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re: Getting Started Building Furniture
Posted on 1/28/24 at 11:51 am to SaintsTiger
Posted on 1/28/24 at 11:51 am to SaintsTiger
I went down this rabbit hole a few years ago and made a good hobby out of it. A couple tips.
You don't need big fancy tools.
Jobsite table saw
Track saw (Milwaukee makes a decent "affordable" one)
Impact, drill, good square.
Don't get lost in the guys on YouTube milling their own hardwoods. Plan on your first couple pieces being painted poplar. Get a feel for what you are doing then expand.
Don't pretend like you won't take over the garage. I spent way more time trying to create mobile work stations than I should have.
As the above poster said, 731 woodworks, fix this,build that, etc have some great and useful videos on approachable projects.
You don't need big fancy tools.
Jobsite table saw
Track saw (Milwaukee makes a decent "affordable" one)
Impact, drill, good square.
Don't get lost in the guys on YouTube milling their own hardwoods. Plan on your first couple pieces being painted poplar. Get a feel for what you are doing then expand.
Don't pretend like you won't take over the garage. I spent way more time trying to create mobile work stations than I should have.
As the above poster said, 731 woodworks, fix this,build that, etc have some great and useful videos on approachable projects.
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 12:04 pm to baseballmind1212
Another tip is to invest in quality measuring and marking tools. It makes a huge difference.
A pencil mark is fine for most things, but when you get into finer work a pencil is just not accurate enough. That’s when you move to a marking knife, panel gauge, etc.
You don’t have to go super expensive like Starrett. PEC makes good stuff for a more reasonable prices. Aim for something less precise than a machinist would use, but more better than stuff you buy at Home Depot.
A pencil mark is fine for most things, but when you get into finer work a pencil is just not accurate enough. That’s when you move to a marking knife, panel gauge, etc.
You don’t have to go super expensive like Starrett. PEC makes good stuff for a more reasonable prices. Aim for something less precise than a machinist would use, but more better than stuff you buy at Home Depot.
Posted on 1/31/24 at 10:11 am to baseballmind1212
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You don't need big fancy tools.
Jobsite table saw
Track saw (Milwaukee makes a decent "affordable" one)
Impact, drill, good square.
Don't get lost in the guys on YouTube milling their own hardwoods. Plan on your first couple pieces being painted poplar. Get a feel for what you are doing then expand.
It is a good idea to start building some boxes with a circular saw and hand tools. Cutting a true line and squaring up a joint is the basis of ALL wood working...and is damned difficult despite its seeming ease. It takes a LOT of work to cut a piece of wood square, even with tools that are properly dialed in. It is the essence of all woodworking and far too many people cut up a sheet of Home Depot "furniture grade" plywood (it is not near furniture grade but it is priced like furniture grade) and find their project is not right somehow...because it is out of square at each joing by just a miniscule amount. When you can build a 4 sided box that is within a 128th of an inch over a foot you are close.
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