Any woodworkers?

For those of you who glue your joints and hate sanding the glue off, especially on right angle inside corners. I would never take 2X time to tape, but if you have that time it is an option.
When using an orbital sander, it is easy to groove the corner if you get too close to the right angle board. I use a home made solution that costs nothing and works great. I am currently building a few coffee/footstool/dinner stands out of 4" thick by 16" wide. I just did my first sand after the glue up last night and, when I was sanding near the edge I just held up one of these where I was sanding.

These are the things that come with plants you buy that tell you what they are. Perfect for protecting your inside corner when sanding. Let's you sand off the glue right up to the edge.

 

Twss...

 

Yup lol

 

Tonight’s fire pit is brought to you by my mistakes and off cuts.

 

Thought it may have been zoysia grass. Sorry for sidetracking the thread!

 

Some black locust I milled about a year ago. Quarter grain too. Did this in 1 hour today. And did the apple spoon back in October. Haven’t used it for cooking because it’s so pretty, maybe one day

 

One says its ok for cutting boards the other no. But anyhow i use on wood utensils. The coating once cured is very durable. We run them through the dishwasher.

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/...l-varnish-solvent-based-satin#product-details

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/General-Finishes-salad-bowl.aspx

 

I use a wide thin putty knife or a scrap piece of formica

 

That a what I do with mine. It's also very relaxing.

 

Got a little shop time after work for some life therapy.
Finished the tennons on the top cross stretchers. This will give you an idea of what I'm shooting for.

These top stretchers will be inset so that I have about 2 inches all the way around the bench top to clamp things to, it's just how I work.

2 done and 2 to go.

 

@woodtickgreg - Will these stretchers be thru tenon?


Edit: changed through to thru

 

Yes they will. Wedged thru tennon so that the bench can be taken apart if ever need be. The thru, through? tennons will also prevent it from racking.

 

Thanks for the reply! I need some more coffee so I can think this through/thru, or better yet just follow along. Bench will be a pleasure, thanks for all the build pics!

 

It will look like this:

 

I've got the same shed and the roof is starting to rot

 

i've been wanting to do this since i broke my last store bought wooden spoon a couple weeks ago. seems like a fun little project that'll get used often at my house.

what type of wood is the darker one?

 

That sucks... Luckily I haven't had that issue (yet*)

 

mine is 5 years old for what its worth, but mine also houses a water pump and water softener. the salt for the softener may have something to do with it? it doesn't get put on the roof or anything, but maybe just having the salt in the atmosphere around it is causing it to fail.

 

Yeah if there's salt particals floating around in there it could speed cause that deterioration over time. Could always patch or replace any holes it's made and spray a clear coat on the inner roof to add a little protection.

 

thats the plan, eventually it'll get replaced but a wooden shed a little bit larger