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  1. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hello! I'm a fairly light woodworker who's set up for DIY weekend projects. I'm planning out a shelving using in my house and love the look of oak. After looking at the selection of solid oak boards, it may be easier for me to go with a veneered oak plywood for my build due to cost. The...
  2. General Woodworking Discussions
    New to using shellac here. I’m making some simple items (kind of things that could be place in a curio cabinet or on top of a mantle) out of white oak and would like the natural shellac look. I also want to lightly stain the oak. I’ve never been great at finishing. What order should I do...
  3. Wood Finishing
    Hi all, I am a beginner and this is my first post in the community. I made a wavy oak/epoxy light fixture for my father's Christmas present (project is still ongoing - woops) but I haven't managed solve how to get a good finish on the tight crooks and crannies. Lots of the areas I sanded look...
  4. Wood Finishing
    Hey guys! I’m new to the page and I’m sorta new to woodworking. This is an antique ice box chest that I bought last year. Do any of you know why this stain isn’t being absorbed evenly? It looks like there’s a perfect line and on the left side it looks great. On the right side it looks dull and...
  5. General Woodworking Discussions
    My family owns a ~110 year old house with a 150 ft long covered porch. The porch and house is all made of unfinished white oak that was milled on site when the house was built. The porch wood has never been replaced and most of it is still in remarkably good shape. The beams supporting it are in...
  6. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hello, We have an expensive Amish solid oak dinning room table and chair set. Today something (perhaps a hot bowl) left a semi-circle mark on the table. It’s not the “foggy” appearance from water marks. It left a bunch of small raised bubbles in the surface of the finish. Is there any way...
  7. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hi, I inherited this large piece off my late mother and I’ll be honest I haveno idea what it is or what it’s worth.I think it’s an old butchers chopping block but really not sure. Someone said good quality as it’s end grain? I know nothing about wood working and am turning to this lovely...
  8. Wood Finishing
    Hi all… a friend gave me an antique oak desk for my front porch at the beach. I like the scuffs and water rings. But I used fine steel wool to try to get some glue off. Then, left it on the porch and next morning, the dew had whitened where I had buffed. Novice! Q: if I varnish the top will the...
  9. Wood Finishing
    I started re-finishing some old cane back chairs by sanding the old sticky stain off the legs. The wood legs look like a type of oak maybe.. However the top middle ornate piece is made out of something that is not wood. Can anyone tell me what it is and how I can paint/stain it to match the rest...
  10. General Woodworking Discussions
    I had some lumber cut and milled from the family farm for a crib and dresser the problem is the lumber is ranging from 5 to 13 percent moisture and I'm obviously on a time crunch can I build with red oak that has that much moisture or will it destroy my projects
  11. Oak Mantle

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    oak sofa table
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    Oak desk after assembly and prior to staining and adding hardware.
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    I made a desk out of oak that was the same sort of design I made from up-cycled oak cabinets that I had painted white.
  15. Oak chest of drawers

    made this for the daughter when she was growing up. tv on right behind bi-fold doors.. Drawers on right was used for video playstation.etc
  16. Design & Plans
    Hello! I’m hanging a large floating shelf over my TV using threaded rod for my brackets. I ordered some 1/2” diameter rod the other day assuming that I’d be working with 1” thick material but the best I could find at the hardware store was an edge glued oak panel only 3/4” thick. (I don’t have...
  17. Joinery
    Hi folks just pricing up a large job, and have 44 1200x1200 double sliding sash windows to fit, and weight up. Oak door frames, ledge braced doors, two pewter tee hinges, hasp and staples, plus oak architraves either side. Oak skirting too. After people’s opinions on fitting costs per item I...
  18. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hi I am nearing completion of my first project, a coffee table made from oak. It is basically a box frame with the table top independent of the legs, it will sit on top of the frame (tbc how to attach them). When the top was being glued up it bowed, I suspect this was because my edges were not...
  19. General Woodworking Discussions
    Ok, so I'm a beginner woodworker. I only have a saw, a crayon and some rasps in my arsenal. I've been wanting to buy some beech or oak planks (100x20x2 cm) but they're all made from glued pieces of thinner wood. Do I face any risk of separation between the pieces, or is everything fine? Here's a...
  20. General Woodworking Discussions
    Hi all, I am planning on assembling a towel rack out of 1-1/4" by 1-1/4" Tasmanian oak. I'd like to use pocket screws but I'm a bit confused. This link says to use 2" screws. This link says that Kreg don't make 2" fine screws for hardwood, but it only offers a solution for wood thicker than...
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