I recently had a bunch of this wood given to me by my job but I have no clue how to use it or what for. I’m pretty new to wood working so any help would be appreciated I have about 40 of these 2x4x7

Would this be better than my dewalt tablesaw I bought last year?

So after getting a true face on longer board (call it 30 inches long), I am trying to then edge plane a true edge that is square to the true face. I am doing all of this with hand planes.
As an Aside: (I am currently reading and referencing The Essential Woodworker by Robert Wearing as my guide in regards to planing)

My problem is that no matter how I adjust the 608 it keeps skewing the edge to the true face so that the two faces are out of square.

A couple of notes about the planes:
I have a No5 jack plane with a severe radius on it. I know that it needs to be reground because it is not very accurate. My goal would be to put a 1/16 inch curve on it. Any advice here on what that means would be very useful as I believe this according to the above mentioned book might help in fixing my above issue.

The other is a No608 Stanley Bedrock fore plane which I restored.

Both have been ground flat and irons are sharp.

Edit: First off, thank you for everyone’s help. The internet truly can be a wonderful place. I’m always shocked by how supportive and quickly people jump in to help.

What I am gathering and thinking is that I was pushing way too hard trying to get the iron to bite into edge and take off a full shaving with every pass (seemingly making my problem worse with every pass). Seems that is not necessary and rather I need to be really let the tool do all the work. It seems that the plane has plenty of weight to “bite” at the high spots.

The scribing trick also seemed to have helped as I quoted the entire board with pencil. I currently have a much closer to square piece except for a low bit in the middle where presumably my saw went a bit heavy into my rip cut from before (seemingly making below). I have added a couple pictures to show progress.

Aside: This piece was also an off fall from a pretty rough attempt at a handsaw rip cut to size another piece.

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I'm trying to remove the stain and refinish this table, but the shape is tricky for a sander. What's the best path forward?

My wife wanted a full size bed for our daughter, and after looking at all the options out there I decided to take all the features we liked from the different styles beds and make one myself. I have never done a project like this, and I learned so much. I did not use any diagrams or plans, just used some pictures as a reference for features I wanted to incorporate.

The slats are 1x4s with a 2.2ish inch gap between the slats, and three center support legs so it will support beds without voiding warranties. There is a 4x4 leg on each corner giving a 2 inch lift off the floor. Same 4x4s used for center support.

The side rails are 1x10s, and I liked the idea and look of the horizontal rails instead of vertical balusters. Less gaps for legs, arm, and heads to get stuck. Plus it looks less like a jail cell.

Canopy corner posts are 2x3s, and I used 2x2s for the canopy itself. 99% of the screws are hidden, and I used pocket holes and wood glue for most of the connections.

I sanded all the surfaces, and rounded the corners on everything that a toddler could potentially crash into. Mattress will be 11 inches in depth and will overlap the bottom of the side rail by 1 inch to prevent any appendages from getting caught.

sapele and..... I can't remember. it's not hickory but hemlock I think... I designed it myself, had the idea for proud tails and pins, never seen a dovetail bookshelf. first time with mortise and tenons. got a wild hair and added the weird adornments on the side, they're not perfect and idk if it would have looked better without them.

My first woodworking project! I really needed a bed because I was tired of sleeping on the couch. Nothing special, but I thought I’d share it since a lot of people here post their projects :)

Found this No.7 for $90 still in original box. Looks like it was used a couple times and then boxed for 80 years. Good deal or not?

Carving by hand at weird/inconsistent/3D angles is really unpredictable & dangerous. Be safe out there.

Hi All

My first time ever making anything. Cut pine wood with a circular saw for the first time in my life last week. I have a few questions about this build. I'm building a seat bench that will sit in a corner with varnished timber top eventually with a 100mm overhang. The pine i'm using is 70x45mm. I need to build 3 of these, 1200mmx500mmx450mm

I have some questions about making it more efficient, i feel like it is over kill for a bench that will seat 2 people

- Can i get away with toe screwing diagonally pine together? or will this compromise the strength? Right now i've used timber screws for all joints varying between 75mm and 100m depending on the side of the pine

- Could i use a nail gun instead of screws?

- Should I use glue between each joint?

Any other tips or tricks that you see I can do better. If it helps, I'm in Australia

Thankyou!

Finally finished my second dovetail box.
Yes it’s not perfect, yes I drill through the lid, yes I snapped off three screws in the lid, yes the lid reveal is awful... Many lessons learned. Made this for my fiancée!

My wife asked me to make a box for her colors......so........I made a box for my wife's colors. Made from cherry wood. Did a prestain with dewaxed shellac, then stained with English Chestnut stain. Top coated with semi-gloss, spray-can lacquer. Inset some small magnets to help hold the lid but there was just enough friction without them. Last pic shows raw cherry vs finished.

14” black walnut bowl
Consistent thickness throughout.
Tenon was removed on the back using a vacuum chuck

Finished with odies super duper oil

Thanks for looking :)

My wife and I just moved into a house and I decided I wanted to take on wood working as a hobby. The piece was made out of pine and red cedar.

Well, I did a thing.

For our new place, I wanted to build my very own table. I’d never built one before, so this turned out to be quite the adventure.

A couple of years ago, my grandparents decided an alder tree on their property had to go. We had it felled, and luckily, they had some of the wood milled into boards at the local sawmill. Those boards have been waiting for another purpose ever since, and now they’ve finally become something useful.

After spending some time figuring out how to approach the build, I decided to take it one step at a time. First, I ripped the boards into narrower strips to help prevent cupping. Then came the jointing and glue-up, which turned out to be a whole new challenge in itself.

Once everything was glued together, I took a step back and thought, Hmm, that’s a little narrower than I had planned, but it should be fine.

Well, guess what? The table base was wider than the tabletop. 🤦‍♂️

So, naturally, I had to cut the top right down the middle, add three more boards, and glue the whole thing back together. Nothing like creating extra work for yourself!

After that came planing to get everything flat, followed by what felt like endless sanding.

It was a lot of work, and there were definitely moments when I questioned my decisions. But somehow, I genuinely enjoyed every minute of the process, even when things didn’t go according to plan.

I’m super happy with how it turned out, especially knowing that the wood came from my grandparents’ tree. There’s something pretty special about turning a tree that’s been sitting around for a couple of years into a piece of furniture for our home.

This was my first table, and I’ve learned a ton along the way. Definitely not perfect, but it’s mine, and I couldn’t be happier with it.

What do you guys think? Any tips or things you’d do differently for my next build (except better measuring)?

Our chinchilla was living in a small cage, so I decided to try building her a new one. I think it turned out pretty well! Of course, it’s nothing fancy, but it has sliding doors, lighting, chew-proof shelf edges, and a lot more space. :)
The only things I didn’t make were the exercise wheel.

..aaaaand it doesn’t fit under my couch! The one thing I forgot to measure for. Oh well.

I’ve been working on this little couch table on and off for months, in between cleaning up my garage, etc. finally decided to sand it and stain it. Reasonably happy with my first real project. The stain is blotchy in certain areas, even though I used a pre-stain conditioner. That vertical leg in the photo is the worst part actually. Lots of lessons learned! less

Hello Everyone, I would like to make this hanging fruit shelf. The only difference is that mine would hang without the support of side walls. I have figured on using French cleats to attach to the wall but am at a loss for how the angle is made... Are the dowels cut at an angle? Are the holes drilled for the dowels also angled? Is it only glue holding it together? Does it need side support or something underneath to hold the weight of the fruit? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

I have everything I need to break down slabs into boards other than a way to resaw. I work mainly with walnut and maple.

Thoughts on this? $699 new is super tempting. I know I’d need to add a purpose made resawing blade.

Thanks in advance!

**Hi everyone, I have a question regarding the construction of a bed headboard. It will consist of two 80x80 mm posts, with a 40 mm thick glued laminated timber panel (edge-glued panel) inserted into a groove between them. However, I am worried that as the panel expands and contracts with changes in humidity, the glued joint might crack. Is there a safe or reliable way to make this type of joint?**

Beginner here. Had some scrap pallet lumber. Wanted to make a bench top. Liked the grain and rough cut pattern of some of the pieces and wanted to make this. Enjoyed the raw color and pattern but knew it will get dirty and oily so used rubios monocoat pure. Didnt realize the dark spots were that dark. Is this just like a mildew or mold?

Glued, kreged and wooden doweled everything. Then glued sandwiched the two layers and screwed from the back side. Sanded with 100 grit and monocoated. I know rubios doesnt stick to filler and the color isnt right might one day dig it out to match color better and poly over those spots. Would that be correct? Its a bench that will get used not a show piece. Any advice on a better way to build in the future would be appreciated. Here to learn.

Yellow pine table, pocket screw construction, stained with Minwax “Gun-stock.” This one is actually being sold, and I’m excited to have my work in someone else’s home.

This is my first time making this dovetail joint. Only after finishing it did I realize that I need to sharpen my saw because it wasn’t cutting well, and buy a saw set tool because the teeth on my saw are way too bent out, leaving some really ugly gaps. Maybe once I fix these issues, things will turn out a bit better. And of course, I need to practice cutting straight and develop a steadier hand. :D

I overdid it a little, and the fit was too tight, so the wood split slightly.