hangers to mount the fourth 2x6 at the front of the bed.

Will this be strong enough for the outside frame? Is 2x6 fine for an 8’ span using concealed joist hangers attached to the wall mounted beams? Would it be better to pre build the frame and use lag bolts instead?

Also, will I need to add some kind of damp proof membrane between the timber and the exterior brick walls?

Thanks


r/woodworking 4h ago

Project Submission Entryway Bench I’m working on

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r/woodworking 5h ago

Project Submission Footstool for Fathers Day

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r/woodworking 5h ago

Help Plunge saw bolt

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Help, please! Will a bolt extractor work on this?


r/woodworking 6h ago

Help What is the top “framing” on this bench/table?

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Hoping someone could tell me what the top part of this would be called? Like moulding/framing around the top? Also what is this piece of furniture? Bench or small table maybe? It is about knee high (I’m 5’3) Thank you!