Since this comes up over and over: This is why you don’t use oak or any open grain wood for cutting boards. Instead of glue imagine food in there rotting and eventually making you sick.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Beemo loves Finn the pheasant and chases him around like a puppy5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/PartyParrot
12x10x4.75”. This for an unnamed feral kitten who met a tragic end yesterday at the hand of my truck. 😞5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Does anyone else do a weekend scrap wood builds to try and develop their speed and accuracy?5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Not long range by some standards but this is my setup. 716DMR /w a March 5-40x56mm illuminated scope. I don’t get to shoot as often as I’d like but I can usually coax 1/2moa groups and cold bore hits on the farthest target at my crappy local range (550yr)4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/longrange
First attempt at a table, most of the mistakes are on the bottom/back...5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Elevated planter with bottom watering system. Western cedar with a cedar deck sealant/stain for water repellency.5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Bed frame project for a wedding gift. Finally got to where I can test fit the frame. Still lots of work to do.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Work in progress showing how much of an effect tapering has on the appearance of a table.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
There are many workbenches but this one is mine. Split top modified Roubo. 8’ length. 30.5” width. 40” height. Mixed tropical hardwood and doweled floating tenons construction.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/Workbenches
Not traditional woodworking I know. Handle is African Blackwood and Cocobolo. The blade I sourced from ibuki. It’s a Bunka White #2 blade /w 185mm length. Start to finish on the handle including polishing was 4hrs.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
I don’t think I have enough cutoffs and short boards :-/ everyone is getting cutting boards for Xmas.5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
It’s far from perfect and it’ll probably never be “done” but I finally have a functional bench.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Split top work bench. Got plenty more to do yet. I’m loving this social distancing.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Of all the dumb things to get excited about: First time filling this 55gal drum with the new dust collector! Next up is a roubo bench!4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
This is how I flatten that curve. . . Of my workbench. I left the tooling marks because well it’s a workbench and tbh my arms were getting tired.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Since this question comes up regularly. For those of you not familiar with Purple Heart. This is to illustrate the color of the wood after sitting for months vs freshly cut. If you expose it to UV light it will slowly darken. Also the heat from sanding can cause it to darken (usually in streaks).4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Cherry wood casing, maple drawer fronts, and drawers are made of poplar. It has a compressed memory foam in the top and it’s covered in pig leather. Certainly could have done better on a lot of the fit/finish but it was completed on a tight timeframe of 2.5days. Merry Christmas everyone.3yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Huh I’m kind of impressed they sent a proper driver with their tools. Hats off JessEm.5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Still need to taper the legs and put a glass top on it among other things but at least it looks like a table now. 5hrs into it so far. Probably at least that much time spend thinking about how I want it to look.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
First attempt at French polish. It’s as much work as you’ve heard. . . Or experienced.4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Do you ever get to the point where you are just done working on the finish? That little voice battling with the perfectionist saying, “it’s good enough”. It’s not perfect by a long shot but I’m happy to have somewhere to sit while I put my boots on.5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
AHH HAAA! Finally success in using my lock miter bit in plywood. The solutions to run both cuts before cutting the board into drawer widths. So it’s two passes on the router and then rip cut to width.5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Goofing off in the shop today. I think it’s going to hold extra toilet paper in the bathroom pending any better suggestions. White oak cutoffs. 18” wide casing. Practice making legs and floating tenon mitered joints. It’s not glued up at this point. Might still add a shelf in the middle. Thoughts?4yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
Planting a row of buffaloberries and found this gem of a rock. Right in the middle is where the bush is supposed to go.5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/gardening
It’s finally here! Please excuse the messy shop, I’ve got a lot going on. . .5yr ⋅ CaptainOfMyPants ⋅ r/woodworking
