Questions tagged [furniture]
Making, repairing, finishing or refinishing
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Retouching old Oak chairs and tables
I have found a great old oak table and chair set which the neighbours wanted to get rid off. It is well used but in good condition. The photo below shows the wear and tear the set has had over years (...
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Leg placement on L-Shaped Desk
I am building an L shaped office desk from white oak or hickory boards joined together. The top will be assembled from joining multiple boards together with adhesive and sanding them down to make 2 ...
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Thoughts/advice on cantilevered desk leg supports
I am considering a "C" shaped leg/support approach to a standard sized desk I am planning. It's effectively a cantilevered design. Something like this (but bigger):
I don't think I'll ...
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New varnish beading/crawling on refinished furniture [poss. silicone contamination]
I am not a woodworker, so forgive me if I am not using the correct nomenclature.
I sent a few china cabinets to a furniture restorer to be revarnished. They are really old pieces, between 95 and 100 ...
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Software for generating sewing patterns from 3D model for furniture [closed]
I'm looking for a free (haha) or inexpensive tool to unfold/unroll 3D models to get sewing patterns for fabrics. Think couch or chairs upholstery with foam inside.
ExactFlat is a professional tool ...
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Floating bed design review
First time here.
I've decided to make my own floating bed, I've watched a few videos, but one feature I'd like to include is storage, and for that, I've added a sort of a lid in the middle of the big ...
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How might a tabletop be joined to this kind of frame?
I stumbled across a table here which has a rare view of the underside of the table. Similar designs can be found by searching for: "組子テーブル".
Some photos:
The table seems to have effectively ...
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Is this a professional furniture refinishing job?
When I got married and bought a house, my parents gave me their old dining set— the one I grew up with. It’s seen a lot of abuse from my kids at my house and I decided to get it and the chairs ...
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Reinforce bunk bed
I built the below kit bunk bed for my kids and interested in reinforcing the posts to deal with some horizontal sway. It is constructed out of pine and connected with screws, barrel nuts and dowels. ...
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When to finish modular projects [closed]
I’m building a custom loft bed for my son in my garage. The final assembly is too large to make it up the stairs to his room so I’ll need to disassemble it to get it up there. I’m planning to stain ...
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How to fix warped wood in cane chair hiding weaving
I've taken on some simple restoration projects in the past with some success (to me anyway) and I have a new one that I'd like to take on. I was given a cane chair that has been sitting in the ...
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Natural pine wood bed has strong chemical odor, why is this and how to stop it?
I threw out my old bed since it was falling apart and this is when it all went downhill. First I got a new bed (upholstered, unfisnished MDF board) that had such a strong odor, it invaded all the ...
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Does epoxy PSI rating really matter for wood?
I've always used the strongest JD weld epoxy for glue ups rated at something like 5000 psi 'just to be safe' since the only downside was having to wait around 12 hours for curing https://www.jbweld....
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How to sand down wood with metal staple ends?
So I have a situation that comes up all the time working with furniture. a beam cracks and needs to be replaced. What is holding it in place is a joint secured by a few staples. Pulling those staples ...
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Non-permanent side-by-side assembly of boards
I am very new to woodworking, and I'm planning on building a table for my living room, from boards that are roughly 4x7 cm (1,6 x 2,6") and with metal legs.
The table should look like this:
but ...
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How to put long screws (3-4inch into hardwood)
I am currently repairing table leg pedestal. Legs are pretty snug with the base with a dowel and I cleaned out all the old glue so it should be a very good glue joint on it's own. However I also ...
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Pocket holes for fixing chairs?
Often I find myself fixing a failed rail of an arm chair or a part of a sofa that is inserted between plywood walls and holds the legs. Something like this, those red circles are butt joints where end ...
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What is this piece of hardware called?
It got bent and I need to replace it, there are 2 female parts one attached to sofa frame and one to sofa arm and the male part connects both. Thank you.
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Building a sideways bookshelf
I am trying to build a sideways bookshelf. The space I have to fit the bookshelf in is:
Depth: 13.7 inches
Length: 87.5 inches
Height: 35.5 inches
When I looked online for store-made bookshelves, none ...
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How to I stop Ikea SÄLJAN ADILS desk from wobbling?
Hey I've built the ikea desk attached in the video.
Basically it's SÄLJAN ADILS which is super affordable and it has 5 legs, 2 to the sides and 1 in the middle.
I've made sure it's leveled to the ...
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Would poplar or alder be good for a desk?
I'm planning on building a desk soon and I am going to make the top of it out of 1x6 planks that I am going to join together. Would poplar or alder be strong enough for a lot of writing with something ...
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How to remove a board that's *really* stuck
I am building a built-in that uses walnut ply boards for the seating/TV area. I tried to position the board you see but now it's stuck. The left side is sticking out 0.25" more than the right.
I'...
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Help a novice with warping pine wood boards
First of all, I am a complete beginner! I've recently bought a couple of wood boards(~50cm×50cm×2cm) to make a board game scenery. It needs to be completely straight so that it can be placed on a ...
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Joining 3.5' boards to make a 7' beam, or no?
I'm working on a 7' long hanging bench with no support under the middle. I have 9' by ~6" rough sawn 4/4 white oak.
My initial design idea involved making a lamination / beam consisting of 3 ...
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Unstable wood bench
I made a table and two benches for my daughter but because the benches are so skinny and I made the legs going straight down, it tips over pretty easily....
how can I stabilize this without completely ...
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Leather furniture storage - is unheated ok for short term?
Sometimes for work I need to leave leather furniture in an unheated unit for 2-3 days. Temperature at night is around 5c degrees (3-10 range) with moderate humidity.
I read somewhere that leaving ...
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How to maintain a straight cutting angle with a tenon saw?
For my first real woodworking project I'm making a desk for my day work. I've roughly cut - with tenon saw and mitre box - the legs to more than the required length, as it's hard to store 4m lengths ...
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How to repair broken spindles on chair?
I have a chair that had it's back broken off (both stiles and two spindles, pic below). Everything broke just above the seat. It's no loss to us if it cannot be fixed, but I enjoy repairing things. ...
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90° notches into side of thick dowel legs
I’m trying to build a fairly simple-looking wooden table with four 3" dowel legs.
I don’t plan on using any screws, what I want to do is about 1" down from the top of the dowel I want to ...
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How to accurately drill into end grain of a 20 inch table leg
I have a table leg that was connected to the table top with mortise and tenon and tenon broke off. As part of the repair I'd like to put in a dowel through leg and table top and wood glue the whole ...
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How to stabilize a bar table with hairpin legs
I'm doing a one-off project for a much-needed small dining space in the holiday home.
I have a set of 4 hairpin legs at 106cm each that I want to use for a bar table. I want a nice table top but want ...
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I have separate, finished pieces. How to assemble them?
This question is woodworking-related. Recently, I found in the attic (in France) the wood pieces shown on this photo. There are:
1 round, flat, 40-cm diameter disc, with a hand-carved, 5mm-deep ...
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Wood bench legs are uneven at Christmas but even at Thanksgiving
I measured every thing correctly. All the legs of the bench were the same at thanksgiving but now are half an inch different at Christmas dinner. Is there a way to stop wood from expanding and/or ...
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Minimum leg dimensions for pine stool
I would like to make a wooden stool, but I don't know how thick the legs need to be for it to be safe and sturdy.
I have 70x35mm pine and I plan on resawing it to get ~30x30mm legs.
Is that enough ...
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How do I calculate the weight capacity of my one side supported bookshelf (Spine Booshelf?)
I am planning on building a bookshelf as shown below. Each shelf (maple plywood) will only be supported via a dado cut into the 2x4 (SPF pine), and glued. I am currently planning on cutting 3/4" ...
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Restoring old oak chair but at a loss for something I've never seen
I am trying to restore an old oak chair that was given to me by my mother. It was my great grandfather's and is probably 120-140 yrs old. At the front of the chair seat there is a long ~3/8ths slit, ...
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Repairing a half lap joint in table leg x-bracing
I want to repair the bottom cross bracing that runs between the legs of an oak table, pictured here.
Some unknown number of years ago, the top piece sheared off at the half lap joint and pulled out ...
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How to remove and repair a crooked desk leg?
Apologies if I break any rules with this post, please let me know if I do.
I am an utter novice when it comes to woodworking but I want to get into it as soon as I have the time/money and I decided a ...
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Options for attaching bed legs at an angle
I'm trying to recreate this bed.
Right now I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to attach the back leg which is at an angle. It needs to be disassemblable. The manufacturers assembly instructions ...
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Overpainting corner hutch
I would like to refinish the inside of a corner hutch. Below are images of the current condition.
Click on image for a larger version of the image.
Click on image for a larger version of the image.
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Filling an old hole to offset it a few mm and put in a fastener, what is the best approach?
Hi everyone I have a large dining chair where the factory drilled a hole that attaches the back 2-3mm off. The idea is to fully close up the hole and re-drill in proper place. The 2 holes will overlap....
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Tack cloth stickiness
I finished a table using miniwax and tung oil. After three layers of tung oil, I lightly sanded and then used a tack cloth to remove the dust. The top is now sticky. How do I remove the stickiness ...
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Nails plus glue into endgrain vs screws plus glue vs dado (for shelf)
I'm building a hutch/book shelf for a small desk (2'x4'). Width of hutch is 48", depth 9.25", height about 18". Wood is nominal 1" thick "appearance boards" from a big ...
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Is rotted wood used in the construction of a dresser going to cause issues in the future?
it is on the back of the dresser on the corner 2x2. It is about 3 inches long and 1 inch. There is no finishing in that part of the hole.
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Adding a "plank" like section to the edge of a table to allow for monitor stands/ mic stands
I am using an Ikea dining table as my work table. It works wonderfully, is made of quality pine and looks good. Recently, I was considering adding a VESA table clamp monitor stand but the table has a ...
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What kind of wood for supporting a heavy TV?
I have a 40Kg TV, which I want to rest on a table.
The table is sturdy and can support the weight of the TV. However the length of the table is too short, so I want to elongate it by putting on top of ...
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Stop my drawers from blocking caused by a layer of paint
I built a wooden cupboard with drawers. When the woodworking was finished, the drawers could be pulled out smoothly but I then applied stain onto the drawers and the cupboard, which now makes the ...
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How bore out a shallow sink into a 2x10"?
I have a set of standing shelves that are built from standard home store 2x10"s. I wanted to repurpose the shelf as a place for my houseplants. When I water the plants, there is a lot of drainage ...
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Half-lap joints for day-bed build?
I'm building a 30"x80" daybed with a simple rectangular structure for the frame. I plan to use 2x6 pine cut to length for the frame. Please do not try to talk me out of the pine, I already ...
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Adding finish to a painted wooden table
So I have a table made and I was told that they applied a water based paint over it because I requested it to be black. The wood they used is either palochina or mahogany. As of right now, it isn't ...
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