My woodworking old man hobby
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DXWarlock
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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 17:07    Post subject: My woodworking old man hobby
Actually have started to work on getting in garage and making things for other people, maybe even selling somethings on etsy or local art/marketplace weekend locations we have from time to time.
Figured I'd share if anyone cares to see. And Make a thread incase anyone else dabbles in it to share/talk about woodworking stuff. If not, just a place for me to post pics as I feel like if of stuff I made Razz

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Friend wanted a Ligma sign...inside joke about how he loves those dumb jokes like Ligma, and Deez (deez nutz). I joked he would probably hang a sign that said Ligma in his house, and he said he would totally hang one in his house, so I made him one:


Wife wanted a squared planter/table/stand to fit in the spot near our front door. So made her one that complimented the brick colors of the house with her name custom engraved in it:


Another for a friend whos young daughter likes horses:


And not so much things made. But my plan to replace the 'temp' table setup I quickly made when we moved in, that is now 5 years old. And what I want to make to replace it.
Ignore the hectic messy ass state the pic of what is there now is. Was in there this weekend working and am BAD about cleaning up after when tired and sweaty:
This is one wall of the garage I really need to redo to be more user friendly and utilize space better.

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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 17:10    Post subject:
The fine thing with getting older is not giving a fuck what other people think and do what we like. They look good
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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 17:14    Post subject:
Haha I do it because if I didn't I'd be a sedentary lifestyle, joints aching old man, that just gets fat and lazy.
Well I still and lazy, and could stand to lose 20 lbs. But at least I trick myself into thinking doing this as a hobby keeps me active and then don't 'need' to go to the gym. Laughing

And thanks. I haven't really done any hard/challenging woodworking stuff in ages. I piddled around with spice racks, shelves, and bookcases and the like over the last years. But when I stopped construction and remodeling as a job, I didn't do as much. But now it's more I want to, than feel it reminds me of a job I hated long ago Smile


-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf

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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 17:15    Post subject:
looks quite professional!
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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 19:02    Post subject:
DXWarlock wrote:

Another for a friend whos young daughter likes horses:


Stop horsing around, DX Cool Face

Lame jokes aside, these look pretty good.



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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 20:12    Post subject:
Looks really good ! Very Happy
Everyone should have a side hobby , good for your health.



Now do a lol wut image with NFO hump text Smug

I figure you do this for a long time since it looks very good/pro . Smile


Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man. Reaction
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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 20:48    Post subject:
HIz wrote:
Now do a lol wut image with NFO hump text

Find me a 3d STL or image relief of one I can model it for CNC in aspire and I'd be happy too Smile

The horse head itself was on my CNC with multiple layers of relief art I had/found (horse head, celtic circle, and textured backdrop), the 'my hands on part' beyond telling the CNC in what order to do what to make the horse head layers (well and making sure what I told it to cut was centered and the right size and right depth) was: cutting/planing/gluing the wood strips together that made the square, routing the edges, and staining/varnishing it.

Not that the CNC parts wasn't a learning curve, kinda like any wood working tool I guess. But FAR easier than hand carving for sure by a mile.
But learning which bits to use when (up cut, down cut, combo, bull nose, v head) along which which size for what procedure and what feed and speeds to use for what wood and grain.

I have broken a dozen or so worth $50-$100 total learning it...lol
I got a whole little box of tiny broke bits this size
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Also learned a CNC is an AMAZING machine to fling wood across your workshop at high speed if you dont clamp it down well/right and bit bites into it too hard.


-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf

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PostPosted: Thu, 30th Mar 2023 21:06    Post subject:
Horse head is great!


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PostPosted: Fri, 31st Mar 2023 01:58    Post subject:
Pretty sweet, I'm out of space + unit or i'd be all over the CNC cutter.
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PostPosted: Wed, 10th May 2023 17:53    Post subject:
Started organizing my garage, never had enough storage space so always had things in the way of other things on any flat surface as I shuffled shit around out of the way of other things. As you can see in the pics...lol

So made some drawers!

Making 18 drawers by myself was more time consuming than I expected. But glad I got them done. 0.6m x0.6m [2 feet x 2 feet] each in size so plenty deep and wide to hold shit.
Floor and area is a mess, and sawdust EVERYWHERE. Ignore that, no matter how often I clean it after about 4 hours out there it looks like that. How people on youtube have workshops that always look like it was just deep cleaned I have no idea Razz

One is a husky roll around thing I added drawers to:
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The other is a whole rollable workspace I made with a removable top (top comes off with 4 bolts if I ever need to replace it):
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-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf

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PostPosted: Wed, 10th May 2023 22:33    Post subject:
Nice, now get a picture clicked of you standing in front of your work like those instathots



1 and 2 are still amazing.
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PostPosted: Wed, 10th May 2023 22:55    Post subject:
Fuck that, if I wanted people on the internet to know what I look like I'd have an instagram Razz
My facebook doesn't even have pics of me LOL. Last time I took/had a pic of me took was like 10 years ago. Im nearly 50 now, no one wants to see an out of shape 50 year old dude. Very Happy


-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf

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PostPosted: Wed, 10th May 2023 23:36    Post subject:
Ace2kx wants to see men and will accept all pix in PM Cool Face



1 and 2 are still amazing.
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PostPosted: Sun, 1st Oct 2023 22:53    Post subject:
Haven't updated in a while. As I'm pretty sure this threads majority of activity is me posting in it.
But only 'social' place I do online is here. Don't do reddit or twitter/whatever, so you guys get my mundane updates Razz

And most what I have made is random shit for around the house and nothing worth posting. Or at least I dont think it is. Mostly obligatory 'if you do workworking you must do these' things. Stuff like a spice rack I think everyone must make if they woodwork, along with the same for a cutting board for wife, and a planter/potted plant rack for wife garden.
Along with 2 random end tables for next to our bed, a picnic table for a friend, and basic shit.

But picked up a CNC laser to add to my list of garage shop tools.
Got the laser setup and working on dialing in the settings for gradient ranges (so not too dark or light, can see it's burning WAY too dark now those are supposed to be varying shades of grey to black).

WAY more smoky than I expected. If anyone wants to feel like you are standing near a campfire come stand in my garage with the door shut Laughing
Also tried it on metal business cards, it works good.



-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf

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PostPosted: Sun, 1st Oct 2023 23:52    Post subject:
Video is private buddy


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PostPosted: Mon, 2nd Oct 2023 00:00    Post subject:
Well shit not sure why it defaulted to that setting, fixed Smile


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-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf

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PostPosted: Sat, 4th Nov 2023 12:22    Post subject:
I've seen those vids on YT, about woodworking. I really would like to be able to build nice furniture for example. For now I have a hammer, some low quality chisels, saws, and there is no nice wood. So it is not going to happen soon. I wish you the best though. Wink
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PostPosted: Sat, 4th Nov 2023 22:06    Post subject:
very nice
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PostPosted: Tue, 7th Nov 2023 22:47    Post subject:
iconized wrote:
I've seen those vids on YT, about woodworking. I really would like to be able to build nice furniture for example. For now I have a hammer, some low quality chisels, saws, and there is no nice wood. So it is not going to happen soon. I wish you the best though. Wink

Thats all you need. Back when I was poor I had a 2nd hand circular saw, some chisels that you couldn't cut warm butter with. A handful of mismatched screwdrivers, a jigsaw and some hand tools.
I'd either get pallet wood or pickup any furniture I saw people throwing away that was made of solid wood (dressers, bookshelves, shelves, etc) and use it for materials to make random shit with.
Also houses being remodeled is a good place to scavenge old usable wood from. I've gotten whole sets of oak and birch boards from them tossing out wood from redoing a fireplace mantle, or built in bookshelves they tore out.


-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf

Disclaimer: Post made by me are of my own creation. A delusional mind relayed in text form.
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