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re: I am not a carpenter
Posted on 10/28/18 at 4:52 pm to TexasTiger08
Posted on 10/28/18 at 4:52 pm to TexasTiger08
quote:I bet your grandfather had some perseverance.
Threw tools in the garage and went the frick inside.
My grandfather was a carpenter. Alas, I have disappointed him.
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Posted on 10/28/18 at 4:58 pm to TexasTiger08
Jesus was a carpenter
Posted on 10/28/18 at 5:17 pm to TexasTiger08
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stripped one too many screws (always fricking happens)
Did God give us square head and torx screws in vain? Every time you strip a phillips screw, you reject His gift.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 5:19 pm to TexasTiger08
My wife asked me to build a birdhouse. I got some wood together, realized I didn’t know what to do, and bought one at Lowe’s.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 5:21 pm to TexasTiger08
Tried to change a glass panel in moms rear yard door once. Butchered it apart with a chisel. Had to buy new door when I was done with it.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 5:31 pm to TexasTiger08
You need a kreg jig and a couple of their clamps and your projects will come out much better.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 5:31 pm to The Mick
Learn on pine, then go to maple or poplar or cherry. Oak takes more finesse.
Never start with power tools. A drill that doesn't have a cord attached, then turn the screws with a real screwdriver.
Build confidence by starting with basic tools and then go to the tools that allow short cuts.
When we got married, my husband was using bottom of the line Sears. I switched his brand to Porter Cable (I still had my Father's drill and router), and all of a sudden he realized that design matters and your back lasts longer.
Never start with power tools. A drill that doesn't have a cord attached, then turn the screws with a real screwdriver.
Build confidence by starting with basic tools and then go to the tools that allow short cuts.
When we got married, my husband was using bottom of the line Sears. I switched his brand to Porter Cable (I still had my Father's drill and router), and all of a sudden he realized that design matters and your back lasts longer.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 6:30 pm to Tigerhead
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The key to carpentry is patience and good tools
Good tools are a bonus but not really even necessary. I have no real carpentry experience or training and I’ve built a few furniture-quality things with only very basic tools. The tools I own fit on a shelf in my laundry room. Common sense and decent math skills carry me through projects.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 6:35 pm to TexasTiger08
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Tried to build a shelf.
Isn't a shelf a 1X6 piece of lumber held up with some brackets?
Posted on 10/28/18 at 7:02 pm to RCA
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Isn't a shelf a 1X6 piece of lumber held up with some brackets?
A 5.5” deep shelf?
Posted on 10/28/18 at 7:12 pm to Golfer
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A 5.5” deep shelf?
Maybe he needs a place to store his condoms.
That joke needs some work I know.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 7:23 pm to TexasTiger08
At least you got the satisfaction of breaking some shite, so it wasn't a total waste.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:58 pm to TexasTiger08
I feel your need pain. First thing I told my wife 20 years ago I’m not a mister fix it so if you looking for him , it’s not me. Yet she still tries to get me to fix shite
Posted on 10/28/18 at 9:37 pm to BowDownToLSU
OP and others here that can't build crap. Guess your Dad's never gave y'all a hammer, nails and a board as a very young kid.
Lesion for y'all with young kids. Give them these things.
Lesion for y'all with young kids. Give them these things.
Posted on 10/29/18 at 12:22 am to TexasTiger08
Try using drywall screws. They have a straight (not tapered) shank. Drill pilot hole the same diameter as the shank of the screw using a regular drill bit. They hold very strong but can be brittle.
Regular wood screws haved a tapered shank and you really need to drill with a tapered pilot bit.
Regular wood screws haved a tapered shank and you really need to drill with a tapered pilot bit.
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