rodami
26th May 2009, 08:29 AM
Hi there
My names Rodney and i am a wannabe woodworker. Have been making a few things over the years using just a hammer and nails and a blunt saw, and using the kitchen table or the porch or the lawn for a workbench.
I have finally settled down in one place and am now starting to get a few tools together and made my first actual piece of furniture (coffee table) that doesnt resemble something Homer Simpson created. I actually made it a few times as I glued the top and pulled it to bits a couple of times, and I had to make about 6 of the edging bits, as the first couple of attempts were a bit short or had the tenon too thin, but I got there in the end and it looks pretty good. Have now made another little side table thingy which turned out pretty good as well. i saw one at a mates place and copied it. The problem now is the missus has decided that I am actually capable of creating things that pass as furniture, and I have a list of requests that should keep me occupied for the next few years.
I just scored an old (very old) jointer for free and got the blades sharpened, but trying to put the blades back in, and I cant get the bloody things to line up correctly. I thought they were pretty close but when I use it I get a pattern on the edge that looks like a little serrated pattern (although the edge is nice and square, just with a wavy pattern) which I think is from the blades being ever so slightly different hights (it has 3 blades) and so got on the net to see if there was an idiots guide to installing blades in a jointer and discovered the forum. That buggered the plan of fixing the jointer as I spent the next few hours wandering through the forum and finding all sorts of little tidbits and hints.
Cheers
Rodney
My names Rodney and i am a wannabe woodworker. Have been making a few things over the years using just a hammer and nails and a blunt saw, and using the kitchen table or the porch or the lawn for a workbench.
I have finally settled down in one place and am now starting to get a few tools together and made my first actual piece of furniture (coffee table) that doesnt resemble something Homer Simpson created. I actually made it a few times as I glued the top and pulled it to bits a couple of times, and I had to make about 6 of the edging bits, as the first couple of attempts were a bit short or had the tenon too thin, but I got there in the end and it looks pretty good. Have now made another little side table thingy which turned out pretty good as well. i saw one at a mates place and copied it. The problem now is the missus has decided that I am actually capable of creating things that pass as furniture, and I have a list of requests that should keep me occupied for the next few years.
I just scored an old (very old) jointer for free and got the blades sharpened, but trying to put the blades back in, and I cant get the bloody things to line up correctly. I thought they were pretty close but when I use it I get a pattern on the edge that looks like a little serrated pattern (although the edge is nice and square, just with a wavy pattern) which I think is from the blades being ever so slightly different hights (it has 3 blades) and so got on the net to see if there was an idiots guide to installing blades in a jointer and discovered the forum. That buggered the plan of fixing the jointer as I spent the next few hours wandering through the forum and finding all sorts of little tidbits and hints.
Cheers
Rodney