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  0 Thread: The lattice build has begun!!!
Post: RE: The lattice build has begun!!!
here's a picture (Astute observers might recognize the Martin House in the background (that was from a WS issue...maybe 4 years ago???) that I built.   The sparrows seem to love it  :(
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,628 04-18-2025, 03:40 PM
  0 Thread: The lattice build has begun!!!
Post: RE: The lattice build has begun!!!
The fence is done!! I'll snap some pictures this weekend and post them. I had to remake some of the vertical slats and clean up a bunch of others, so the build took longer than planned.
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,628 04-18-2025, 03:31 PM
  0 Thread: Finish on both sides of a tabletop
Post: RE: Finish on both sides of a tabletop
Petertaylor Wrote: (03-23-2025, 04:22 PM) -- We are building an 8-foot table with 2x6 walnut. The top will have two or three coats of Arm-R-Seal. Does the underside need the same finish, or can we us...
 Dumb_Polack Finishing 5 638 03-28-2025, 12:56 PM
  0 Thread: The lattice build has begun!!!
Post: RE: The lattice build has begun!!!
slippy20 Wrote: (03-10-2025, 01:45 PM) -- Done this on a number of jobs.  Seems like such a good way to make lattice, but it has always been a lot more work, router bits, and sawdust than I thought i...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,628 03-10-2025, 03:43 PM
  0 Thread: The lattice build has begun!!!
Post: RE: The lattice build has begun!!!
Gary G™ Wrote: (03-10-2025, 08:57 AM) -- Stupid question but isn’t it less expensive to make these using 1”X rather than ripping a 5”X5” posts? Or, is your overall thickness greater than that and cl...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,628 03-10-2025, 09:25 AM
  0 Thread: The lattice build has begun!!!
Post: RE: The lattice build has begun!!!
So, I've got 3 panels done...mostly.  On the 3rd one I just need to fill in the ends where the piece get shorter.  Lessons learned: 1) On the 1st panel I started in the upper LH corner and then wor...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,628 03-10-2025, 07:47 AM
  0 Thread: The lattice build has begun!!!
Post: RE: The lattice build has begun!!!
Bob Vaughan Wrote: (02-27-2025, 09:54 PM) -- The reason most outdoor wood lattice is done at a diagonal is so the water runs off and down and doesn't stay at the joint. -- I calculated I'll need ro...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,628 02-28-2025, 10:34 AM
  0 Thread: More Joys of Homeownership
Post: RE: More Joys of Homeownership
Nice save!!! Question...what's the rope for?? Basement clothes line??
 Dumb_Polack Home Improvement 9 1,093 02-27-2025, 10:17 AM
  0 Thread: Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinnemaker in New York
Post: RE: Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinnemaker in New York
You might get some nibbles if you post this in S&S
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 1 409 02-27-2025, 10:13 AM
  0 Thread: The lattice build has begun!!!
Post: The lattice build has begun!!!
You might remember in a post a few weeks ago I mentioned that I was going to rebuild the lattice above our fence?  (Original Lattice picture for reference). Well it has begun.  I'm making it with d...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,628 02-24-2025, 08:57 AM
  0 Thread: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Post: RE: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Had a long car ride with SWMBO and asked her opinion too.  We discussed it and I think I'll be going the router jig route.  I figure I'll attach a "key" the width  (and distance) I need so that after ...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,860 02-18-2025, 06:31 PM
  0 Thread: A New RAS Miter Table
Post: RE: A New RAS Miter Table
Nevermind.  I see in S&S you said you created the numbers with your CNC.
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 8 1,016 02-14-2025, 10:52 AM
  0 Thread: A New RAS Miter Table
Post: RE: A New RAS Miter Table
Hmmm...very nice design!!!  I might steal it How'd you get the numbers to display so precisely?   (pls tell me you DIDN'T created them on a CNC/Shaper system...I ain't got one of those!!!!)
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 8 1,016 02-14-2025, 09:50 AM
  0 Thread: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Post: RE: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Bob10 Wrote: (02-12-2025, 12:39 AM) -- The joints I am looking at are 7/8" or an inch I have to measure them again. What did you make yours with. -- IIRC my joints were (are) 1/2" or close to that....
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,860 02-12-2025, 07:58 AM
  0 Thread: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Post: RE: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
jteneyck Wrote: (02-11-2025, 09:52 AM) -- I don't see the point except to make a lot of work.  Glue the lap joints and staple them.  Half laps are just an opportunity for water to get in and cause pr...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,860 02-11-2025, 11:51 AM
  0 Thread: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Post: RE: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Bob10 Wrote: (02-10-2025, 10:40 PM) -- why wouldn't you set it up like a regular box joint jig? instead of that buried guide all you would need is one buried and spacers to allow more than one cut I ...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,860 02-11-2025, 08:44 AM
  0 Thread: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Post: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Hi, I'm rebuilding the lattice that sits on top of our fence.  The original just had the slats stapled where they meet and many of them have failed.  The 2nd picture shows the assembly jig I made. ...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 16 1,860 02-10-2025, 08:52 AM
  0 Thread: How to guard the holes in the Martin House from issue 231 Woodsmith
Post: RE: How to guard the holes in the Martin House fro...
barryvabeach Wrote: (02-08-2025, 10:47 AM) -- If you think you might outsmart squirrels,  check this guy out  https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg -- Barry, yes I've seen that. That guy does some neat p...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 11 1,297 02-09-2025, 08:57 AM
  0 Thread: How to guard the holes in the Martin House from issue 231 Woodsmith
Post: RE: How to guard the holes in the Martin House fro...
MGoBlue1984 Wrote: (02-07-2025, 02:14 PM) -- https://a.co/d/b8zUK5l Get the correct size for martins -- Thanks MGoBlue!!!
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 11 1,297 02-09-2025, 08:51 AM
  0 Thread: How to guard the holes in the Martin House from issue 231 Woodsmith
Post: RE: How to guard the holes in the Martin House fro...
Petertaylor Wrote: (02-08-2025, 11:09 PM) -- Thanks for linking the squirrel video. But about the Martin house—do you even have martins in your neighborhood?  Don’t they only live near swampy areas? ...
 Dumb_Polack Woodworking 11 1,297 02-09-2025, 08:50 AM

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