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Help - how to finish sanded hard wood floor, table, cabinets?
Hi, new member here! Would really appreciate some guidance. I know nothing about carpentry. I have a hardwood home. The previous owners painted everything over . I have just sanded down the floor, a...
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Champion air compressor
Looking at buying this compressor. Never heard of this brand, but I don't know much about air compressors. Need one for my new woodshop. Its supposed to be 2 stage. Looks very clean, hardly used....
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Started a new job working carpentry, need advice
Hey, I just started this new job working as a carpenter at a job site. I feel pretty anxious because I’m pretty new and the other guys seem way more experienced then me. If I have any questions about...
View ArticleHow to make this cut?
Hello carpenters! I'm trying to join chair rail on two walls. The first line is coming down on a 45 degree angle and the second line is straight 180 degrees. How do I make this cut? See attachments....
View ArticleCustom Closet
Hey all! What say you?....MDF with solid wood nosing or birch ply with solid wood nosing? Built on site and site finished master closet.
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Best practice for pocket door arrangement when walls tee to the cavity
See the pic here for the plan view. Two walls tee into the wall with the pocket, teeing into it with little to no way of securing the wall framing. Typical tees have either flatwise vertical studs or...
View ArticlePutting up a tongue and groove ceiling
I want to put up a 6” t and g ceiling on the outside porch that wraps around the corner of the workshop that I am building. The porch extends 8ft out from the wall of the building and wraps around the...
View ArticleA new True Position tool
Would any of you cabinet installers be interested in something like this new jig from True Position? It is for accurately marking the positions of holes and openings in the back of cabinets for...
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current projects: finish carpentry and custom cabinet install
I am going to post pictures here to keep a log for myself and to help me get better, I’ll update every now and then indefinitely. It will likely focus on trim carpentry, cabinet install and...
View ArticleShoe racks
Ok, I've recently developed a bit of a shoe habit.... I need ideas on nice shoe racks. Cabinet grade stuff. Not necessarily a cabinet but you get the idea. Display quality. I know a few of you have had...
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Tambour Repair
This is the back of the tambour door from one of those appliance garages under the corner wall cabinet. Anyone know if this can be repaired, and perhaps by whom? It isn't going to be me. I'm going to...
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Suggestions on how to install baseboard near stairs and handrail
I'm working on a job that includes replacing small baseboard with larger/taller baseboard. I'm trying to determine how to terminate or incorporate the new taller baseboard into the stairs and handrail....
View ArticleDovetails not lining up
Anyone know what’s going on here? It seems like some of the dovetails are almost right and a couple of them are way off. I’ve tried adjusting different things and cutting new dovetails several times...
View ArticleBalusters to top Newel
Open/Cut stringer stairs. Baluster front face should line up with riser face. Intermediate balusters fill in exactly between those balusters. I thought newel post was supposed to have its middle at the...
View ArticleQuality Moving Blankets
What are you all using to protect cabinets going from the shop to the job? I have looked at many different brands at various price points from cheap to not so cheap, American made and not, ones that...
View ArticleTwo-piece crown moulding installation
Hello, my kitchen designer calls this "L" shaped item a starter piece. It rests on top of the upper cabinets (usually frameless cabinets) and extends up either 3" or 6" and extends proud of the cabinet...
View ArticleCustom closets
Hi, Looking into doing custom closets in my house. Anyone have any good recommendations? I would appreciate quality work and if the company is smart with how to design/configure the closet that would...
View ArticleBarndominium Build - Window Jamb Extension
Good evening, My wife and I are in the process of building a barndominium. For reference, it is a metal building in which traditional wood framing is used to frame the interior walls. I am having a...
View Articlepolyurethane crown molding
client asked if i would do polyurethane crown . i am not going to but it caught my interest .saw a few lame videos that were surprisingly void of info like how to join to pieces and make it blend . so...
View ArticleSelf-Closing Interior Door Hinges
Greetings everyone. I have a customer who wants to make a pantry door self-closing. It's a full-lite, 2-6x6-8 with 3-1/2" hinges. I have never used these types of hinges before, but a little research...
View ArticleCabinet hinge standoffs
Had dinner at my lady friend's place and she brought up that the hinges on her bathroom vanity are broken. I checked it out and it looks like there are some plastic standoff blocks that the hinges...
View ArticlePine for paint grade cabinets?
Is there any reason not to use clear pine face frames on painted cabinets? The only material I can get locally is clear pine and clear poplar, the pine is cheaper, straighter, and has tighter grain...
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Follow along in the building of a rustic curved bar.
I've mentioned in another thread or 2 that we're building this bar. Thought some of you might want to follow along as we build it. Finally got all my materials together, so I started making sawdust...
View ArticleStumped on a crown molding cut situation?
Hi friends, See attached picture with red circled area. I have a situation in a home where the "indented" wall run to the "popped out" wall run is about about 1-3/8" depth difference. How would you...
View ArticleDrawer slide sizing
Will an 18” soft close drawer slide fit in a cabinet that is 17 1/2” from the inside back to the front of the face frame or do need to bump down to 15’s?
View ArticleHow many nails in YOUR door casing?
I just got done with a small job setting pre-hung doors and installing the casing in five town houses. I had a couple of items to finish up, figured I'd only be there an hour or two tops, when the GC...
View ArticleFinishing Skirt Board at base of Stairs
Hi Everyone, curious as to how this would be solved. Was doing a job the other day and skirting was needed in hallway and going down steps. In one photo you can see I had no issues running it down...
View ArticleJobsite jointer
The current project has a bunch of trim and millwork coming up, including oddball door jambs from random stock. This got me thinking about some kind of jointer setup to make it easier to get straight,...
View ArticleEdge sander
I’m looking to add an edge sander to my shop. is it worth the extra money for an oscillating sander? It seems they only oscillate about an inch. Or is a non oscillating sander ok? Was looking at Delta...
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What is this hinge?
I have some gun cabinets to build and was wondering what this hinge is. I think it’s some kind of knife hinge but can’t seem to find what I’m looking for.
View ArticleJammed pocket door?
I’m going to take a look at a jammed pocket door next week, homeowner said it was sticking for quite a while and now they can’t pull it out of the wall at all. I told them I would be billing T and M to...
View ArticleMDF vs Wood
I grew up in a cabinet shop and I have always preferred wood over medium density fiberboard for built ins and such. I am doing a new house trim job with some built ins and I am considering using the...
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Grooved Baseboard to Casing Finish
I installed grooved casings for my doors and also have grooved baseboards, a guy told me that the casing and baseboards need to be transtitioned to each other and not just butt jointed. how do i do...
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Fireplace Surround
I need to add approximately 7” of height to my fireplace surround. I am looking for an idea.
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