Second woodworking project

I have zero idea what I'm doing but I put together this workbench for $35 as a start!

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Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 8d (4 replies)

Welcome to the club, say goodbye to your money

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 20 pts · 8d (1 reply)

Oh man one time I saw an end table I liked for a hundred bucks so I decided to make it myself and save some money.

About fifteen hundred later I had the table and a bunch of tools too...

Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 8d

There's always a relevant XKCD.

Bell@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 8d (1 reply)

But say hello to alot of cool tools...and sawdust

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 8d

And experience.

zikzak025@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 8d

Isn't it great what you can cobble together on a low budget?

Get some pads on the bottom of those legs though or they'll scratch up your floor something fierce.

WesternInfidels@feddit.online · 6 pts · 8d (2 replies)

It looks great, very tidy, very useful, I want to be encouraging.

I have a table with an OSB top and working there has given me serious splinters. I have not yet got a splinter that went up under my fingernail and turned into an ER visit. But it's very clear to me that such a thing is pretty likely. OSB is very good building material but it's not flesh-friendly.

I need to put some Masonite on top of it, or something. I haven't done that yet, I have lately been working with a flattened cardboard box or something similar between my hands and the OSB. As dicey a mess as it sounds.

Good4Nuthin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 8d
humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 8d

Or give ita quick sand with an orbital to take off the edges and laquer it up

TerdFerguson@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 8d

It's a good second product! I think you built it reasonably solid.

it looks like it might have a bit of a bias for lateral instability. Wobble to left and right a bit, eventually, but I'm sure it would hold a lot of weight and not collapse on you.

orionsbelt@midwest.social · 5 pts · 8d

this is awesome! keep it up!

KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 8d

Looks good to me.

livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 8d

What was the first one?

WatermelonPaloma@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8d

Wow, it looks great!

KingGordon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8d

Looks great! Slap a vice on the end and sharpen your mower blade.

hypeerror@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 8d

So you built a bench. What are you doing with it?