Crealbilly Wood Working thread

[CrealCritter]

You and my son! He would do the same thing (well, something similar) to every vehicle he ever owned. Might not be under the back seat cuz at least one of his truck was a single cab - but he built something that fit behind the seat and was the width of the truck cab.

I like your son already please show your son the pictures - I'm curious what he has to say. Tell him the box will hold 2 10" 1400 watts sub woofers and 2 6 1/2 300 watt mid range. The box is made out of red 3/4" red maple (not plywood). I got the top and face glue ups in clamps now. It kind of looks like a table top to me. I managed to squeeze 1.03 cuft for each 10" sub woofer.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

This picture would be awesome to practice on - great starter picture. Give it a try, a scroll saw is like a big sawing machine with a blade instead of a needle.

How did I miss this? That pic is of my favorite goat - her name is RED!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I like your son already please show your son the pictures - I'm curious what he has to say. Tell him the box will hold 2 10" 1400 watts sub woofers and 2 6 1/2 300 watt mid range. The box is made out of red 3/4" red maple (not plywood). I got the top and face glue ups in clamps now. It kind of looks like a table top to me. I managed to squeeze 1.03 cuft for each 10" sub woofer.

Will do!

 

[Chic Rustler]

Can't believe I missed this thread. I've always wanted to learn fine carpentry

 

[Joel_BC]

CC, when you lived in North Carolina, were you anywhere near Asheville? The fine-craft scene there is famous all the way up to here where I am, 3000 miles away. Did you sell stuff in Asheville?

 

[CrealCritter]

Asheville NC yes absolutely! I did a few fairs, taught several classes about making logs into lumber and had a fair number of customers that I sold hardwood lumber to in Asheville. Hickory & Raleigh is where I had my most customers though. Hickory NC used to be the furniture capital of the world before most everything moved to China and became crap. But there are still a lot of real talented craftsman left around Hickory NC, even to this day.

 

[CrealCritter]

Can't believe I missed this thread. I've always wanted to learn fine carpentry

Best words of advise I was every told is "it's just wood" after I got a handle on that in my mind - I was no longer afraid to try something new. I mean heck if I messed up, so what... just grab another piece of wood. I can't begin to tell you how many times I cut an board twice and it was still to short and that the truth.

 

[baymule]

I put the floor down in our house. White knotty unfinished pine. I cut so many wrong pieces! Some of them I cut wrong not once, but the same mistake over and over again!

 

[CrealCritter]

I put the floor down in our house. White knotty unfinished pine. I cut so many wrong pieces! Some of them I cut wrong not once, but the same mistake over and over again!

Yep...I totally understand! I'm a very visual guy so I have to see it before I can cut it out. This makes cutting angles and radiuses very difficult for me. Luckily for me though my youngest daughter is very artistic and can trace freehand what's almost perfect lines for me to cut on.

Honestly when my daughter is not around to draw it for me, because of my deficiency with geometric shapes. I build jigs to help me cut correctly. My son teases me about it... Dang dad you spent 3 hours building a jig for a single cut that takes less than 5 seconds. Seems crazy and all but it's painfully true.

 

[Joel_BC]

Honestly when my daughter is not around to draw it for me, because of my deficiency with geometric shapes. I build jigs to help me cut correctly. My son teases me about it... Dang dad you spent 3 hours building a jig for a single cut that takes less than 5 seconds. Seems crazy and all but it's painfully true.

Are you able to re-use some of those jigs for later projects? If so, then not so bad. It's setting up something for first-time use that's time consuming.