eric1978

Yeah she's caught on fire. The DIY types love her stuff. It's a good resource for beginners...but it's hardly fine woodworking. I wouldn't use the plans for the top...little stuff will constantly fall through the cracks. Follow those plans to build the base and throw a sheet of decent ply on top.

It's no longer a combo, but it is premium... I can have it in Spf by next Monday, no shipping cost.

Nighttime chill mode... I do a little woodworking. If you wanna get crazy and build a proper desk, I can give you some pointers. Otherwise, four legs, four aprons, a sheet of ply and a handful of screws will surely get the job done.

Let's try earthquakes then. Should Californians be denied insurance or federal aid because they live near the San Andreas Fault? Should WE be denied insurance or federal aid because we CHOOSE to live here near the New Madrid Fault? After all, it's not a question of IF there will be a devastating earthquake, it's only a question of WHEN. We should all be packing up and heading (where is it again we should be heading where natural disasters don't exist?)...somewhere...yet we stupidly stay right here where we were born and raised. Idiots we are gambling like that.

Did you read what Jack said? You own a home in an area where you KNOW tornadoes blow by every year. Should you be denied insurance coverage because of that imminent threat? Or is it a double standard because the odds you play are slightly better than someone else's?

So I assume then, that people shouldn't be allowed to build homes in Tornado Alley? At the very least, they should be denied insurance or federal aid.

Joplin: ...damages cost up to $2.8 billion (2011 dollars). Sandy: ...Damage is estimated at over $71 billion (2012 USD) Which do you think had a greater nationwide impact? Just because a disaster happens nearer to you doesn't make it any more or less tragic. It'd be like comparing the Joplin tornado to a house fire in Rogers, Arkansas and complaining that Joplin gets more attention. And your assertion that the stoic heroism and charitable, communal inclination only occurs in smaller mid-western cities is nothing short of ridiculous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Joplin_tornado http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy

Don't think it's law yet...still has to go through the House. Coin flip as far as I can tell. Also, retailers with less than one million in yearly sales are exempt.

Wrench called me a pussy. Haven't looked back.

Gonna be a short float.

Reel is sold, rod still available...$150

Nickelback is also an effective deterrent.

X2, looking upstream in second pic

LMAO

"Taxes are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society." -FDR

"Softwoods" aren't necessarily soft woods. All cone bearing trees are softwoods. Some are harder than others. Southern yellow pine is pretty hard stuff, but it's a softwood. You know how soft and light balsa is, but it's a hardwood. Cedar is great for fences, outdoor furniture and blanket chests. And it would fit your decor if you lived in a rustic lodge on the river somewhere. It's all about taste...I just don't care for the look of most softwoods for fine furniture, and I don't really enjoy working with it either. The cherry, walnut and white oak you have would probably be great stock to use if it's truly been drying in a barn for 30-40 years. Good air dried lumber is a joy to work with, especially if you're a heavy hand tool user.

No, StC Hardwoods is run by a bunch of pricks. If you're not a contractor buying a pallet per visit you're not worth their time. Plus their prices are high and lumber mediocre. My guy just has a small indoor yard off Central School Rd.

For fine furniture, it's not really wise to use lumber that hasn't been properly kiln dried. Unless you know that your lumber has been properly air dried for a VERY long time. Otherwise you're just asking for wood movement problems. So I tend to buy from dealers who sell high-quality, properly kiln dried stock. I don't really work with softwoods like cedar, cypress or pine. Plenty of woodworkers do, I just personally don't like it much. My dealer has cherry, maple and walnut for relatively cheap, and those are the three domestics I use most often. Other specialized domestics like curly or bird's eye maple, or quarter sawn white oak are more expensive, and the exotics are even more. But beauty comes with a price tag. If I'm going to spend 40, 50, 100 hours on a project, I don't mind the extra expense for the high-end material. But to each his own...cedar is perfect for those hives...rot-resistant and cheap. Just wouldn't want to build a coffee table out of it...not for my living room anyway.

A coat of Rhino Liner?

True. So that makes two things. I have a small hardwood dealer right around the corner. He stocks all the domestic usuals and a decent variety of exotics. I do some work for him and we barter quite a bit. Good lumber is expensive.

Woodworking...I think we've finally found something we have in common, JD. Between a two-year-old and a two-month-old, it's tough to get away for even a full day to go fishing, so it's a great hobby right here at home to keep me busy. Over the summer I built a modified Roubo traditional workbench... And I've been busy getting the shop "complete," so most of my projects have been shop projects. But I have squeezed in a couple other pieces over the last few months. A Shaker end table in curly maple... A magazine rack... And most recently, a step-stool to help my little girl get up on the potty and make the poops... It's an incredibly gratifying, and an incredibly expensive, way to pass the time.

I can't believe I'm going to respond to this after all these months of silence, but I have to. Poor people are fat because the only food they can afford is food that makes you fat. Ramen noodles and cheesie poofs and snackie cakes are cheap and accessible. The reason that's not the case in third-world countries is because they're SO poor that they either can't afford ANY food or they eat rice and rat meat or trash fish every day. Those things aren't loaded with trans-fats and sugar. Still see the world through that tiny little sliver of perspective, huh JD? Good to talk to ya again.

Everything about this forum is old and boring...and that includes me. Same topics week after week after week. You want interesting reports and pics? Go check out some blogs...hundreds of good ones out there, including a few folks who post here occasionally. Here's the last fish I caught. Fascinating, huh? Merry Christmas dammit. Love, MFU

Work land and baby land makes Johnny a dull boy land.

I'm happy to see some things never change. Or am I?