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Tips for planing huge panels of joined wood
Find a local cabinet shop or woodworking store that has a wide belt sander. My local hardwood supplier will run panels through their 50" wide sander for just a few bucks.
My planer will handle a 13" ...
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How to calculate rotation for three square interlocking angled legs?
This is a similar table base that I built a few years ago. The joint you trying to replicate is actually a Japanese joint that is most common in much smaller stock and used to make puzzles called “...
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How might I make a template to fit the top of my desk?
Geometric solution
Using a large compass or trammel, you can precisely gauge all the distances and transfer them to a large template of whatever material you choose (paper, cardboard, hardboard, ...
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Tips for planing huge panels of joined wood
I do some guitar building, and guitars happen to be just wider than standard planers. So, I build a planer sled for my router. Depending on your overall width, this could be useful for you.
some ...
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Good way to illustrate project / make a template of my small wood phone dock project? (CAD)?
I'd say that CAD is not necessarily your best option. Don't get me wrong. CAD is a great thing and learning any CAD software will be a very handy thing to have up your sleeve. I highly recommend ...
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Good way to illustrate project / make a template of my small wood phone dock project? (CAD)?
Most woodworkers who do CAD-like renderings these days are using SketchUp; the free version is pretty decent and lots of online tutorials exist. This is an observation, not a recommendation.
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How might I make a template to fit the top of my desk?
A variation on the answers above is to make a template like cabinet makers do for counter tops. They will use either strips of 1/4 sheathing/plywood, place them at the perimiter and glue the parts ...
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How might I make a template to fit the top of my desk?
Simplest answer may be a large sheet of paper (or several firmly secured to each other), fitted precisely to the space. If assembling, use two overlapping pieces, cut away if necessary, to fit the ...
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Tips for planing huge panels of joined wood
I have used cabinet scraper in situations like this. Get the wood lined up really well by using cauls to keep the faces in line, and a very sharp scraper to remove the glue lines.
Scrapers are great ...
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How to calculate rotation for three square interlocking angled legs?
I came across a similar design recently.
The pictures on that site show (as @Graphus mentioned) that the 3 "legs" are all at right angles to each other.
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Rocking horse without a band/scroll saw or belt sander
This shouldn't take days with hand tools. This is how I would approach it.
For the convex side (bottom side) of the curved rockers, roughly cut the shape with a hand saw (or use the table saw if you ...
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Rocking horse without a band/scroll saw or belt sander
Bent lamination would work well for making the rockers with the tools you have available. You can cut the thin strips on your table saw then glue and clamp them in a simple jig.
If you are ...
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Application for OSB board plans - fill rectangle with minimum amount of boards
I don't know that there is any such software but you could do this old-school.
Scale plan and paper
Using a scale plan and small pieces of paper cut to size to represent the OSB you can play with ...
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Cut list basics
You'll probably want to do both.
You certainly want to separate out your plywood from your solid wood. With your plywood, you can lay things out down to very fine resolution so you can get exactly ...
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What length screw should I use for a computer desk
I'm assuming that for a desk, you do not want the screws to be visible from the work surface.
If that is true, then you probably want to use a system like the Kreg pocket hole jig, which actually ...
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Is it possible to convert Ikea crib to an adult sofa/couch?
I suspect the answer to the question in the title is yes, but not a good one.
The crib is obviously made for a very lightweight occupant and the limited amount of strain they can introduce :-) and as ...
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Half-lap joints for day-bed build?
An edit with a sketch image was added after i wrote the answer below.
As designed in the sketch i would add legs under the half lap joints in the middle. One leg under each joint.
Using 2x6 boards ...
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How to calculate rotation for three square interlocking angled legs?
The legs must be perpendicular to each other avoid any 'diamonding'. See:
It is only at 90 degrees the intersection will maintain squareness. You can form your caltrop this way:
I think to to ...
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What length screw should I use for a computer desk
With the addition of your sketch for the design of your desk several other design considerations besides screw length come to mind. Although this answer does not directly address your question it ...
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What length screw should I use for a computer desk
Firstly the big issue for most woodworkers, the question of screwing into the edges of plywood.
You'll see plenty of advice not to do this if you look around, but you'll also see admissions from ...
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Application for OSB board plans - fill rectangle with minimum amount of boards
Another method you could use would be to take the total surface area of everything you want to cover, then divide that by the surface area covered by a single OSB sheet.
This would give you the ...
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Good way to illustrate project / make a template of my small wood phone dock project? (CAD)?
I'm going to go with Sketch up. One it's free and two if you use it a lot and need more options there is an awesome paid version for anything you would need to do. Also there is a site woodgrears ...
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Good way to illustrate project / make a template of my small wood phone dock project? (CAD)?
Although this approach does not necessarily involve software, it can be helpful: prototype your designs by making full-size or scale models using cardboard or XPS foam (the pink or blue 4'x8' sheets ...
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How does one measure stock for miter cuts?
What is the proper way to measure for a miter joint?
There are often several good ways to tackle a woodworking task, and miter joints are certainly in that category. Whether to measure from the ...
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