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I am a newbie. I got a router and table for christmas and want to start
making some things. My wife needs a bookshelf. (small one) DO you know
of any plans over the internet?
I also would like to make some cabinets for the garage and a towel
cabinet (or whatever you call it) to go over the toielet in a bathroom.
Would it look right to use small width wood glued togther to form a
wider board for these projects? I have acess to unfinished oak wood
flooring from a manuafcturer that is tongue and groved and everything.
WOuld that work for any of these projects?
Also, being a newbie, what would the router be good for doing in these
projects? I know it can be used for rabit joints, but what else would
it be good for on these projects?
Thanks for your advice!
Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 5:23am (EST-3) [email protected] (stryped) dazedly
asketh:
WHo is JT? How do I contact him?
He's an urban myth. You don't.
JOAT
You'll never get anywhere if you believe what you "hear".
What do you "know"?
- Granny Weatherwax
Do yourself a favor. STOP now! Do not take up woodworking as a hobby.
It starts off with just buying a router. Then you need a orbital
sander, followed by a router table, table saw, band saw, belt sander,
drill press, dust collector, jointer etc. In just a couple of years
you will be broke, your credit cards will be charged beyond their
maximum, and you won't have space to park a car in your garage.
If you take my advice, you can use the money that you will save and
furnish your house with ethan allen furniture twice over. And think of
all the weekend football games you will be able to watch.
This is the reality of woodworking. However, if you choose to join
the club...welcome.
Do yourself a favor. STOP now! Do not take up woodworking as a hobby.
It starts off with just buying a router. Then you need a orbital
sander, followed by a router table, table saw, band saw, belt sander,
drill press, dust collector, jointer etc. In just a couple of years
you will be broke, your credit cards will be charged beyond their
maximum, and you won't have space to park a car in your garage.
If you take my advice, you can use the money that you will save and
furnish your house with ethan allen furniture twice over. And think of
all the weekend football games you will be able to watch.
This is the reality of woodworking. However, if you choose to join
the club...welcome.
Do yourself a favor. STOP now! Do not take up woodworking as a hobby.
It starts off with just buying a router. Then you need a orbital
sander, followed by a router table, table saw, band saw, belt sander,
drill press, dust collector, jointer etc. In just a couple of years
you will be broke, your credit cards will be charged beyond their
maximum, and you won't have space to park a car in your garage.
If you take my advice, you can use the money that you will save and
furnish your house with ethan allen furniture twice over. And think of
all the weekend football games you will be able to watch.
This is the reality of woodworking. However, if you choose to join
the club...welcome.
I'd get a couple of woodworking books to start - one of my favorites
that has several plans (including a basic bookshelf) is called "The
Complete Book of Woodworking: Detailed Plans for More Than 40 Fabulous
Projects" - good intro to wood, tools, techniques, finishes, and plans.
Then look more into books specifically on whatever topics you're
interested in - finishing, routers, furniture, cabinets, etc.
With your router, you'll want quality bits - if they cost less than
about $5 each when new, they're definitely not quality. In my opinion,
some good bits on the low end of the "nice bits" range are MLCS bits -
mlcswoodworking.com - they have free shipping on everything and great
customer service. After you figure out which bits you use most, get
some good ones (MLCS Katana line, Whiteside, Amana, etc.), that should
cost $20-$50 or more each.
Good luck and have fun,
Andy
Morris Dovey wrote:
> stryped (in [email protected])
> said:
>
> A suggestion you didn't ask for:
>
> It'd be worthwhile to enroll in an adult ed woodworking class with the
> aim of maximizing your satisfaction and learning to use your tools
> safely. One of the benefits will be a knowledge of what tools do which
> jobs well.
Yep. A router can really get away from you if you don't use it
correctly, esp. if it's table-mounted, and if you don't have the bit
properly seated, a lot can go wrong. Before you turn it on you'd better
know how to use it.
Your router is one of the least understood and most useful tools in a
shop.
- Saul
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html
Fly-by-Night CC wrote:
>> I am a newbie. I got a router and table for christmas and want to start
>> making some things. My wife needs a bookshelf. (small one) DO you know
>> of any plans over the internet?
>
> Plans?! Who needs plans? Just make a couple up and down things and then
> put in a cross thing and - viola - you've got yourself a book shelf.
We don't need no steenking plans.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
[email protected]
On 2 Jan 2006 17:02:55 -0800, "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Would it look right to use small width wood glued togther to form a
>wider board for these projects? I have acess to unfinished oak wood
>flooring from a manuafcturer that is tongue and groved and everything.
>WOuld that work for any of these projects?
Probably. Glued up strips can work fine on shelving.
>Also, being a newbie, what would the router be good for doing in these
>projects? I know it can be used for rabit joints, but what else would
>it be good for on these projects?
Edge shaping. Beads, triple beads, ogees, bull noses, etc... can go
a long way on shelves.
Barry
stryped (in [email protected])
said:
A suggestion you didn't ask for:
It'd be worthwhile to enroll in an adult ed woodworking class with the
aim of maximizing your satisfaction and learning to use your tools
safely. One of the benefits will be a knowledge of what tools do which
jobs well.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html
I found out the hard way that router bits are like rabbits in they
seem to multiply rapidly. Plan NOW to store and identify them before
they roll around in the bottom of a drawer bouncing off of each other!
On 2 Jan 2006 17:02:55 -0800, "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Also, being a newbie, what would the router be good for doing in these
>projects? I know it can be used for rabit joints, but what else would
>it be good for on these projects?
Oak flooring is different widths on the top and bottom of each board the top
is wider to make sure the top fits tight. Its very hard to glue flat.
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive:yes
>
> I am a newbie. I got a router and table for christmas and want to start
> making some things. My wife needs a bookshelf. (small one) DO you know
> of any plans over the internet?
>
> I also would like to make some cabinets for the garage and a towel
> cabinet (or whatever you call it) to go over the toielet in a bathroom.
>
> Would it look right to use small width wood glued togther to form a
> wider board for these projects? I have acess to unfinished oak wood
> flooring from a manuafcturer that is tongue and groved and everything.
> WOuld that work for any of these projects?
>
> Also, being a newbie, what would the router be good for doing in these
> projects? I know it can be used for rabit joints, but what else would
> it be good for on these projects?
>
> Thanks for your advice!
>
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive:yes
>
What do you have against archiving your posts? Part of the usefulness of
this group is the abilty to search the archives for relevant information in
the future.
> I am a newbie. I got a router and table for christmas and want to start
> making some things. My wife needs a bookshelf. (small one) DO you know
> of any plans over the internet?
>
Maybe. There are a bazillion plans on the internet. Probably not a lot for
shelves since they are basically a straight board. Do some looking or email
JT on this newsgroup and ask for help. He is more than happy to do searches
for strangers.
>
> Would it look right to use small width wood glued togther to form a
> wider board for these projects? I have acess to unfinished oak wood
> flooring from a manuafcturer that is tongue and groved and everything.
> WOuld that work for any of these projects?
>
Sure
Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 5:02am (EST+5) [email protected]
(Frank=A0Ketchum) did wrongly advise:
<snip> Do some looking or email JT on this newsgroup and ask for help.
He is more than happy to do searches for strangers.
What Frank MEANT to say was, do some searches on google, and/or
check the rec.woodworking archives, and under NO circumstances e-mail
me. Rather, to e-mail Frank himself, at each and every opportunity, for
any, and all, minor questions you may have, whether they are related to
woodworking or not. Ask him to lend you some money for tools while you
are at it, or to send you some of h is old ones, he'll probably be happy
to pay for shipping too.
Just remember, don't e-mail me, I'll e-mail you. Hold your breath.
JOAT
You'll never get anywhere if you believe what you "hear".
What do you "know"?
- Granny Weatherwax
In article <[email protected]>,
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am a newbie. I got a router and table for christmas and want to start
> making some things. My wife needs a bookshelf. (small one) DO you know
> of any plans over the internet?
Plans?! Who needs plans? Just make a couple up and down things and then
put in a cross thing and - viola - you've got yourself a book shelf.
--
Owen Lowe
The Fly-by-Night Copper Company
__________
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Corporate States of America and to the
Republicans for which it stands, one nation,
under debt, easily divisible, with liberty
and justice for oil."
- Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur, 1/24/05
On 3 Jan 2006 17:35:21 -0800, "MrAnderson" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Do yourself a favor. STOP now!
If you're going to multi-post, shouldn't you be doing it as Agent Smith?